After a dominating second half of the split, Cloud9 Academy climbed through the 2020 League of LCS Academy League Spring Playoffs and beat out Evil Geniuses Academy in a clean 3-0 sweep to take the title. Read more on their victory here:
Blaber is your 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Spring Split Most Valuable Player. All five members of Cloud9 were All Pro first team. Top three came down to Blaber, Nisqy, and Zven with Blaber being crowned MVP. Read more on his acheivements here.
Dash spoke with us at Inven Global about all the new experiences running the Riot Games LCS broadcast remote. From tech issues, to adaptation, to embracing the "scuffyness" of casting at home. He is incredibly humbled by the work of all the Rioters behind the scenes, and is proud of how they're able to maintain a community and use their opportunity to grow it even further. See more here:
According to a tweet made by Travis Gafford, Team Liquid has placed Doublelift's contract is up for trade. Doublelift had an underwhelming split thsi Spring after winning his fifth title in a row last year from Summer 2017 to Summer 2019. He tweeted his lack of motivation and loss of trust from his teammates earlier this year. Read more on his potential trade here:
Immortals Academy Head Coach Kublai "Kubz" Barlas has announced his departure from the roster,
Jatt breaks down his casting style and how he understands his role as a caster. He then goes in detail about how to understand and utilize stats, and how to work around stats that don't tell the full story. Read more on his recent growth here:
Riot Games announced the top 10 finalists for the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Spring Split Most Valuable Player award last Friday, and on Monday, April 13, the group of nominees was narrowed down to five players.
All week long leading up to the LCS Finals next weekend, Riot Games will be hosting various online events to comprise a Virtual Tailgate for the Finals featuring streamers, cosplays, art, and more. Read more on the event here:
In triumphing in the epic series, FlyQuest secured a top 3 finish in the 2020 LCS Spring Playoffs, and will compete against Evil Geniuses next week to see who is worthy to face the behemoth of C9 in the Finals.
Cloud9's guaranteed its top 2 finish with the win, which means Evil Geniuses will be sent to the losers' side of the bracket. EG will face the winner of FlyQuest and TSM to see who will face C9 in the 2020 LCS Spring Finals.
FlyQuest Jungler Lucas "Santorin" Larsen spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie after the series to talk about sweeping Golden Guardians, about his synergy with PowerOfEvil, and the dynamic between FlyQuest's Top Laner platoon of Omran "V1per" Shoura and Colin "Solo" Earnest.
Zeyzal showed all spring that he hasn't missed a beat since parting ways with Cloud9 and joining EG, and during the team's turnaround period halfway through the Spring Split, the Support spoke with Inven Global's Nick Geracie about his daily routine, various forms of self-care, and how he maintains the best beard in the LCS.
The "NA Deft and Mata" duo were reunited this Spring after spending a couple years apart. Deftly started his LCS career a couple years ago with Matt as his first LCS support. Now that they're reunited, they're taking over the LCS Academy scene. Hear from the duo themselves here:
The vote totals for the following players will be revealed, along with the winner of the 2020 LCS Spring Split Honda MVP Award, at a later date in the 2020 LCS Spring Playoffs.
Evil Geniuses Academy are the first team to secure a spot in the 2020 LCS Academy Spring Split Playoff Finals. They faced the early season favorites, Dignitas Academy, in the Semifinals and knocked them out with a clean 3-1 series victory. Read more on the team here:
Starting with the best-of-five series between 3rd seed 100 Thieves and 5th seed TSM, the rest of the 2020 LCS Spring Playoffs will be viewable on the ESPN App and ESPN2 in addition to the standard streaming options via Lolesports, Twitch, and YouTube.
To many LCK fans, he's a player that many are fond of. Bae “Bang” Jun-sik, a 2-time world champion and currently the Bot laner for Evil Geniuses, sent Inven a letter which details his life in the United States, his thoughts on the 2020 LCS split so far, and his goals for the future.
In losing to the 4th seed FlyQuest, 6th seed Golden Guardians is the first team to be eliminated from the post-season.
Solo found himself in the unfortunate position of going teamless in the 2019 off-season after a rough ending to his time on Echo Fox. But halfway through the 2020 Spring Split, FlyQuest picked him up as an assistant coach, a new role for the top laner. However, he soon transitioned into a substitute for V1per, and is now helping the team on the Rift as they fight their way through playoffs. Watch our video interview here:
Evil Geniuses Jungler Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen spoke to Inven Global's Parkes Ousley after the win over FlyQuest to break down the series, shed light on the team's adjustments throughout the split, and look ahead towards potential scenarios in the Spring Playoffs throughout the coming weeks.
