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World Championship 2025 FNC Preview: Will Oscarinin Love Playing League of Legends?

Originally posted on Total Apex Gaming | By Devin Morris | Last updated Oct 11, 2025 9:43 AM ET

At the start of the year, many believed Fnatic would finally emerge out of G2 Esports’ shadow. However, that would not be the case as they did not crack the top 2. As the year progressed, a World Championship qualification looked out of the question. However, they stepped up in the pivotal series, while their opponents faltered. Fnatic has only missed out on two World Championships, with this year being their twelfth appearance at the international event. However, expectations are low for this team.

Fnatic Roster

Óscar “Oscarinnin Muñoz Jiménez – Spanish Top Laner
Iván “Razork” Martín Díaz – Spanish Jungler
Yun “Poby” Sung-won – Korean Mid Laner
Elias “Upset” Lipp – German Bot Laner
Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle – Slovenian Support
Fabian “Grabbz” Lohmann – German Head Coach

Fnatic replaced their Korean bot lane of Oh “Noah” Hyeon-taek and Yoon “Jun” Se-jun. They brought in Upset and Mikyx. The roster had high expectations but fell short. After the Spring Split, Fnatic made another roster change, bringing in a Korean import from T1‘s Academy Poby, in place of Marek “Humanoid” Brázda.

FNC’s Road to Worlds

With the high expectations, Fnatic delivered in the Winter Split Regular Season. An 8-1 record put them in first place. However, they could not maintain that performance as they bowed out in third place in the Playoffs, losing to G2 Esports and the eventual Winter champions, Karmine Corp. They performed well in the Spring Regular Season. However, they did not translate that to Playoff success.

Heading into the Summer Split, they made a change to their roster, bringing in Poby in place of Humanoid. As the split progressed, we started to see why Poby was chosen. He helped facilitate the mid-game, and Fnatic were able to qualify for the World Championship after beating Karmine Corp 3-1. They fell to MKOI in the Lower Bracket Final, but their goal was achieved.

Oscarinin’s Performance

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Oscarinin is a polarising player. He has a high skill ceiling but also an extremely low skill floor. He can often be the reason for Fnatic winning or losing games. Heading into the match with Karmine Corp, many expected Canna to dominate the matchup. However, Oscarinin, with the backing of the Madrid crowd, played one of the best series of his career to help Fnatic win the series and qualify for the World Championship. A day later, his struggles returned as he lost the battle to Myrwn.

Which Oscarinin shows up on the international stage could change from day to day. Fnatic will need him to be in top form if they want to have any chance against the world’s best teams.

Poby: Some Roads Lead to Him

Everyone knew Fnatic needed a change in the Mid-Jungle department. They thought that would come at the start of the year, but Fnatic stuck with Humanoid and Razork. After more disappointing results, Fnatic finally pulled the trigger, replacing Humanoid with Poby. The addition of Poby came as a surprise to many. He was never the best midlaner in the LCKCL and lacked the potential to carry the team, given that he is a facilitating player. He turned out to be the exact player that Fnatic needed to stabilize their mid-late games.

With carry potential in the rest of the roster, having a player commit resources to helping his sidelanes is ideal for this team. At the World Championship, do not expect Poby to outperform most mid laners in the laning phase. Instead, watch out for how he plays around his lanes. He has a similar playstyle to the way Faker has played on T1 in recent years.

Expectations

No one should realistically expect Fnatic to have a chance at making the Bracket Stage at the World Championship. They have too many wildcard factors to have a chance against the best teams. However, there are teams they can beat, and falling 0-3 will be a massive disappointment.

Upcoming Journey

Fnatic will start the World Championship Swiss Stage in Pool 3. Their possible Round 1 opponents are: GenG Esports, Bilibili Gaming, FlyQuest, and CTBC Flying Oyster.

This article first appeared on Total Apex Gaming and was syndicated with permission.

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