CTBC Flying Oyster LoL team

League of Legends is one of the most widespread and famous disciplines in the world of competitive gaming. There are a lot of fans of the Riot Games’ creation all over the world: from densely-populated cities in North America to cozy towns in Scandinavia, etc.

League of Legends achieved special development in Asia. The representatives of big Asian regions like South Korea and China demonstrate a high level of play and set world trends. However, so-called united Asia does not end there.

There are smaller but also promising regions in the League of Legends ecosystem. PCS is one of them.

PCS, also known as Pacific Championship Series, unites the teams from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. CTBC Flying Oyster is one of the leading organizations in PCS.

We offer to learn more about the history of the appearance of the club, take a look at their achievements, and evaluate the team’s potential. Will they, in particular, and representatives of the PCS be able to compete with top teams from neighboring LCK and LPL?

The history of appearance

CTBC Flying Oyster is a very young organization by esports standards. It can be even called recently born because the club emerged just in 2022.

In the professional League of Legends, CTBC Flying Oyster appeared after purchasing a slot from one of the oldest organizations in the region – Machi Esports, which had been participating in the PCS tournaments since 2014.

The club is owned by the company CTBC Sports Entertainment and the self-titled bank, CTBC Bank, is the main sponsor. You can frequently see the word “family” related to CTBC Flying Oyster in the community, this is all due to the meaning of Flying Oyster, which is translated from Chinese as “family”.

The results of CTBC Flying Oyster in PCS

Having appeared in 2022 and received a slot in PCS, CTBC Flying Oyster had a debut season the same year. The first roster of Flying Oyster included Rest, Gemini, Mission, Atlen, and Koala. Archie was the main coach, he used to work for Bilibili Gaming, J Team, and Taipei Assassins, and Kevil Miller was his assistant.

PCS Spring 2022

PCS Spring 2022 was the debut championship for CTBC Flying Oyster. It became clear that the tea had a big potential.

It started appearing with the start of the regular season of the Taiwanese league. During the Single-Round Robin regular league, CTBC Flying Oyster showed a decent level of play, having finished the group stage in 3rd place.

The top 3 allowed CTBC Flying Oyster to advance to the upper playoff bracket of PCS Spring 2022. In the first two rounds, Flying Oyster defeated Meta Falcon Team with a score of 3-0 and then J Team with the same result.

In the final of the upper bracket, CTBC Flying Oyster faced the thunderstorm of the region and the main obstacle for the team on the way to dominance within the region – Talon Esports. The little final of PCS Spring 2022 was over with a confident victory for CTBC Flying Oyster with a score of 3-1.

Having made it to the grand final of its first PCS, CFO met Talon Esports once again and they failed to beat them in the decisive moment. The club under the patronage of PSG achieved victory with a score of 3-2 and CTBC Flying Oyster went on to prepare for the summer PCS season.

PCS Summer 2022

The summer PCS split was way more important than the previous spring one. The thing was in the main prize, which was a slot in the 2022 World Championship.

While preparing for the new season, CTBC Flying Oyster had slight roster changes. Atlen was replaced by Shunn, a young player who had not been mentioned on the professional scene before.

The summer split began worse than the spring one. At PCS Summer 2022, CTBC Flying Oyster started in the 4th place in the regular season, which did not influence the distribution of power in the playoffs. CFO moved to the main stage which started in the upper bracket.

The first opponent CTBC Flying Oyster faced in the main stage of the championship was Frank Esports, which was outplayed by CFO with a score of 3-1 to play against the principled opponent, PSG Talon, in the following round.

The match was intense and CFO managed to avenge Talon for the loss in the final of the spring PCS. Flying Oyster won the series with a score of 3-2, which opened a road to the championship.

On its way to the grand final, CFO defeated Beyond Gaming with a score of 3-1 to further establish itself from a position of power in the final. In the final match of PCS Summer 2022, CTBC Flying Oyster outplayed Beyond Gaming with a score of 3-0 and celebrated the first victory at the Riot ecosystem tournament.

Worlds 2022

Worlds 2022 was the peak tournament in the history of CTBC Flying Oyster. The team went there as the first team of the region and was distributed in Group D.

The opponents of CFO in the group stage were Gen.G Esports, Royal Never Give Up, and 100 Thieves. The strong company doubted the further participation of CFO in the American tournament: the inexperienced team had nothing to show against the champions of LCK Summer 2022, Gen.G, and the champions of Mid-Season Invitational 2022.

The first Worlds 2022 in the history of the Chinese club was over for CFO with the 3rd place in the group stage. The team divided it with 100 Thieves and went home placing 9th-11th in the standings.

How much prize money did CTBC Flying Oyster earn?

Being one of the youngest esports organizations in the professional League of Legends, CTBC Flying Oyster has already made a statement. The team demonstrated a serious debut: having played at 3 tournaments, the team earned $96,844.