This year, one org from each region really stood out as a shining star, breaking their previous ceiling and perception, and rewriting their own narrative. Here are the most improved teams across 2020:
One week before the official start of the 2021 NA season, Riot announced the groups for the LCS Lock In, the tournament that will kick off the season on Friday, Jan 15. Check the groups and read more about the lock in here:
UPDATE 1/5: After finalizing its LCS and amateur rosters, Evil Geniuses has finalized its roster for EG Academy.
2020 was a year where many pro gamers, who dominated an era of LoL esports, retired. Aging hits pro gamers heavily as their careers are quite shorter compared to others. Lee “Flame” Ho-jong
UPDATE 12/2: FlyQuest has announced the signing of top laner Colin "Kumo" Zhao. Kumo, who split time in 2020 between Evil Geniuses and EG Academy, will be the starting top laner for FLY Academy heading into 2021.
Afreeca Freecs announced that they will be parting ways with multiple players while re-signing jungler Lee “Dread” Jin-hyeok. The players that will be leaving the team are Kim “ALL
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
Just like in Group B on Day 6 of Worlds, two teams were eliminated after the second game of the day, with the other two qualifying for the knockout stage. Check out the final qualifications here:
After the first set of games in the World Championship group stage, Group D ended with a clear tier list of its teams. Read more about the Group D standings in the first round robin here:
On day 4 of the 2020 LoL World Championship group stages, DRX took down Flyquest to take their second victory of the group stages. Despite the dragon stack lead by FLY, DRX was able to snowball the ga
Congratulations! You just got into the Worlds Group Stage for the first time and you beat SuperMassive 3-0. Did you expect to be this dominant today? First off, thanks! But yeah, I think SuperMassive
Once again, CoreJJ claims the prestigious League Championship Series MVP, beating out Bjergsen, Blaber, and the rest of the NA talent. Read more on his accomplishments here:
FlyQuest jungler Lucas "Santorin" Tao Kilmer Larsen spoke to Inven Global's Parkes Ousley about his team's success this season, the LCS Summer Playoffs as a whole, and the general underrating of FLY and its players.
Logic will be joining the LCS broadcast to kick off the Summer Finals with a live performance. Logic has been getting more involved in esports, recently signing an exclusive deal with Twitch, but returns to rap once again for the LCS. Read more on his upcoming performance here:
FlyQuest top laner Colin "Solo" Earnest spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie after defeating Team Liquid to discuss the rest of the post-season picture, qualifying for Worlds 2020, and the nuances of the LoL esports community's perception of FlyQuest as a competitive force.
Two splits in a row, FlyQuest have advanced to the League Championship Series Finals. Last spring, they climbed through the lower bracket after losing early in their playoff run, but this Summer Split
We spoke with IgNar after their series victory over Cloud9 to ask about FlyQuest's strength and style, WildTurtle's return to the LCS, their trip to Worlds, and who the best player is on the team. See more here:
We spoke with Cloud9 Mid Laner, Nisqy, to get his take on the team's performance issues, the mid lane meta, and his hopes for qualifying for Worlds. Read his thoughts on the team here:
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:
On the 15th (KST), Afreeca Freecs defeated SANDBOX Gaming on day 40 of the 2020 LCK Summer split. After a dominating victory by AF in game 1, they were more experimental with their picks in game 2. Lu
