
October 16th - C Hatrixx moves back to the Mid lane position, C Falco has moved to a coaching role. May 29th - MAD Lions is acquired by OverActive Media, the parent company of Splyce, The Splyce Vipers roster moves to MAD Lions. May 10th - MAD Lions parts ways with bluerzor. April 4th - ElOjoNinja parts ways with MAD Lions. March 23rd - C Kanani leaves his coaching position as he joins SK Gaming Prime as their Head Coach. February 11th - C Moopz leaves his role as Head Coach, S Aranea will assist C Kanani in the meantime. Yoppa, bluerzor, Pretty and Samux join the team. January 14th - MAD Lions' roster is announced. This secured them a group stage ticket for Worlds 2021. MAD Lions kept on this performance in Summer 2021, securing yet another title, this time with a 3-1 victory against Fnatic in the finals. This secured them a ticket to MSI 2021 in Iceland, where they placed 3-4th after a 2-3 semi-finals loss against DAMWON Gaming. These roster changes proved to be the crucial piece of the puzzle, with the team winning the 2021 Spring Season with a 3-2 victory against Rogue. In an attempt to build on the semi-success of 2020, MAD Lions signed Armut to replace Orome, with Elyoya joining the MAD Lions team from Movistar Riders. At Worlds, MAD Lions failed to make it through the play-ins stage, only beating INTZ twice to make it through to the second play-in round, where SuperMassive Esports beat them 3-2. Despite early expectations being low in the community with a roster of several rookies, MAD Lions placed 3rd in the 2020 Spring Season, with a 4th place in the 2020 Summer Season securing them a direct invite to the Worlds 2020 play-ins. MAD Lions debuted in the LEC with a roster consisting of Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carzzy and Kaiser. On november 29th, Splyce would rebrand to MAD Lions, resulting in a promotion to the LEC. Their final regional win was the 2019 Iberian Cup, where they beat Vodafone Giants 3-0 in the finals.
Ahead of the 2019 Summer season, MAD Lions was acquired by Splyce's holding company, OverActive Media. The team placed top 4 in the Superliga, which won them an EU Masters 2019 Spring Play-ins slot, where they once again placed 3-4th, this time losing against Misfits Premier in the semi-finals. Replacing them would be Yoppa, Bluerzor, Pretty and Samux.
From here on, the team started dominating after a 3-4th placement at EU Masters 2018 Spring, winning the 15th season of LVP Superliga, EU Masters 2018 Summer and the 2018 Iberian Cup.įollowing their 2018 season, MAD Lions' roster was almost completely signed by LEC teams, with SK Gaming signing Werlyb, Selfmade and Crownshot, and Nemesis joining Fnatic. This proved to be a crucial step, with the team winning the competition after beating Movistar Riders 3-0 in the finals. This resulted in roster changes ahead of the 2018 season, with Crownshot replacing Jesklaaa. In the LVP Superliga, the former line-up returned, with the team finishing second after a 3-2 finals loss against Giants Only the Brave.
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They also competed in the LVP Challenger Series with a different line-up, with Konetiv and Sou replacing Nemesis and Jesklaaa. Their line-up consisted of Werlyb, Selfmade, Nemesis, Jesklaaa and Falco, who managed to win the event and take home a €4,000 prizepool.
MAD Lions was formed in 2017 as a competitor in the ESL Masters 2017: Madrid.