Perkz is the greatest Western League of Legends player ever and it’s not even close
It’s time we rubber-stamp the title — after Luka “Perkz” Perkovic managed to lead Cloud9 on an impossible escape out of the Worlds 2021 “group of death” over Rogue and FunPlus Phoenix, we have to accept reality: the Croatian is the greatest Western League of Legends player of all time.On October 15, Perkz and the Cloud9 roster made LoL history.The odds were certainly stacked against the North American hopefuls after they had managed toslide to a winless 0–3 startin what many had dubbed the “group of death” in Worlds 2021’s group stage.Cloud9 had qualified for the main event via Play-Ins,defeating Oceania’s Peacein a best-of-five. That qualification came just days after the LCS third-seed had spectacularly collapsed against Russia’s UOL and Japan’s Detonation FocusMe to miss automatic qualification in the Worlds appetizers.Coming up against Damwon Gaming (reigning world champs), FunPlus Phoenix (2019’s victors), and Europe’s Rogue, few gave C9 a chance. The “group of death” looked nasty enough for others, let alone an NA qualifier.The LCS hopefuls had an ace up their sleeve though: in their mid lane was Perkz, on the verge of stamping his legacy as the best Western star League has ever seen.
Few players from NA or EU can boast that kind of track record, especially playing against Eastern titans, but Perkz keeps doing it, year after year.
“I think we can take anyone down, especially with how I’m feeling,” the Western superstar added ahead of playoffs. “I think we can win the whole thing!”
