A League of Legends player successfully hosted a marathon stream during which they climbed from unranked to Master tier in a single sitting. League of Legends is one of the most-played video games in the world and it is well-known for having a highly competitive and often toxic player base.
Due to this competitiveness in their fanbase, League of Legends streamers often set challenges for themselves to prove their prowess. Unranked to Challenger streams (or from Unranked to some other high rank) are one of the most popular of these, with streamers often creating new accounts with which to start the challenge fresh. These streams are often done in an episodic fashion, across several sessions, however, some of the most skilled and determined grinders will make the run all at once.
This is exactly what was done by Portuguese League of Legends streamer Nicklinkk, who shared his successful stream on Twitter. His 60 hour Unranked to Master climb was covered by PCGamesN in a recent article. The challenge began this past Friday on March 11th and ended just yesterday on Monday, March 14th. Many League of Legends fans are familiar with the idea of grinding ranked all weekend long, but this takes that concept to a whole new level. Needless to say 60 uninterrupted hours of ranked gameplay in League of Legends, save for meals and bathroom breaks, is a mean feat on its own, but as the article notes it is made far more impressive by the fact that he did it entirely solo.
Nicklink played a total of 90 games of League of Legends across the entirety of the stream, with 75 of them on his main, Jax, the Grandmaster at Arms. Most of the remaining games were split between other top lane split-pushers such as Irelia and Tryndamere. Nicklink ended his run with an impressive 78 percent win rate, even after things began to get more difficult as exhaustion and higher-ranked opponents made his games more challenging.
Grinding 60 consecutive hours of any game, especially a relatively high-stress game such as League of Legends, is a less than wise decision for anyone’s physical and mental well-being. Despite the very impressive success Nicklink managed to pull off in his marathon, playing LoL for 60 hours straight should not be considered a viable strategy for climbing the ladder. For mortals, at the very least, it is better advised to take breaks after losing a few games in a row. This will aid in avoiding becoming overly tilted, which will only result in more losses.
League of Legends is available on PC and Mac.
Sources: nicklinkk/Twitter, PCGamersN
