For the most part, it’s fairly hard to believe when someone claims to be smurfing, meaning they claim to be playing on a lower ranked account than their normal one. These claims are nearly impossible to verify, and even a victorious game can hardly dictate whether they're telling the tr
More substantial in terms of visuals are the game's skins -- the main way players spend money on the game. These used to be some simple color shifts, but how many characters can have entirely different armor and bodies to match holidays, different fantasy genres, or just memes within the League community. This makes for a beautiful and hilarious mess of id
FunPlus Phoenix completely overhauled their roster going into the 2019 season by adding Doinb and Tian to the team. The new roster consisted of GimGoon, Tian, Doinb, LWX, and Crisp who absolutely dominated the LPL in their first year together as a team. Going into 2019 Worlds, FunPlus Pheonix had a relatively shaky group stage performance putting up a 4 - 2 rec
Over the past 10 years of League of Legends world championship events, legacies have been forged, champions have been dethroned, and relatively unknown teams have taken home the cup. This list will rank the 10 lol World atlas championship rosters based on factors of dominance at the time, as well as the overall cultural impact on the competitive League of Legends scene. All statistical and historical information throughout this article was obtained through Leaguepedia and Liquipedia's League Of Legends pa
Once again, Dota 2 has absolutely seen tons of changes over the years. It's been an incredibly popular game that kickstarted a genre that nearly every other imitator has failed at. Much of this is because the game's base mechanics have remained dominantly the same throughout hist
Throughout the first few weeks of March, players have been competing in regional qualifiers to determine who will get a spot at the Championship. Each region can allow a certain amount of players to compete, with the most competitors coming from Europe (6), China (5), and North America (4). The Korean region is able to send three players, Brazil and Latin America are each able to send two, and Japan and Oceania are each able to send one pla
The fact that it's still going to this day is amazing -- especially given how fervent and active the competitive scene still is. It's a living part of history that's great for all sorts of gamers who want something challenging, classic, and beautifully polis
When it comes to improving your skill at League of Legends , it can be tough to utilize most advice players tend to give. Many higher-level players will give extremely detailed and confusing suggestions if you aren’t experienced, and others will give extremely timid words like "be caref
In the 2013 World Championship finals, SKT T1 faced Royal Club in the finals. Tt was the battle of prodigies: the notorious unkillable demon king, Faker, vs. the greatest marksman to grace Summoners Rift, Uzi. This iconic series was the crucible that forged the Chinese Vs. Korean team rivalry in League of Lege
Among all these developments, Riot Games is very interested in building a major presence in esports. The League Championship Series has been around for a while, but Riot is creating a blossoming esports scene for its tactical shooter Valorant , and is in the middle of leading the charge with Teamfight Tactics ' professional play. Previously, Teamfight Tactics had its first Global Championship toward the tail end of the Galaxies Teamfight Tactics set last year. Sixteen-year-old French player KC Double61 became the very first Teamfight Tactics World Champion with a wild three-round
Artist NeonBandit has beautifully illustrated this size difference this with one of the largest champions, Aurelion Sol, an immense space dragon who dwarfs the smaller yordles and humans of the mid lane. If you find yourself losing track of the smaller things on the screen, always remember to zoom in now and then to make sure you’re not missing an entire oppon
As great as these events are though, League of Legends has done an incredible job of creating a consistent show with its LCS to create constant content for League players to watch. The production quality on this game's tournaments has always been through the roof and is incredibly addictive to keep up with if you know what's going
Dota started the MOBA genre and trend for a good reason and that's because its map was incredibly straightforward to understand. Stairs made for clear pathways, the foliage was all extremely large and explicit, and there were few obstacles that would make it hard to see what's going on on your scr
This ability for the map to change in color, style, and shape was a magnificent upgrade for those who don't enjoy the stale base of Summoner's Rift. Having more or fewer walls or sometimes more foliage can also be a huge boon for different strategies. The game goes infinitely deeper in a direction few MOBAs tend to