This is the number one rule of playing as Braum — always be stacking Concussive Blows. Once the first hit is landed, make sure to get allies to add on with some basic attacks of their own. It's far easier to take down everything from dragons to enemy champions if they're stun
When I spoke to Fabian, he touched on the importance of a concept called "deliberate practice." Citing Benjamin Franklin, who was a dedicated chess player, Fabian suggested the American scientist was unable to reach the level of the grandmasters because he didn’t have the opportunity to engage in deliberate practice. With most of the best chess players far away in Europe, Franklin wasn’t able to analyze their play and get the feedback necessary to hone in on specific areas of improvement. (You can find the anecdote, as excerpted in the book "Peak" by Anders Ericsson, her
Although he started playing League of Legends during its beta stages, he did not stick for long as a pro player. At first, ocelote became a star when he was playing for SK Gaming, but eventually founded his team: Gamers2. He was banned twice throughout his career because of his toxic behavior during games (a long-running issue in the LoL community). With time, Carlos has taken steps to change his behav
TPA qualified for 2012 Worlds by clean sweeping every single team in Taiwan during the Season 2 Regionals in Taipei. Coming into the 2012 World Championship they were viewed as the dark horse of the tournament with most analysts predicting lackluster results considering their prior show game loss to CLG
While Riot Games might be in hot water , there's no denying that their game, league of legends 2v2 of Legends , is enjoying more popularity than ever before. How many other games get eight million concurrent players a day? It's been a perfect game for those stuck at home due to the pandemic and as a result, many new players are trying out the g
In 2011, before there were Korean servers or multi-million dollar prize pools, Riot Games hosted the Season 1 World Championship during Dreamhack Summer in Sweden for a relatively small audience. The tournament finals pitted the European powerhouses Fnatic against aAa (against All authori
For one in-game fight in particular, I recalled that I’d felt a sense of panic in terms of not knowing what I should have done when squeezed between two squads. After reviewing the footage with me, he explained that this was a case where having dropped back to get cover hurt me when I could have taken the fight head-on with my teammate. He also suggested that I’d also used the wrong type of grenade — a thermite grenade — as a frag grenade would have been much better to achieve my goal of forcing the team to have to reposit
Maintaining a presence in the lane is one thing, but staying too long is an often fatal mistake. After chasing down an opponent and killing them, many beginners will push towers while at low health, because there is no one there to challenge them. This opens the player up to being ganked by another en
League of Legends professionals are mostly very young and many don't stick with esports as competitive players for too long. Generally speaking, these players retire in their mid to late 20s and take alternative career paths within their niche. Many become coaches, team owners, streamers, commentators, or something similar. Just look at Phreak, Kobe, Saintvicious, Jatt, and many others for evide
Although SKT T1 had beaten Royal Club in the 2013 Worlds finals, the renamed Star Horn Royal Club and their marksman, Uzi, were back with a vengeance. Star Horn Royal Club and their refreshed roster decimated NaJin White Shield in the quarter-finals before beating OMG in the semi-finals. This meant taking them to consecutive Worlds fin
Samsung Galaxy's finals set against SKT T1 in 2017 was simply amazing. SKT T1 was going for a three-peat and their fourth Worlds title, trying to take home their second consecutive title after an incredible run in 2016. The roster of Huni, Peanut/Blank, Faker, Bang, and Wolf faced off against CuVee, Ambition/Haru, Crown, Ruler, and Cor
Feeding the enemy team only serves to bolster their XP and gold, so it is always better to let an enemy teleport to the base than to chase them down. A champion with 3 kills and 0 deaths is doing far, far better than a champion with 6 kills and 5 deaths, after
The Worlds winning roster consisted of Nuguri, Canyon, ShowMaker, newcomer Ghost, and Beryl. DAMWON Gaming only dropped three games in the entire tournament; not to mention they had only lost twice in the LCK Summer Split including Playoffs. After 2 years of defeat, Korean dominance had returned in full force for the 2020 champions
Braum propels ice from his shield in the target direction, dealing magic damage to the first enemy hit and slowing them by 70% decaying over 2 seconds.
Look at just how much enemies get slowed! Landing Winter's Bite can be the difference between a successful ambush on the enemy or an opponent getting away. It's an amazing way to force the opposing team to turn around and fight a questionable battle because their retreat has become likely impossi