TL has guaranteed itself a top 3 finish in the post-season with the win against TSM, and in doing so, has qualified for the 2021 League of Legends World Championship.
Duo Proximity is a stat that measures how often a support stays within 1500 range of its AD carry between the 3- and 15-minute marks, and CoreJJ’s preposterous 0.4% set the record by a good margin.
After the win, Santorin spoke to Inven Global about Team Liquid's game plan against Cloud9 and the challenges he's faced in balancing his health with returning to competitive play.
As a result of its 3-1 win, TL will move on in the upper bracket to face TSM, while Cloud9 will drop down to the lower bracket to fight for survival against Golden Guardians.
TL's first match of week 9 against Immortals will be Santorin's first competitive game since June 20.
Jonas "Kold" Anderson, Team Liquid's strategic-coach-turned-interim-head-coach following Jatt's resignation, spoke to Inven Global about the team's recent changes and his perspective on coaching as a whole.
Mid laner Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen joined Inven Global to share his thoughts on Team Liquid's recent changes.
Team Liquid coach Joshua "Jatt" Leesman has resigned from the team effective immediately, the team confirmed Thursday in a press conference.
Niship "Dhokla" Doshi has been signed by Team Liquid and will make his first start for Team Liquid Academy against FlyQuest today in the 2021 League of Legends Championship Series Academy League Summer Split.
Star top laner Barney "Alphari" Morris has been benched in favor of Team Liquid Academy top laner Thomas "Jenkins" Tran, who will be making his LCS debut as TL's starting top laner for at least the remainder of week 1.
Inven Global sat down with TL head coach Joshua "Jatt" Leesman to reflect upon the Spring Split, understand why Alphari's laning phase is the best he's ever seen, and lessons learned from the bitter loss to Cloud9 in the finals.
Inven Global spoke with Team Liquid's top laner shortly after the Spring Split Finals to discuss how he felt after the 2-3 loss to Cloud9, his individual goals, and why jungle is "more OP than it's ever been."
Afreeca Freecs signed Jang “Cain” Nu-ri as their new head coach. Cain had played in Najin back from 2012 through 2015 and started his coaching career in CJ Entus. He later moved to the LCS
Cloud9 are once again LCS champions and will be heading to the org's first-ever Mid-Season Invitational appearance — a tournament they should've been at, only denied by the COVID-19 pandemic that canceled MSI 2020.
After its 2-3 loss to Cloud9 in the finals of the 2021 League of Legends Championship Series Mid-Season Showdown, Team Liquid addressed the media in a press conference following the conclusion of the LCS post-season.
In becoming the LCS champion, Cloud9 has also punched its ticket to the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational as the North American representative.
UPDATE 4/11: Team Liquid has provided an update on Santorin's health, which includes the fact that Armao will continue to start in the upcoming finals match against Cloud9 as he did for the entirety of TL's 3-1 win yesterday over TSM.
Team Liquid will move on to face Cloud9 in the finals of the post-season to see who will represent North America at the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational.
TSM and Team Liquid have gotten the better of Cloud9 at times throughout the season, but if the level of play in previous weeks of the Mid-Season Showdown is any indication, it simply will not matter whether Team Liquid or TSM moves on to the finals: Cloud9 is going to win, regardless of its opponent.
Blaber spoke to Inven Global after Cloud9's win over Team Liquid to discuss his matchup against Santorin, how his team has grown since the finals of the 2021 LCS Lock In, and his thoughts on playing offline for the first time in over a year next week at Los Angeles' Greek Theatre.