{"id":41142,"date":"2025-02-13T20:22:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T01:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=41142"},"modified":"2025-02-13T20:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T01:22:34","slug":"doublelift-returns-to-competitive-league-of-legends-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/doublelift-returns-to-competitive-league-of-legends-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Doublelift returns to competitive League of Legends play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yiliang &#8216;Doublelift&#8217; Peng is making a comeback to competitive <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/\" title=\"League of Legends betting guide\">League of Legends<\/a> with an all-star team, aiming for a spot in the 2025 North American Challengers League (NACL).<\/p>\n<p>The former League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) champion, who retired twice in 2023, has assembled a roster of well-known players and streamers to compete in the NACL open qualifiers on March 1.<\/p>\n<p>The team features familiar faces from Doublelift&#8217;s competitive past, including former TSM teammates Mingyi &#8216;Spica&#8217; Lu and Vincent &#8216;Biofrost&#8217; Wang, along with former Team Liquid teammate Eugene &#8216;Pobelter&#8217; Park.<\/p>\n<p>Popular League streamer Ashkan &#8216;TF Blade&#8217; Homayouni rounds out the roster.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent stream, Doublelift shared his excitement for the new squad and explained why he chose TF Blade.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted the streamer&#8217;s mechanical skill, large fanbase, and polarising persona as key factors that would bring more attention to their matches.<\/p>\n<p>Despite forming a team capable of competing for an <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/lta\/\" title=\"LTA betting guide\">League of Legends Championship of the Americas (LTA)<\/a> spot, Doublelift made it clear that his primary goal is content creation rather than returning to professional play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no interest in living the lifestyle of a pro player. Leena (my partner) and I are planning to get married and start a family,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to enjoy my hobbies and interests outside of League of Legends.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources: Doublelift is set to make a NACL OQ team.<br \/>Ashkan &quot;TF Blade&quot; Homayouni \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6<br \/>Mingyi &quot;Spica&quot; Lu \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3<br \/>Eugene &quot;Pobelter&quot; Park \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<br \/>Yiliang &quot;Peter&quot; &quot;Doublelift&quot; Peng \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<br \/>Vincent &quot;Biofrost&quot; Wang \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6<\/p>\n<p>Their scrims will be streamed similar to what Los Ratones does. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NACL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NACL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LTA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LTA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uWp9hMcyJm\">pic.twitter.com\/uWp9hMcyJm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LCS Eevee (@LCS_Eevee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LCS_Eevee\/status\/1889718198854906089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If the team were to qualify for the LTA, Doublelift suggested he would likely step down rather than compete full-time.<\/p>\n<p>The team will not have a dedicated coach but plans to invite guest coaches periodically, including notable figures like William &#8216;Meteos&#8217; Hartman and Nick &#8216;LS&#8217; De Cesare.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to competing, Doublelift plans to stream all of their NACL Open Qualifier scrims live, starting on February 13 against Supernova.<\/p>\n<p>This transparent approach, inspired by the European team Los Ratones, aims to engage fans and showcase their progress.<\/p>\n<p>The NACL Open Qualifier will feature a double-elimination bracket with 64 teams, with the top three teams advancing to the NACL.<\/p>\n<p>Success in the NACL would then provide an opportunity to compete in the Tier-1 Promotion Tournament for a chance to enter the LTA.<\/p>\n<p>Doublelift and his team bring experience, star power, and entertainment value to the NACL qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can tune in to watch the action beginning March 1 and follow the team\u2019s journey through live scrims starting February 13.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">Esports news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yiliang &#8216;Doublelift&#8217; Peng will return to competitive League of Legends with an all-star team, aiming for a spot in the 2025 North American Challengers League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":25282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3853,3852,24,3779,2594,3851,2714],"class_list":["post-41142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ashkan-tf-blade-homayouni","tag-eugene-pobelter-park","tag-league-of-legends","tag-lta","tag-mingyi-spica-lu","tag-vincent-biofrost-wang","tag-yiliang-doublelift-peng"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41142"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41144,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41142\/revisions\/41144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}