League of Legends Esports News
An overall look at how all ten LCS teams are performing throughout the Spring Split. There are some big broadcast changes coming into the year. The league switched the gamedays from weekends to weekdays, Thursdays and Fridays during regular weeks. Also, some broadcast members won’t be appearing as regulars, with James “Dash” Patterson parting ways […]
The full 2023 LCS Spring schedule has been announced. With the new format changes in the LoL Esports ecosystem, we previously learned about the new broadcast days for the LCS last week. As a result of Valorant’s VCT Americas moving to the weekends and sharing the newly renamed Riot Esports Arena with LCS, the League […]
The LEC’s second superweek closed with the spectacular brawl between Vitality and G2. The LEC is no stranger to intense storylines and grudge matches. plenty of things have been cooking, and it all came to a head on the last day of week 2. Astralis finding its first win on week 2 gave their fans […]
Riot developer Phreak revealed a preview of the upcoming support champion changes in League Patch 13.3. Former Riot shoutcaster Phreak gave fans a detailed breakdown of each change in the upcoming LoL patch, 13.3 The preview contains a list of changes and adjustments for a total of 7 champions, including the mythic item Radiant Virtue. Through […]
The madness continued as the LEC’s second superweek gave way to more fantastic match-ups Tense negotiations were seen in the Analyst’s Desk during the fun “Baron Pit” segment where we saw various members of the LEC pitch their deals to the “sharks”. It made for a pretty entertaining spoof that prefaced another big round of […]
Wild Rift Patch 4.0a ships a series of buffs while including balance adjustments for a series of new champions. After kick-starting 2023 with Patch 4.0, Riot’s Wild Rift team are working on releasing the follow-up update to 4.0, Patch 4.0a. However, many players won’t be too happy with the changes as the patch buffs already […]
The second LEC superweek started with a bang with the top ten teams who were hungry for more wins. After a week of preparation, the LEC’s best and brightest gathered together for the resumption of the Regular Season. During the break, the LEC had a lot of content to show their fans. In a recent […]
The reigning LCS champions C9 start the Spring Split with a 2-0 week. LCS Spring Split’s opening week come to a strong conclusion. The new season of the LCS had a much different look with a lot of new content from both the league and organizations centered around the players. We’ve also had multiple guests […]
The wait is over, and the LCS is finally back on with the Spring Split Opening Day. After a nearly three months long break since the end of Worlds 2022, the North American League of Legends is back on the menu. This offseason was full of big changes with many organizations putting together ambitious rosters. […]
The former LCS MVP and the MSI-finalist support is stepping away from the pro play. Doesn’t matter when they started watching, in 2012 when the league was taking its first steps or in 2022 during its 10th year anniversary, every LCS fan knows who Zaqueri “aphromoo” Black is. The first support player to ever win […]
The new and improved LEC’s first Winter Split began on January 21. 2023 is shaping up to be a very exciting year for European League of Legends, although it is now EMEA and not just EU. if you’ve missed the off-season, there were a lot of changes to the league, starting with its new name, […]
Some massive changes are about to hit the live servers despite 13.1B being a hotfix patch. Due to the recent social engineering attack and system compromises at Riot Games, the dev team won’t be able to go ahead with the planned patch 13.2. But thankfully, there is a hotfix coming in as patch 13.1B. Because […]
Riot Games was the target of a cyber attack in which the LoL source code got stolen this week. The first month of 2023 has been a long one for one of the biggest game developers in the world, Riot Games. Just a couple of weeks ago, the company got into trouble with the League […]
The LEC Winter Split loudly closed its first weekend after the strongest victors took a 3rd and final win. The LEC’s series of grudge matches continues as Vitality’s Kaiser goes up against MAD Lions – both teams being undefeated so far. The EMEA league undoubtedly saved the best game for last this time. Many questions […]
Evil Geniuses are looking to bounce back after a misfortunate Summer Playoffs and Worlds. Spring and Summer of 2022 were two very different stories for Evil Geniuses. They came into the year with a roster of star players mixed with young native talent. After a very middling regular season, they powered through the Spring Playoffs […]
The strongest LEC teams pulled off massive plays on Day 2 of the Regular Season Winter Split. The strongest in the EMEA league readied up for another round of bo1’s. A decent number of teams went for patient teamfights rather than explosive skirmishes today which resulted in long battles of attrition. LEC’s Winter season hype […]
An unexpected challenger for the LCS title appears. FlyQuest aren’t exactly strangers to success in the LCS. It’s been a while now, but back in 2020, they made back-to-back Finals and even finished Worlds with a 3-3 group stage record. No pieces from that roster, or even the coaching staff, is still with the organization, […]
Reigning LCS champions are looking to repeat while keeping their roster almost intact. Even with all of their on-and-off-the-Rift problems in 2022, Cloud9 still managed to get themselves another trophy. They were already one of the most successful teams in the LCS in the last three years, but this was the first Summer Finals they […]
Team Liquid is building a full Korean-speaking roster for the 2023 Season. Despite winning the Spring Lock-In Tournament and making playoffs in both splits, 2022 was nothing but disappointing for Team Liquid compared to the expectations. Building the most expensive roster in the LCS history with the anticipation of a North American Worlds, TL came […]
The first day of the LEC Winter Split saw team reunions, exciting plays and new seasonal announcements. With the LEC’s electric start, the potential was skyhigh for these pro teams – and so were expectations. While celebrated names in the EMEA found high places on their tierlist, other groups that had disastrous performances in past […]
The first-ever roadshow in the new LEC format is heading to Montpellier, France. The 2023 LEC Season is starting just today, with a matchup between Excel and G2, we’ve already learned where the Season Finals will be heading at the end of the year. With the announcement of the new LEC format and the change […]
LCS bows to fans’ demands and makes changes to the broadcast start times. After a great tenth-year anniversary in 2022, LCS had a bit of a rough start to 2023. With Riot’s structuring of their esports broadcasts, LCS lost their weekend slot to Valorant, with the NA LoL league pushed to Wednesdays and Thursdays. Fans […]
Here are the big personalities casting for LEC’s 2023 splits! The LEC is starting the year off right. After highlighting the region’s strengths in the Kickoff Event, they’ve shown the world how serious the region’s biggest teams can get, old and new. Things are just getting heated, and the vast EMEA league holds a lot […]
We summarize all the major changes coming to LEC 2023. With the conclusion of the LoL esports Kickoffs Event comes new future updates to this year’s League of Legends EMEA Championship tournaments. Here’s everything we know so far about the major league events to come! To condense the new format for 2023, the LEC posted […]
Can 100 Thieves make their fourth consecutive Finals appearance? 100 Thieves have become accustomed to success in the last two years. After the addition of Felix “Abbedagge” Braun to the Golden Guardians core they acquired, they made three straight LCS Finals, along with winning their first LCS trophy in LCS 2021 Summer. But despite making […]
The new set of changes will be available for testing on PBE, starting Monday. The new season for League of Legends started just this week, but we are already getting some massive changes to itemization options with the second patch of the season. These changes are mainly focused on two classes, bruisers and ADCs. While […]
While the Danish organization only swapped two members out after the 2022 Season, we might see a different year from them. Wednesday the LEC hosted its first ever Kickoff Event, and with the victory of Team Dynasty, the 2023 Season of the League of Legends EMEA Championship has officially begun! After a brief hiatus, teams […]
Team BDS has only kept one player from their previous iteration, which was one of the wiser decisions they made. Schalke 04 has left the LEC after the 2021 Season, after the Schalke football team got knocked out of the Bundesliga. Swiss organization Team BDS bought their place last year, but so far, they can’t […]
The so-called superteam has took it down a notch before the start of the 2023 LEC Winter Split, hoping to bounce back. A week from now, the first split of the 2023 League of Legends EMEA Championship begins, and we can get our first look at the new lineups of the LEC teams. Literally no […]
The newest team of the LEC has got a very strange pack of players together, but they just might be the perfect squad to introduce Heretics. We have reached the end of the LEC Team Previews before the League of Legends EMEA Championship Winter Split, as we have arrived at the last team, Heretics. The […]
G2 Esports ran out of steam by the end of the 2022 season, so they brought in some new talent in order to get their throne back. The 2023 LEC Season Kicks Off today with the clash of Team Legacy and Team Dynasty, but the LEC Winter Split doesn’t begin until next Saturday – so […]
Wild Rift Patch 4.0 Notes introduce a new champion, a limited-time ARURF game mode while including a series of ranked, inhibitor respawn and turret changes. Zoe is dubbed the embodiment of mischief, imagination, and change’. The champion is known as the “cosmic messenger of Targon” with the power to heraldmajor events that reshape worlds. “Zoe […]
Riot released a statement on the recent controversy about the LoL Season 2023 cinematic and more. It has been a rough couple of days for Riot and the devs. The LoL community has been up and arms recently as their frustrations with Riot reached a boiling point with the release of the LoL Season 2023 […]
CLG are looking to carry their 2022 success into the new season. Coming into 2022, CLG had just finished their fifth split in a row at the bottom two of the league, had fans calling for their removal from the LCS, and just completely changed their backroom staff along with their starting roster. Just one […]
A completely new look for Dignitas with the new season. For the last couple of years, Dignitas have been trying to invest in young talent and build a native team. It wasn’t that long ago when they made a great mid-regular season run and were celebrated as the NA team in LCS. But none of […]
Golden Guardians are aiming for an outside chance at the playoffs in LCS 2023 Spring. 2023 will be the sixth year Golden Guardians competed in the LCS. They have been pretty consistent about making playoffs in both Summer and Spring splits, but the organization never saw too much success beyond that. In their ten LCS […]
Wild Rift Patch 4.0 will introduce two new champions to the Rift while incorporating a series of gameplay changes, tank updates, new skins/cosmetics and more. Besides starting Ranked Season 8, Wild Rift’s first patch of the year welcomes Zoe and Zeri to the Rift with a new Wild Pass. A New game mode called ARURF […]
Swapping all but one player, SK Gaming looks to change not only its lineup, but its reputation as well. While some teams, like KOI and Fnatic have kept most of the players from the last Season of competitive League of Legends, not all teams decided to follow this trend. We saw Excel Esports only keeping […]
KOI was the only team of the LEC that only changed one member of the team, but that one change could be significant. Next Saturday marks the beginning of the first-ever LEC Winter Split, as the 2023 Season will have 3 splits instead of 2. With the additional Bo3’s and Bo5’s, European teams will have […]
The LCS Season 2023 Kickoff Event ended in a victory for the young guns of the league. LCS had a nice start to the 2023 Season with a great showmatch at the LoL Esports’ new Kickoff Events. The game featured one player from each ten LCS teams representing their organizations drafted into two games facing […]
Riot says they will provide more details about their 2023 plans in the next couple of days. The League of Legends community is notoriously hard to please, and they don’t tend to bite back on their criticism towards Riot when the company deserves it. This attitude was showing full force after Riot released their Season […]
LoL Season 2023 starts out with the first official patch of the year. Riot is back from the holidays, the preseason is nearly over and you can finally start your ranked climb. As always, there were a lot of changes to the game during the preseason, and the first patch following that. The main focus […]
The locations for MSI and Worlds were just announced, along with the new formats for both tournaments. League fans have been asking for a change to the international tournaments for a long time. Despite being among the most prestigious esports tournaments in the scene, both Worlds and MSI have been mainly played with standard Bo1 […]
League of Legends’ 2023 competitive season starts once Patch 13.1 arrives in your region. With much anticipation leading up to the season’s Kickoff event, official sources have finally confirmed the regional start dates of this year’s ranked season (Split 1). Roster changes amongst the best professional teams in the League of Legends esports scene have […]
With only the botlane changed, Fnatic didn’t want to stray too far from the beaten path – especially with their “new” ADC. The 2023 LEC Season is rapidly approaching, with the Kickoff event taking place on January 11, marking the beginning of the new League of Legends year! Wednesday will also be the first time […]
TSM will try to bounce back after a rough year. If you want to talk about a tough year, it doesn’t get worse than TSM’s 2022. Not many teams get a Competitive Ruling from LCS for their staff in the middle of the year, while TSM got handed two of them in the span of […]
The first matchup of the LCS in 2023 will be the Kickoff Event Showmatch on January 10. It has been a shaky end to the year for the North American League of Legends, and a not-so-great start either. LCS drew a lot of criticism from the community in recent months with the decisions made about […]
While Excel Esports mainly got upgrades, the kings of the 2021 LEC jungle, MAD Lions, have entered 2023 with somewhat of a mixed bag of a roster. Wednesday marks the start of the 2023 League of Legends Ranked Season, as well as the Kickoff of the LEC! Team Dynasty and Team Legacy will duke it […]
There will be multiple new faces coming to the LoL season 2023. The dev team supporting League of Legends tends to have pretty set goals when they start out a new season in terms of new champions, or updates to the already existing ones. These goals generally get outlined in dev blogs named Champion Roadmaps, […]
The new season is almost here with a lot of new changes. It’s always exciting when a new Ranked Season starts. There are new changes, the game is fresh and it is time to start a new climb. Season 2023 is similar in these ways where there are once again jungle changes coming, more new […]
2020 World Champions will enter the 2023 LCK Season as Dplus KIA. It’s not all that common in today’s esports for teams to change their name and branding frequently, as building brands is a big part of the organization’s revenue streams. Damwon might be the biggest exception to this rule. After qualifying to LCK from […]
Riot’s League Team have pushed an Aurelion Sol rework to PBE in an attempt to boost the champion’s low pick-rate. “Driven by the tantalizing possibilities of freedom and revenge, Aurelion Sol now regards Runeterra with simmering, eternal fury. Surely, it is here, upon this world, that the cosmic balance will tip in his favor once […]
LoL’s arguably the most popular champion finally gets an updated look in-game. There is a joke among the player base that Riot is reserving certain skins for Ahri for the hard times, as nearly every skin for the champion makes the company the big bucks. But despite her popularity, Ahri had a pretty scuffed in-game […]
Immortals looking to make noise in LCS with an almost full native roster. In the six splits LCS had after the name change from NA LCS, Immortals only managed to make playoffs once, back in 2021 Summer. The last two splits, they either finished second to last or dead last, while looking like probably the […]
The first look into the LEC in 2023 will be the showmatch at the Kickoff Event. Riot announced their schedule for the new annual Kickoff Event that will feature all nine accredited leagues yesterday. The two-day special event will take place on January 10-11, with LEC’s own showmatch being scheduled between 5-8 pm CET (8-11 […]
LoL’s favorite child pyromancer will get some improvements with the patch 13.2 cycle. Despite being one of the first and most iconic champions in the game, Annie’s popularity and play rate has been in a steady decline over the last couple of years. Both her short range and very obvious stun meant the Dark Child […]
The next season of the LEC is upon us, so let’s take a look at the teams, starting with Excel Esports! In about two weeks, the 2023 League of Legends EMEA Championship Winter Split begins! The 10 teams are eager to prove themselves while getting as many Championship points and they can, so they can […]
LoL Patch 13.1 begins the new Ranked season by including a mid-scope update for Jax, buffs Shaco and Sion while including nerfs and balance changes for a variety of champions. Patch 13.1 kicks off Season 13 by introducing a variety of balance changes to crank up the meta, along with a mid-scope update to Jax. […]
Riot’s new Kickoff Event will celebrate the start of the 2023 competitive season across nine leagues. It was announced in early December that a new Kickoff Event was to replace the previously popular All-Star Event starting in 2023. As there weren’t any All-Star Events in the last two years, due to both COVID and the […]
One of the most familiar faces of the North American League of Legends is saying goodbye to the scene. 2023 is more and more looking like a year of massive changes. Unfortunately for North American LoL fans, these changes are scarier than the rest of the regions. We learned about the league moving to weekdays […]
Riot Games have released the planned League of Legends Patch Schedule 2023. After a year full of updates that introduced new champion and several changes, Riot Games have lifted the veil on the official patch LoL schedule for the entirety of 2023. Player Support Moderator Riot Isto posted the full patch schedule through a blog […]
With all LCK teams announcing their official rosters, here are the best teams to follow throughout the 2023 LCK Spring Split. Between the DRX’s victory at Worlds 2022 and multiple teams looking like they are building contenders, it is shaping up to be an exciting year for LCK. Although they lost one of the best […]
LCK just held its annual award where they celebrate the individual excellence of players throughout the 2022 season. With the LCK season and Worlds 2022 over, LCK organized their end-of-the-year award show to recognize and reward the players who performed the best in the year 2022. Most of these awards are the usual ones like […]
Full rosters for every LCS team and rumored player movements. With all ten teams moving players around at the same time with multiple reports coming out every day, it might be hard to track every activity. In this article, you can find the complete rosters for all LCS teams, along with the complete timeline for […]
Full rosters for all LEC teams and rumored transfers. LEC 2023 Winter Split will be the inaugural split for the newly named League of Legends EMEA Championship. With Worlds 2022 ending, we had a lot of rumors about the new rosters that will play in the league. And with the free agency officially starting today, […]
LCS’s new academy ecosystem NACL teams and schedule are revealed. It’s been nearly two months since it was announced that LCS’s feeder system would be getting an overhaul with both LCS Academy and Proving Grounds being replaced by the new circuit combining Academy and Amateur, called NACL. This newly created league will consist of 16 […]
\Wild Rift Patch 3.5b Notes introduce Lillia to the Rift while adjusting a variety of champions and items to wrap up 2022. Light on balance changes, the last Wild Rift update of 2022 adds a new champion to the Rift. Called Lillia, the Ionian champion is hopes to discover why their dreams no longer reach […]
LCS broadcast days are changing to Thursdays and Fridays starting with the new Spring Split. A lot of sweeping changes are happening in the League of Legends Esports as we close out 2022. We saw Europe merge with Turkey and the Middle East to create EMEA, changing the name of LEC, and there are rumors […]
The newly renamed LoL EMEA Championship is starting on January 21 with G2 vs. Excel. It is more and more looking like 2023 will be a year of change for LoL Esports and Riot in general. We’ve already had a lot of format changes announced, especially in Europe with the region changing to EMEA to […]
Riot is changing its scheduling strategy in 2023 to help fans catch more games during the week for both League of Legends and Valorant. As we close the year 2022, the new season of both LoL and Valorant is quickly approaching. And with the success of the latter in 2022 with Valorant Champions and with […]
As we are ready to say goodbye to 2022, we got the last patch of the year. For the next couple of weeks, there won’t be any new LoL patches as Riot and the dev team are taking a break for the holiday season. So we are getting a heftier-than-usual mid-patch update with the hopes […]
Locations for LoL Esports’ international events in 2023 are reportedly decided. Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship are two international events hosted by Riot that capstone each regular season split, MSI after Spring and Worlds after Summer. Riot generally hosts these events in one of their major regions: Europe, North America, Korea and China. This year, […]
100 Thieves shooting for the sky by signing two LCS legends. 100 Thieves are arguably the most successful organization in LCS over the last year and a half. They made three straight finals and won the trophy in the 2022 Spring Split. But the losses in the last two LCS Finals, both sweeps, meant the […]
Riot will host a new international event involving multiple regions to celebrate the new LoL Esports season. The All-Star events have been very popular since the inaugural one in Shangai back in 2013. These international competitions gave fans a chance to see their favorite players compete and interact with other pros in a more relaxed […]
LoL’s first patch for the preseason is a massive one with multiple champion adjustments, jungle and ARAM changes. The first patch of the Preseason 2023 is over. There were many changes in patch 12.22, with the main focus of the last three weeks being on Ravenous Hydra and multiple other tank items. So it is […]
The new changes include an extra rank reset, two Ranked skins and more rewards for players’ progress throughout the season. With Season 12 behind us and the preseason for 2023 already on live servers, Riot just dropped some exciting changes for their Ranked rewards. Of course, these changes won’t affect the previous season and will […]
The 2022 LCS Spring champions are looking to repeat the same in 2023. Since re-joining the LCS back in 2020, Evil Geniuses have been a team that was pushing to win titles but fell short in playoffs every time. At least that was true until last year’s Spring Split, where the Geniuses accomplished one of […]
After winning the LoL World Championship just under a month ago, DRX will have an almost completely different roster in 2023. Nobody expected this 2022 DRX roster to challenge for the Worlds Finals, let alone win it all. But in what might be the biggest cinderella story in League of Legends history, DRX proved everyone […]
After weeks of speculation, Team Liquid revealed their jungler for the 2023 LCS Season, along with the rest of the roster. For the 2022 LCS Season Team Liquid had built one of the most expensive rosters in the North American competition’s history. Signing two big-name imports from LEC (Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau and Steven “Hans sama” […]
A minimal Jax midscope update is available for testing on PBE, starting today. Jax is one of the first champions ever introduced to the League of Legends, and he has been a staple top lane fighter since then without much change. He even saw a lot of pro play during Season 12, including five picks […]
The official five-man LEC roster for Astralis has been revealed. As we get closer and closer to the newly renamed League of Legends EMEA Championship, more teams are making official roster announcements. Astralis is the second team to announce their LEC roster, but unlike MAD Lions they did it with a video skit. In the […]
The League of Legends consensus is that LCS is not on the same level as LCK. Well, Team Liquid has just made a power play that is sure to close that gap: DRX’s Pyosik is joining Team Liquid. DRX is riding high after achieving total victory this year. After an incredible 3:2 victory over T1 […]
The first patch since the LoL 2023 Preseason launched will go live next week. With every new season, there is always a big need for balancing. Nearly every champion in the game got affected by the changes in the preseason, not the mention the champions who were already in need of some adjustments. So, it […]
One of the brightest young stars of League of Legends has just retired. After a six-year career, 23-year-old Jang ‘Nuguri’ Ha-gwon has announced that he is retiring from competitive League of Legends play. His announcement comes two weeks after DWG announced that Nuguri decided to enter free agency. Looking Back On The Career Of Nuguri Nuguri […]
Faker isn’t faking this one; he’s on for another three years. Three More Years of Faker After Faker’s contract with T1 expired on November 21, 2022, many clamored at the legendary LoL midlaner’s next move. Rumors swirled that Faker would move on to a different organization for the next phase of his career, possibly a […]
TSM reveal their LCS roster for the next year of competition. 2022 hasn’t been kind to TSM. One of the most storied organizations in LCS history, TSM had a disastrous two splits in a row. It started with losing the face of the franchise, Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg to Team Liquid in his return to pro […]
We have our first complete roster confirmation that will compete in LCS. In the midst of roster rumors and speculations, Golden Guardians didn’t get too much attention from either the reporters or the fans. Despite making playoffs in five of the last six LCS splits, Golden Guardians never had too much impact in the post-season. […]
After spending Summer Split in the LPL, Park “Summit” Woo-tae is looking to return to North America. Even though he first joined the LCS only last year, and only played one split, Summit made himself a name in North America in a quick fashion. The Korean top laner was one of the most dominant players […]
With the backing from their new ownership group, FlyQuest are coming into the 2023 LCS season as a contender. It was only two years ago, back in 2020, FlyQuest made back-to-back LCS Final and was one of the top teams in the league. Unfortunately for the organization, the success was limited to the calendar year […]
Riot Games have announced its decision to centralize its focus on hosting Wild Rift Esports League tournaments in Asia. After a week of buzzing rumors regarding the game developer’s decision to pull back on hosting professional Wild Rift tournaments in the West and EMEA, Riot finally made it official by releasing a blog post detailing […]
League of Legends Circuit Oceania (LCO) will see some format changes for their Worlds attendance. With Worlds 2022 behind us with an exciting finish, there are a lot of changes in the LoL Esports ecosystem. Riot had already talked about their plans to change the Worlds format itself, but we are also seeing some changes […]
Evil Geniuses decided not to re-sign with the veteran top laner Jeong “Impact” Eon-young. Ever since Impact joined LCS back in 2014 with Team Impulse, he has been regarded as one of the best players in the region. With his 2x LCK titles and his recent victory in Worlds 2013 with SKT T1, he was […]
Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng and Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg will once again play together in a new roster that mixes experience with young talent. Doublelift is regarded as perhaps the greatest player ever in the North American League of Legends esports scene. With his closest competition being his former teammate, Bjergsen. After a legendary career with 8x […]
TSM continue its 2022 roster-building strategy as they try to build a solid roster without spending big time. 2022 hasn’t been the best year for TSM’s LoL division. They started out the Spring by losing their franchise player, Søren “Bjergsen” ( Link listen) Bjerg, to Team Liquid. They put together a roster with two LDL […]
Dignitas are looking to bounce back after a not-so-great 2022 season. 2022 started out looking like it was going to be good for Dignitas. After making two straight LCS Playoffs, Dignitas strengthen their roster with the veteran jungler Kim “River” Dong-woo and were pushing for a higher finish. And after a 3rd place finish in […]
LCK is planning on having big format changes ahead of the 2023 season. LCK has been at the top of the League of Legends pro scene as a region for a long time. They always managed to house some of the biggest teams and players in the scene. But despite their international success, LCK’s domestic […]
Sweeping format changes are coming to European League of Legends. Riot and LEC just announced the creation of EMEA as a region in League of Legends esports, along with format changes to the LEC and ERL ecosystem, in a press conference. Representing Riot at this conference were Maximilian Peter Schmidt (Director, League of Legends Esports, […]
The plans, which mark the start of the second decade of LoL Esports in the region, include key changes to the LEC and wider EMEA ecosystem. Rumors had surfaced nearly a month ago that European LoL would see significant format changes in the incoming year. While fans have been speculating about these changes, there wasn’t […]
League of Legends 2023 Preseason is here with a whole bunch of changes. The ranked climb is almost over as we are nearing the end of 2022. As always, preseason will be here a little earlier than the year’s end so the players get a chance to acclimate to the new changes. And there is […]
MAD Lions AD Carry, William “UNF0RGIVEN” Nieminen, is close to joining 100T after his first year in LEC. After a very successful 2021 with back-to-back championships, MAD Lions were in a small rebuilding stage in the 2022 season. With the departure of their champion bot laner Matyáš “Carzzy” Orság, MAD had signed UNF0RGIVEN from SK […]
We check out Riot’s cuddly jungle companions and the avatar buffs that come with them! “It’s Dangerous to Go Alone!” League of Legends recently uploaded a developer update video on their official YouTube channel. In it, they delved into the creative process of one of their planned additions to Summoner’s Rift in 2023: incredibly cute […]
Full list of new champions, their traits and the new items in TFT Set 8: Monsters Attack! We have little more than two weeks of TFT: Dragonlands before we say goodbye to Set 7 and 7.5. The new set will be available to play in Public Beta Environment (PBE) starting tomorrow, and it will be […]
From Play-ins to the very last game. Look back at the huge plays that made fans roar! A historical esports tournament full of heart-stopping plays blew the minds of 5.1 million concurrent viewers as they tuned in to a Worlds that had a storyline that only comes once in a lifetime. The amount of expert […]
The final balance patch of the 3.4 cycle, Wild Rift Patch 3.4 notes reveal the arrival of Warwick, and introduce balance changes to Malphite, Akali and items, including Runaan’s Hurricane. Wild Rift’s newest S tier jungler, Warwick is a “monster who hunts the gray alleys of Zaun. Transformed by agonizing experiments”. The jungler’s body is […]
The best jungle picks to help you with your ranked climb in LoL patch 12.21. Jungle is a special role in League of Legends. You don’t exactly lane, so counter picks aren’t that big of a deal which means it is much more open to one tricking champions and nearly any champ can be played […]
Best mid laners to climb with during the rest of season 12 as we reach the end of 2022 in patch 12.21. Are you looking to gain some LP and jump a couple of divisions? Or you may be looking to find a new champion to one trick in a consistent fashion. If want to […]
DetonatioN FocusMe star Shunsuke “Evi” Murase is reportedly close to signing with LEC’s debuting Team Heretics. With only two international events in a year, and with only a handful of best-of series, not many players get themselves an opportunity to create a personal following. Especially minor region players that rarely play on the big stages. […]
Best ADCs to climb with in patch 12.21. Dominate the bot lane! Season 12 is coming to an end in just over a month, so this is the time if you are looking to climb. And what better role to climb with than ADC? There is a notion among the player base that ADC is […]
Best supports to climb with in patch 12.21. Get up that ladder, and claim your glory in ranked League. Even though we are nearing the end of season 12, there is still enough time for you to climb to your desired rank, be it gold, plat, or anything higher. Now, if you are a lower-tier […]
Best top laners to climb with during the rest of season 12 as we reach the end of 2022. The saying “top lane is an island” has never been truer than in season 12. With the change to the Teleport mechanic at the start of the season, and with the new Unleashed Teleport, the impact […]
North America’s academy system will have a completely new look starting with the 2023 season. When talking about imports in LCS or the international success of NA, or more so the lack of it, as a region, the foremost problem always seems to be talent development. LCS organizations historically have cold feet when it comes […]
Fnatic’s legendary bot laner will be returning home after a two-year break. When people say AD Carry in Europe, most of the fans immediately think of Carl Martin Erik “Rekkles” Larsson. And when people said Rekkles, many used to think about Fnatic. But after spending five years with the organization and reaching impressive highs, Rekkles […]
Team Vitality ADC Matyáš “Carzzy” Orság will return to the organization he became a LEC champion with. After spending a couple of years at the bottom of the LEC, Team Vitality came into the 2022 season with the idea of a super team. After recruiting two big-name players that were returning to Europe from North […]
XL will come into the 2023 season with a near-complete roster overhaul. The 2022 Season was the most successful season in Excel Esports’ history. The organization made their first LEC Playoffs during the Split Split, an achievement they managed to repeat in Summer. Unfortunately, both journeys ended early in 2-3 first-round losses without any best-of-series […]
The biggest cinderella story in Worlds history has a happy ending with DRX’s 3-2 victory over T1. Worlds 2022 has been full of great storylines so far, and the Finals were not going to be an exception. While every League fan across the globe enjoyed following DRX’s underdog journey throughout every stage of Worlds, starting […]
G2 find the final piece of their 2023 roster in the LFL. For the longest time, the jungle position of G2 Esports has been occupied by the same player. Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski has been with the team since 2017, winning multiple trophies in that time, but it was reported last month that Jankos was leaving […]
Team BDS continues to strengthen the LEC roster with BDS Academy players. With the ending of the LEC Summer Split, Team BDS completed their first season in Europe’s premier league. Unfortunately for the organization, it wasn’t the best of seasons. They finished the Summer in tenth place, a downgrade from Spring Split’s ninth-place finish. But […]
The Worlds Finals will see T1 face off against DRX on November 5. In every sport around the world, stories have always been a big part of big games. League of Legends esports, and its fans, especially enjoy using narratives during their tournaments. And Worlds 2022 is probably the richest one so far. Despite many […]
List of all eligible champions for getting Worlds 2022 Championship skins. It is a long-lasting League of Legends World Championship tradition that winning teams get special Worlds Skins to celebrate their victories. These skins are chosen by the team members, sometimes with some input from Riot. They generally include the team’s colors and theme. And […]
After nearly five years with Fnatic, Zdravets “Hylissang” Iliev Galabov won’t be wearing the black and orange jersey anymore. While LCK is still waiting to play in Worlds Finals, Western teams already started their post-Worlds offseason roster changes. Fnatic is the latest team shaking things up ahead of the 2023 season. The organization came into […]