The 2020 League of Legends Worlds Championship is about to kick off the Group Stage madness, which means Rogue is back in action. Recently, the team has announced their commemorative jersey, as well as their signature tracksuit.
The pairings for the 2020 League of Legends World Championship group stage and play-ins were drawn Tuesday, Sept. 15. With the tournament taking place in China, LPL legends Gao "WeiXiao" Xue-Cheng, Li
UOL will now try to beat LCL's best-ever placement at Worlds that was the Albus Nox Luna Cinderella story at Worlds 2016.
LGD will be joining Group C, with teams like Team SoloMid, Fnatic, and Gen.G.
Since today is the first day of the skins going live on the PBE, expect Little Devil Fizz, Pumpkin Prince Amumu, and Bewitching Elise to be released on October 14.
LGD and SUP advance to the next series in the Play-In knockout stage, playing against Legacy Esports and Unicorns of Love, respectively. Read more on their series here:
Legends of Runeterra Patch 1.11 is coming. The second major balance patch after Call of the Mountain brings changes to 11 cards, including nerfs to some of the more problematic ones in the current met
Team Liquid becomes the second team to qualify for the World Championship Group Stage from the Play-Ins after placing first in Group A with their defeat of Legacy Esports in a final tiebreaker match. Read more on the qualifications here:
INTZ becomes the second team knocked out of Worlds, following the LJL's V3 Esports from Group B yesterday. They played a tiebreaker game against MAD Lions after finding themselves tied for last with a 1-3 record. Read more on INTZ's run here:
As the 2nd seed from Taiwan's Pacific Championship Series, PSG Talon will be randomly selected as the team to round out any group except Group A, which already contains PCS 1st seed Machi Esports. PSG Talon is the first team to escape from the play-in at Worlds 2020.
Winning a head to head will not provide an immediate higher seed, there will still be tiebreakers in the Worlds 2020 Play-In Stage. Read more here on how that will work.
On Friday, September 24, Riot Games released its first Champion Roadmap update for League of Legends since June. The update also included more visuals and information on the upcoming Dr. Mundo VGU.
UPDATE 9/25: In addition to River and Tank, AD carry Wong "Unified" Chun Kit is also currently off the PSG Talon starting roster due to visa delays. Unified will be eligible to play on September 27th, but River and Tank are still in quarantine and will not be eligible to play in the Worlds 2020 play-in. PSG Talon went 2-0 in its first day of the play-in against Rainbow7 and LGD Gaming. Chen "Dee" Chun-Dee, a substitute on Machi Esports, is starting in Unified's place until he is eligible to compete.
MAD Lions headed onto Summoner's Rift with an objectively better composition than TL, but the LCS side's signature champions ended up being a larger factor.
The new rising star, Seraphine, is a mage with shield and healing capabilities.
The product line ranges from phone accessories to apple’s Airpods.
Samira is the newest champion to join the League of Legends roster, but the Desert Rose was so powerful on her first day of play on Summoner's Rift that a micro-patch has been implemented to nerf her.
In addition to Worlds, Mercedes-Benz' partnership with Riot will also include the Mid-Season Invitational, which traditionally takes place between the spring and summer splits of the domestic season, as well as the All-Star event that takes place at the end of each year.
Riot devs have teased the next patch, one of the last before the preseason which is set to bring an entire overhaul to the current item system. They target some big picks (and unpickables) in solo queue to bring a little more diversity to the meta. Read more on the proposed changes here:
Following two days of intense gameplay at the nation's largest collegiate esports tournament, newcomer Northwood University Esports earned the top prize in Overwatch and Maryville University emerged as champions in League of Legends. Read more about the event here:
