Stixxay sat down with Inven Global to talk about his 2020 season on Counter Logic Gaming, his reasons for joining Golden Guardians, and the various nuances of the team and its performance throughout the 2021 LCS Lock In.
This off-season, 100 is reportedly keeping only one player, their star top laner, Kim "Ssumday" Chan-ho. Beyond him, they're rumored to fill the rest of the team with the four Golden Guardians players from each role. Here is their current rumored roster, based on reports and official announcements from the team and players.
With the 2021 preseason in full swing, Golden Guardians will need to make big moves to improve on their recurring status of a middle-of-the-pack LCS team. They've finally announced their whole squad, check the 2021 roster here:
After the NASG Finals came the Scouting Grounds Draft. The draft allows each team to pick up one NASG talent for exclusive negotiation rights for that player for ten days after getting drafted. This allows them a decent period of time to negotiate a contract with that player before they hit free agency (which starts Monday, November 16 otherwise). Teams get draft pi
After a few shaky openings dictated by Golden Guardians' explosive early games, Team Liquid closed out all three games of the series to win in a clean 3-0, becoming the second NA team to qualify for W
Everyone knows not to take the LCS All-Pro Team, Coach of the Split, and MVP votes as perfect signifiers of the region's strongest. However, there were three major snubs this year... Read more here:
We spoke with Hauntzer after his series against TSM, breaking down Golden Guardians' win and performance as a team, detailing how they prepared and then dismantled their counterparts. Read the full interview here:
Golden Guardians started off the Playoffs with an upset over TSM, sweeping them in a clean and quick three games. Golden Guardians finished the League Championship Series Summer Split at 9-9, three ga
AD Carry Victor "FBI" Huang spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie after Golden Guardians' last game in the Summer Split to discuss the team's improvements, both as individuals and as a unit, and look towards the post-season.
Golden Guardians locked Playoffs after their win over Cloud9 in Week 8 of the LCS Summer Split. We spoke with Damonte about his playstyle and how Golden Guardians leveled up to get to this point and what it might mean for them in the Playoff format. Read that here:
With Dignitas' loss to Golden Guardians in the last game of Week 6 of the LCS Summer Split, Cloud9 and Team Liquid have secured their spot in the Playoffs. Both teams sit at 10-2. Read more on the standings here.
Golden Guardians' win over Evil Geniuses in week 5 of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split was far from perfect from other side, but featured the best individual performance of the split thus far. GG Jungler Can "Closer" Çelik hard-carried on Lee Sin to an incredible 12/3/11 KDA. After the match, Closer spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie about Lee Sin's place in the meta and the changes in his LCS experience from spring to summer.
The two most important questions when building your E1 Fantasy Lineup: Who do I pick? Who do I not pick? Look through the list of who is best to sign to your E1 Fantasy team for Week 6 of the LEC and LCS:
At last! Fnatic is saved from finding a home on the Busts list; the LEC didn't have any games in Week 5 of the Summer Split. Read all about your E1 Fantasy Booms and Busts here!
Friday June 3rd, Goldenglue and Golden Guardians mutually parted ways, nullifying the remainder of their contract. Goldenglue started the entire LCS Spring Split for the org, making Playoffs with the team.
Last week, Kim “Olleh” Joo-sung announced that he'll be returning to Korea. When I first met Olleh, he was in Immortals. With a bright face, he greeted all the reporters and it seemed that
"I don't think I'll be destroying everyone individually, but I do know how to make my team better." Damonte says, acknowledging his role in the team, and his desire to become a stronger player and play maker in the Mid Lane. Check out the full interview here:
Golden Guardians have signed Damonte to start as their LCS Mid Laner, with Goldenglue and Ablazeolive competing for the Academy slot. Olleh also joins the org as positional coach. Read more on their roster moves here:
Chime placed 1st in the 2019 Scouting Grounds, and has now been signed by Golden Guardians to play as their Academy Support. Keith will take his place back as the Academy AD Carry for the Summer. Read more on the story here:
FlyQuest Jungler Lucas "Santorin" Larsen spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie after the series to talk about sweeping Golden Guardians, about his synergy with PowerOfEvil, and the dynamic between FlyQuest's Top Laner platoon of Omran "V1per" Shoura and Colin "Solo" Earnest.
