Following suit with the other major competitive regions, the League Championship Series has launched a rebrand headed into 2021, featuring a new LCS logo, color scheme, and identity. Read more about their rebrand here:
TSM and Biofrost announced he would be taking a break from professional League to stream. Biofrost entered the LCS on TSM in 2016, playing with the org for two and a half years throughout his career, winning four titles with the team and attending Worlds three times. read more on his break here:
The region known for its lack of scouting and voracious importing saw a handful of rookies join the scene in 2020, and Tactical walks away with Rookie of the Year for the LCS 2020 season. Read more here:
According to a recent report by ESPN's Tyler Erzberger, the LCK is set to resume their season in an online format by the end of March. Read more on the story here:
IMT rounded out their return to LCS by hosting a Season Kickoff at a popular LA arcade bar, Button Mash. Here's what you missed and what the team had to say about the new season:
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.
Just like the LPL, the LCK has its own off-season tournament at the end of December, the KeSPA Cup. Here are the best champions in their meta, and who you should look out for in 2020.
The Demacia Cup ended last week, but they've found a good starting position for their early season meta. There were 77 champs contested throughout the tournament, here are the best and worst performers.
2020 has an incredible ring to it, and it coincides with League's 10th Season, another great milestone. Not only are there a bunch of new games to be released by Riot and Riot Forge, Summoner's Rif
Five years ago, Riot kicked off its Fantasy LCS, but shut it down for 2019. But there's a new Fantasy league this year, with lots of shiny upgrades and gadgets to help players manage their team. Read about the new version here:
After a long break from social media following TSM's loss in the Regional Finals, Jesper "Zven" Svenningsen has finally spoken out about his plans. He is a free agent looking for a team in EU or NA! Where will he go?
100 Thieves have welcomed Tony "Zikz" Gray as their new head coach in an announcement video with new GM Christopher "PapaSmithy" Smith. Zikz and PapaSmithy will build out their roster and plan for new growth moving forward.
As reported by Jacob Wolf and ESPN on November 11th, Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon has reached a verbal agreement with Team Dignitas for a two year contract extension totaling $2.3 million guaranteed.
Riot launched Teamfight Tactics, AKA TFT, this summer, and it has been massively successful, bringing millions of players to the League client. And now it's coming to mobile! Check out all the new features here: