Red Bull eSports: Lil is one of the the best players of 2016
Lil was put in the best players list of 2016 by Red Bull eSports. In addition to Virtus.pro player list was filled by Amer ‘Miracle-’ Al-Barkawi, Zhang ‘Faith_bian’ Ruida, Tal ‘Fly’ Aizik, Johan ‘n0tail’ Sundstein, Hu ‘Kaka’ Liangzhi, Jesse ‘JerAx’ Vainikka and Aliwi ‘w33’ Omar.
Despite effectively having a forgettable first half of the year, Lil, the position four player for Virtus Pro makes it in to our shortlist. Their performances at The Summit this year and even through the Group Stages at the Boston Major were extremely innovative. Lil and his Virtus Pro team effectively invented the four position Slardar and most definitely were responsible for the four position Weaver. The man behind the mouse for control of these fun-to-watch and somewhat different supports was always Lil. Virtus.pro's sheer brutality and hyper aggressive playstyle at The Summit, which saw them brush past eventual Boston Major Winners OG in the final by three games to zero was a joy to behold. Here’s a video of Lil playing a support Phantom Assassin – which goes to show exactly what we’re talking about.