Last week, the DRX players left for China to participate in the 2020 League of Legends World Championship. Due to the current coronavirus pandemic, they had to be quarantined for two weeks as soon as
On September 26th, Team Liquid faced Legacy Esports in the play-ins of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship. It was an easy win for Team Liquid as they rose to the top of the leaderboard
UOL made their entrance to Worlds as exciting as they possibly could, smashing V3 in their opener and then commanding a solid victory over PSG in their second game of the day, taking control of Group B with a 2-0 record. And they did so with some creative picks, giving themselves a lot of flexibility in their future drafts, featuring Orianna in two positions now, with a last-minute flex to the bot
On the 26th, Papara SuperMassive had a perfect day, winning both games in the play-ins of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship. Starting off with a win against INTZ, they also took down LEC
On September 26, Papara Supermassive defeated INTZ in the play-ins of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship. It was the first match for Papara Supermassive in the series and they started off w
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.
On Sept. 25th, day 1 of the 2020 LoL World Championships kicked off with its first day of the play-in stages. Team Liquid, LCS' #3 seed defeated LEC's #4 seed, MAD Lions in the last match of the day,
September 25 was the first day of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship Play-ins. Legacy Esports of Australia (OCL) had a successful debut by defeating INTZ. Legacy Esports top laner Kim
The new rising star, Seraphine, is a mage with shield and healing capabilities.
Ahead of the 2020 World Championship, the four LPL representatives had a photo shoot with Harper's Bazaar China. The League stars were dressed up in high fashion garments, leaving their usual polyester jerseys and joggers behind. See the pics here:
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:
Global sports company PUMA and global esports organization Gen.G unveiled its new limited-edition jerseys for the 2020 League of Legends World Championship.
Head of Riot Music Group Toa Dunn made a special appearance to announce K/DA has yet another song to be released on stage, featuring rookie artist Seraphine.
The League of Legends Worlds Championship is just around the corner. With the clash between the best imminent, Riot Games has announced the official drops for this year's championship. Below is the official list on how to gather every single piece of content in Pick'ems.
