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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 […]

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 […]

Earlier today, the Evil Geniuses announced they will return to the LCS. Though it’s been five years since fans have seen the Evil Genius name in the LoL scene, they have a history in the European and North American leagues. Previously, a deal had been reportedly reached between Echo Fox and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment. […]

Teamfight Tactics Esports Coming Soon! The release of Teamfight Tactics (TFT) was critically acclaimed since launch. Riot Games took the Dota Auto Chess (DAC) mod and put their own spin on it. Taking a look at Twitch.tv, Teamfight Tactics hovers around the top most-viewed categories with average viewership near 40,000. Their predecessors in DAC and […]

The 2019 League of Legends World Championship is drawing closer by the day. 24 teams stand at the helm, ready to battle for their region and for glory. But before these teams take to the stage, there is one last thing to take care of. This is the group draw. There are two stages to […]

Game One The final day of the LEC Regional Qualifier featured Splyce (“SPY”) challenging Fnatic (“FNC”) for the second seed at the World Championship. Many weren’t sure what to expect from SPY, but heavily favored FNC regardless. In Game One, SPY showed they could contend with FNC in the early game, though FNC took the […]

Game One Splyce (“SPY”) took the lead in the series with a dominating Game One. They started the action in the mid lane. Shalke 04 (“S04”) tried for a gank, but SPY turned it around with a Nocturne ultimate for two unanswered kills. S04 responded soon after in the bot lane, using a teleport ward […]

Game One The LEC Regional Qualifier is the final chance teams have to secure their spot at the World Championship. The first series for it was between Origen (“OG”) and Splyce (“SPY”), with OG coming out strong in Game One. SPY drafted an early game composition, but OG outmaneuvered them in this part of the […]

Cloud9, usually NA’s last hope, qualified to Worlds this year as the North American second seed. Cloud9 have not qualified as the second seed since 2014, the question on many people’s minds is if the second-week curse will affect the team at this year’s worlds. Usually known for their meme-like personality, C9 will be looking […]

Game One Team SoloMid (“TSM”) took the first game of the series although they stumbled many times throughout the game. Clutch Gaming (“CG”) started off the action with an early Ocean Dragon take. They used the extra map mobility of pre-rework Pantheon to prevent any losses from the play. TSM turned their luck around at […]

Game One This is the Final everyone was waiting for. It really couldn’t be anyone else on this stage besides G2 Esports (“G2”) and Fnatic (“FNC”), and they delivered an incredible first match. As expected, it was an absolute bloodbath with non-stop action during the early game. The FNC bottom lane secured First Blood in […]

Game One In the first round of the LCS Gauntlet, Clutch Gaming (“CG”) took a convincing series win over Flyquest. Now against potential favorites for the tournament, Counter Logic Gaming, they did the same. This first game was incredibly one-sided, in fact, it was a perfect game from CG. The CG bottom lane secured First […]

Game One The LEC Finals weekend is finally here and it started off with a bang! Schalke 04 (“S04”) were the underdogs coming into this series, and Fnatic (“FNC”) clearly demonstrated why. Broxah started his team’s snowball with a gank towards the middle lane to get Nemesis First Blood. Shortly after, they contested S04 at […]

Game One This first series of the LCS Gauntlet was expected to be an easy win for Clutch Gaming (“CG”). Though they did win the first game, Flyquest (“FLY”) showed they’re not a pushover and took Clutch to nearly an hour game. The early game was relatively low action, with the first kills coming out […]

It’s finally here. The LEC Summer Split is coming to a close and only three teams remain. These teams are Schalke 04, Fnatic and G2 Esports. At the top is G2 who, after defeating Fnatic in Round Two of the playoffs, secured themselves a ticket straight to the Finals. They’re the reigning kings of Europe, […]

Chris “PapaSmithy” Smith is leaving the LCK to join 100 Thieves. Chris “PapaSmithy” Smith is an analyst that everyone loves. Be it fans or professionals, everyone respects his opinion and loves his personality. He’s been casting in the LCK for more than four years, but now he’s taking on a new challenge. Earlier this week, […]

The LCS Summer Split is technically over, and two NA teams are set to go to this year’s World Championship. Team Liquid is NA’s first seed, after winning both splits this season. Meanwhile, Cloud9 holds the second seed due to their high placements and sufficient championship points. But what about the third seed? That’s where […]

Game One This is the match everyone was waiting for. The battle against European giants G2 Esports (“G2”) and Fnatic (“FNC”) is one of the most exciting matchups in professional League of Legends. Most expected G2 to be leagues ahead of FNC, but FNC disproved that by smashing G2 in Game One of this series. […]

Game One Rogue (“RGE”) and Schalke 04 (“S04”) had great series victories last weekend, so both were riding high coming into today. But RGE looked to be on a completely different level in Game One and absolutely smashed S04. Inspired kicked it off by ganking the bottom lane to get First Blood on Ignar. Shortly […]

Hailed the best team North America has ever seen, Team Liquid qualified to worlds as the #1 seed following their fourth consecutive LCS title. During that time they have two 3-0 sweeps as well as two 3-2 nail biters. Team Liquid will be looking to recreate their domestic success in the international stage. The team […]

All G2, All the time. LEC League of Legends team G2 has managed to sweep the entire first-team All-Pro voting, a feat that has not been accomplished since Fnatic’s famous 18-0 season in 2015. The 2019 @LEC Summer Split All-Pro Team! #LEC TOP: @G2Wunder JGL: @G2Jankos MID: @G2Caps BOT: @G2Perkz SUP: @G2Mikyx Learn more: https://t.co/rplaMFvbXG […]

League of Legends has been one of the top games for a long time now. Players have been requesting new features for equally as long. It had gotten to the point where many of these requests were memes or jokes. However, Riot has made a habit of killing these memes in recent years. They’ve added […]

For the first time in League of Legends history, Korea is not the given winner going into the World Championship. As a result of this, the annual North American boot camps are not locked to Korea. In fact, they’ve decided the West is better than the East and have gone to Europe to practice for […]

Riot’s back at it again with another huge Teamfight Tactics update. A new component item, TFT’s first consumable item and 10 new items are being added to the game in Patch 9.18. You can find the item recipes and effects here. These items are sure to affect the most reliable strategies and what pathways you […]

The LEC Summer 2019 Playoffs are moving into the second stage! Here in Round Two, Rogue (“RGE”), Schalke 04 (“S04”), Fnatic (“FNC”) and G2 Esports (“G2”) will all take to the stage. G2 and FNC are organizations that no one is surprised to see here, as they’ve been on top all season. But Rogue and […]

Game One Team Liquid (“TL”) started off the series with a crushing victory. The game began with a massive play in the river. Xmithie caught out a flash-less Svenskeren for a 3v3 fight where TL got two unanswered kills. Soon after, Doublelift and CoreJJ found a 2v2 outplay and picked up another kill. Despite Cloud9 […]

HBO’s series Ballers, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, is set to include esports in the plot tonight during the season premiere. As to what this inclusion supposedly entails, Marty Strenczewilk, founder of Splyce, was one of the first to reveal this info about Ballers. It suggests that Splyce is involved: https://twitter.com/lazerchickenzzz/status/1165765627988062209?s=21 Additionally, this image was […]

The Finals are almost here. Two of the best North American rosters in history are set to battle it out on August 25th.  Cloud9 (“C9”) led by Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen’s MVP performance will be looking to put an end to Team Liquid’s (“TL”) reign on the LCS. C9 has looked extremely impressive throughout the year […]

Game One Clutch Gaming (“CG”) started the match with a strong game one victory. The series started out with plenty of action, a full team fight with a one for one trade. CG then took advantage of their man advantage to catch Ruin rotating from the play for a free kill and soon after the […]

Game One FC Schalke 04 (“S04”) started the series with a decisive first game. Before two minutes had passed, the action had already picked up. Vitality (“VIT”) went for an invade into the enemy and kept fighting forward. S04 reacted properly and were able to get 3 kills without a single casualty, giving them a […]

Game One Rogue (“RGE”) subverted the expectations of many and took down Splyce (“SPY”) in Game one. SPY’s Xerxe started the game by ganking Finn while RGE ganked bot side, resulting in a kill for each team. SPY continued to focus top side by collecting another kill from Finn at 11 minutes, but RGE was […]

The LEC Summer Split has concluded. With G2 Esports and Fnatic (FNC) on top, the remaining six teams in Europe have begun their climb to challenge for the trophy. For the four teams that have reached playoffs in the lower bracket, however, the road ahead is long and difficult. The LEC is maintaining the playoff […]

Svenskeren was announced as the Honda MVP for the 2019 LCS Summer Split after an impressive Summer with Cloud9 with 15 of the 19 games that C9 played over the Summer. Sven had an impressive 73% win percentage alongside an equally impressive 47% First Blood percentage. His kill participation percentage was also fantastic, sitting at […]

Game One This was expected to be a lopsided series, and Team Liquid (“TL”) showed why with a dominant victory in Game One over Clutch Gaming (“CG”). It all began at three minutes, where CG fought a 3v3 in the top lane. TL turned it around to get Jensen a Double Kill, with First Blood […]

Clash is a game mode for League of Legends that Riot Games has been working on for a while. The team creation stage, where you can team up with friends to form an amateur competitive team, starts on August 19th and ends on the 23rd. After this, the tournaments begin. However, this version of Clash […]

Game One Cloud9 (“C9”) put on a clinic right out of the gate and took the first game versus Counter Logic Gaming (“CLG”). C9 was extremely clean from the very beginning and CLG seemed to have no answers for what they wanted to do. Svenskeren got the ball rolling by ganking mid and getting First […]

Splyce vs Misfits Gaming Misfits Gaming (“MSF”) beat Splyce (“SPY”) to take away their chance at the second place over Fnatic. They dominated the early game, and though they were shaky in the later part of the game, did clutch it out in the end. H1iva killed Kobbe for First Blood, but a good Teleport […]

The LCS Summer Split is moving to Detroit! Here, the final four teams will fight for their spot in the Finals and a ticket to the World Championship. There are also valuable Championship Points on the line to help the teams go to Worlds. Team Liquid (“TL”) and Cloud9 (“C9”) both secured byes from the […]

Vitality vs Misfits Gaming Misfits Gaming (“MSF”), despite being locked out of playoffs, upset Vitality (“VIT”) in the first match. It wasn’t the bloody, action-packed game expected from these teams, but MSF was clean when it mattered. Kirei kicked it all off by killing Attila under his tower for First Blood, who was already low […]

ESTNN chats with Albert Cohen, former TSM Analyst for 2019 Spring, current Data Analyst for Misfits. We discuss his time in TSM. His thoughts on what went wrong during Summer for TSM; as well as his predictions for the 3 NA Worlds Representatives. Albert Cohen’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlbertPCoh TimeStamps: What is an analyst?- 0:53 Difference between […]

The future of who will take the Echo Fox slot in the LCS remains unknown. On August 14, Echo Fox entered into an agreement with Riot Games that has terminated their participation in the LCS. But unfortunately, the previous deal between Echo Fox and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (KSE) has been canceled. Furthermore, KSE is getting […]

Teamfight Tactics (“TFT”) is Riot Games’ newest adaptation of League of Legends (“LoL”). Since its release, it has been wildly popular among LoL fans and people who’ve never played the game alike. Seeing one’s favorite champions in this new style and game mode can be exhilarating, but it can go the other way as well. […]

With the success of the first Beta Pass of Teamfight Tactics, Riot Games is looking to double down on their efforts to maintain the player base for the next eight weeks. Included in the pass (which is free) are weekly challenges, icons, emotes and brand-new arena chromas to customize your game even more. In addition […]

Game One Is it even possible to lose a game after taking four Barons? Counter Logic Gaming (“CLG”) made OpTic Gaming (“OPT”) answer that with a yes by beating them with superior late-game shot-calling. The early game was relatively even, with OPT getting First Blood onto Ruin but CLG claiming the First Tower bonus with […]

Game One The first game of the day certainly delivered on the hype for the series, as Clutch Gaming (“CG”) brought down Team SoloMid (“TSM”). It all started off at six minutes with a team fight in the middle lane. Here, Huni got First Blood but traded his life for it. TSM did strike back […]

SK Gaming vs Splyce The first match of the day was an incredibly close one with a ton of action, but when the smoke cleared Splyce (“SPY”) emerged victorious over SK Gaming (“SK”). This was expected to be one-sided in favor of SPY but SK fought tooth and nail against them. In fact, Selfmade got […]

Schalke 04 vs Misfits Gaming The first game of the week was an absolute wash, as Schalke 04 (“S04”) styled on Misfits Gaming (“MSF”). Trick was massive this game, starting off many plays to get his team a lead. He first ganked bottom, killing Doss for First Blood. He led the S04 squad all over […]

OpTic Gaming is one of the LCS’ newer teams, and though they’ve struggled to prove themselves in the league, they’ve finally managed to make their first playoffs appearance. Their first three splits in the LCS were rough, as they missed playoffs every time. Thus, no one expected much of them for the 2019 Summer Split. […]

Throughout this summer, LCS teams have been extremely competitive. All top 8 teams were in playoff contention until the very last day, resulting in 3 tiebreakers to determine the 2nd and 6th place playoff spots. All teams coming into playoffs look capable of taking games off each other. Despite this, the top three teams currently […]

The LCS Summer Split is reaching its inevitable end. Six teams emerged from the fires of the regular season and are ready to take to Summoner’s Rift to fight for a spot in the Finals. These six teams fought hard to secure their spots with hopes of making their way to the World Championships. Many […]