TSM won its ninth game of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split against Counter Logic Gaming, and in doing so, joined Cloud9 and Team Liquid in post-season qualification. The gold lead swapped between TSM and CLG more than a couple of times, but when the dust settled, TSM remained standing and clinched a position in the 2020 LCS Summer Playoffs.
The 2020 League of Legends European Championship Summer Split took a week off during week 5 of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split, but the EU teams came out in full force last week and secured every top scoring position in Inven Global's Esports One Fantasy League of Legends league. SK Gaming was specifically dominant, securing top scoring fantasy points in five of the six draft positions.
Harrisburg University has been hosting the Harrisburg University Esports Invitational since 2018, and in 2020, the event will return for the third consecutive year with a small adjustment.
The Spirit Blossom set includes a skin for Teemo, Vayne, Yasuo, Thresh, a Prestige Edition for Spirit Blossom Teemo, and lastly, the new champion, Lillia.
Golden Guardians' win over Evil Geniuses in week 5 of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split was far from perfect from other side, but featured the best individual performance of the split thus far. GG Jungler Can "Closer" Çelik hard-carried on Lee Sin to an incredible 12/3/11 KDA. After the match, Closer spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie about Lee Sin's place in the meta and the changes in his LCS experience from spring to summer.
Dardoch spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie at the conclusion of week 5 to discuss starting in the LCS and playing with his old teammates.
Golden Guardians Jungler Can "Closer" Çelik's 12/3/11 Lee Sin performance was the hardest carry game of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split thus far. Despite Golden Guardians losing to Team Liquid after the impressive win over Evil Geniuses, Closer still managed to put up 71.66 fantasy points, the most of any player in week 5 of the Esports One Inven Global Fantasy League of Legends league.
Caps 77.46 fantasy points in week 4 is the most of any Mid Laner in LEC or LCS all summer.
Riot Games recently revealed a new League of Legends champion, Lillia, but it looks like she won't be the new champ on the block for very long. Yone has been confirmed as the 150th champion heading to Summoner's Rift, and on the morning of Tuesday, July 14, Yasuo's fallen brother's splash art was leaked for players to see him in all his glory.
After the victory, Xmithie spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie about his success vs Doublelift in 2020, the rise of Ignite Graves in the jungle, and playing with two rookie solo laners in Top Laner Kieran "Allorim" Logue and Mid Laner David "Insanity" Challe.
After a perfect 9-0 round robin in the first half of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split, Cloud9 has been made mortal. 100 Thieves handed the reigning LCS champion its first loss of summer.
Counter Logic Gaming is changing things up for week 5 of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split. CLG Academy Top Laner Alexey "Deus" Zatorski will be making his LCS debut in place of Kim "Ruin" Hyeong-min.
Let's take a look at the top scorers from the last two weeks of the LCS Summer Split to see who could come up big in fantasy points for week 5.
TSM Top Laner Sergen "Broken Blade" Çelik spoke about the team's changes from spring to summer and the test of its upcoming match against reigning LCS champion Cloud9.
Poome spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie after defeating Dignitas to discuss his journey to the LCS, his synergy with Contractz, and 100 Thieves' investment in the amateur League of Legends esports scene.
The 2020 League of Legends World Championship was originally scheduled to take place in the Pudong District of Shanghai, and earlier this week, it was confirmed that the event would take place in China in October with no delays or cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Team Liquid Support Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-In spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie to discuss the team's wild 2-0 weekend and how the team's dynamic has changed from spring to summer.
After the team's eighth win against Dignitas, C9 Top Laner Eric "Licorice" Ritchie spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie about Dignitas' summer struggles, the reason for his solo deaths in the early game, and who he expects to challenge C9 down the stretch.
Biofrost spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie after the win to discuss playing against 100 Thieves, the potential pros and cons of online competition, and TSM's upcoming match against his former squad Counter Logic Gaming.
Coming into the second week of the LCS, MasH replaced WildTurtle as FlyQuest's starting AD Carry for their matches against TSM and Dignitas. MasH details his storied career and his approach to this year, and what he hopes to accomplish moving forward in his career.
