The four teams still fighting in the 2022 LPL Spring Playoffs are Top Esports, Victory Five, JD Gaming and Royal Never Give Up.
Homme has coached for JD Gaming previously from May 2018 to November 2020, and after over a year away from the League of Legends esports scene, has returned to JDG to reprise his role.
On the 17th, LNG Esports and JD Gaming announced that they've acquired Lee “Tarzan” Seung-yong and Jin “Mystic” Seong-jun, respectively. Tarzan started his career in 2017 in
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:
In the second quarterfinals match of the 2020 LoL World Championship, Suning Gaming was able to take the upset victory over JD Gaming. With a set score of 3-1, Suning advanced to the semis! See their press conference here:
The Inven Global team has each chosen their Pick'Ems of who they predict will win each match, and we have aggregated each to create an average placement prediction. Each writer has the Finals as TES vs DWG, but their route to that title match, and the title winner, look a bit different throughout. See the average placement here:
The eight teams have all now qualified, and with the knockout draw, they've finally found their place in the bracket that will map out their knockout stage, determining their path to the title. See the bracket here:
Gen.G finished the group stage in 1st place at the 2020 LoL World Championship by defeating Fnatic in their last match. It was a swift 23-minute game, different from Gen.G's first two games of the day
UPDATE 10/9: With PSG Talon securing their first win of the group stage over JD Gaming, DAMWON Gaming has locked in first seed heading to the knockout phase, and JDG secure second. JDG's loss puts them at 3-2, so they can no longer tie DWG who sit at 5-0. The two still have their rematch as the last game of the group stage remaining.
In the 2020 LoL World Championship, PSG Talon had a great run in the play-ins with the help of loaned players. When they were drawn into the group of death, fans were interested in how far the underdogs
On day 2 of group stages at the 2020 LoL World Championships, JDG took down PSG Talon to take their first victory of the tournament. Coming out of their loss against DAMWON Gaming on day 1, JDG put on
Favored to victory, the team was upset by the PCS representatives, after showcasing promising results in the Play-In Stage. Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen, Mid Laner for TL, has joined Inven Global for a post-match interview.
24 minutes and 34 seconds. That's the time that it took for DAMWON Gaming to close out their very first game in the group stages of the 2020 LoL World Championships against JD Gaming. No one expected
Ahead of the 2020 World Championship, the four LPL representatives had a photo shoot with Harper's Bazaar China. The League stars were dressed up in high fashion garments, leaving their usual polyester jerseys and joggers behind. See the pics here:
Among the world's best teams are 22 junglers. However, five stand above the rest and have the highest likelihood to carry their team to victory and claim the Worlds trophy. See the five top Worlds 2020 junglers here:
After the news on the top laner for DAMWON Gaming, Jang “Nuguri” Ha-gwon, receiving surgery on his collapsed lung, it left many fans worried about his well-being, and the potential impact
Top Esports emerged as 2020 LPL Summer champions, winning the playoffs in a dramatic five-game thriller over JD Gaming.
Before the match kicks off on Thursday, August 27 at 2:00am PT on the LPL English YouTube channel, let’s take a closer look at the TES vs JDG matchup and see who is most likely to come out on top in the LPL Summer Finals.
After Seo “Kanavi” Jin-hyeok rejoined JD Gaming in November of 2019, the team became a totally different team. From placing 10th place in the 2019 LPL Summer split to becoming LPL champion
The LPL won the last two World Championships, has recently seen many new talents rise up the ranks. We spoke with Hysterics to see what players to watch, what the LPL meta is, and how he rates their relative strength. Read more here:
