Defining victories leading up to the LEC Spring Playoffs

This weekend, the League of Legends European Championship will crown its first champion of the year. After nine weeks of competition—and an unplanned break in-between—these six teams have

Playoffs for LEC are locked - here are your Spring 2020 Playoff teams

The LEC Playoff representatives are set! With 10 games left to go, all that's left up for "GrabbZ" is seeding. Currently, G2 leads the pack, at 13-3, with only Origen and Fnatic able to challenge them for 1st seed. Read more on the LEC playoff standings here:

Excel YoungBuck: "We have to be confident in the players so they can be confident in themselves."

Now stuck in playoff limbo, Excel depends on the misplays of Misfits and MAD Lions for a chance to join the best teams. Head Coach Joey "YoungBuck" Steltenpool talked to Inven Global about his experience with the team so far, the changes implemented to ensure better performance and his optimism for the Summer Split.

Fnatic Mithy opens up about leaving his player career behind and becoming a coach: "I have a very different idea of what coaching should be"

Once crowned Support King, now Head Coach of Fnatic, Alfonso "Mithy" Aguirre Rodriguez opens up about his transition from player to coach.

Fnatic Hylissang talks about his twin brother and their passion for League of Legends

During the fifth weekend of the League of Legend European Championship Zdravets "Hylissang" Iliev Galabov opened up about his competitiveness with his siblings and having a twin brother that helped him out in his League of Legends career.

Fnatic leads the charts of XP difference at 15 minutes in the LEC, with Bwipo leading the way

Riot Games shared an interesting tidbit of information about the League of Legends European Championship today. Four weeks into the competition, they shared the leaderboards for teams and players when

Urszula Klimczak talks about bringing the full potential in players: "The power is in the team. Nobody wins the game alone."

Behavior analyst Urszula "Xirreth" Klimczak joined Lara Lunardi to talk about her work at Mindflex developing the mental skills of players to bring in their full potential to the stage, the effects of social media and working out issues that can drag teams like Schalke-04 and Vitality to 0-6.

Fnatic Bwipo talks about the roster changes, team performance, Sett and Bwipodad: "He is higher elo than me in my main account"

Fnatic has started off the 2020 season of the League of Legends European Championship showcasing the unity and success of its new roster with a 3-1 over the past couple of weeks. Top laner Gabriel "Bwipo" Rau shared thoughts on the new roster, new champion Sett and Bwipodad.

Origen's Guilhoto talks about the team's early success in the split and Mithy's progression from player to coaching Fnatic

Headed to a possible 4-0 in the first two weeks of the League of Legends European Championship, Andre "Guilhoto" Guilhoto talked to us about the changes made to Origen to ensure the team's success, as well as Mithy moving from player to coach.

IMT sOAZ: "I'd rather be on a LCS playoff team than a 9th or 10th place team in the LEC."

On LCS Opening Day, sOAZ sat down with Inven Global's Nick Geracie to talk about the formation of the 2020 Immortals squad, not playing in Europe for the first time, and what he learned from his time on Misfits last season.

[Interview] Broxah and Pobelter comment on the visa troubles for Team Liquid, laying out expectations

Team Liquid has had multiple visa problems this year, but the team has kept positive and worked out a solution for the time being. Here's what Pobelter and Broxah have to say about Liquid's current predicament:

2020 is a year full of potential, and these are the teams that need to capitalize the most

2020 has an incredible ring to it, and it coincides with League's 10th Season, another great milestone. Not only are there a bunch of new games to be released by Riot and Riot Forge, Summoner's Rif

A Decade of Esports Art: Expressive behavior meets fandom

Video game titles gather the most diverse, beloved characters. Closing the end of the year and decade, we have gathered some of our favorite fan art with the subject esports.

Fnatic is the most popular League of Legends team, followed by G2 Esports and Team Liquid

Based on a comparison of results between both leagues, Esports Charts has conducted a data analysis to rank which teams are the most popular among fans, with the ranking being based on the average viewership for team matches. With the use of the Inven Global Data Lab, we are complementing the research with each team's social media performance.

Selfmade reportedly signed to FNC as new starting jungler

ESPN reported FNC is making moves this off-season. Along with Mithy joining as new head coach, they've signed SK jungler Selfmade to fill their jungler role, hinting at a departure from Broxah.

Mithy reported to leave Origen and coach Fnatic

LCS and LEC teams are really shaking up the scene this off-season, and Alfonso "Mithy" Aguirre Rodriguez has joined in the fun, switching to a coaching role for Fnatic! Read more here:

[OFFICIAL] Fnatic parts ways with Youngbuck

After failing to make it to the Semifinals of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, Fnatic is making staff changes early in the off-season.

[Worlds 2019: FPX Press Conference] Doinb: "I play the game to win. I can play any champion if it means that we win."

In the quarterfinals of the 2019 LoL World Championship, FunPlus Phoenix reigned over Fnatic 3-1, crushing the hearts of the home fans. After the match, the players and coach of FunPlus Phoenix sat

[Worlds 2019: FNC Press Conference] Broxah: "It's a pretty hot match [DWG vs G2] coming up tomorrow. It's going to come down a lot to momentum."

FunPlus Phoenix knocked out Fnatic in the 2019 LoL World Championship Quarterfinals. Although Fnatic had a great run out of Group C, defeating both SK Telecom T1 and RNG on the last day, they weren't

[Worlds 2019] FPX Doinb Sends a Message to IG: “Jia You! Let’s keep this championship trophy in the LPL!”

On the 26th, FunPlus Phoenix took down Fnatic in the second quarterfinal match of the 2019 LoL World Championship. FPX’s Mid laner, Kim "Doinb" Tae-sang, joined Sjokz in the official Riot Games English broadcast for the post-match interview to share his thoughts about the victory.