League of Legends Champions Korea champion and defending World Champion DWG KIA has qualified for the rumble stage as the 1st seed from the group, and a strong second round robin from League of Legends Championship Series champion Cloud9 earned the North American representative the 2nd seed from the group to move onto the rumble stage.
League of Legends European Championship representative MAD Lions has qualified for the rumble stage as the first seed from the group, while Pacific Championship Series champion PSG Talon settled for 2nd seed in making its own way to the next round of the tournament.
Group A of the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational has concluded. League of Legends Pro League champion Royal Never Give Up and League of Legends Circuit Oceania champion Pentanet .GG have advanced to the rumble stage, while League of Legends Continental League champion Unicorns of Love finds itself as the first team to be eliminated from MSI 2021.
Cloud9 secured its first win of the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational during day 3 of the group stage against Infinity Esports, and after the North American representative's win, C9 mid laner Luka "Perkz" Perković joined Laure Valée on the broadcast for a post-game interview. During one of his answers to Valée's questions, Perkz admitted that despite a strong carry performance on Tristana, he was a bit at a loss for what has actually defined the mid lane throughout the first three days of MSI.
After Unicorns of Love's 0-2 in day 3, mid laner Lev "Nomanz" Yakshin joined Inven Global to discuss the team's competitive approach at MSI 2021, the current state of Group A, and how the team needs to adjust before the second round robin of the group stage.
Let's take look at every change that's occured in the mid-season break.
Pabu spoke to Inven Global after the second day of MSI 2021 to talk about his growth as a jungler in the past three competitive splits, Pentanet .GG's approach to its first few games at the tournament, and dealing with the external pressure and criticism that comes with international play.
Following the conclusion of the first day of MSI 2021, Carzzy spoke to Inven Global about defeating PSG Talon, the current level of his individual play, and MAD Lions' relative strength in Group B.
After Unicorns of Love's first win over Pentanet .GG at MSI , Lodik spoke to Inven Global about his unusual return to competitive play and the unique challenges he has been faced with after resuming his career.
To kick off the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational, Secretlab has launched a MSI 2021 edition of its Titan gaming chair model.
The 2021 Mid-Season Invitational is less than a day away, and with eleven teams participating in the whirlwind of international competition, it can be difficult to head into the event familiarized with the entire field. Fortunately, Inven Global's MSI 2021 cheat sheet has provided you the information on how these teams play, how they got to the international stage, and the players key in their successes. Let's dive in.
Throughout this past week, our talented team of writers at Inven Global have been ranking the top 5 players participating in this year's MSI. We've ranked the top 5 laners in each role, and all that's
Riot Games Esports Media Preview Day kicked off just 23 hours before the start of the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational, and while Riot Games shared some information on the upcoming League of Legends esports international showdown, the developer also shared plenty more upcoming information for its other titles.
Inven Global's top five mid laners at this year's MSI are: Heo "ShowMaker" Su — DWG KIA Luka "Perkz" Perković — Cloud9 Yuan "Cryin" Cheng-Wei — Royal Never Give Up Marek "Humanoid" Brázda — MAD Lions Huang "Maple" Yi-Tang — PSG Talon
Despite being out of commission for MSI, a lot of the bugs that previously plagued the Ruined King have been ironed out, and subsequently, Viego has slowly started to step into the competitive meta.
Highlights on Patch 11.9 include the DAMWON Gaming 2020 World Championship skins finally going live, but more significantly, a complete and total assassination of Hecarim via multiple nerfs.
UPDATE 4/27: SolaFide Esports has stated in a tweet that the organization will be ceasing operations until all former team members are compensated.
Alfonso "Mithy" Aguirre Rodríguez and Max Waldo will be able to coach on-site, but Reignover will only be able to help the team remotely.
Of the sixteen times amateur teams faced off against Academy teams at the 2021 LCS Spring Proving Grounds, seven of the games were won by the amateur side. In defeating C9A in the finals, No Org accounted for three of those seven wins alone.
Riot Games has allowed PSG to play with AD Carry Chiu “Doggo” Tzu-Chuan at MSI 2021, who is on loan from fellow Pacific Championship Series organization Beyond Gaming.
