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A Guide to the Scouting Grounds Circuit

NA has long been ridiculed as a talentless region, without many star players that can shine internationally. In truth, there...

LEC Round-Up: MAD Lions Leads the Pack

The summer split so far has been thrilling and unpredictable, with results far from what anyone expected. Who would have...

Why Does Everyone Hate the LCS?

It’s only been two weeks since the LCS and LEC returned for the 2020 Summer Split, but the two broadcasts have received...

Season 1 Worlds - Where It All Began

Over a decade has passed since Riot created League of Legends, the worldwide phenomenon that has undeniably changed the...

Being Gay and a Public Figure in Gaming: An Interview with James O’Leary (Stress)

James O’Leary AKA Stress is a well-known name in gaming. James is a League of Legends caster, commentator and community...

Underdogs and Champions - LEC Superweek Roundup

The first LEC superweek of the regular Summer split has been full of brilliant macro and edge of your seat comebacks. Many...

The End of an Era - Uzi and RNG Part Ways

“Uzi” is a name synonymous with the ADC role, with China, and with League of Legends as a whole. Like Korea’s...

COVID-19 Placed an Asterisk on LoL’s 2020 Season

2019 was one of the most exciting years for League of Legends esports on a global scale. North America made history at the...

Casting Career Limitations Are Causing LoL to Lose Some of its Best On-Air Talent

If you were to ask anybody in the community right now, they’d say that Yiliang “Doubleift” Peng’s...

League of Legends Major Region Power Rankings

The Spring Split has officially ended across all major regions following JDG’s clutch victory over TOP Esports in...

Opinion: Doublelift’s return to TSM will be messy, but should still be allowed

Well, it finally happened. Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng will be reportedly making his return to TSM for the Summer...

Evil Geniuses or FlyQuest will meet Cloud9 in the LCS Finals, but can they win?

For the first time since 2015, a team other than Team Liquid, TSM, or CLG will lift the trophy at the end of the split....

The LCS and LEC Are Back, Move Matches Online

Riot Games announced the return of the LEC and LCS starting Friday, March 20th. In a press release, the League of Legends...

LCK Looking at Online Matches as Part of its Contingency Plan

Since March 2nd, the LCK has been suspended due to the global pandemic COVID-19. The Korean League of Legends league had...

LEC Spring Season Matches Suspended Due To COVID-19 Concerns

The League of Legends European Championship Spring Season matches have been suspended until further notice. The LEC released...

Mid-Split LCS Report Cards

With four games left to play for each team, the League of Legends Championship 2020 Spring Split regular season is nearly...

LEC spring finals to change locations, LCS to suspend fan and player interactions in response to coronavirus outbreak

On March 6, both the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) and League of Legends European Championship (LEC)...

Fnatic Bwipo Names His League of Legends Dream Team

Fnatic top-laner Gabriël "Bwipo" Rau has had quite the League of Legends career, especially in just...

Meet MAD Lions’ Carzzy: one of the LEC’s brightest prospects

The League of Legends European Championship (LEC) is only three weeks into its new season but the newest team, MAD Lions,...

Team Vitality Bench Jactroll for Former ADC Steelback Ahead of Misfits Game

After failing to win its first seven games of the League of Legends European Championship (LEC) 2020 season, Team Vitality...

FORG1VEN steps down from Schalke 04 LEC Roster After Six Straight Defeats

Schalke 04 has had a disastrous start to the 2020 League of Legends European Championship (LEC) season as the squad has...

Riot wants to turn these 5 champions into junglers in 10.3, and it may not be a bad thing

With the controversy surrounding the latest round of Akali nerfs (and hotfix buffs less than 24 hours later), Aphelios’...

How to claim the free League of Legends refund

League of Legends has impressively reached its 10-year milestone and it’s fair to say, Riot Games is still in a celebratory...

Gilius asks for patience: ''My goal is that in the Summer Split, Schalke will be a very strong team''

The League of Legends European Championship (LEC) returned last week with thousands excited to see the new-look teams in...

Three Overreactions From Week 1 of the LEC

The best western league finally returned to air this weekend, and the race to see who will be Europe’s representative...

Riot describes plans for ARAM, how Prestige Skins are chosen and more in latest blogpost

In a recent Q&A posted to the official Ask Riot blog, Rioters Carlos “IamCarlos” Giffoni, Jordan “Wrekz”...

Coronavirus outbreak prompts LPL officials to halt games until further notice

The League of Legends Pro League made an official announcement on January 26 that both the LPL and its academy league, the...

Foxdrop ''I just know that I go up there, I chat rubbish, have fun and that's it. That's the secret formula. I think if you're having fun, people have fun watching.''

Dan "Foxdrop" Wyatt has been creating content in League of Legends since 2012 but his passion has taken him further...

People aren’t happy about these possible Akali nerfs

Despite all of the new mechanics and champions introduced into the game since her reworked release in 2018, fewer League...

Can Mithy be Fnatic’s own version of Frank Lampard or Zinedine Zidane?

Alfonso "Mithy" Aguirre Rodriguez has already had an astonishing Legends of Legends career but it has only just...

Evil Geniuses are top 3 material, you just don’t want to believe they are

With the advent of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Spring Split, North America welcomes back a relic of its early...

Caedrel defends Mickey, hails Youngbuck’s impact and gives his thoughts on the Season 10 changes

Excel Esports has picked up some momentum before the League of Legends European Championship gaming (LEC) even kicks off...

Legendary LoL player Yellowstar comes out of retirement at 27 to become LDLC’s new support

The League of Legends European Championship  (LEC) is less than a fortnight away but that doesn’t mean the end...

TFT slated to hit mobile devices in March, along with Set 3

The wait is finally over for Teamfight Tactics fans who have been itching to take their games on the go. In Riot’s...

Sett’s release in pro play will give top laners more options, but won’t shake the meta

The final piece of the preseason puzzle will come into play with the release of Sett on January 14. The half-Noxian half-Ionian...

New series of cinematics and tabletop game will build on League of Legends’ lore

As a part of Riot’s week of announcing its plans for the 2020 Season, VP of IP and entertainment Greg “Ghostcrawler”...

Olleh and Lourlo make a return to cap off Dignitas Academy roster

Dignitas have rounded out their academy roster with the signing of former Golden Guardians support Kim “Olleh” Joo-sung...

LCS introduces double elimination Playoffs and stronger Academy investment for 2020

With League of Legends Season 10 kicking off this week, the return of pro play is not far away. In fact, Riot Games has...

Patch 10.1 Highlights

It’s finally here, League of Legends Season 10 begins this week as Riot Games has released Patch 10.1 with potentially a...

Riot unveils Volibear rework concept, plans for 2020, and more in latest video

Today Riot Games lead producer Joe “New001” Trung revealed Riot’s plans to showcase previews throughout the week of what’s...

Why you should be excited about the LCS’s 3 “Rookies” debuting in 2020

The biggest cause for uproar in North America during the 2019 offseason was the apparent lack of domestic and fresh young...

Challenger player reaches platinum while playing two accounts simultaneously

Two-time College League of Legends champion and current North American Challenger ADC Tony “Saskio” Chau recently...

Afreeca Freecs become KeSPA Cup 2019 champions

  Afreeca Freecs have emerged as the victors of the KeSPA Cup 2019 after shutting out SANDBOX Gaming in a convincing...

TF Blade may sub for Team Liquid in light of visa issues

On January 1, Team Liquid owner Steve “Liquid112” Arhancet disclosed ongoing visa issues for the League of Legends...

Team Liquid’s Broxah, Shernfire and Cain stuck in visa queue

As revealed by co-CEO Steve Arhancet on Twitter, the organization is struggling to get the visas of its new hires cleared....

Excel and Rogue: Learning from Previous Failures

Last season kicked off a new era of competitive League of Legends, as Europe introduced its own answer to the North American...

2020 LCS Offseason Power-Rankings

It’s no secret that North America’s performance at the 2019 World Championship was abysmal. For the first time...

Sneaky’s 2B cosplay is another for the books

Good news for those of you who thought the 31st was too long a wait for fireworks. Zachary "Sneaky" Scuderi has...

Galatasaray Esports banned from TCL 2020 Spring Split for payment failures

On December 28, Riot Games Turkey released an official statement banning Galatasaray Esports from participating in...

The 2020 Tyler1 Championship Series will be the biggest one yet

The last few months of the year are an incredibly busy time in the League of Legends community. The World Championship spans...

Five LCS players to watch next season

With so many new and old faces joining the League of Legends Championship Series for the 2020 Spring Split, individual performances...

Who will be G2 Esports main LEC title contenders next season?

Last season was a spectacular one for G2 Esports as the team won every trophy available to them apart from the League of...

Five LEC Players With a Point to Prove Next Season

As 2019 comes to an end, it’s natural that most people will be in a reflective mood. Moving into not only a new year...

Team intervention saves international KeSPA Cup broadcast

Today the KeSPA Cup kicked off. The annual tournament is the first chance for fans of Korean League of Legends to see their...

New LCS Schedule: Monday Matches & More Academy Games

Inven Global reported earlier this week (from a reliable source) that the new broadcast schedule for the 2020 League of...

Grading every LEC team’s offseason roster changes

As 2019 comes to an end, there’s a lot for European League of Legends fans to reflect on. The LEC rebrand as a whole...

LCS claims third most popular US professional sports league spot

After its European cousin was renamed to LEC at the start of the 2019 season, this was North America's first year as...

Sylas' mini-rework on the PBE might make him secretly OP

The first patch of Season 10 is lurking around the corner, and with the latest PBE preview notes to hit Surrender@20, major...

Mata announces retirement, ending storied career

The legend Mata announces his retirement  Fomos reported that legendary support player and 2014 World Championship...

RNG in 2020

Royal Never Give Up In 2020 Royal Never Giveup, the LPL powerhouse that’s been headed by Uzi for years now, has made...

League of Legends Teams to Watch in 2020

League of Legends: Teams to Watch in 2020 It might currently be the offseason for competitive League of Legends but there...

TL;DR - Aphelios for Dummies

Patch 9.24 rolled onto the live servers on December 11, and brought with it League of Legends’ newest marksman Aphelios....

G2 Esports tease a role swap between Perkz and Caps for the LEC 2020 season

Last year, G2 Esports shocked the League of Legends world when their star mid-laner Luka "Perkz" Perković role...

DreamHack to take over UK League of Legends competition

DreamHack is expanding its League of Legends activities to the UK. The tournament organizer is taking over the United Kingdom's...

Where art thou, Sneaky?

With All-Stars behind us, it's time to start looking towards the 2020 League of Legends season. In North America, the...

Fnatic – A Dynasty at Risk

Travis Gafford interviewed Gabriël "Bwipo" Rau for the League All Stars 2019. The big, smiling face jumped...

Patch 9.24 Highlights

League of Legends Patch 9.24 is here. It’s the final update of the year so Riot Games is looking to end 2019 with...

Schalke 04 announces re-signing of Gilius to complete 2020 LEC roster

FC Schalke 04 Esports has officially announced that they will be adding Erberk "Gilius" Demir to their 2020 League...

DAMWON Gaming renew the contracts of young stars Canyon and ShowMaker

DAMWON Gaming has managed to hold onto two of its stars as jungler Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu and mid-laner Heo “ShowMaker”...

Choosing Broxah over Xmithie is Liquid’s Biggest Risk Yet

On November 19, Team Liquid officially announced that premier Fnatic jungler Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pedersen would be replacing...

All-Stars Final Day Results: Bwipo’s Big Day

The 2019 All-Star Event came to a close with one lone European top laner making his mark as the standout player of the tournament....

All-Stars Day Two Results: LCK vs LPL

Not to be outdone by their international counterparts from the west, the Chinese and Korean All-Star representatives showed...

Interview - Excel’s new bot-lane are aiming for Playoffs and beyond

Excel Esports League of Legends European Championship (LEC) roster has been completed ahead of next season as the British...

All-Stars Day One Results: EU > NA

All-Stars returned to the Esports Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada for 2019, marking the end of Season Nine with one final international...

5 Players to Watch for at League of Legends All-Star 2019

It’s been an incredible year for competitive League of Legends. We saw G2 Esports become the first-ever European Mid-Season...

Korean Fair Trade Commission to investigate contract issues in the LCK

South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has opened an investigation into the contract issues that have plagued...

Excel confirm the signing of ADC Patrik from Origen for LEC 2020

Excel Esports are continuing the overhaul of their League of Legends European Championship (LEC) squad for next season after...

Evil Geniuses to sign former Vitality mid laner Jiizuke

ESPN reported that Evil Geniuses are set to sign former Team Vitality mid laner Daniele “Jiizuke” di Mauro as...

LCS is Killing Itself by Not Truly investing in Domestic Talent

The day when the off-season began, Jacob Wolf sat in the ESPN studio dropping a trail of breadcrumbs for everyone wanting...

New details on Riot Games’ Class-Action Settlement Emerge

Riot Games has reached a preliminary settlement in the gender discrimination suit brought against it by former female employees....

Schalke Confirm Dreams Will Support FORG1VEN in the LEC Next Year

FC Schalke 04 Esports has confirmed that Han "Dreams" Min-kook will be the team’s new support for the upcoming...