The top lane in Europe saw a lot of questions this year. Could promising rookies ascend to the top of their position? Would old legends breathe fresh life into their careers, or would they deteriorate
Inven Global had the opportunity to speak with Alphari, and discuss his thoughts on Team Vitality, how it compares to Team Liquid, and his opinion on Janna Smite top.
Team Vitality’s super team got off to a rocky 0-3 start in week 1 of the LEC, including losses to Fnatic, MAD Lions, and, most concerningly, fringe playoff contender Excel Esports — but they're turning it around now.
UPDATE Nov. 21: Following Alphari's return to the LEC and Tactical joining TSM, as well as the confirmed retaining of Santorin, Team Liquid also confirmed CoreJJ as the team's starting support for the 2022 LCS season.
After qualifying for Worlds 2021, Team Liquid top laner Barney "Alphari" Morris spoke to Inven Global about returning to a full-time LCS starting position on the team and the squad's rampage through the LCS Championship.
Jonas "Kold" Anderson, Team Liquid's strategic-coach-turned-interim-head-coach following Jatt's resignation, spoke to Inven Global about the team's recent changes and his perspective on coaching as a whole.
Mid laner Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen joined Inven Global to share his thoughts on Team Liquid's recent changes.
Team Liquid coach Joshua "Jatt" Leesman has resigned from the team effective immediately, the team confirmed Thursday in a press conference.
We rank the West’s top 10 top laners from the LCS and LEC combined.
Star top laner Barney "Alphari" Morris has been benched in favor of Team Liquid Academy top laner Thomas "Jenkins" Tran, who will be making his LCS debut as TL's starting top laner for at least the remainder of week 1.
Inven Global sat down with TL head coach Joshua "Jatt" Leesman to reflect upon the Spring Split, understand why Alphari's laning phase is the best he's ever seen, and lessons learned from the bitter loss to Cloud9 in the finals.
Inven Global spoke with Team Liquid's top laner shortly after the Spring Split Finals to discuss how he felt after the 2-3 loss to Cloud9, his individual goals, and why jungle is "more OP than it's ever been."
Despite having positive first impressions of his competition, Alphari cited the reason for his dominance as simply not being challenged individually the same way he was when competing in Europe against the likes of Fnatic or G2 Esports.
Blaber spoke with Inven Global to discuss his team's performance, what they can improve on, and what players/teams have caught his eye.
Before the LCS Lock-In, we spoke with Jatt about his first off-season as a coach and how he prepared the team with a new roster, coaching staff, and mentality to help them level up in 2021. Read his thoughts here:
Inven is celebrating the best of the best throughout 2020. There are many outstanding players in League of Legends across all roles and all regions. These are the best top laners across the LCS, LCK, LEC, and LPL. Read here:
Team Liquid had an interesting 2020, ending in yet another 3-3 run at Worlds. The team kept most of their roster, but they're making two key changes this off-season. Here is the official confirmed 2021 Liquid roster:
UPDATED 11/14: Travis Gafford reported via Twitter that Lucas "Santorin" Larsen has verbally agreed to a one year contract with Team Liquid.
Let’s break down some of the implications of Alphari’s potential signing to Team Liquid.
The off-season moves are already buzzing, with reports of Liquid signingAlphari, Bjergsen's retirement, and so many more. The free agency period technically doesn't start until a few weeks from now, but here are the best players that teams should look to sign:
