Riot Games has been teasing details about the rework of Volibear for some time, and on the night of Friday, May 8, the League of Legends community got a full look at everything new about The Thunder's Roar.
The partnership was made official via the team's global Twitter account on Wednesday afternoon local time.
TSM refused to be satisfied with a top 4 finish in the 2020 LCS Spring Playoffs, and defined the off-season right from the start in bringing Doublelift back into the fold of the baylife banner. The resulting ripple effect has led to a tumultuous couple of weeks for TSM, but if the team can win its first LCS championship since Doublelift was last on the squad - 2017 NA LCS Summer - it may once again solidify itself as the most decorated organization in North American LoL history.
Riot Games has shared both good and bad news. First, they shared plans to bring back the production team to the LEC Studio, in Berlin, followed by the cancellation of the 2020 Summer Split finals that would take place in Mälmo, Sweden.
Following the reveal of discussing contract termination with its League of Legends Champions Korea roster, Team Griffin has been releasing its roster in waves.
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Riot Games has announced a global marathon live stream to raise funds for COVID-19, highlighting the League of Legends community members.
Team Griffin previously disclosed to be considering contract termination as well as other options with its current League of Legends Champions Korea roster. The team announced today to be letting go of Mid Laner Son "Ucal" Woo-hyeon, Top Laner Park "Untara" Ui-jin and Bot Laner Park "Viper" Do-hyeon.
Team Liquid made a few changes to both their LCS and Academy squads this off-season, sending former Academy Bot Laner Tactical to the LCS squad to replace the winningest LCS player of all time, Doublelift. Listen to Tactical's experience and plans for the future here:
Big will be taking the place of Juan "JayJ" Guibert, who spent the last year of his 2.5 year tenure with the organization as the starting Support for FLY Academy.
The import players are both owed a grand total of R$65,000, around $11,200.
On the afternoon of Wednesday, May 13th, FlyQuest released their Academy Support, JayJ, who had played with the org in both their Academy and LCS squads over the past two and a half years. Learn more about his move here:
The game will receive balance changes that aim to benefit support champions. Champions that were struggling in the past, like Nidalee, Sivir, Lux, and Udyr have received a generous buff, making them more viable picks.
Team Liquid has made changes to the Team Liquid Academy roster ahead of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Academy League Summer Split.
Tomo will start for the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Academy League Spring champion in place of Calvin 'K1ng' Truong while K1ng is in his home country of Australia for visa purposes.
Riot Games has touched bases on how the upcoming patch 10.10 will be affecting the game, focusing on the upbringing of support champions.
Team Liquid has made an off-season splash ahead of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split by signing Joshua "Jatt" Leesman as its Head Coach. Jatt has spent the majority of the past decade as a caster and an analyst for Riot Games' LCS broadcast.
Moon most recently debuted as Head Coach for Radiance, an esports organization founded by former League of Legends professional player Hai "Hai" Lam.
Find the complete list of nerfs and buffs in patch 10.9, featuring, Kayn, Gnar, Nami, Wukong, Bard and more.
Leena Xu, President of esports organization TSM, faces controversy after screenshots from the team's Discord were used in a video by Duncan "Thorin" Shields. In one screenshot, Xu claims to have attempted to approach many players from Europe on behalf of TSM, and that the players she approached were under contract at the time of her reaching out. Inven Global has confirmed with a source close to the situation that organizations across the globe often go unpunished for the ways in which they circumnavigate certain rules when seeking to sign a player.
