If you've got your eyes on a VALORANT beta code, but you still don't know who you want to play, check out this guide for Sage, one of the more supportive agents. If you have a tactical mind, but slow fingers, Sage is a great agent to start with. Watch our Agent rundown to see more on how Sage is best utilized:
He's the John Snowden of the Wild Wild West - Cypher! Take a look into Cypher's abilities with us, and learn how to bolster your team's efforts. Set up tripwires and cameras to ensure nobody sneaks by unnoticed. See more on his gameplay here:
Riot Games has announced its closed beta for VALORANT coming soon, so you'll need to prepare. Take a look at Brimstone, one of the game's Controllers - a more supportive class to assist allies and make space for engagement. Find a video detailing his kit and overall goals in combat here:
Golden Guardians support, huhi, spoke with us about rejoining the LCS and how he used his time in Academy to ensure his maximum growth. He explained his frustration in the off-season, but how he changed his mindset to stay positive and make the most of his situation. Watch the video interview on our YouTube channel or read the transcript here:
Golden Guardians have decided to promote huhi to their main roster for the League of Legends Championship Series this weekend in hopes to "improve the team's communication," likely in an effort to push to playoffs. Huhi replaces Keith, who has had a somewhat rocky season after role-swapping to support this past off-season. Read more on the story here:
On the 19th of February (KST), Gen.G Esports took on Hanwha Life Esports in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Spring Split. Gen.G Esports had a quick 2-0 win and stepped up to second place. One of the biggest surprises in the match was that Sett was picked as support in the second game. After the match, Gen.G Esports support, Kim “Life” Jeong-min joined the media room for an interview.
On the 15th (KST), Hanwha Life Esports shut out SANDBOX Gaming 2-0 in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Spring Split. It was their 2nd win of the season. Son “Lehends” Si-woo
Remember the LCS Anonymous Survey? They had a simple survey on the LCS players and had some interesting responses. Here, we tried the same on the LCK players. About a week to go for the 2020 LCK Spring
A post in the Blizzard forums brought the attention to Overwatch's lead designer, Jeff Kaplan. Current role queue is 2/2/2; however, there is experimentation going on for 3/2/1 with 3 DPS and 1 tank. The balance of the future in Overwatch is in Jeff Kaplan's hands. Let's dive and analyze what could happen if role queue was adjusted.
Dignitas fills in their final Academy spot, signing former IMT, TL, and GG support, Olleh. This completes the DIG Academy squad with 5 former LCS veterans, giving them a stacked roster and a lot of places for substitutions and swap-outs for the LCS.
After visa issues with their previous Academy top lane signing, Rodov, Dignitas has signed former LCS top laner, Lourlo. Dignitas is now only lacking a support player for their Academy roster, boasting four veterans on the Academy so far.
Evil Geniuses has announced their Academy bot lane, signing support, Matt, and ADC, Deftly. The two are former GGS teammates, and will likely be a strong point in the new EG Academy roster, opening up potential for young talent elsewhere. Read more here:
Dignitas are rounding out their roster, signing long-time veteran and first ever support to win LCS MVP, aphromoo. He joins "Johnsun, a prospect scouted by TSM last year, in the bot lane. Read about the rest of the signing here:
The first day of Free Agency has been quite a roller-coaster, and there are now reports of Xerxe, Upset, and Destiny signing with Origen. They have supposedly finalized their roster, but others will have plenty of changes to come.
FlyQuest has had plenty of ups and downs in the recent years, performing very well this Spring, but falling flat in the Summer Split. They've started off with a bang, signing support IgNar! Here is what all they're doing:
LCS and LEC teams are really shaking up the scene this off-season, and Alfonso "Mithy" Aguirre Rodriguez has joined in the fun, switching to a coaching role for Fnatic! Read more here:
According to a recent report by ESPN's Jacob Wolf, Vincent "Biofrost" Wang is returning to TSM in a transfer, sending Andy "Smoothie" Ta to CLG. Read more about the story here:
In a report by ESPN, Cloud9 and Dignitas have verbally agreed in a trade deal that will send Vulcan to Cloud9 in exchange for $1.5 million and Johnson "Johnsun" Nguyen, former TSM Academy bot laner. Read about it here.
It's the end of the Play-In Group Stage for Groups A and B, with Clutch Gaming and Splyce finishing as their respective Groups' first seed, and the Unicorns of Love and Isurus Gaming taking second. Th
Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in, the support player for Team Liquid, has had a phenomenal year. He's been named one half of the best bot duo in NA, has two LCS championship titles under his belt, and is now heading into Worlds as NA's number 1 seed.
