After a near hour of game-play (and a lot of Infinity Edges), Clutch's Nexus fell. While it was an incredibly difficult road they needed to travel to make it to Madrid, it would've been a beautiful one if they did. Alas, they join their fellow NA reps, Cloud9, on the trip back to LA instead.
What started with a hopeful rebound for Cloud9 ended rather quickly as they lost their first game to Griffin, requiring G2 to go 0-3 AND lose in their tiebreaker for C9 to make it through.
There are two groups of deaths in the 2019 LoL World Championship. There's the obvious Group C, stacked with legacy teams, and there's Group A. Cloud9 started Worlds 2019 with a win against Hong Kong
TL Bot Laner Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng sat down with Inven Global's Nick Geracie after defeating Clutch Gaming in the LCS Semifinals and discussed how G2 Esports had terraformed the competitive landscape of League of Legends.
On the 7th, Clutch Gaming took down Royal Youth in the second match of the play-in knockout stage of the play-in knockout stages. Huni and Lira shared their thoughts in the post-game interview.
Clutch Gaming proves their worth silencing the doubters and dissenters, qualifying to the Worlds 2019 Group Stage after a quick and easy 3-0 victory over their Turkish opponents, Royal Youth. But it wasn't just the Huni show, Clutch brought something more.
Earlier this month, Team Liquid's League of Legends squad took a break from practicing for the 2019 World Championship to host an AMA on the League of Legends subreddit.
Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in, the support player for Team Liquid, has had a phenomenal year. He's been named one half of the best bot duo in NA, has two LCS championship titles under his belt, and is now heading into Worlds as NA's number 1 seed.
Support Philippe "Vulcan" Laflamme joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie after Clutch Gaming's victory over CLG to reflect on his experience in Detroit, preventing another reverse sweep, and give his thoughts on the upcoming match against TSM.
Clutch Gaming Mid Laner Tanner "Damonte" Damonte joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie after the match to discuss defeating FlyQuest, his solo lane synergy with Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon, and look ahead at tomorrow's rematch against CLG.
Cody Sun spoke with Inven Global's Nick Geracie Clutch Gaming's mid-summer rise to LCS elite,, the 2019 LCS Summer Playoffs, and the upcoming LCS Regional Finals.
Team Liquid and Cloud9, the 1st and 2nd LCS seeds for the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, will not be heading to South Korea as it has in years past to bootcamp for Worlds.
Cloud9 addressed the media in a post-match conference to discuss the series against TL and look ahead towards the 2019 League of Legends World Championship.
With Counter Logic Gaming's 3-2 reverse sweep of Clutch for 3rd place in the 2019 LCS Summer Playoffs, the 2019 LCS Regional Final gauntlet has been set.
Svenskeren's performance in the summer was so otherworldly that the Danish veteran won the award, as well as being named to the 2019 LCS Summer All-Pro Team, despite playing only 79% of the split.
Both summer finalists will qualify for the 2019 League of Legends World Championship — the winner through auto-qualification and the runner-up through circuit points.
The professional Jungler, who was last seen starting for Echo Fox midway through the 2019 LCS Summer Split, is the newest member of the CLG Stream Team.
SNAPS, a company that creates limited-edition accessories for snapback baseball caps and works with the NBA, is partnering with Riot to sell 3 different LCS-themed products at the 2019 LCS Summer Finals for fans. The total run is just 200 units of each, 600 in all, and will be featured on the new LCS official snapbacks that will be available at the Summer Finals event.
Before the 2019 LCS Summer Playoffs, Team Liquid Jungler Jake "Xmithie" Puchero sat down with Inven Global's Lara Lunardi to reflect upon gaming in his childhood and look back at the origins of his professional gamer career.
Cloud9 Head Coach Bok "Reapered" Han-gyu joined Inven Global's Lara Lunardi before the 2019 LCS Summer Playoffs to talk about his interest in game development, his professional gaming career, and transitioning from player to coach.