LoL - Worlds: Anyone's Legend, Everyone's Fear (11/17)

The League of Legends 2025 World Championship kicks off in Beijing on the 14th of October. A total of 17 teams will compete to, again, succeed T1 at the top of the Riot Games MOBA world hierarchy. On this occasion, Sheep Esports brings you a daily feature on one of the teams taking part. On October 7th, the eleventh episode of our series focuses on Anyone's Legend.

Eliminated in the Lower Bracket Final of the LPL Split 3 by Top Esports but qualified as China’s second seed thanks to Championship Points, Anyone’s Legend remains one of the world’s top teams in 2025. With a highly competitive roster, they enter Worlds determined to make their mark in the tournament, marking their very first participation ever in Riot Games’ biggest event.

Taking a step back to look at Anyone’s Legend’s year, it has been absolutely remarkable. Split 1 was surprisingly strong, with the team reaching the grand final, only falling to Top Esports, who then went on to compete at the First Stand. Split 2 saw the team at their best, impressing the world with an excellent placement phase, a regular season finish in second place after 18 BO3s, and playoffs where they dominated everyone: first Team WE, then Weibo Gaming, followed by Bilibili Gaming in the Upper Bracket Final. In the Split 2 grand final, they secured the title and qualified for both the Mid-Season Invitational and the Esports World Cup as seed 1, and they didn’t go there just to participate.

The BO between Gen.G and AL at MSI was arguably the best series of the tournament — a 3-2 win for Gen.G, but the match was incredibly close throughout and a real spectacle to watch. AL then climbed through the lower bracket, eliminating CTBC Flying Oyster and BLG, before falling 3-2 in another thrilling series against T1. They didn’t manage to defeat Korea at this event, but one thing is certain: AL have the level to compete among the world’s elite.

At the EWC, competing under the banner of their parent organization AG.AL, they finally beat LCK competition by taking down Hanwha Life Esports and T1 in succession, before once again falling to Gen.G — but at that point, who hadn’t? Back in the LPL, a few scandals here and a dip in form there caused the team to lose some popularity. The regular season was disappointing, with AL at risk of falling into the Play-In stage. Playoffs started poorly with a defeat to WBG, but they climbed through the lower bracket: a 3-1 win over Ninjas in Pyjamas, a clean sweep against Invictus Gaming and JD Gaming, before falling just short of the final against TES.

While AL couldn’t make a full comeback, they secured at least a top-three finish, earning significant Championship Points and qualifying for Worlds as China’s second seed without needing to go through the regional finals.

AL’s roster is a mix of experienced players and those with less international exposure. At toplane, the legendary Li “Flandre” Xuan-Jun holds the position. An LPL veteran since 2015, 2021 World Champion with EDward Gaming, and double domestic champion, he played the most champions on the roster during the Summer Split with 16 and will be participating in his third Worlds.

In the midlane, Cui “Shanks” Xiao-Jun will play his first Worlds. Although he had no prior international experience before this year, the Chinese midlaner has held his own against the world’s other midlaners. The botlane also has limited experience. Wang “Hope” Jie will attend his second Worlds after a semifinal loss in 2022 with JDG against T1, while Korean support Kim “Kael” Jin-hong will make his Worlds debut. After two years in the LCK, he joined AL in 2024 and hopes to prove his value on the international stage.

One player hasn’t been mentioned yet, and he’s exactly the one AL clings to: Korean jungler Lee “Tarzan” Seung-yong. A three-time LCK finalist during his Griffin days alongside Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon and Park “Viper” Do-hyeon, this will be his fifth Worlds appearance, with his best result being a semifinal finish in 2024.

Tarzan joined the LPL in 2021 with LNG Esports, becoming the face of the team’s transformation — taking them from 10th place to an LPL final and a Worlds quarterfinal. He later moved to Weibo in 2024, then to AL in 2025, steadily building his reputation as an elite jungler. Today, he enters Worlds as the leader of this roster. On the Rift, he acts as the team’s metronome, orchestrating plays and setting the pace, making him arguably the player to watch for AL in this competition.