UPDATE 11/16: Rogue has confirmed both top laner Andrei "Odoamne" Paschu and support Adrian "Trymbi" Trybus will be joining the organization's main squad for the 2021 League of Legends European Championship season. Trymbi is being promoted from Ultraliga squad AGO Rogue, and Odoamne is donning a new jersey for the first time since joining FC Schalke 04 Esports before the start of the 2019 season. Rogue has confirmed these moves are pending approval from Riot Games.
UPDATED 11/16: Cloud9 has announced it has parted ways with mid laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dincer as well as C9 Academy mid laner Cristian "Palafox'" Palafox and support David "Diamond" Bérubé. Nisay is expected to go to Fnatic to replace Tim "Nemesis" Lipovšek.
Cloud9 mid laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dinçer is reportedly on his way to replace Tim "Nemesis" Lipovsek in LEC's Fnatic, according to Esportsmaniacos and Lequipe.
KT Rolster has confirmed via its official Facebook page that its League of Legends team has parted ways with seven players. Top laners Song "Smeb" Kyung-ho, Kim "SoHwan" Jun-yeong , and Jeon "Ray" Ji-won, as well as junglers Kim "Malrang" Geun-seong and Kim "BonO" Gi-beom, will be leaving KT alongside mid laner Lee "Kuro" Seo-haeng and support Park "TusiN" Jong-ik.
UPDATED 11/14: Travis Gafford reported via Twitter that Lucas "Santorin" Larsen has verbally agreed to a one year contract with Team Liquid.
UPDATE 11/14: Evil Geniuses has announced it is parting ways with three of its players. AD carry Bae "Bang" Jun-sik, mid laner Greyson "Goldenglue" Gilmer and top laner Colin "Kumo" Zhao will all be wearing a different jersey in 2021.
UPDATE 11/12: Cloud9 has reportedly agreed to buyout G2 Esports mid laner Luka "Perkz" Perković. The agreement is only verbal as a deal cannot be finalized in writing until the start of the free agency window on Monday, November 16th at 7:00pm ET. G2 Esports will now look for a new AD carry to replace Perkz, and since Perkz will be returning to the mid lane with C9 should the report hold true, it would mean current C9 mid laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dincer would be placed on a buyout.
According to a report by ESPN Esports' Jacob Wolf, Fnatic is tapping Jakob "YamatoCannon" Mebdi as its head coach for the 2021 League of Legends European Championship season.
Let's take a look at the factors that went into Bin's historic Pentakill that led to Suning's sole win against DAMWON Gaming in the finals of the 2020 World Championship.
According to Wolf, PowerOfEvil told TSM on Tuesday, November 10th that he was planning to sign with them at the start of the free agency window on Monday, November 16th instead of Evil Geniuses, who was also in talks with PowerOfEvil in addition to other mid laners.
UPDATE 11/5: Team Liquid has confirmed a 3-year extension with mid laner Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen. The contract amount remains unknown aside from Gafford's initial report on the deal.
Riot Games has announced the 2020 All-Star Event to end this year's League of Legends esports season. Due to the casual nature of ASE and the COVID-19 pandemic, the event will take place completely online and feature a new format.
During the 2020 League of Legends World Championship, Caedrel spoke to Inven Global about the overwhelmingly positive response from the community about his new role as a caster and an analyst and what that meant for him in the context of his career as a professional player.
In a statement to Inven Global, Cloud9 explained: "Riot Games has made C9 aware that because of the talent's age, he will no longer be able to stream for the org."
A screenshot accidentally revealed by T1 support Lee "Effort" Sang-ho shows a Discord chat introducing members of the organization's League of Legends team to Choi "Polt" Seong Hun and Nick "LS" De Cesare. The messages state that Polt and LS will be joining T1 for the 2021 League of Legends Champions Korea season as the team's new coaching staff.
League of Legends is massive in China, and there's plenty of sights around Shanghai that represent its cultural significance.
With the conclusion of the semifinals last weekend, Worlds is coming to a close, culminating in the first LPL vs LCK finals since 2014 when Samsung White beat Star Horn Royal Club. This year brings the LPL third seed, Suning Gaming, against the LCK first seed, DAMWON Gaming, and it'll be a clash of titans that could finally break the three-year-long 3-0 Finals curse. And the two teams got there by
Since the days leading up to the start of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship, Inven Global has been tracking competitors' progress on the solo queue ladder of China's super server in collaboration with LoLVVV. There is only one more match before the end of Worlds 2020, so let's take a look at how many players from DAMWON Gaming and Suning are in Challenger on the super server ahead of the finals.
A few days after Schalke 04 Esports' re-signing of Head Coach Dylan Falco for the 2021 season, jungler Erberk "Gilius" Demir has also re-signed with the royal blue for another season.
Let’s break down some of the implications of Alphari’s potential signing to Team Liquid.
