The 2021 Mid-Season Invitational is less than a day away, and with eleven teams participating in the whirlwind of international competition, it can be difficult to head into the event familiarized with the entire field. Fortunately, Inven Global's MSI 2021 cheat sheet has provided you the information on how these teams play, how they got to the international stage, and the players key in their successes. Let's dive in.
Throughout this past week, our talented team of writers at Inven Global have been ranking the top 5 players participating in this year's MSI. We've ranked the top 5 laners in each role, and all that's
Riot Games Esports Media Preview Day kicked off just 23 hours before the start of the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational, and while Riot Games shared some information on the upcoming League of Legends esports international showdown, the developer also shared plenty more upcoming information for its other titles.
Inven Global's top five mid laners at this year's MSI are: Heo "ShowMaker" Su — DWG KIA Luka "Perkz" Perković — Cloud9 Yuan "Cryin" Cheng-Wei — Royal Never Give Up Marek "Humanoid" Brázda — MAD Lions Huang "Maple" Yi-Tang — PSG Talon
Despite being out of commission for MSI, a lot of the bugs that previously plagued the Ruined King have been ironed out, and subsequently, Viego has slowly started to step into the competitive meta.
Highlights on Patch 11.9 include the DAMWON Gaming 2020 World Championship skins finally going live, but more significantly, a complete and total assassination of Hecarim via multiple nerfs.
UPDATE 4/27: SolaFide Esports has stated in a tweet that the organization will be ceasing operations until all former team members are compensated.
Alfonso "Mithy" Aguirre Rodríguez and Max Waldo will be able to coach on-site, but Reignover will only be able to help the team remotely.
Of the sixteen times amateur teams faced off against Academy teams at the 2021 LCS Spring Proving Grounds, seven of the games were won by the amateur side. In defeating C9A in the finals, No Org accounted for three of those seven wins alone.
Riot Games has allowed PSG to play with AD Carry Chiu “Doggo” Tzu-Chuan at MSI 2021, who is on loan from fellow Pacific Championship Series organization Beyond Gaming.
UPDATE 4/24: It was assumed that Gwen, the newest champion to join the League of Legends roster, would be disabled at the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational due to how recently she was released, but another has joined the Hallowed Seamstress on the disabled list for the tournament. Viego has been disabled for the entirety of the 2021 LEC season, and now, the Ruined King will also be out of commission for MSI 2021.
Riot Games published an article on the official League of Legends esports website on Friday, April 23 that breaks down the changes coming to both levels of competition this summer.
How did RNG recover to win the finals of the LPL Spring Playoffs after losing so convincingly to FPX in their previous encounter? The answer: a combination of strong solo lane presence, the crippling of FPX support Liu "Crisp" Qing-Song, and one hell of a pentakill...
Abbedagge will be able to start for the team as one of two imports alongside jungler Can "Closer" Çelik now that top laner Kim "Ssumday" Chan-ho has declared NA residency after acquiring his green card.
Turkish esports publication Esporin has reported that 100 Thieves is in talks to acquire mid laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dincer from Fnatic.
The South Korean AD carry has been inactive since playing for OpTic Gaming in the 2019 League of Legends Championship Series season, and his new role with Wildcard Gaming will mark the first coaching role of his career.
100 Thieves has made the first big move in the break between the Spring Split and the Summer Split of the 2021 League of Legends Championship Series.
On Sunday, April 18 at 5:00pm local time, FunPlus Phoenix and Royal Never Give Up will face off in a best-of-five final to deicde who represents China at MSI 2021. Let's take a look at what to expect from the finals this weekend based on what is known about FPX and RNG in context of this season and beyond.
The statement comes in response to multiple members of the European League of Legends community taking online to post screenshots telling other players to 'get cancer' as well as threats to intentionally feed in ranked games from the League of Legends European Championship veteran.
Voyboy sat down with Inven Global to talk about joining FlyQuest, his role in creating and carrying out #MeQuest, and the bigger picture of his shared goals with his new organization.
