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VALORANT players are all too familiar with Jett. Being an Agent that released with the game, the wind-weaving Duelist is almost synonymous to the game itself. VALORANT developer and publisher Riot Games is grounding Jett by introducing massive nerfs to her dash, Tailwind. In the blog post, Agent designers Alexander Mistakidis, Jay Watford, and Sal […]

League of Legends Patch 12.8 will be the version that the upcoming Mid-Season Invitational this May will be played on. That being said, this fact didn’t stop the team from making some interesting choices. The changes listed in this patch preview provided by Riot Phlox may not reflect the actual patch notes come the update, […]

After revealing three new champions in the works, Lead Producer Ryan “Reav3” Mireles went on to talk about League of Legends champion reworks. All of these are taken from the Champion Roadmap for April 2022, or the Reddit discussion thread. We have been aware of the Udyr rework for a while now, and Skarner won […]

Newest VALORANT leaks reveal several images of the newest Agent Fade. She will be an Initiator, designed to exploit her enemies’ fears. Bury your fears, or she will hunt them. Fade, VALORANT’s new Turkish Agent, stalks her prey with equal parts terror and tactics. Go ahead, try to hide.  Fade Promotional Art On April 18th, […]

Champion’s Queue, North America’s premier invite-only League of Legends server, is receiving major changes, according to project lead Zack “Riot Whoopley” Elliot. Champion’s Queue is described on the official website as “a competitive matchmaking experience hosted on a private Discord server designed for the best West Coast North American players. Prizing will be distributed among […]

In recent years, the Chinese region’s League of Legends Pro League has taken home three World Championships. The teams Invictus Gaming, FunPlus Phoenix, and last year’s EDward Gaming will be remembered in LPL history as World Champions, and the region wants to add more. The LPL Spring 2022 Playoffs is split into two “phases.” Phase […]

Arcana is a fairly new skin line, having previously released a handful of skins beforehand. The recipients of the first set of skins in this line were Camille, Xerath, Tahm Kench, and Lucian. Joining them this time are Ahri, Hecarim, Ryze, Xayah, and Rakan. While the Arcana skin line are obviously inspired by the major […]

This year’s Mid-Season Invitational is growing closer, and that international event is intended to be played on patch 12.8. According to the official patch notes, some “spicy” changes are in League of Legends Patch 12.7 so further adjustments in the actual tournament patch can be implemented if needed. Wukong players will be particularly happy this […]

Teamfight Tactics Patch 12.7 is the Worlds patch, but it’s focused on buffing the weaker aspects in the game rather than nerfing the overpowered ones. Most of the “high impact nerfs” were shipped in the 12.6 mid-week update to give leeway to adjustments necessary for the Worlds patch. Teamfight Tactics Patch 12.7 will go live […]

Today’s League of Legends PBE update brought more than a handful of skins, some of which were inspired by a different Riot Game. Two skins, Gangplank the Betrayer and Sea Dog Yasuo take inspiration from Ruined King, which take place in the same universe as League of Legends. Sea Dog Yasuo and Gangplank the Betrayer […]

At his peak, Kim “Doinb” Tae-sang was considered as one of the best mid laners in the world, and has a World Championship under his belt to prove it. After claiming the World Championship under FunPlus Phoenix, Doinb signed to LNG Esports for the 2022 Season. Unfortunately, LNG was kicked out of the LPL 2022 […]

With the conclusion of League of Legends European Championship (LEC) Spring 2022 Week 8, and therefore the Group Stage, the six teams who locked in playoffs are now confirmed. These teams will go through a double elimination bracket wherein the winner qualifies for the Mid Season Invitational 2022. All matches in the playoffs are Best […]

Cloud9 League of Legends has announced that for this weekend’s match against Golden Guardians, Jonah “Isles” Rosario will be playing instead of Kim “Winsome” Dong-Keon in the support role. Cloud9 LoL Head Coach Max Waldo said in a video that some of the things that led to this decision were the fact that the team […]

We have the League of Legends Patch 12.7 Preview, this time courtesy of Tim “Riot Truexy” Jiang. He added his thoughts, saying that with MSI approaching, League of Legends Patch 12.7 focuses on “shaking up the meta’s dominant picks and adding some new ones that we haven’t seen.” Most of the champion changes this time […]

The League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) Spring 2022 Group Stage has concluded, and T1 is looking unstoppable. Led by Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok, T1 dominated the rest of the region. Eventually, T1 went on to go undefeated for the entirety of the Group Stage, the first time this feat was achieved in the region since […]

T1 vs Gen.G was a Grand Finals that many looked forward to. Even the opening ceremony gave goosebumps to viewers, seeing both teams’ legendary ex-players on the stage side-by-side. The match was held in the Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) in Busan, South Korea, with a live crowd. KINTEX was the venue of the LCK […]

Shortly after the conclusion of their record-breaking split, most of the members of the T1 League of Legends team test positive for Covid-19. In an announcement by T1, they informed the fans of the T1 LoL squad of the news. It read: We would like to let the fans know that T1 League of Legends […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Riot has decided to invest directly into the French animation studio responsible for the critically-acclaimed Netflix series Arcane. Calling Arcane successful is an understatement. After all, the League of Legends animated show featuring Jinx, Vi, and Caitlyn, among other League of Legends characters, received near-universal critical acclaim. All awards that the show was nominated for, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]