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:
After an incredible start followed by a harsh recoil, Dignitas has swapped their League of Legends Championship Series starting jungler, Grig, for Academy jungler, Akaadian. Dignitas Academy team looked nearly invincible early in the split, but have also faltered recently. Read more on the change here:
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Solo has joined FlyQuest as an assistant coach and reserve for their Academy team. Solo was most recently on Echo Fox, which left Solo without a team this off-season. He joins former coaches from his original LCS team, Clutch Gaming. Read more here:
12 and 0. It's an amazing streak. Did you do something special during the offseason? There wasn't anything special. As soon as Zven and Vulcan signed their contracts, we started their bootcamp earlier
Apollo will be taking the place of Johnny "Altec" Ru in joining the Immortals LCS squad, and also reunites with his longtime Support Nickolas "Hakuho" Surgent.
Due to sickness, Doublelift will not be playing in Team Liquid's Saturday game against TSM. Tactical will take his place on stage, playing against his former org, TSM. Read more on Tactical and Team Liquid here:
Jensen spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie after TL's win over DIG to provide insight on the team's early-split issues, improvements in play since Broxah's arrival, and the team's current form relative to its floor and its ceiling.
Vulcan joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie after defeating IMT to break down the farming Tahm Kench strategy, discuss Cloud9's dominance throughout the LCS Spring Split, and to give his opinion on who could contest C9 down the stretch towards the Spring Playoffs.
V1per joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie after his team's most recent victory over Golden Guardians to discuss his relationship with FlyQuest Academy Top Laner Moe "Revenge" Kaddoura, the factors that led to FlyQuest's strong start this spring after a rough previous summer, and his former teammate Eugene "Pobelter" Park's mid-split joining of Counter Logic Gaming.
After a 2-0 weekend launches FlyQuest into second place (tied with Immortals), Santorin talks to Inven Global about FlyQuest's atmosphere and how it helped them bounce back from an 0-2 week, diving into the problems FLY was facing, how they overcame them, and where he hopes to take the team. Read more here:
Tickets for the Finals in Frisco, Texas are now available, offering both single day tickets and two day passes. The Finals take place April 18 and 19, and will be the first Finals after the new playoffs format changes were announced this year. Find links here:
Wednesday morning, CLG tweeted out that former mid laner, Pobelter, would be re-joining the team as starting mid laner after a 1-7 start to the season. Pobelter replaces Crown, and will hope to help the team turn around their season. Read more here:
Closer spoke with Inven Global about his friendship with Broken Blade and how he inspired and influenced him to pursue a journey to NA. He spoke about GG's progression so far, as well as playing with support, Yuri "Keith" Jew and overall team strength. Read more here:
Dignitas snapped its losing streak against 100 Thieves to start Week 4 of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Spring Split. The team got off to a hot 3-0 start, but then lost as many games in succession as other teams in the LCS began to synergize. DIG went back to the drawing board and got creative to get itself out of its funk. Ornn was drafted for Mid Laner Henrik "Froggen" Hansen, and Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon threw the LCS a curveball by locking in the infamous top lane Soraka. Dignitas' trust in innovation paid off, rallying around the Miss Fortune of rookie AD Carry Johnson "Johnsun" Nguyen for the team's fourth victory of the season. After besting 100 Thieves, Huni sat down with Inven Global's Nick Geracie to discuss the team's adjustments heading into Week 4, top lane mages, and DIG's identity amongst its LCS peers.
Broxah joined Inven Global for his very first LCS post-game interview, in which he discussed his first impressions of North America, playing with his team on stage for the first time, and what his expectations of Team Liquid are now that he has arrived in the US.
This week, Riot announced a leveled up TAILgate for this Saturday's games, featuring adoptable dogs brought by Wags and Walks. See photos of those pups here, as well as Rioter's dogs themselves, like Frenchie Puns and Goldie Appa.
After a strong opening of the Split, Contractz spoke with us about his career path and refocusing and reshaping himself in Academy. Contractz has found himself in a leadership role on 100A, and is utilizing his experiences to leverage himself as a leader and continue to grow in hopes of returning to LCS. Read more here:
Many LCS orgs have been plagued by visa delays this off-season, but CLG finally secured their last player, Wind, who has just arrived to Los Angeles. With his return to the team, CLG has all of its members eligible for play. Read more on the team here:
Aftersecuring their first win of the season, CLG's Division Coach, Weldon "Weldon" Green, spoke with Inven Global about the team's narratives, reality, and mindset as they stabilize and press forward into the season.
