The schedule and venues for the 2023 League of Legends World Championship, which was announced to be held in Korea, have been finalized. The host cities for Worlds 2023 will be Seoul and Busan. Korea
Countries around the world are slowly lifting their COVID restrictions. For Korea, border restrictions were first imposed in March 2020, and after 25 months, those restrictions were lifted. This meant
Each year, there are a handful of League of Legends players from all around the world that travel to Korea. From amateur players, streamers, to those that have reached the highest level of pro play, t
Amidst the changes of the off-season, Afreeca Freecs announced a coaching change, releasing their head coach, iloveoov. He coached the team since 2017, including their Worlds run in 2018. See more about his career here:
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:
On June 24th, we bid farewell once more to one of StarCraft Brood War's most iconic players of all time, Jaedong, as he leaves to fulfill his Korean military service requirements. Read more about his career and exit here:
This off-season, DAMWON Gaming Mid Laner, ShowMaker, set off to climb to Challenger in Korea by playing only unique champions - meaning he would never play any champion twice. On May 16, he reached his goal, playing 87 games on 87 different champs, boasting a 69% win rate. Read more on his story here:
In yet another off-season change from Team Liquid, Academy Jungler, Shernfire, was released from the org on May 15th. He played with the team only one Split, starting off on the main TL roster during Broxah's visa delay, and then switching to Academy upon his arrival mid-season. Read more on his story here:
Today's cartoon is about the LCK matches being held via online for the first time in history. In such chaotic times, even the fact that the LCK will be resuming was great news. Did it really matter wh
According to a recent report by ESPN's Tyler Erzberger, the LCK is set to resume their season in an online format by the end of March. Read more on the story here:
After cancelling the homestands set for Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou in late January, Blizzard has announced the games will now be played in Seoul, both in studio and as potential extra games for the Seoul Dynasty homestand in Week 5. read more here:
Just like the LPL, the LCK has its own off-season tournament at the end of December, the KeSPA Cup. Here are the best champions in their meta, and who you should look out for in 2020.
2020 has an incredible ring to it, and it coincides with League's 10th Season, another great milestone. Not only are there a bunch of new games to be released by Riot and Riot Forge, Summoner's Rif
This year, we say goodbye to Mata, imp, Vizicsacsi, Clearlove, Score, and Wolf. Each Legends in their own right. Read more about their careers here:
Crumbz returned to the pro League scene earlier this year after a short stint in OWL. He sat down with Inven Global to discuss his year and the mistakes he has seen NA make, particularly in the off-season. Read about NA's problems and his future plans here:
As originally reported by Korizon's Ashley Kang, the team is currently looking for a Mid Laner and a Support out of Korean Solo Queue, as long as the player is at least Grandmaster. Lee Sang-ho is also holding the position of the team's Substitute Support. The team's intentions are to first qualify for Challengers Korea, and through this, qualify for the LCK.
According to a report Monday afternoon by ESPN Esports' Tyler "FionnOnFire" Erzberger, legendary SK Telecom T1 coach Kim "kkOma" Jeong-gyun is moving to China to coach Vici Gaming in the LPL. The report also states that Kim "Kim" Jeong-soo, better known as Coach Kim, is set to replace kkOma and coach SKT in the 2020 LCK season.
Late Saturday night, TSM announced that they will be traveling to Shanghai to bootcamp this December. TSM isn't going to Korea this year, they're visiting the home of the LPL and back to back World Championship Titles. Learn more here:
Today's cartoon is about predictions on where the next Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) will take place next year. With the 2019 LoL World Championship (Worlds) coming to an end, the region to host next
My trip to South Korea last month was absolutely fantastic. I got to see the Inven KR offices, Lotte World, Cat Cafes... but my favorite part of the trip was to experience LCK. Take a look at LoL Park