Column

  1. Column

    Fresh Placement Accounts: The problem that plagues high elo KR solo queue

    ‘Fresh Placement Accounts'. In Korean, they're called ‘생배', but for our convenience, let's just call them FPAs. It's a term that the Korean community started to use to label those accounts

    · Apr 15, 2022
  2. Column

    Summit has always been a coinflip player. Can he change?

    Is there a way to make Summit a more consistent player, or has North America finally caught onto Summit’s greatest weakness?

    · Apr 9, 2022
  3. Column

    King atop the mountain: How Summit's lane kingdom was built... and then conquered

    Cloud9's start-of-season iteration cobbled together by then-coach Nick "LS" De Cesare brought up a lot of question marks. Next to the two bedrock players of 2020 C9 — jungler Robert "Blaber" Hua

    · Apr 8, 2022
  4. Column

    Now is the right time for the LEC to expand

    Recent rumors have pointed to a 2023 expansion of the League of Legends European Championship, to add two more teams to the current line-up of 10. Whether this is in the works and how far planning has

    · Apr 6, 2022
  5. Column

    Is there hope for TSM going into summer?

    Is there still hope for this TSM roster?

    · Mar 26, 2022
  6. Column

    The number you need to know: T1's 16-0 win streak

    T1 have now strung 16 straight wins in 2022 LCK Spring with an overall game record of 32-6 (84.2% win rate). No team in the LCK is remotely close to them.

    · Mar 15, 2022
  7. Column

    Korean solo queue has some serious issues, and Faker called them out

    After Chinese pro player Yu “Qingtian” Zi-Han intentionally threw one of Faker’s ranked games, a massive conversation has been started about the state of Korean solo queue.

    · Mar 12, 2022
  8. Column

    Slow motion is better than no motion: Analyzing TSM's growth following roster shuffles

    To restore the organization to its former glory, this TSM squad has a long way to go, but it’s impossible to deny that they’re a few steps closer than they were a week ago.

    · Mar 12, 2022
  9. Column

    Uzi vs. Doggo: Who should be starting on BLG?

    Doggo showed just how strong he is in comparison to even the world’s best ADCs. When it comes to BLG, the LPL, and the meta, however, is he really better than his storied teammate?

    · Mar 1, 2022
  10. Column

    The number you need to know: Toucouille's 626 (DPM)

    626. That's the average damage per minute (DPM) for FlyQuest's mid laner Loïc "toucouille" Dubois through three weeks of LCS play. Once one of the more-maligned offseason acquisitions, it was ass

    · Feb 25, 2022
  11. Column

    The LCS is the best it's been in years. What changed?

    Now, the LCS feels better than ever. Even with such a generation change, the storylines are there.

    · Feb 24, 2022
  12. Column

    Quest's Musings 2022 Vol 1: COVID strikes the LCK, LCK reacts to enchanter mids

    The 2022 LCK Spring split is close to finishing its 1st round robin. As many predicted, T1 remains at the top of the standings so far, with Gen.G following at close second. ‘Quest's Musings', is

    · Feb 18, 2022
  13. Column

    The number you need to know: TSM's 1

    One. That's the number of dragons taken by TSM at or before the 15-minute mark in their first four games of the 2022 LCS Spring Split. Not one per game, one single dragon that was taken over all four

    · Feb 17, 2022
  14. Column

    Mythbusting NFTs: What's true and what's fake about the controversial tech

    So what is true and what is myth when it comes to this new and controversial technology? We are here to bust some of the most common NFT myths.

    · Feb 15, 2022