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We’re finally in 2020, and with a decade bring new opportunities for everyone. For the most popular online video game in the world, this is especially true. League of Legends boasts a massive player base and esports scene, but it is far from perfect. As the new year begins, there are a few things that […]

Delays in processing visas for Cain, Broxah and Shernfire may affect the teams start in 2020. Team Liquid face a battle against the clock to be ready for the 2020 LCS season after US Visa issues scuppered the team’s plans. Three of Team Liquid’s players and staff have been caught up in the Visa problem.  […]

The 2010-2019 decade has been monumental for esports. Throughout this time, many games have experienced a boom, but none more so than League of Legends. What started as a small indie game quickly blossomed into the most played online game in the world with a massive esports scene. Along with this, legends of their own […]

Remilia, the first pro-female gamer to compete in the LCS, has died peacefully in her sleep at age 24. The League of Legends community is grieving the loss of talented support player, Maria “Remilia” Creveling. Close friend and roommate, Richard Lewis, announced the news of Creveling’s death on Twitter this morning. Many fans used the […]

Excel Esports has signed Simon “Swiffer” Papamarkos as the team’s Excel UK Coach for the 2020 UKLC season. Swiffer takes on his first coaching role by joining Excel having previously played as a mid laner for Oceanic Pro League (OPL) team ORDER and Chiefs Esports Club. Kieran Holmes-Darby, CEO of Excel Esports had this to […]

Excel Esports has signed a UK scene veteran. Twenty-year-old Matthew “Deadly” Smith was signed after he spent two years in Spain playing for Vodafone Giants. Deadly last played in the UK under MnM Gaming back in 2017. During his time in League of Legends, he’s managed two first-place split finishes, both coming with Vodafone Giants […]

The 2019 season of professional League of Legends is over. After an exciting year filled with creativity and skillful play, three players stood apart from the rest as the best in the world. At the World Championship, MSI victors G2 Esports and Chinese superstars FunPlus Pheonix met in the Finals. Unsurprisingly, the top three players […]

Dignitas has stepped up its Academy game for 2020 with the re-signing of mid laner Tanner “Damonte” Damonte. Damonte was with Dignitas in 2019 and there was a lot of concern in the NA community that a young talent would go to waste. While Digitas ended up signing Henrik “Froggen” Hansen for the main mid […]

Days after announcing his retirement from professional play, Cho “Mata” Se-hyeong has announced that he’ll be joining LPL side Royal Never Give Up as the team’s League of Legends Head Coach. Royal Never Give Up made a number of other roster and coaching announcements. Former Young Miracles jungler Li “xiaolongbao” Xiao-Long will join as the […]

2019 Worlds Championships winners FunPlus Phoenix (FPX) have signed top laner Kim “Khan” Dong-ha to their 2020 LPL roster. The team also announced that they’d be re-signing 2019 top laner Kim “GimGoon” Han-saem. In a statement, FPX said: “We are happy to announce that Khan has joined FPX as a top laner. In the meantime, […]

The offseason has had a few ‘shock’ moves, like Broxah heading to Team Liquid and LCS sides fielding just one North American player in the mid lane. It might be safe to assume, however, that G2 Esports sending Caps to ADC and Perkz back to mid lane might be the biggest shock of the offseason […]

With the offseason in full swing and roster moves calming down, LEC fans learned the return date of the European League of Legends Championship today. They’ve only got just over a month to wait as the LEC Spring Split gets underway on January 24th. Riot Games revealed the news alongside ticket details for the LEC […]

Eugene “Pobelter” Park has joined Team Liquid as a Positional Coach for the 2020 LCS Season. His focus will be on the top half of the match. Pobelter will use this new position to assist Team Liquid Head Coach Jang “Cain” Nu-ri and Assistant Coach Kang  “Dodo” Jun-hyeok. The deal came about after Pobelter reached […]

UK-based esports organizations Excel Esports, most notable for involvement in the LEC has partnered with Neosurf to introduce a brand new League of Legends preseason tournament. The 2020 Neosurf Cup will feature the full 10-man League of Legends rosters of both Excel Esports and Misfits Gaming, battling it out in a best-of-five at Excel’s London-based […]

Erberk “Gilius” Demir is the final player to join the Schalke 04 LEC roster for 2020. Gilius’ signing also marks the final signing of the offseason for LEC and LCS sides, pending approvals and confirmations. Gilius most recently played for the German esports organization Ad Hoc Gaming but the 22-year-old has had a storied career […]

Riot Games has announced it will support third-party developers via a new publishing group called Riot Forge. Riot Forge will be used to expand the League of Legends Universe, specifically into new genres and platforms. This is the first initiative of its kind at Riot, Riot Forge will enhance the Riot Games Research and Development […]

SK Gaming is due to sign former Ad Hoc Gaming support Dino “LIMIT” Tot to the team’s 2020 LEC starting roster. The Croatian will replace former SK Gaming support Han “Dreams” Min-kook, who SK Gaming sold to Schalke 04 Esports in November. LIMIT is the second signing that SK Gaming has made this offseason after […]

Digitas is set to sign the former 100 Thieves support Zaqueri “Aphromoo” Black and buy the contracts for Golden Guardians mid laner Henrik “Froggen” Hansen and Team SoloMid jungler Jonathan “Grig” Armao, according to ESPN. The three now complete the Dignitas roster which has added AD carry Johnson “Johnsun” Nguyen and resigned Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon […]

Former Vitality mid laner “Jiizuke” di Mauro is set to sign for North American team Evil Geniuses. The report from ESPN comes as Evil Geniuses failed to sign former Griffin mid laner Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon, who will instead join DragonX. Jiizuke will join fellow new signing Bae “Bang” Jun-sik who joined from 100 Thieves earlier […]

Kotaku Australia has reported that Riot Games Oceania will downsize the Oceanic Pro League (OPL) ahead of its 2020 season. Riot Games Oceania have announced their intention to downsize the OPL. The majority of this will come from teams losing the operating subsidies provided by Riot. The subsidy was designed to help offset operating costs […]

We break down everything you need to know about the Leave of Legends All-Stars event for 2019. League of Legends All-Stars 2019 gets underway on December 5–7 and marks the final event of the 2019 League competitive calendar. While the events are full of the usual esports talent, the pro’s will also be joined by […]

The Los Angeles Times has reported that Riot Games has agreed to payout at least $10M to women who have worked at the company over the past five years. This comes as the company settles a class-action lawsuit over alleged gender discrimination, according to a court document filed Monday. The suit was first filed in […]

Excel Esports has announced that Son ‘Mickey’ Young-Min is renewing his contract with Excel for the 2020 season. Mickey joined the team in May and became the starting mid laner for the team to replace Joran “Special” Scheffer who is likely to play on the Excel UK regional roster for 2020. Speaking about the contract […]

Dignitas has confirmed the signing of former TSM Academy AD carry Johnson “Johnsun” Nguyen. The signing comes after a report was released that said Dignitas was having a hard time signing talent for its 2020 LCS roster due to handing one-third of its budget to Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon by signing him to a new two-year […]

A report from Invenglobal has surfaced that implies that Dignitas has spent one-third of its 2020 budget on re-signing top laner  Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon. With free agency well into its second week, Dignitas still only has one player on their roster. In addition, we don’t yet know if Huni will return to the top lane […]

LEC team Excel Esports has two substantial signings in their back office. Alex Parejo is joining Excel as their new Assistant Coach after leaving his role at Fnatic as Head Analyst. He’ll join fellow Fnatic college Joey “YoungBuck” Steltenpool who joined as the team’s new Head Coach. Excel also confirmed new hire Fabian Broich as […]

Maurice “Amazing” Stuckenschneider announced on Sunday that he won’t be competing in 2020 and will instead explore other options. Speaking on Twitter, Amazing said: “When you leave it all on the court/rift there is no point to being sad – I’m happy to have had a nice comeback to NA as a kind of send-off […]

ESPN is reporting that Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun will sign for China’s Vici Gaming with Kim Jeong-soo heading to South Korea to become SK Telecom T1’s coach. This marks a major change for kkOma, who’s only ever coached SK Telecom T1, after he retired from professional play. His time at SKT saw the side win eight […]

ESPN is reporting that Kim “Khan” Dong-ha is expected to sign for newly-crowned world champions FunPlus Pheonix. After receiving interest from teams in North America, South Korea and China, the top laner is set to join the world champions this month. Khan spent 2019 with SK Telecom T1, with the team falling to G2 Esports […]

Global entertainment platform Fandom has announced a partnership with Riot Games and State Farm to start a Teamfight Tactics tournament. Dubbed Fandom Legends: Teamfight Tactics, this tournament will start on December 1st and run over the course of four weeks. Every week there will be 16 competitors who will battle for a $2,000 prize pool. […]

Esports News UK is reporting that LVP, which runs and operates the regional UK League of Legends league the UKLC won’t return in 2020. Dom Sacco at ENUK reports that while it’s not clear at this stage whether UKLC will continue in its current form or not, it’s likely another company, event or Riot Games […]

RImmortals have announced the signing of former Team LDLC mid laner Eika as they look to finalize their 2020 LCS roster. Immortals have confirmed the signing of former Team LDLC mid laner Jérémy “Eika” Valdenaire. Eika joins Immortals off the back of a 1st place finish in the LFL 2019 Finals and the 2019 Underdogs […]

100 Thieves has announced that Cody “Cody Sun” Sun is joining their roster. The AD carry is returning to his former team after 100 Thieves agreed to buy out his contract with Dignitas. The deal is likely to follow hot off the heels of 100 Thieves confirming that the team’s Academy support William “Stunt” Chen […]

Earlier today, Esportmaniacos and ESPN reported that Kim “Trick” Gang-yun will be joining SK Gaming for the LEC 2020 season. Trick formerly played on Schalke 04, but most know him from his time on G2 Esports. At G2, he was an EU LCS MVP player and a serious force in European League of Legends. Trick […]

Just today, ESPN reported that FC Schalke 04 is signing Han “Dreams” Min-kook for the LEC roster. He will be playing alongside FORG1VEN, who Schalke picked up after his military service. Last year, Dreams played for SK Gaming. He made the playoffs in Spring but narrowly missed out in Summer. Before that, he played on […]

OverActive Media, the holding company for LEC side Splyce and Spanish LoL side MAD Lions has announced plans to rebrand the Splyce LEC team to its MAD Lions brand. The team will also make three new additions to the starting roster in former mousesports jungler Zhiqiang “Shadow” Zhao, support Norman “Gistick” Kaiser and former Berlin […]

Esportmaníacos has reported that Team Vitality has completed their LEC roster for 2020 after signing Vodafone Giants mid laner Aljoša “Milica” Kovandžić and former LDLC AD carry Markos “Comp” Stamkopoulos and promoting Academy jungler Duncan “Skeanz” Marquet. Vitality will retain Lucas “Cabochard” Simon-Meslet and support Jakub “Jactroll” Skurzyński to complete their 2020 roster with a […]

ESPN is reporting that FlyQuest will sign former Counter Logic Gaming mid laner Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage to join its starting roster. The team is likely to confirm the deal in the coming days. If the deal is finalized, PowerOfEvil will spend his third year in a row in NA. Providing he plays an entire split […]

Team SoloMid is finalizing a deal to bring Immortals jungler Joshua “Dardoch” Hartnett to the team’s starting roster for 2020. Dardoch marks what is likely to be the final piece in the TSM puzzle with deals for AD carry Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup, support Vincent “Biofrost” Wang and signing mid laner Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg up to […]

The Golden Guardians announced the signing of former Royal Youth’s Turkish jungler Can “Closer” Çelik. Closer was awarded the TCL Summer 2019 MVP and he was a major part of Royal Youth’s Worlds 2019 play-ins campaign. The team, somewhat ironically knocked out by NA LCS side Clutch Gaming. Golden Guardians have also confirmed the signing […]

ESPN is reporting that Immortals is finalizing deals for three players, top laner Paul “sOAZ” Boyer, AD carry Johnny “Altec” Ru and support Nickolas “Hakuho” Surgent. The three new additions will join jungler Joshua “Dardoch” Hartnett and Noh “Arrow” Dong-hyeon and recent addition Jake “Xmithie” Puchero. It’s assumed that Dardoch and Arrow will either move […]

ESPN is reporting that Counter Logic Gaming is finalizing a deal to sign mid laner Lee “Crown” Min-ho from Immortals to replace Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage. ESPN reports that a number of other teams had an interest in Crown, with Evil Geniuses and FlyQuest among his options. CLG’s recent signing of Andy “Smoothie” Ta seems to […]

New LCS organization Evil Geniuses has secured its second major transfer of the offseason after agreeing to sign Bae “Bang” Jun-sik from 100 Thieves. ESPN reported that an undisclosed sum of cash was part of the deal, with Bang still having time left on his current contract with 100 Thieves. It has also been speculated […]

Gen.G has confirmed its roster for the 2020 season with the signing of Rascal, CLid and Bdd. Gen.G has confirmed a triple swoop to complete its roster for the 2020 season. They’ve signed Kim “Rascal” Kwang-hee, Kim “CLid” Tae-min and Gwak “Bdd” Bo-seong. Reports also state that the contract length for Rascal sits at two […]

100 Thieves has confirmed the signing of former OpTic Gaming (now Immortals) jungler William “Meteos” Hartman. The jungeler became a free agent on Monday. The former OpTic Gaming jungler will join 100 Thieves as the team’s new starting jungler for the 2020 split. 100 Thieves have had a quiet offseason so far with only one […]

Riot Games announced that it would be fining Cloud9 $175,000 earlier today. The LCS team will also need to pay players additional payouts after Cloud9 violated league rules by issuing stock units to seven players. The news came from an official LCS competitive ruling post on Tuesday night. The ruling states that over the past […]

Former ROX Tigers and Team SoloMid coach Kim “SSONG” Sang-soo has agreed to coach Counter Logic Gaming for the 2020 LCS season. According to ESPN, SSONG will replace Heo “Irean” Yeong-cheol, who coached the side during the 2019 season. SSONG most recently worked with Echo Fox and had a short stint with Immortals back in […]

ESPN is reporting that Konstantinos-Napoleon “FORG1VEN” Tzortziou has finally found a new home after an extended absence from professional League of Legends due to a mandatory stint in the Greek army. FORG1VEN, who hasn’t played professional League of Legends since his time with H2K-Gaming back in 2016 (bar three tempory stints in his breaks from […]

Today, Riot Games announced that another new champion will be arriving in Summoner’s Rift. His name is Aphelios, the Weapon of the Faithful. He’s a marksman character with lore ties to the Solari and Mount Targon. At this time, little is known about Aphelios. He is a marksman, but previously Riot Reav3 said that he […]

ESPN has reported that Origen is set to finalize its 2020 LEC roster with the acquisition of former Mammoth support Mitchell “Destiny” Shaw. Destiny joins from OPL second split champions Mammoth. The team also made it to Worlds but sadly failed to progress past play-ins. Destiny will join an Origen side that’s added former Splyce […]

ESPN is reporting Immortals has finalized a deal for former Team Liquid jungler Jake “Xmithie” Puchero to be the teams starting jungler for 2020. By joining Immortals Xmithie will be rejoining the organization that he almost secured the NA LCS title with back in 2017, the final split prior to franchising. You stole Barons and […]

ESPN is reporting that Origen will sign former Splyce jungler Andrei “Xerxe” Dragomir. Xerxe will join an Origen roster that is also set to sign former Schalke 04 AD carry Elias “Upset” Lipp as the team looks to challenge for the 2020 LEC title. Xerxe has been one of the hidden gems of the Splyce […]

ESPN’s Jacob Wolf reported that Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen will be moving from TSM to Cloud9. The move comes shortly after it was revealed that Cloud9 is also signing Philippe “Vulcan” Laflamme for their new support. Zven has a long record of success in LoL esports. He, along with Alfonso “Mithy” Aguirre, was considered the best […]

ESPN is reporting that Team SoloMid has secured the services of Splyce’s star AD carry Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup. Kobbe will join the roster and likely replace out of contract AD carry Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen. Kobbe comes with a wealth of experience and a Worlds Quarter Final appearance from the 2019 Worlds under his belt. Kobbe […]

As reported earlier, Fnatic former jungler Broxah is set to sign for NA LCS champions Team Liquid. Earlier on we spoke about a number of changes to Fnatic, most notably the signing of SK Gaming jungler Oskar “Selfmad” Boderek which seemed to set the stage for Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pedersen to depart. ESPN has now confirmed […]

The LoL Esports free agency period is just getting started but there are a ton of roster changes happening all around the world. ESPN reported that FlyQuest is signing Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun to their LCS roster. IgNar has played on different Korean and European teams but will now make his way to North America. He […]

ESPN is reporting that Origen is finalizing the signing of Schalke 04’s star AD carry Elias “Upset” Lipp. Origen has acted swiftly to replace departing AD carry Patrik “Patrik” Jírů who looks set to join Excel Esports as Origen has snapped up one of the most hyped-up European AD carry players in Upset. Upset helped […]

Amongst the flurry of off-season roster moves, 100 Thieves has announced they have acquired Tommy “ry0ma” Le from Bombers, an OPL team. This isn’t a pickup that many were expecting to hear and may take some by surprise. Le has played in the Oceanic LoL scene since 2015. He has a great track record there […]

T1, formerly SK Telecom T1, has announced tonight that they are releasing Cho “Mata” Se-hyeong from their LCK roster. Se-hyeong is a beloved player in the Korean LoL scene and though his time at SKT was short, he will be missed. Hello, this is T1.We have ended our contract with Mata.We highly appreciate what he […]

ESPN is reporting that bot laner Patrik “Patrik” Jírů is joining Excel Esports from Origen. He’ll pair up in the bot lane with new Excel Esports support Tore “Norskeren” Hoel Eilertsen who is rumored to be joining from Splyce. Patrik, formerly known as Sheriff as been around the European scene for a long time for […]

Korizon is reporting that KT Rolster has parted ways with its entire starting lineup which includes Song ‘Smeb’ Kyung-ho, Hwang ‘Kingen’ Seong-hoon, Go ‘Score’ Dong-bin, Gwak ‘BDD’ Bo-seong, Kim ‘PraY ‘ Jong-in and Jeon ‘Zenith’ Tae-gwon. KT Rolster finished the most recent LCK split in eighth-place after a disappointing Summer split following on from a […]

Among the many League of Legends roster changes announced tonight, Cloud9 and the Golden Guardians made a swap rather early on. This swap was between Cloud9’s former Academy mid laner Greyson “Goldenglue” Gilmer and Golden Guardians’ former Academy mid laner Cristian “Palafox” Palafox. Gilmer has proved himself on the LCS stage and is confirmed to […]

ESPN is reporting a double deal for Rogue in the LEC. Oskar “Vander” Bogdan the team’s support star has signed a two-year contract extension and he’ll be paired with Misfits Gaming AD carry Steven “Hans Sama” Liv. Vander has had a solid season with Rogue after a rough first split, he had a good partnership […]

Pablo Suárez at Esportmaníacos is reporting big changes at Fnatic. The rumor states that Alfonso “Mithy” Aguirre will join the organization as the new Head Coach after Joey “YoungBuck” Steltenpool left to join Excel Esports. The rumor mill keeps on spinning, however, as SK Gaming jungle Oskar “Selfmade” Boderek is set to link up with […]

ESPN is reporting that TSM is set to make a sensational swoop to bring former support player Vincent “Biofrost” Wang back to the side with Andy “Smoothie” Ta head in the other direction. The deal is expected to be confirmed on Monday evening when the global League of Legends free agency window opens. TSM is […]

ESPN’s Jacob Wolf has reported that Cloud9 is set to pay a $1.5 million buyout for Dignitas support Philippe “Vulcan” Laflamme. Jacob reports that the deal will see Vulcan head to Cloud9 for $1.5 million and Dignitas Academy bot laner Johnson “Johnsun” Nguyen. The deal has been verbally agreed upon and will likely be finalized […]

League of Legends is a household name even among those who aren’t esports fans. After all, it’s one of the biggest competitive scenes in video game history, having grown to 100 million unique viewers in 2018 (more than that year’s Super Bowl), and boasting prize pools over $6 million for its biggest events. Yet for […]

Excel Esports are finalizing the buyout of Splyce support player Tore “Norskeren” Hoel Eilertsen. ESPN has reported that Excel Esports is finalizing a buyout for Splyce support player Tore “Norskeren” Hoel Eilertsen ahead of the LEC free-agency opening on Monday. Norskeren will be joining an Excel Esports side that is looking to make major moves […]

Splyce top laner Tamás “Vizicsacsi” Kiss has announced his retirement. Via Twitter, Vizicascsi stated he plans on retiring ahead of the 2020 LEC season, starting on Monday when his contract expires. Vizicsacsi left FC Schalke 04 to join join Splyce for the 2019 season and has been an important member of its roster. While a […]

UK-based LEC organization Excel Esports has announced former Fnatic and G2 Head Coach Joey “YoungBuck” Steltenpool is joining the organization as Head Coach. YoungBuck has a wealth of experience within Europe, where he’s earned the title ‘ The six-star general’ due to his success with G2 and Fnatic in the past 3 years. YoungBuck spoke […]

The LCS has announced changes to its import policy when it comes to upcoming 2020 LCS Academy rosters. Throughout the 2019 Academy season, LCS teams were allowed to field one non-resident player on an active roster. During the 2020 season, the LCS will allow one additional slot for “emerging region” players. Those regions are: Turkey […]

All the action from the 2019 LoL Worlds Finals in Paris as FPX secure their region’s second victory. Game One FunPlus Phoenix (“FPX”) struck first in the final series. Doinb set up his team to dive top lane for first blood. A repeat visit from Tian gave another kill to FPX. FPX held the pressure […]

G2 Esports’ AD Carry player, Perkz, is a player with a long legacy in LoL. He’ll be searching for his first World Championship title this Sunday. Once the villains of Europe, G2 Esports has had an unbelievable journey since their first Worlds appearance in 2016. Ever since Albus Nox Luna destroyed the hopes of the, […]

The stage is set for G2 Esports and FunPlus Phoenix to battle for the title of League of Legends World Champions. The 2019 League of Legends World Championship is at its end. Twenty four teams entered the competition, but only two remain. These two, G2 Esports (“G2”) and FunPlus Phoenix (“FPX”), have solidified themselves as […]

In the second Semifinal of the weekend, G2 Esports and SK Telecom T1 fought for their spot in the 2019 Worlds Finals. The 2019 World Championship Semifinals are now over. On the first day, FunPlus Phoenix brought down Invictus Gaming to set the stage for the Finals. The two teams of the second Semifinal match, […]

Invictus Gaming and FunPlus Phoenix took to the Rift today in hopes of claiming their spot in the 2019 LoL Worlds Finals. The 2019 League of Legends World Championship is drawing nearer to its end. Only four teams remained coming into this weekend, and this first Semifinal series brought that number down by one. FunPlus […]

The 2019 World Championship is drawing closer to its inevitable conclusion, but there are still many games to play. Day One of Quarterfinals was quite intense, but Day Two had incredible matches as well. The first series was a true David vs Goliath matchup with European third-seed Spylce taking on SK Telecom T1, the biggest […]

After two weeks of intense Group Stage composition, eight teams are set to compete in the 2019 World Championship Quarterfinals. On this first day, two incredibly exciting series unfolded that kept viewers on the edge of their seats. Starting off the day was Team Griffin versus Invictus Gaming. This match pitted the defending World Champions […]

With Europe and Korea both managing to take three teams out of the Groups Stage, the regions will be fighting for dominance. SK Telecom T1 (“SKT”) will be facing off against Splyce (“SPY”) while Damwon Gaming will be playing G2 Esports on this side of the bracket. Both first seeds playing against third seeds from […]

In this matchup, both teams need to prove themselves. Fnatic (“FNC”), had an atrocious week one off the back of draft errors and poor individual play. FunPlus Phoenix (“FPX”) is the Chinese first seed, but they certainly haven’t been able to play like it. They lost games to J Team and Splyce, teams that any […]

After an intriguing two weeks of group stage action, we finally have our eight quarterfinalists. The second week of group stage games did have some surprises; the main one was Griffin pushing ahead of G2 in Group A. We also saw Invictus Gaming get their revenge against Team Liquid to get second in Group D. […]

Every year, Riot Games gives out special rewards to players who climb to Gold or above in their ranked ladders. After much anticipation, players who have or are about to reach that milestone know what they’re going to receive. The first, and most exciting, reward is always the Victorious skin. This year, Aatrox was chosen […]

Today, Riot Games announced that they’re partnering with Red Bull to host their first official Teamfight Tactics tournament. It will be a two-day event where 16 top players, streamers and community icons compete for up to $15,000. The invitees are as follows: Players: itsHafu Scarra dogdog Disguised Toast Reckful Kibler SuperJJ Sologesang becca Keane ik4rus […]

After weeks of intense competition, the League of Legends World Championship has reached the Quarterfinal stage. Eight teams stand above the rest and now must duke it out best-of-five series to advance. One of the matchups of this stage is between Damwon Gaming and G2 Esports. These two teams have performed to an extremely high […]

Welcome tacticians of all skill levels to what will hopefully be a preliminary guide to the “Rise of the Elements” seasonal set coming to Teamfight Tactics! This patch will be coming to live servers on 9.22 and is already available for Player Beta Environment testing. If you haven’t created a PBE account yet, now might […]

The final day of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship Group Stage is completed. The victors from Group B, Group A and Group C have been decided and today Group D followed suit. The race to Quarterfinals between ahq e-Sports Club, Team Liquid, Damwon Gaming and Invictus Gaming was intense, but inevitably, only two […]

The 2019 World Championship Group Stage is drawing nearer to its end. The victors of Group B and Group A have been decided, and on this seventh day of competition, those from Group C were too. Dubbed the “Group of Death,” it delivered fierce competition and excellent games from all the teams! Royal Never Give […]

The final stages of the League of Legends World Championship Group Stage are upon us. Yesterday, Group B decided their victors and today Group A followed suit. G2 Esports, Team Griffin, Cloud9 and Hong Kong Attitude fought valiantly to move on to the Quarterfinals. But in the end, only two could advance. Team Griffin (“GRF”) […]

GAM Esports vs FunPlus Phoenix The Chinese 1st seed started the day with a clean victory. Doinb slowly walked from mid to bot and used his ultimate to steal a kill. GAM Esports (“GAM”) dove the top lane to respond and won a 3-2 trade. They dove in the top lane again, but FunPlus Phoenix […]

League of Legends isn’t the only thing Riot Games has been working on. A decade of League of Legends has come and gone and many memories have come flooding back into gamer’s minds. Riot Games’ smash success League of Legends took over the world, becoming the leading MOBA and esport since inception. The tenth anniversary […]

With the 10th Anniversary Edition of Riot Pls in full swing, Riot has come out and given a few details into the upcoming preseason 2020. With 10 years of League comes 10 days of gifts in which players can log in and collect new daily rewards. Of course, in classic Riot fashion, there will be […]

New Champion – Senna, the Shadow’s Embrace Previously Riot Games showed off a new event trailer focusing on the lore between Lucian and Thresh. For those who don’t know, Thresh enslaved the soul of Lucian’s wife, Senna, within his lantern. Since then, Lucian’s sole mission was to rescue her from damnation. The video showed off […]

Royal Never Give Up vs Fnatic Domination came out of Royal Never Give Up (“RNG”) as they won the game with their team fight strength. They dove the middle lane to pick up the first blood. When they went to do the same top Bwipo outplayed the dive and Broxah found a kill on Karsa’s […]

The Washington Post reported today that Team SoloMid’s (“TSM”) Soren “Bjergsen” Bjerg has extended his contract with the team until 2022. The star mid-laner is also now one of the owners of the team as well. He’s an iconic player within the team and North American LCS, so the move is rather sensible. In the […]

The 2019 League of Legends World Championship is three days in so far. Through these three days of competition, there have been expected wins and upsets alike. Every game matters in the biggest tournament of the year, and with everything on the line, all of the players are delivering their best. Day Three featured some […]

SK Telecom T1 vs Royal Never Give Up The first game set expectations high with SK Telecom T1 (“SKT”) narrowly winning. An explosive three for three started off the game in the bottom lane. Ming used his summoner spell advantage to force a kill on Effort. SKT used their Twisted Fate to pick up Royal […]

At last, the 2019 League of Legends World Championship Group Stage has begun! Fans around the world watched four teams battle through the Play-In Stage, but now the real competition begins. Sixteen teams have made it to this point and are hoping to push forward for glory. It’s a long journey though, and every journey […]

The 2019 World Championship Main Event will soon be upon us! Sixteen teams are set to battle it out to decide who is truly the best LoL team in the world. The stakes have never been higher for these teams to prove themselves and defy all expectations. They come here from different regions and different […]

The 2019 League of Legends World Championship is well underway. With the Play-In stage yielding the most predictable results, the teams are moving on to the Main Event Group Stage. So far, we’ve covered Group A, Group B and Group C, so now we come to Group D. This group consists of Team Liquid, ahq […]

Throughout the history of Worlds, there has always been a group of death. Filled with teams that could make it out of other groups, it puts pressure on the teams to rapidly improve. Failure to climb faster than your opponents leads to strong teams and tournament favorites being eliminated before they even get a chance […]

After a grueling six days of the play-in stage, we finally have our remaining sixteen teams that will be competing for this year’s summoner cup. We have had some crazy games already, but all results have gone as expected, with all the first seeds of play-ins making it through to the main tournament. Group B […]

With the play-ins coming to a close, the main stage groups have been finalized. The final additions to the groups determine whether it will be a cakewalk for the previously selected teams or a struggle to make it out. Group A’s latest has made the group more open for the other teams. It also increases […]

The 2019 World Championship Theme, after long last, has finally been released! It’s titled “Phoenix” and features Cailin Russe and Chrissy Constanza as vocalists, but has IG Rookie, G2 Caps and SKT Faker in the video itself. The song is another chilling and inspirational one, similar to that of last year’s Rise. There have been […]

One day remains in the League of Legends 2019 World Championship Play-Ins. Four teams are left standing and are hoping to follow Damwon Gaming and Clutch Gaming into the Main Event. These four teams are Hong Kong Attitude, Isurus Gaming, Splyce and Unicorns of Love. Only two from this group will be able to move […]

The 2019 World Championships are well underway and after four days of intense competition, eight Play-In teams are set to battle for their future tournament hopes. One best of five series is all that stands in their way of the Main Event. The first day of the Knockout Stage featured Damwon Gaming vs Lowkey Esports […]

Damwon Gaming vs Royal Youth The game started with the underdogs getting some aggressive plays both in Top lane and Bot lane getting flashes from Nuguri on Vladimir and Beryl on Nautilus. Royal Youth took advantage of the flashless Nautilus by getting first blood around 7 mins and 30 seconds into the game. The game […]

Unicorns of Love vs Clutch Gaming The 2019 World Championship Play-In Group Stage for Groups A and B concluded today. This part of the tournament is always quiote volatile, with interesting results all over, and none more surprising than the first match of the day. Here, Unicorns of Love (“UOL”) defeated Clutch Gaming (“CG”) for […]

Royal Youth vs Damwon Gaming Damwon Gaming prevented the upset and took their first game of Worlds. Royal Youth (“RYL”) started the action with a with a gank in the bottom lane, picking up a kill on Nuclear. DWG fought on their return, but they were closed in on with a teleport and lost two […]

Clutch Gaming vs Unicorns of Love The 2019 World Championship Play-Ins kicked off with a bang! The first game of the day pitted Clutch Gaming (“CG”) and Unicorns of Love (“UOL”) against each other, and in the end, UOL got the win. They had an unpredictable team composition and great teamwork that gave them a […]

The 2019 League of Legends World Championship is drawing nearer by the day. This is the most important tournament of the year and every team is eager to prove themselves as the best team in the world. The groups have been drawn and now some teams must fight through the Play-In stage to make it […]

Clutch Gaming qualified for the League of Legends World Championship as North America’s third seed. It’s an incredible feat for a team who had so little expectations coming into the LCS Summer Split. In spring, they were ninth in the league with a 5-13 record. Even in summer, Clutch narrowly managed to make it into […]