Years after winning three back to back EU LCS titles and attending two Worlds, former G2 Esports trio Perkz, Zven, and Mithy rejoined forces on Cloud9, this time with Mithy as a coach rather than a support. Read Mithy's expectations and reflections here:
As it is every year, this year's offseason in LoL Esports has been hectic as well. In preparation of the 2021 season, leagues organizations and players alike are making their moves to compete at the h
UPDATE 12/4: Fnatic has unveiled the entire roster for Fnatic Rising's 2021 season, which features former FNC mid laner Fabian "FEBIVEN" Diepstraten.
Rekkles might not end up being an individual upgrade to Perkz with G2 Esports, but he doesn’t have to be if the team reaches new heights with him in the backline for 2021.
Monday, November 2, Cloud9 officially announced that former pro player, Reignover, would take the helm as the team's head coach going into 2021. Reignover replaces former Cloud9 head coach, Reapered. Read more on the announcement here:
Top Esports came into the tournament as favorites alongside DAMWON Gaming but almost made an early exit in the quarterfinals when Fnatic got a 2-0 lead over them. TES turned it around though and later spoke with the press about how they won the series and what they expect for the rest of their Worlds run. See their press conference here:
Fnatic came within one game of taking down the LPL first seed and Worlds favorites, Top Esports, in a clean 3-0 sweep but were unable to close out the series
Top Esports just made Worlds history by completing the first-ever reverse sweep since the event's inception a decade ago. After their victory, Karsa spoke with Jeesun on the Korean broadcast for a post-game interview to break down the series. Read the interview here:
Top Esports has performed the first reverse sweep at the League of Legends World Championship.
Let's take a look at Fnatic and Top Esports' performances at Worlds 2020 thus far and break down the key factors in the upcoming quarterfinals match between the two teams.
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:
After finishing 4-2 in Group C of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship, Fnatic has qualified for the knockout stage for its fourth Worlds in a row. Fnatic has only missed Worlds in 2012 and 2016, and since its last four qualifications starting in 2017 has only lost 2 of its last 15 games in week 2 the World Championship group stage.
In a post-match interview with Inven Global's Lara Lunardi, Fnatic's Jungler Oskar "Selfmade" Boderek talked about the current jungle meta, his first Worlds experience, and more.
It was a 3-0 day for Gen.G, as they defeated LGD Gaming, TSM, and Fnatic on day 7 of group stages in the 2020 LoL World Championship. Having lost to FNC in round 1 of groups, GEN managed to get their
The seventh day of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship Group stage has brought us laughter, sadness, but mostly, really great memes. Find them all here and let us know what we missed:
TSM has been eliminated from Group C at the 2020 League of Legends World Championship. The #1 seed from the League of Legends Championship Series failed to win a game against Fnatic, Gen.G and LGD in the first round robin of the group, and after falling to 0-4 in a second loss to Fnatic, TSM was mathematically eliminated from moving on to the knockout stage.
After the first round-robin of the Worlds Group Stage, TSMS sits at 0-3. in the weakest group as the NA first seed. Their problems are glaring - from draft to in-game decision making. And frankly, they look like a shell of their former NA title-winning team. Here's what's going wrong and what they need to fix if they're going to turn it around and make it to the knockout stage.
With the conclusion of TSM vs LGD, both Group C and all of the first round-robin of the Worlds group stage is all wrapped up. Group C has no clear favorites, with three teams sitting at 2-1 and TSM at 0-3. Read more on the standings here:
After two days of games in the 2020 World Championship Group Stage, Fnatic sits at 1-1. This is the first Worlds for Mithy as a coach, and he explains how he prepped and what to expect from FNC this year. Watch the interview here:
Fnatic has released a new apparel line to commemorate its qualification for the 2020 League of Legends World Championship. The Worlds 2020 Pro Kit features a jersey, a jacket, a pair of joggers, a facemask, and a plethora of accessories.
