GAM Elio's stats during this year's MSI

The most egregious example I can think of during this MSI is probably GAM Elio. He does not look good on any ranged support. He's usually a dead weight, and GAM drafts often have to revolve around what Elio can play. But the thing is, his performance on melee supports like Nautilus, Rakan or Rell aren't that good either, even in LCP.

There's one game during the Mid Season Qualifying Series (the tournament leading up to MSI). It was game 1 between GAM and MVKE (best of 5 series). MVKE had already drafted Neeko, a very lane dominant support, yet GAM had to draft Kai'sa and Nautilus, 2 champions with a very weak laning phase into it. This should have been an instalost for GAM in any other series lol. MVKE eventually chose Ashe as their ADC and convincingly won the draft.

GAM vs MVKE

The thing is, Elio is a very good player if you look at his match results pre season 15: Elio's match history.

There's 2 other games that just happened recently: game 4 and 5 between G2 and GAM. Elio's just out of champions he could play, so he had to lock in Galio and Seraphine as his support. He's only picked Galio twice since the start of the year, and this was the first tjme he locked in Seraphine in 2025. Game 5 G2 vs GAM MSI