With an impactful debut at the League of Legends World Championship, MAD Lions defeated INTZ in the opening match of the Play-In stage, to be taken down by Team Liquid in the last match of the day. In a post-match interview, MAD Lions' jungler Zhiqiang "Shad0w" Zhao shared thoughts on the trip to Shanghai, the quarantine, Chinese solo queue, and more.
On Friday, September 24, Riot Games released its first Champion Roadmap update for League of Legends since June. The update also included more visuals and information on the upcoming Dr. Mundo VGU.
UPDATE 9/25: In addition to River and Tank, AD carry Wong "Unified" Chun Kit is also currently off the PSG Talon starting roster due to visa delays. Unified will be eligible to play on September 27th, but River and Tank are still in quarantine and will not be eligible to play in the Worlds 2020 play-in. PSG Talon went 2-0 in its first day of the play-in against Rainbow7 and LGD Gaming. Chen "Dee" Chun-Dee, a substitute on Machi Esports, is starting in Unified's place until he is eligible to compete.
The Worlds 2020 Merch Collection was posted to Twitter by a prominent community member just before the start of the event itself.
MAD Lions headed onto Summoner's Rift with an objectively better composition than TL, but the LCS side's signature champions ended up being a larger factor.
NTZ’s jungler and CBLoL champion Diogo "Shini" Rogê shared his thoughts on the Chinese solo queue, the first two games at Worlds, and the progression of LoL Esports in Brazil.
Ahead of Worlds 2020, Talon had multiple visa issues requiring them to start three substitute players, but not enough credit was given to PSG's replacements. Read more on their performance here:
On Sept. 25th, day 1 of the 2020 LoL World Championships kicked off with its first day of the play-in stages. Team Liquid, LCS' #3 seed defeated LEC's #4 seed, MAD Lions in the last match of the day,
September 25 was the first day of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship Play-ins. Legacy Esports of Australia (OCL) had a successful debut by defeating INTZ. Legacy Esports top laner Kim
With the help of LoLVVV, let's take a closer look at these scrims and see if there are any trends that could become apparent throughout Worlds 2020.
When you consume anything LEC, you can feel its connection to the rest of their content, videos, photos, broadcast, etc. Part of the success lies in the multi-talented staff they have on the broadcast team and their willingness to explore their creativity and vulnerability. Hear behind the scenes on how all this LEC content came together here:
The new rising star, Seraphine, is a mage with shield and healing capabilities.
One of the biggest interests for a LoL esports fan right now has to be how the players in Shanghai are preparing for Worlds: the bubble makes it an extraordinary situation that draws curiosity. While
The product line ranges from phone accessories to apple’s Airpods.
The head coach, bot laner, and the mid laner for DRX — Kim “cvMax” Dae-ho, Kim “Deft” Hyuk-kyu, and Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon respectively — shared their th
Ahead of the 2020 World Championship, the four LPL representatives had a photo shoot with Harper's Bazaar China. The League stars were dressed up in high fashion garments, leaving their usual polyester jerseys and joggers behind. See the pics here:
With the excitement of seeing the best teams on the planet skirmish against each other, our Editorial Team has prepared a list of fun facts about this year’s championship.
Let's take a look at one star player from every minor region team competing in the Worlds 2020 play-in.
We have rated the top five tops, junglers, mids, and supports, and now finally, the top five AD carries at Worlds 2020.
Samira is the newest champion to join the League of Legends roster, but the Desert Rose was so powerful on her first day of play on Summoner's Rift that a micro-patch has been implemented to nerf her.
