After an excellent achievement at the Summer Split the expectations for the Danish League of Legends team Splyce has increased quite a bit, but AD carry, Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup, believe that they are ready to meet the high expectations.

Written by Daniel Winther Pedersen – daniel@esm.dk

Only a year ago not many Danes knew the League of Legends Team Splyce. The team performed pretty bad in the spring split, where they barely got to stay in the EU LCS after having been in the relegation games.

But then something happened with the Danish boys.

From having been in the bottom of the EU LCS Splyce began to win alot of matches especially in the second half of summer split, and the team even ended up in the finals of the European playoffs, where G2 however won 3-1.

The performance sparked a ticket to the Worlds in autumn where Splyce only won one of the six group matches.

But from having been the underdog in the summer split, the Danes are now ranked as one of the very best teams in the EU LCS. The team’s AD carry, Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup, feel that the team is ready to meet the high expectations.

“I think you have to count on us this year, and it seems like G2 also continues to be at the top of the EU LCS. I feel that we are ready and we have realised that we need to get going again. Personally, I’m really looking forward to get started with the new season,” says Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup to Esportsmagasinet.

Splyce’s new season begins Saturday when the Danes meet H2K in their first game of the spring split 2017.



This is the first time since Worlds, that the team gets back in the action, and Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup believe that the long break was needed after a long season.

“After Worlds we held a long break compared to other teams. We’ve obviously been sitting and playing at home, but we started to skrim pretty late. Only here in January. We have not had any replacements in our roster, so we did’nt need to skrim much, because we already played together as a team. We have spent some time home in Denmark, where we relaxed and saw our families. We went to Berlin on January 7, and we have skrimmet every day since,” says Kasper “Kobbe”Kobberup.

You have not changed your roster as many of the other teams. What does that mean for you?

“We should have an advantage, at least early in the season. Another advantage of this is that our level and efforts are more secure. One can expect, how well we are going to do because we already played together for a year. We know each other really well. Whereas if you have had several changes to your roster, it will be more 50-50 if the team is good or not,” he says.

How has the whole Worlds-experience affected you?

“It was a really wild experience, when you look back at it. You do not think much about it when standing in the middle of it. First we took a plane to Korea, where we were 2-3 weeks and just practiced like crazy every single day. It was super cool, also because it is a lovely country with good food and so on.”

“From Korea we flew to San Francisco in the United States. When you walk along with all the other teams and walk next to a star like “Faker” and staying at the same hotel as them, then it’s pretty crazy. The actual experience was crazy good, although we only won one out of the six matches. The whole experience at Worlds, where you play against all the best players in the world, gave us alot of good experiences,” says Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup.

It was perhaps a little surprising to some that the summer split turned out this good for you. But here in this Spring Split ESPN has rated you as the 10th best team in the world. And as a possible winner of the next World Championship. What do you think about that?

“It does not come as much of a surprise for me. On paper, I think that people expect, that we are a top 2 teams in EU LCS this year. But it’s still hard to say, since there are new teams as H2K and Fnatic, and we do not know how good they are. It’s probably an okay ranking. It is perhaps a little better than I had expected, when you consider how many good teams there are in Korea this season,” said Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup.

EU LCS has been divided into two groups this time. What do you think of that model?

“I think it’s an interesting model. My only complaint is that I feared the groups would be unbalanced, but I think it turned out okay. Maybe our group is a bit stronger than Group A. In our group we have four teams, all of which have the potential to go far in the playoffs, where Origen is just outside. In group A we have on paper only three strong teams. So it is probably a little more exciting to watch group B,” says Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup.

How else do you see the relative strength of the EU LCS? Who is the strongest team?

“I think you have to count on us, and then look at G2 as the best team in Europe perhaps. Besides that, I would say that H2K must be considered as the favorite to get in the playoffs-finals. Their lineup has the potential to get far, but it is not certain how they will perform. So I think we’re going to see Unicorns of Love, fnatic and Misfits in the middle, where there is a possibility that they can get a good season too. I think the top-3 is us, G2 and H2K, ” says Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup.