The challenge to the Championship was not always filled with glory. A rookie top laner, hyped as the next ruler of the top lane, had failed to made successful debut on Worlds 2019. Jang "Nuguri" Ha-Gw
Riot Games has announced that (G)I-DLE's singer Soyeon is teaming up with Becky G, Keke Palmer, Thutmose and Duckwrth for a new music project. The title "True Damage" will be released November 10th, during League of Legends Worlds Championship finals.
The LCS Players Association met with Riot officials this off-season to work out a way to increase professional level practice. Pros can now stream their matches on the Tournament Realm - the same server used for official LCS matches based in LA.
We can't deny esports is becoming more mainstream by the day. The biggest proof of that is when the big names of comedy start to make skits based on the biggest esports leagues.
Europe did it! After the FNC and SPY elimination, there was a nervousness stirring that the Worlds hosts would not send any representatives to the Semifinals. But G2 showed up on the day to take out DWG!
The three time World Champions, SKT, press forward to the Semifinals, after taking down the European third seed. They dropped a game, but secure the series after an incredible few games from Khan and Teddy.
Turns out FunPlus > OnePlus!!! After a disappointing Group Stage for FPX and an incredible comeback for FNC, this series easily could've been a Fnatic stomp, but the Chinese first seed showed up on the day and meet their regional partner in the Semis!
On the 26th, Invictus Gaming took down Griffin in the first quarterfinal match of the 2019 LoL World Championship. After the match, Griffin held a post-match press conference and shared what they learned from the match against the defending champions.
The 2018 World Champions, Invictus Gaming, are silencing the dissenters after a near 3-0 sweep against the Korean second seed, Griffin, in the Quarterfinals in Madrid.
The first best-of-five matchup is mere hours away, so let's take a look over what's been set for the Quarterfinals of Worlds 2019.
Yoon ‘Justice’ Seok-joon, the sub Mid laner for SANDBOX announced his retirement, and Coach Lim ‘Comet’ Hye-sung and Lee ‘Dragon’ Jun-yong have mutually parted ways with SANDBOX.
On the 25th (KST), Jin Air Green Wings have announced that they have mutually parted ways with the head coach of the League of Legends squad, Han 'H Dragon' Sang-yong.
On the 23rd (KST), Hanhwa Life Esports announced that the captain and the ADC for the League of Legends team, Gwon ‘Sangyoon' Sang-yun has retired.
Each Quarterfinals match will be a best-of-five series in which the losers will go home, while the winners will remain in Madrid for the Semifinals in the first week of November.
The last match of Groups spelled either the death of NA or the death of the previous World Champions. And the reaper just happened to show up on North American soil, as IG dominated in the final match, and sends TL back home.
The last day of Group Stage launches DWG into the first seed for Group D, where they join SKT and GRF who finished first in their respective groups earlier on the week. All three teams finished 5-1! Is this another year of LCK Worlds victory.
Starting the day in a three way tie with TL and IG at 2-1, DWG won their first two games and become the first to advance out of Group D. Sitting at 4-1, they only have AHQ left, and defeating them will guarantee first seed.
Coming out of the first Round Robin, AHQ sat at 0-3 and needed to go 3-0 on elimination day to qualify to the Worlds 2019 Knockout Stage. Invictus Gaming shut out that possibility in just the first game, read about it here:
In an announcement this evening, LoL Esports Latinoamérica issued a statement on Twitter saying that tomorrow's League of Legends Worlds Championship broadcast is cancelled due to protests in Santiago de Chile.
The first game in the final day of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship Group Stage will be the the IG veteran's first start since August 23rd in the 2019 LPL Summer Playoffs.
