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Developer Riot Games (VALORANT, League of Legends, etc.) has raised a total of $5.4 million from Battle Pass proceeds from their games and the League of Legends Bee skin line. The raised amount will go towards humanitarian efforts in Eastern Europe. Thanks to the effort of our amazing players, we’ve raised $5.4 million total in […]

With the release of League of Legends Patch 12.6 comes “Phase 1” of the previously announced Mythic Content Overhaul, which removes Prestige Points from the game, and provides new way of getting premiere skins. Mythic Essence Gemstones and Prestige Points are combining into a single new currency that never expires: Mythic Essence! Mythic Essence—ME for […]

League of Legends Patch 12.6 features little changes to champions, the only notable changes are those made on Illaoi and Rengar. A lot of healing items, particularly those that build off of Vampiric Scepter, are receiving changes. Runes pertaining to healing are receiving changes too, with Ravenous Hunter even being removed. Phase 1 of the […]

According to Dot Esports, League of Legends developer Riot Games has confirmed the location of this year’s Mid-Season Invitational: Busan, South Korea. This will be the first international League of Legends tournament held in the country since 2018, and its first time hosting the Mid-Season Invitational. To add to this, MSI 2022 will also feature […]

The 2022 LEC Spring Playoffs have begun. After eight weeks of the Spring Split, six teams will determine the winner of this edition of LEC Spring, the fourth since the league split from the LCS and rebranded to LEC. The first matchup saw first seed Rogue dismantle the third-seeded Misfits, who were sent down to […]

League of Legends receives its newest patch since developer Riot Games went AFK to “connect, reflect, and discuss goals during a series of company-wide meetings.” Notable changes for League of Legends Patch 12.6 are the Rengar adjustments, as well as the new rune Treasure Hunter, set to replace Ravenous Hunter in the Domination tree. Champion […]

The first-ever League of Legends novel titled Ruination will be hitting bookshelves later this year. Written by Anthony Reynolds, a Principal Writer at Riot, the upcoming story takes place in Runeterra and follows the story of Kalista and (King) Viego. Here’s everything we know so far about the Ruination novel, including the release date, the […]

T1 concluded the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) Spring Split 2022 Group Stage by making history. Competing against 9 other teams, they did not drop a single match, ending with a score line of 18-0 and safely securing first place in convincing fashion. This feat was achieved by the T1 roster comprised of: Top […]

One of the best Leagues in the scene, the League of Legends Champions Korea, or LCK, has many eyes on it. Home to many World Championships, the LCK this Spring 2022 look to once again bring back the Championship to Korea after last year’s win by China’s EDward Gaming. Matches are played in a double round robin, […]

The coach for the TSM FTX League of Legends team Peter Zhang has been terminated over allegations of conflict of interest and unethical practices. This was revealed in a statement by TSM FTX, posted earlier today. The statement read: We were recently made aware of very serious allegations of conflict of interest and unethical practices […]

A Reddit user outlines the one scenario that TSM makes it to the LCS Spring 2022 Playoffs, and it’s not looking good for TSM fans. Self-professed lover of standing maths u/i-am-grok took to the League of Legends Reddit to discuss the solo (no pun intended) scenario that Team Solo Mid makes it to playoffs. To […]

With the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing around the globe, case counts have surged rapidly in South Korea in recent weeks, hitting hundred thousands of new cases per day. Unsurprisingly, the LCK teams haven’t been spared either by the coronavirus. In the past few weeks, many teams have had to field weakened rosters as key players […]

League of Legends fans can rejoice as they can now attend the 2022 LCS Spring Split playoffs in-person and watch all the action unfold live. Two years ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic struck the globe, fans and pro players alike had to say goodbye to having a live audience at LAN events. Players have since […]

The Tencent League of Legends Pro League (LPL) Spring 2022 season is underway, and after winning three out of the past four World Championships, many eyes are on this region. Many off-season roster moves made this season exciting. Legendary bot laner Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao came out of retirement, and Super Carry Kim “Doinb” Tae-sang parts […]

For Golden Guardians support Kim “Olleh” Joo-sung, LCS pros just aren’t working hard enough to get better at League of Legends. The Korean player, who’s played in NA for several seasons now, has called out fellow LCS players, saying that “only a few people are playing Champion’s Queue,” the new high-elo server that Riot implemented […]

According to an announcement by the League of Legends Championship Korea (LCK), Fredit BRION’s match against GenG will result in a forfeit, due to the fact that Fredit BRION players testing positive for COVID-19. Before this, the main roster for Fredit BRION have also tested positive, prompting an emergency call-up for their Challenger team to […]

Riot Games are releasing a brand new skin, but you can only get it if you’re nice. A League of Legends skin will be exclusive to players with an Honor Level of 5. In a dev blog, Riot’s new Product Lead for Behavioral Systems Hana “TimTamMonster” Dinh discussed the current state of League of Legends […]

Ex-Cloud9 jungler Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen re-joins the organization as a substitute jungler, confirmed via a Tweet from Cloud9. Guess who's back, back again pic.twitter.com/eVotw2LksQ — Cloud9 (@Cloud9) March 14, 2022 “Sven rejoins the Cloud9 family as a substitute player! (and, of course, to make C9 Zven/Sven even more confusing) Welcome back Dennis!”, said Cloud9 in […]

Whether you’re rooting for the reigning champions 100 Thieves, or rising NA talent in Danny and Jojopyun in Evil Geniuses, or the mighty Liquid superteam that just defended their Lock-In title, or you’ve been purified by the Church of LS—we’re in for some spicy drafts and crazy games this LCS Spring Split. So strap yourselves […]

T1 has set a new record in League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) after defeating Kwangdong Freecs and Brion Blade in Week 8 of 2022 Spring Split. They have beaten their own record from the 2015 Summer Split of going up 14-0 win stream when they were still under the SK Telecom T1 name. Fans […]

Shortly after the conclusion of the League of Legends European Championship, or LEC, Spring 2022 Regular Season, Astralis LoL is going through some changes after they announce the departure of their top laner Matti “WhiteKnight” Sormunen and support Hampus “promisq” Abrahamsson. In a blog post, Astralis issued the following message: WhiteKnight and promisq have been […]

League of Legends Patch 12.5b hits live servers. It returns some of Master Yi’s power, as well as modifications to a handful of marksmen to widen the ADC meta. Aphelios Base Stats Base Armor: 28 >>> 26 Base Health: 530 >>> 510 Ashe W – Volley Mana Cost: 70 at all ranks >>> 75/70/65/60/55 R – Enchanted […]

After finishing in last place in the 2022 LEC Spring Split regular season, Astralis has started its roster rebuild with the release of Matti “WhiteKnight” Sormunen and Hampus Mikael “promisq” Abrahamsson. The departures of the Astralis top laner and support were announced via a statement on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Both WhiteKnight and promisq were […]

For the first time since League of Legends Patch 10.15, Swain will be receiving somewhat major changes in an effort to make his kit stronger overall and with a better identity that players can get behind. These Swain buffs will be coming to the PBE this week and are set to hit the live servers […]

A preview of the “micro patch” coming soon has been released by Riot Games Designer Riot Phlox. League of Legends Patch 12.5b buffs Master Yi as well as some other less popular marksmen, while making the more popular choices like Zeri and Jinx a little bit weaker. Unfortunately, no specific details were disclosed apart from […]

Fnatic finished the League of Legends (LEC) European Championship Spring 2022 Group Stage in 2nd place. Throughout the 18 games played, they only dropped 5, making their win-loss ratio 13-5 by the end of the season. This puts them one win behind the season’s first place, Rogue. But there was one thing that a member […]

League of Legends developer Riot Games in a recent blog post announced their concerns regarding the current competitive queues, and their consideration to remove Duo queue. They initially discussed their focus regarding competitive play. The devs pointed out Competitive Integrity which pertains to making sure that players have an even playing field in their competitive […]

After seeing the successful return of TSM icon Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg on the Team Liquid (TL) superteam this LCS Spring 2022, it’s no surprise that loyal fans of other League of Legends pros are wondering whether other retired players might put on the jersey yet again. That’s true especially for Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng, one of […]

It hasn’t been long since Riot devs quickly pushed out a hotfix for Master Yi, hitting the Wuju Bladesman with significant nerfs after initial League of Legends Patch 12.5 changes had boosted the champion into the overpowered tier. Yet the toning down may have gone too far, it seems. New analytics now reveal that Master […]

The League of Legends European Championship, or LEC, has begun its Spring 2022 Season. Unfortunately, due to COVID-related issues, the LEC Spring 2022 is held remotely. After one of the most chaotic preseason roster moves in history, this season is guaranteed to be exciting. A lot of fans are also interested in the many new […]

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in a massive humanitarian crisis over in Europe, leaving many wounded, displaced, or without sustained access to electricity, food, and water. In response, the gaming and global community have largely continued calling for help and support to those most in need and most affected by the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Riot […]

Master Yi is one of those champions that can really tear up solo queue, and especially so in early League of Legends Season 12 patches, dominating across essentially all ranks. Unsurprisingly, Master Yi got a mini-rework in Patch 12.5 that was intended to tone down the champion and the prevailing Lethality build. However, the changes […]

Now that we’re at the halfway point of the 2022 LCS Spring Split regular season, we’ve gotten a fair chance to assess the teams, their strengths and weaknesses, and potential to improve. With just nine matches left to be played, here are our updated, mid-split power rankings and predictions for how the rest of the […]

A few months ago, Riot Games announced the overhaul of the Gemstone and Prestige Points system. Now, we have our first look at the first Mythic Essence skin, Ashen Knight Pyke, as well as more details on the system overhaul. Ashen Knight Pyke is the first of the Ashen Knight series, the thematic for 2022 […]

Somehow, Riot keeps thinking that League of Legends could use more Bee skins. Did we ask for them? No. Do we like them? Maybe. Bee’Maw and Beezahar are pretty fun to use in-game, if you ignore the constant literal buzzing emanating from these skins. Now, Bee skins for Ziggs. Heimerdinger, Nunu & Willump, and Orianna […]

Battle Bunny Riven was a huge success. Even after numerous Riven skins being released after it, a lot of players still prefer using Battle Bunny. While I won’t go into the details why people like using it, it’s a little surprising that Riot only decided to make more of them 10 years after Battle Bunny. […]

League of Legends Patch 12.5 is a relatively small patch with only one thing of note – the small Master Yi rework. The tweaks will discourage lethality builds an incentivize on-hit builds. Hullbreaker also receives some nerfs. New Bee skins goes live this patch. Champion Changes Ahri Developer Notes: While we’re happy that players are […]

Esports organization EXCEL Esports re-signs analyst and color caster Marc “Caedrel” Lamont. Caedrel spent his last couple years of professional play in EXCEL, before retiring and moving to casting games in the League of Legends European Championship, or LEC. He re-joins his former org as a content creator. What a nightmare. No ULT cancelling around […]

Renata Glasc is slated for some nerfs, according to Riot game designer Blake “Squad5” Smith. Read on for the full details. Renata Glasc Base Stats Armor per level reduced: 4 >>> 3.5 Developer notes: General power reduction. Her Armor/lvl was a bit high overall in [her] class. Passive – Leverage Damage on both hits reduced: […]