UPDATE 8/1: Team Vitality has qualified for the post-season and will round out the six-team bracket that makes up the 2021 League of Legends European Championship Summer Playoffs.
Rogue has guaranteed a top 3 post-season finish, and will face off against G2 Esports next to see who will meet MAD Lions in the finals.
In game 2 of G2's series against FC Schalke 04 Esports in the 2021 League of Legends European Championship Spring Playoffs, Rekkles secured his 500th career kill in the EU post-season on his way to a phenomenal 14/2/6 Ashe performance.
In the first best of five of the year for competitive League of Legends, Cloud9 graced the fans with a reverse sweep, taking down 100 Thieves in a full five-game series, including two pentakills by C9 AD carry, Zven. Read more on the series here:
Years after winning three back to back EU LCS titles and attending two Worlds, former G2 Esports trio Perkz, Zven, and Mithy rejoined forces on Cloud9, this time with Mithy as a coach rather than a support. Read Mithy's expectations and reflections here:
Riot is thrilled to confirm that leading gaming PC and accessories brand Alienware returns again as the official PC and Monitor partner for the LEC 2021 season, providing the league with some of the finest gaming hardware available. Read more on their partnership here:
UPDATE 11/16: Rogue has confirmed both top laner Andrei "Odoamne" Paschu and support Adrian "Trymbi" Trybus will be joining the organization's main squad for the 2021 League of Legends European Championship season. Trymbi is being promoted from Ultraliga squad AGO Rogue, and Odoamne is donning a new jersey for the first time since joining FC Schalke 04 Esports before the start of the 2019 season. Rogue has confirmed these moves are pending approval from Riot Games.
UPDATED 11/14: Travis Gafford reported via Twitter that Lucas "Santorin" Larsen has verbally agreed to a one year contract with Team Liquid.
After the 2020 season, Team Liquid announced the departure of much of their coaching staff. Now they're announcing two new members to their staff, Spawn and Kold, with Yaltz moving up to head analyst. Check out their completed staff here:
“When I first started playing, I was just a depressed kid in Denmark. League of Legends was just an escape…” To many of us, video games — and League of Legends, specifically — are an escape. Whether it be simply just to unwind from work, a search for an adventure, a desire for a challenge, or to forget about the hardships and pain from everyday life. From the lowest
The off-season moves are already buzzing, with reports of Liquid signingAlphari, Bjergsen's retirement, and so many more. The free agency period technically doesn't start until a few weeks from now, but here are the best players that teams should look to sign:
Group B is now decided, sending DWG and JDG onward. Rogue had a promising start to their Worlds run but came up short in the second round-robin. Read what jungler Inspired has to say about their experience here:
When you consume anything LEC, you can feel its connection to the rest of their content, videos, photos, broadcast, etc. Part of the success lies in the multi-talented staff they have on the broadcast team and their willingness to explore their creativity and vulnerability. Hear behind the scenes on how all this LEC content came together here:
Wait, it's all Fnatic vs G2 Esports? Always has been. Yet again, just a week after breaking the League European Championship peak viewership record, G2 vs FNC break it again in the LEC Finals.
In the LEC everyone beats everyone, but in the end, it's always G2 VS Fnatic. G2 Esports has beaten Rogue 3-2 in the best of five semifinals series. Read more on the series and LEC playoffs here:
FNC and G2 broke the LEC peak viewership record, drawing in nearly 900,000 people near the end of the series, according to Esports Charts. Read more on the history of these two teams' matchups here:
Even though the LCS and LEC regular seasons are wrapped up, the E1 Fantasy experience isn't taking a break for the LEC/LCS Playoffs! Every week of playoffs is a chance to win our weekly prizes, but read here for more info on the rules and format updates:
With its ninth win, G2 Esports is the third team in Europe to qualify for the 2020 LEC Summer Playoffs behind MAD Lions and Rogue, both of whom qualified last weekend.
Riot Games officially announced they'd be holding the 2020 World Championship entirely within Shanghai, with games beginning Sept. 25th lasting through to the Finals on Oct. 31st. Read more about their plans and safety measures here:
Multiple members of the LEC recently tweeted out their internal response to the LEC's now-reversed partnership with Neom announced yesterday. The LEC broadcast team had threatened to strike the show, refusing to participate until the sponsorship deal was revoked. Read more here: