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Since Smolder was released on January 23, players snapped up the chance to try him out in every role. Riot originally dubbed him a Marksman, but he can always settle into another role as well. Considering Smolder’s champion abilities and his ADC win rate of 38.0%, some alternate roles measure up and others fall far…
Another LCS organization enters the fold of amateur esports, as Counter Logic Gaming unveils CLG Faith. With CLG Faith joining the fray, three major league teams now have amateur-level sister teams competing in Proving Grounds. 100 Next and EG Prodigies are the others currently participating. Team Members LCS fans will instantly recognize Colin “Solo” Earnest,…
The most alpha streamer on Twitch, Tyler1, has finally hit Challenger in every role in League of Legends. Tyler1, famously known for his Draven and former toxicity, has hit challenger on ADC many times. Back in 2019 he set off to hit Challenger in Jungle. He was sick of Junglers complaining about everything and wanted…
The 2022 LCS Spring Season Week 1 kicked off the regular season over the weekend. North America’s teams faced off against their first opponents with their records on the line. Teams including TSM, Cloud9 and Golden Guardians finally started their intended lineup, after starting at least partial Academy League teams during Lock In. Team Liquid…
The LCS’ 2022 Lock In tournament wrapped up over the weekend, with Team Liquid taking home the trophy yet again. The organization won last year in a tight 3-2 series against Cloud9. This year was a quick 3-0 victory over Evil Geniuses. [RELATED: 3 Takeaways for Team Liquid from the Lock In Week 2] The…
North America’s 2022 Lock In tournament continued into the quarterfinals stage over the weekend. TSM and Immortals fell out of the event, finishing fifth in their respective groups. Since Team Liquid finished second in Group B, they matched against Group A third place FlyQuest. Honestly, TL took the 2-0 fairly easily. They continue into the…
The 2022 LCS Season is just around the corner, as hard as it is to believe. The time since Worlds 2021 has flown by quickly, and North America is gearing up for a huge year. LCS teams made big moves in the offseason, including several notable names leaving and joining for different reasons. Ahead of…
North America’s LCS closes its first round robin this weekend, and the results may surprise some people. Teams that were not so hot in Spring Split are suddenly competing in Summer. Some of the top teams have started slow. And some teams have stayed relatively the same. These first 30 games have produced some LCS…
The 2021 LCS Summer Season starts Friday, June 4, with Team Liquid taking on TSM as the first match. The format is a little different this year. The 10 teams will play in a triple round-robin across nine weeks. The top eight teams proceed to playoffs. Keep in mind, their Spring Season records carry over…
“TSM is a global esports org. We obviously want to sign the best talent possible. We believe talent is universal…Ultimately, it doesn’t matter how much we invest into coaching or infrastructure and facilities, and performance programs, if we don’t have access to the same talent as other regions.” This was TSM Parth’s response to Travis…
League of Legends’ 2021 Mid Season Invitational wrapped up in spectacular fashion, with China’s Royal Never Give Up taking the title. DWG KIA put up a strong fight, pushing the series to five games. This marks RNG’s resurgence as the best team in the world currently, just like 2018 when RNG won MSI. Xiaohu and…
The 2021 LCS Spring Season closed out last weekend, with Cloud9 winning the Mid Season Showdown to secure the title. League of Legends looked a little different this year for North America. The season kicked off with NA’s first Lock In tournament, followed by a six-week regular season which included three games per week for…
The 2021 LCS Spring Season closed out last weekend, with Cloud9 winning the Mid Season Showdown to secure the title. League of Legends looked a little different this year for North America. The season kicked off with NA’s first Lock In tournament, followed by a six-week regular season which included three games per week for…
Team Liquid fell to Cloud9 in the winner’s bracket finals this past weekend, losing the series 1-3. Cloud9 moves on to the Mid Season Showdown finals, where they await the winner between Team Liquid and TSM. They face off this Saturday, April 10, at the Los Angeles Greek Theatre, and the winner continue to the…
Cloud9 served Team Liquid their first series loss of MSS, as they dismantled them in a 3-1 victory Saturday. Through draft superiority and better in-game execution, Cloud9 move onto the finals and Team Liquid drop to the MSS loser’s bracket. They will play the winner of Sunday’s TSM-100 Thieves series, and the winner of that…
The Mid Season Showdown continues to roll along, as TSM knocked Evil Geniuses out of the loser’s bracket in a 3-1 series and 100 Thieves 3-0’d Dignitas. Team Liquid and Cloud9 won Round 1 of the winner’s bracket, so they will square off next weekend, while TSM and 100 Thieves face each other. The MSS…
The LCS entered the Mid Season Showdown this past weekend, as the top six teams fight their way towards the title. Team Liquid and TSM kicked things off in the winner’s bracket, alongside Cloud9 and 100 Thieves. Team Liquid and Cloud9 came away with the victories, while TSM and 100 Thieves fall to the loser’s…
The regular season of the 2021 LCS Spring Split is in the books, with the double round robin completed. North America’s Mid Season Showdown will feature Cloud9, TSM, Team Liquid, 100 Thieves, Dignitas and Evil Geniuses as the top six teams. Team Liquid secured their first and only 3-0 weekend to finish third place in…
A 3-0 weekend was finally within Team Liquid’s grasp last weekend, but CLG killed that dream pretty quickly. One of the biggest upsets of the LCS Spring Split, Team Liquid had just come off of a dominant win over first place Cloud9 and nearly perfect-gaming Golden Guardians. Of course, they had to drop the ball…
In the history books, the early-2000s Los Angeles Lakers team will forever be remembered as the “Shaq-Kobe-Phil” team. In reality, that team was able to flourish because of the other individuals on the court — Derek Fisher, Rick Fox, Robert Horry, Ron Harper. The role players elevated the play of the superstars on the line-up.…
