Just like in competitive Pokémon, winning Mercenaries PvP is largely influenced by two things: a player understanding of ability speeds and whether or not their lineup has sufficient synergy to out-value the opponent each turn.
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:
Latin America League team, All Knights, announced they were signing Korean support, Wadid, to start for their team in 2021. Wadid is replacing former All Knights support, Newbie, who will play for the LCS team, Golden Guardians. Read more on his move here:
Riot not inviting a single member of the LPL English broadcast team to Worlds is an absolutely heinous mistake that will not only negatively affect this year's Worlds broadcast quality, but also the careers of the LPL English casting team and the international broadcasts of the future. Read more here:
We spoke with Phreak about casting in the quarantine, caster bias, how the LCS needs to improve, and his recent addition of harsh criticism towards some plays and decisions LCS teams are making. Phreak has received abundant praise over the summer, learn more about how he has worked and grown here:
Jatt has been with Riot Games for the past eight years, most often as an analyst and color caster, but he recently joined Team Liquid as their new head coach. With the recent loss of Doublelift and a 9th place finish, Jatt and TL have a lot of work to do. Read more on his mission here:
Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler walks through various stories from his past that helped lead him to his current passion, casting esports. Listen to Kobe's story, how he navigated hardship and worked through the early days of casting. Hear him talk about the pain during the death of his idol this Spring, but his resilience. And hear how his connection to the community drives him.
Jatt breaks down his casting style and how he understands his role as a caster. He then goes in detail about how to understand and utilize stats, and how to work around stats that don't tell the full story. Read more on his recent growth here:
Kim “Wadid” Bae-in and Nam “Lira” Tae-yoo will appear on the casters desk for the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK). Through his stream, Wadid said that he and Lira will
The League of Legends European Championship brings in talent with stories that are no short of fantastic, with Aaron "Medic" Chamberlain being no exception. Earning his name by being a real life doctor, the play-by-play caster shares what has prompted the lifestyle change.
Just a week after MonteCristo and Puckett announced their departure from OWL, DoA announced his own. He cites differences with Blizzard's creative direction and their resistance to listen to esports veterans. Read more on his departure here:
Longtime esports caster, MonteCristo, announced his departure from the Overwatch League on the last day of the decade, citing "creative and philosophical differences." Read more here:
Clayton "CaptainFlowers" Raines, a simple boy from Ohio, USA. At the Esports Awards 2019 in Arlington, Texas, we had the opportunity to talk to him about his journey on becoming a vital part of the LCS broadcast team.
Brendan “Valdes” Valdes has been around in the Korean esports scene for many years now. Ever since he started with Starcraft 2, he has been bridging the language gap for the English audience
Can you please introduce yourself for our readers?The name is Barento Mohammed, and people know me as 'Raz'. I'm an English commentator for the LPL. I feel that the LPL isn't as well-known to the publ
Madlife is coming back to the League of Legends pro scene as a caster temporarily.Madlife, one of the greatest support players in League of Legends history, will come on as a temporary substitute shou