Origen continues its free fall despite Xpeke return in EU LCS

Origen fell to yet another loss in the EU LCS, despite the return of founder “XPeke” marking a new low for the team in European competition.

Origen’s fourteen games and seven matches without a win is now the longest losing streak in European LCS history. Not an achievement to be proud of. Origen founder Enrique “xPeke” Cedeño Martínez, who made his name as a midlaner for Fnatic and Origen, made his debut at support in the loss against Misfits today. Origen were left without a player in that position following the departure of Aleksi “Hiiva” Kaikkonen earlier this week—a move still yet to be publicly announced by the team.

The team’s loss came against Group A’s Misfits, who dominated the series from the get-go, with Origen losing the first turret for the ninth straight game. In a game that lasted just over 30 minutes Misfits racked up 16 kills and a well over 13k gold lead.

At 0-7, Origen would almost a certainty for relegation by now if it were not for the similarly poor performance of Vitality in Group B. Vitality sit at 1-7, giving Origen a glimmer of hope of not facing the promotion tournament again.