Serral (Joona Sotala)

Serral shattered a decade-long Korean dynasty in StarCraft II by winning the 2018 WCS Global Finals as the first non-Korean champion, sweeping a field considered the strongest in the game's history. This achievement was faster than the average breakthrough for Western players, who had failed to win a premier SC2 event for eight years prior. With over $1 million in career prize earnings and multiple IEM Katowice titles through 2025, his macro-focused Zerg play at inhuman APM created a strategic benchmark that redefined the meta. His longevity exceeds that of typical esports prodigies, maintaining top-tier results for seven years and consistently outperforming #9 TenZ's three-year peak in Valorant.