What a day of professional League of Legends. Day 3 of the World Championship brought some of the longest, most intense games yet, but Tian barely edges out over the rest to grab MVP.
Day 2 of this Worlds Group Stage brought some incredibly exciting games. SKT and RNG started off the day in a crazy back and forth, but Clid and the crew turned up big, securing the victory through a late game backdoor.
There have been almost 100 unique champs picked this year at Worlds, and in them is Ornn, The Fire Below the Mountain. But why is he being played after being silent all summer? And how can you use him yourself?
Worlds has finally, truly begun! And the Impact Worlds buff is already in full effect, as he smashes Nuguri on his signature pick, catalyzing Liquids first victory in Worlds 2019.
With every off-season brings Free Agency - a wild scramble after Worlds where players and teams look to upgrade themselves. Here is a list of the best players available this year. Among them fall Uzi and Ming, Faker and Mata, Zven and mithy, Bjergsen and brTT, and many more.
With a proper lens, the 2019 LCS Summer Split and Summer Playoffs statistics can be used to provide insight on the North American teams at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship. Let's take a look at what a look back at LCS Summer can tell us about the chances of Team Liquid, Cloud9, and Clutch Gaming escaping their respective groups at Worlds 2019.
The Longshot is an iconic moment in Worlds history, and a defining play in PraY's storied career as one of the greatest AD Carries to ever play the game. However, it is not The Longshot in game 2, but in fact, the following game 3 performance that solidified Pray as the greatest Ashe player of all time.
When Worlds comes around, there are always a few select champions that manage to squeeze into the viable meta. And at the top of the list is Lee Sin. It seems no matter how nerfed he gets, his strong
I could pick any of Jang "Nuguri" Ha-gwon, Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu, or Heo "Showmaker" Su and would have smurfed the selection. But I just can’t do it, it isn’t fair to...
It's the end of the Play-In Group Stage for Groups A and B, with Clutch Gaming and Splyce finishing as their respective Groups' first seed, and the Unicorns of Love and Isurus Gaming taking second. Th
According to prophecy, NA and EU 3rd seeds will always be saved at some point throughout Worlds. One year ago, G2 Esports met their savior, mr buffalo. Their fates would forever be intertwined, and th
Tristana has found her way into three different roles in three different games, each ending with a win.
Tore "Norskeren" Hoel Eilertsen, who had two incredible performances on Rakan, earned Inven Global's MVP for the first day of Worlds 2019 Play-Ins.
How exactly do these free-to-play games make so much money? The key to their success lies in the often murky world of microtransactions.
From the moment it was created, Dota Underlords has faced an identity crisis. It simply doesn’t know whether it’s a mobile game, or a PC game. It’s stuck in platform limbo. The game's board and the heroes on it feel off for a PC game. Meanwhile, for mobile gamers, menus are not legible and games take far too long for the platform. We explore these issues further and see what lessons Valve has to learn.
It was a hot summer day at LoL Park when colleagues and I went to grab a meal before we began the day's coverage. As usual, we talked esports, and suddenly, a woman who was sitting next to us carefull
Earlier this week, Epic Games introduced an update to Fortnite that limited the level of speed that players could build using gathered materials. After community outcry at all levels, the change was reverted after only 24 hours.
Everyone wants to go pro. Esports is booming. And a popular game and series like the Super Smash Bros. series is as enticing as any. Seemingly one of the easier titles to learn and get good at it, it is inviting. How does one do it? Is there a set formula? Is it simple as winning?
The small amount of initial servers and developers public concern with players actually sticking around makes it seem like, still, after all this time, Blizzard doesn't actually grasp how many players want to play WoW: Classic for reasons other than a short nostalgia trip.
"What wasn't expected was the surprisingly well mannered in-game behavior of hundreds of players waiting for the same quest objective. Rather than fight over mobs in a chaotic mess, multiple servers have all reported the emergence of astonishingly patient lines."