UK League of Legends top-laner Harry ‘Akkers’ Akrill and coach Joshua ‘Praevius’ Elliott-James will be playing in Division 2 of the Prime League this summer.
They’ve joined mYinsanity, a long-running esports organisation which announced their roster earlier today. For Praevius, it’s a return to an org he previously worked with in 2021, and for Akkers, it’s the first time he’ll be playing in a non-UK team.
Both have worked with a mix of UK teams in recent years, and most recently they were a part of Lucent Esports in Division 2 of the NLC, where they reached the Spring 2022 Playoffs.
The mYinsanity roster also includes Finnish jungler Dibu and support player Tiara, and German mid-laner Alcaffee and ADC Notiko.
The Prime League is the DACH (Germany-Austria-Switzerland) League of Legends European Regional League (ERL) operated by Riot Games and Freaks 4U.
Other teams in Division 2 will include TT Willhaben, Eintracht Frankfurt, No Need Orga, Kit SC, All For One, Sprout, Austrian Force, Hertha BSC, WeSports and more.
Esports News UK caught up with Praevius and Akkers about the move.
‘I have a super good feeling about this roster’ – Praevius
Praevius said: “I’m really pleased with the roster we have – in terms of the building process I did a very different style this off-season as we had a very limited trial set.
“I think in total we only did eight sets of trials for the entire off-season and ended up with a mix of former EUM (EU Masters) players and upcoming players who have really shown amazing potential.
“It’s a really competitive league that has former LCS players participating, so I’m all for saying promotion is a goal – but I think for success we need to take it step by step. Playoffs for sure is a main goal, but also creating a very enjoyable team atmosphere is one of my main goals.”
Praevius, mYinsanity
“I’m excited for the split to start as I have some unfinished business in Prime League from last year, and I have a super good feeling with this roster.”
On being with the org again after his time with them in 2021, Praevius added: “I really loved my time last year on mYinsanity – there was a reason why I wanted to stay for the summer and winter split: the organisation has always been amazing with me and has set a level of professionalism that I now expect from every team I’m ever going to be on in the future.”
‘UK players don’t often join other regions so I want to give a good impression’ – Akkers
Akkers added: “I think the main reasons [for me joining mYinsanity in the Prime League] were the level of competition and exposure. In terms of competition, Prime Div 2 is probably the next best thing outside of ERL Div 1s.
“The viewership is at a consistently good level and there’s a lot of examples of players that have played in Prime Div 2 in the past and had clear progression in their careers, just from the exposure they get from playing in it.
“I think I’ve improved a lot in the past year since played my last full split (UKLC Summer 2021) and my goal to myself is just to really prove that I can consistently hold my own against a higher level of top-lane competition.”
Akkers, mYinsanity
“There’s a lot of players with ERL Div 1 experience so it will be a good test and I’m really looking forward to it.
“UK players being imported to other regions leagues isn’t something that happens too often so I want to give a good impression.”
The league kicks off on June 6th 2022.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
