Most viewed Worlds 2022 clips prior to playoffs

League of Legends Worlds Championship is one of the biggest esports events of the year, which brings together the best teams from all around the globe to fight for the Summoner's Cup. Every edition of the tournament has legendary moments, with great outplays, astonishing mechanical moments, emotional moments, and also some miss plays as well, since even the best in the world make mistakes.

Esports Charts brings you the 10 most viewed clips of the Worlds during Play-In & Group Stage of the championship.

#10 — No crocs allowed (50.2K views)

To open the list, we have the unique reason a competitive game of League of Legends has ever been delayed. Game delays at Worlds have unfortunately been a common issue, but when they happen is normally a hardware problem, an in-game bug, a sound problem, or someone spilling water on their keyboard. However, this time the reason for the game delay was a surprising one. Evil Geniuses mid laner jojopyun forced the game to be delayed because of “inappropriate footwear” as the player was wearing his crocs on stage. The casters and fans alike reacted with a laugh at the unique situation. #9 — Wunder roasts NA crowd (55.5K views)

Wunder is one of the most successful players in the history of European League of Legends. He has won multiple domestic titles, and an international title, and had multiple deep runs at Worlds. The Fnatic top laner is also no stranger to defeating North American teams in the biggest stage of them all, and after defeating the region champions Cloud9, he made sure to play with the crowd and throw some jokes at the North American region.

#8 — Upset PentaKill (58.5K views)

Upset has been one of the best ADC in Europe for the past 3 years, and this year he finally made his debut on the world stage. In his second-ever international game, Upset demonstrated why he is considered by many the best ADC in Europe, with great positioning in the team fight, and his team provided a great front line, he claimed the first PentaKill of the tournament.

#7 — Faker on Akali (68.8K)

Faker has always been known for being a very skilled player, and despite not being at his prime when it comes to his mechanics, he is still among the best in the world in the department. The South Korean player showed us just that in an amazing team fight performance around the drake versus EDG, where he secured one kill and left three opponents very low.

#6 — Impact styles on G2 Esports (78K views)

G2 Esports has been Evil Geniuses nemesis in 2022, with the North American team finishing the year with a 1-7 record versus the European squad. Their only victory versus G2 Esports came in the second time both teams face off in the group stage, in a game G2 Esports had to win to improve their chances of getting out of the group. G2 Esports decided to go for a top side play to try to get back into the game, but with a great flash, Impact was able to escape the ganks and then decided to use one of his character animations to let G2 Esports know that it was too easy.

#5 — GAM Esports base defense (93.8K views)

GAM Esports vs Top Esports was the best game of the tournament so far. It was a roller coaster of emotions throughout the entire game, with a nail-biting end. When it seemed that Top Esports was going to win a very important game, since the team was with a 1-2 record in the group stage, GAM Esports pulled off an insane base defense. The nexus was two hits from being destroyed, and the crowd erupted with GAM Esports win on the decisive fight of the game. GAM Esports proceed to march into Top Esports base and win the game.

#4 — Shogun PentaKill (109K views)

Saigon Buffalo ADC Shogun had a great PentaKill in the last teamfight of their game versus Latin America champions Isurus. But better than the play was the reaction of the otplol casting crew, as the french casters and analysts danced to the sound of EDM music, providing viewers with a hilarious moment.

#3 — Impact?! (128.4K views)

In the Play-in game between DFM and Evil Geniuses, veteran top laner Impact made a rare mistake. In a very close game, where a battle for the third drake was about to erupt, Impact was caught separated from his team in the mid lane, dying and forcing his team to give up the drake, and putting DFM in control of the game. Captain Flowers reaction makes this play even better, as the North American commentator voice what every NA fan was feeling at that moment.

#2 — Faker vs Jensen (171.5K views)

Since Jensen said that he couldn't wait to clap the best player in League of Legends history in 2016, a mini rivalry was born between the two. In a group stage game between Cloud9 and T1, where Cloud9 was already eliminated from the event but T1 was fighting for the first seed of the group, we finally got to see the two mid laners go at it. It was a very intense fight, that at first seemed to go the way of Jensen, but the unkillable demon was able to outplay his opponent, while his team was finishing the game.

#1 — Brance Bot gap (205K views)

On the third day of the Play-in stage, Brazilian champions LOUD faced European third seed Fnatic, in a very important game for the Brazilian team. LOUD was coming in as the underdogs but they certainly didn't play as one. This play from Ceos and Brance showed just that, with an amazing flash ult engage by Ceos followed up by a beautiful Miss Fortune ultimate, that secured them a 2v2 kill versus the Fnatic bot lane. But, Brance reaction was even better than the play, as the ADC celebrated the kill by showing his arm where he had written “bot gap”, which generated a loud cheer from the crowd.

Worlds 2022 is still not over yet, and we can wait for some more great moments to happen in the playoffs. The most important stage of the tournament will start soon, and from now on is do or die for all teams. You can follow the matches and the event live viewership stats right here.