Com2uS (CEO Song Jae-joon and Lee Ju-hwan) released the ‘ALL ABOUT SWC2022’, the closing video for the ‘Summoners War World Arena Championship 2022 (SWC2022)’.
SWC is a global mobile e-sports competition of ‘Summoners War’ that has been held for six consecutive years since 2017. This year, it was held offline for the first time in three years, drawing more attention. In the finals held in Seoul last November, ‘TARS’ player became the new champion and ended.
The video retraced the entire process of ‘SWC2022’, which lasted for 99 days from application to the World Finals. This year, regarding 58,000 users, the largest ever, applied for participation, and a total of 72 players entered the preliminaries. 24 players advanced to the regional cup and the best 8 players made it to the World Finals, and a total of 408 matches were played fiercely from the preliminaries to the finals.
142 types of monsters appeared in the game, including bans and free bans. Fire attribute Beast Rider was selected the most with 295 times and was selected as the ‘favorite monster’ this year, while water attribute Onmyoji and wind attribute Sky Surfer were ranked in the rankings.
It was found that the player who played the most games this year was Korea’s national team ‘DUCHAN’. ‘DUCHAN’, who participated in a total of 34 sets and recorded 25 wins and 9 losses, became the first Korean player to win the Asian Pacific Cup and finished runner-up in the World Finals.
The scene of the match that was loved the most by viewers around the world was also released on YouTube. It was the 5th set of the World Finals Quarterfinals 4 matches between ‘PINKROID~’ and ‘OSSERU’.
In addition, various information such as the most pre-banned monsters, the top 3 most picked monsters by region, and the signature picks of the strongest players in each regional cup were introduced along with vivid on-site videos.
Jang Dong-joon, Hankyung.com game talk reporter