The 2019 LoL World Championship Semifinals is on its way. One of the two matches is the hottest match LoL fans have been waiting for since the MSI. The most decorated team in LoL esports history,
Let's take a look at the potential post-semis scenarios and the subsequent Grand Finals matchups.
The Quarterfinals are done, with three first seeds and the defending World Champions advancing to the Semis off the back of some incredible performances, especially from the solo lanes. Here's why these four claim MVP.
Whatever the reasons are for Team Liquid and NA's overall failure to make it out of groups, it is unacceptable. No matter what the problem was. But this isn't just a Liquid problem, this is an NA problem, and it needs to change.
Let's check in on champion presence and make some predictions for the Knockout Stage. Bans! This has been the most diverse Worlds so far, but Knockouts always change though. Who will they focus on?
Why was Syndra considered so strong in the first place, and what in the world happened in the Group Stage to cause her sudden disappearance from the forefront of the Worlds meta?
It's no secret that Pantheon is a problem. He has been banned in all but one single Play-In Stage game, and was, of course, immediately first picked and won the game. But this has been problematic before, and it needs to be fixed.
At international events, there are always exciting narratives. There are also always stories writers want to write, but can't. Here are the stories we never told - the stories we wanted to tell, but couldn't.
Now that the Worlds 2019 Group Stage has concluded, it's time to see who performed the best amongst their peers in their respective roles. This is Inven Global's Worlds 2019 Group Stage All-Pro Team.
I've complained about it countless times, how does one choose a single MVP out of all the best players in the World? It's easy! Just choose Faker! Read why Faker deserves the title this time and who was on his heels.
Sixteen teams participated in the Group Stage of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, and in fifty total games, they all agreed on one thing: Pantheon is busted.
While it might make the average LCS fan feel better just to chalk it up to Worlds being on European soil, as it was in 2015 when the NALCS' infamous 'Week 2 0-10' occured, there's many factors to consider when analyzing what led to such a disappointing performance from North America at the World Championship. Let's take a look at how the LCS teams' Worlds 2019 performances compared to their respective expectations.
The Worlds 2019 Group Stage has finally come to a close, and with it, NA's time at Worlds. The bracket has been set, and the teams will go on to prepare for their respective Bo5s in hopes of claiming the title. There is one final Group Stage MVP to be awarded, and today it goes to ShowMaker!
Ahhh the beloved Group of Death. So much story in this group. The winningest Worlds team in history, the most storied LPL team, and the season one Worlds winners, and the LCS Cowboys! Who could possibly get MVP here?
Tarzan: The King of the Jungle. He was first on some people's player tier list, he wasn't even on others'. But for us - for today - he is MVP. Why Tarzan over the rest of GRF? Check it out:
Riot Games announced a plethora of games, one of which is an FPS called "Project A" (title not confirmed). I give my thoughts on the upcoming game and what I want to see in Riot's newest venture into the FPS genre.
The first Round Robin for the Worlds 2019 Group Stage has been completed! Group C - The Group of Death (and Clutch Gaming) - has SKT at the top with RNG trailing behind them. Xiaohu comes up big today to keep them above FNC as they head into the second Round Robin.
Mages are the second most common ranged class, can offer lots of flexibility in draft due to many being viable Mid Lane champions, and in dealing primarily magic damage, can allow for compositional flexibility should other roles want to draft heavily towards physical damage.
The World Championship is always entertaining because it's made up of the best teams in the world bashing their heads together for a month straight. But the meta development is arguably the most fun part!
Well... A lot. What started with an incredibly one-sided game for Splyce, finished with one of the biggest Baron power plays in LoL history. Here's how FPX was able to make it happen and secure their first win!
