Monday, November 2, Cloud9 officially announced that former pro player, Reignover, would take the helm as the team's head coach going into 2021. Reignover replaces former Cloud9 head coach, Reapered. Read more on the announcement here:
They were Worlds favorites from the very start, and they lived up to the hype. DAMWON Gaming blew through the entire World Championship, only losing three games from start to finish. See thier press conference here:
They defied the odds and ruined so many Pick'Ems game after game, series after series, but Suning Gaming finally met their match with the Worlds favorites, DAMWON Gaming, falling 1-3 in the Finals. Suning spoke with the press after the series, see the conference here:
After six years, the LPL and LCK have finally found themselves back in a Worlds Finals match against each other, and it marks the first best of five series between the two regions of the 2020 World Championship.
Suning Gaming has defeated the giants, Top Esports, who took them down in the LPL semifinals the last time they met. They won the rematch; they knocked out the Worlds favorites. Now they meet DAMWON in the Finals. Read the press conference here:
Despite being favored to make it to the Finals, and despite their past victory over Suning Gaming, Top Esports failed in their semifinals rematch and have been knocked out of the World Championship. T
Worlds always brings the best of the best players to one stage for the sake of entertaining the masses and crowning a king, and 2020 is no different, but SofM was far and away the most influential for a few reasons. Read about his importance here:
Back in June we announced the return of Honda Scouting Grounds, North America's flagship League of Legends amateur competition. There are no changes to the event schedule -- but there are some format changes, including having the entire event remote. Read more here:
Verizon will showcase power of mobile gaming on iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro with a League of Legends: Wild Rift event on October 22. Read more about the event and the players here:
UPDATE 10/20: Mark "RiotScruffy" Yetter has Tweeted changes coming to League of Legends in Patch 10.22 that he claims are 'not 100% locked but pretty close. In addition, it was confirmed in another Tweet that a bug affecting Kindred's Mark of the Kindred passive would be fixed in 10.22.
After dominating performances over the past several international events, G2 Esports remains consistent, taking down Gen.G in a 3-0 sweep in the 2020 League of Legends World Championship quarterfinals. Here's what they have to say about the series and theiur next match against DAMWON:
To wrap up the 2020 League of Legends World Championship quarterfinals, G2 Esports swept Gen.G 3-0, advancing to the semis. After their series, Gen.G spoke with the press about their games and overall Worlds run. See the press conference here:
Top Esports came into the tournament as favorites alongside DAMWON Gaming but almost made an early exit in the quarterfinals when Fnatic got a 2-0 lead over them. TES turned it around though and later spoke with the press about how they won the series and what they expect for the rest of their Worlds run. See their press conference here:
Fnatic came within one game of taking down the LPL first seed and Worlds favorites, Top Esports, in a clean 3-0 sweep but were unable to close out the series
It's no secret, the LPL has the best AD carries! This year we're graced by World Champion, JackeyLove, but also by his former teammate and understudy, huanfeng. The Suning AD carry showed up big in his series against JD Gaming, and it made the difference. Read more about his MVP performance here:
In what was considered an upset by many, Suning Gaming took down JD Gaming in the League World Championship quarterfinals. This was Suning's first series victory against JDG in almost 800 days: See the press conference here:
In the second quarterfinals of the 2020 League World Championship, Suning wiped out JDG in a dominant 3-1 series. Off the backs of some incredible Jhin play from huanfeng and a bunch of Bin's GP barrels, Suning advances to the semifinals. Read about the series here:
According to sources and multiple reports by Turkish esports media, the former top laner for SuperMassive, Armut, is being signed by LEC team, MAD Lions. Read more about the signing here:
While each DAMWON member deserves a shoutout for their victory over DRX, the biggest difference-maker for the team was none other than Nuguri. He was the huge teamfight monster the team needed to close out the games confidently. Read more on his and DWG's performance here:
In a press release leading up to Worlds, Riot announced that they'd attempt to host guests for the big title match, and later in the tournament, they confirmed that they'd invite just over 6,000 guests to attend the grand finale.