Category: League of Legends

September 4, 2026

League of Legends

Riot Opens Tier 2 to the World: WSCI 2026 Brings 16 Academy-Level Teams to One Bracket

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For years, the second tier of competitive League of Legends has been a collection of sealed rooms. Challengers leagues in Europe, the Americas, Korea, China and APAC each produced their own champions, and those champions almost never met. Riot Games and TJ Sports are changing that this month with the... read more

September 2, 2026

League of Legends

Gen.G Sweep kt Rolster 3-0 to Lock a Seventh Straight Worlds Trip — and the LCK Board Tightens

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Gen.G Esports have booked their place at the 2026 World Championship, sweeping kt Rolster 3-0 in Upper Bracket Round 2 of the LCK playoffs on Sept. 1. It is their seventh consecutive Worlds qualification, and for anyone tracking the League of Legends betting market, it is the cleanest form signal... read more

August 31, 2026

League of Legends

Fnatic Miss Worlds for the First Time in a Decade — and Europe’s Outright Board Needs a Rewrite

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Fnatic will not play at the League of Legends World Championship this year. GIANTX knocked them out of the LEC Summer Split on Aug. 30, ending a run of ten straight Worlds appearances and closing out a season that had been drifting away from the organisation for weeks. The number... read more

August 29, 2026

League of Legends

Demacia Cup Goes Global in October: 12 Teams, Six Regions, and a Market With No History

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League of Legends' longest-running Chinese offseason event is leaving China. TJ Sports and Huya have rebuilt the Demacia Cup as the 2026 Demacia Cup Global Invitational, a 12-team tournament running from Oct. 3 to 17 with representation from the LPL, LCK, LEC, LCS, LCP and CBLOL. After more than a... read more

August 20, 2026

League of Legends

LoL Patch 26.17 Nerfs Vayne Top and Xerath — Why Pro Markets Should Wait Out the August 26 Reset

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Riot Games has laid out the balance package for Patch 26.17, and it goes live on August 26, 2026. On paper it is a tuning patch rather than a system overhaul, but two of the nerfs land on champions that have quietly been shaping competitive drafts, which makes the fortnight... read more

August 17, 2026

League of Legends

Caps Becomes the First Western Hall of Legends Inductee — What It Signals for LEC Betting

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Riot Games has confirmed Rasmus "Caps" Winther as the third inductee into the League of Legends Hall of Legends, following Faker in 2024 and Uzi in 2025. The G2 Esports mid laner is the first Western player to receive the honour, and the timing was not entirely of Riot's choosing:... read more

August 9, 2026

League of Legends

LoL Patch 26.16 Ends the Mage Bot Lane Era: What Changes for Pro Play and the Odds

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Riot Games is about to redraw the most closely watched patch of turf in competitive League of Legends: the bot lane. Patch 26.16, due on August 12, 2026, ships a package of marksman buffs and support-economy nerfs built to send the mage bot lane experiment back toward mid. How mages... read more

August 5, 2026

League of Legends

Riot Reins In LoL’s Mage Bot Meta: Patch 26.16 Buffs ADCs and Punishes Support Roaming

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Riot Games is stepping into one of the most disruptive strategic shifts League of Legends has seen this season. After months of AP mages pushing traditional marksmen out of the bot lane, the balance team has confirmed that Patch 26.16 will hand ADCs a package of buffs while making support... read more

August 3, 2026

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G2 Esports Sweep SK Gaming to Stay in the LEC Summer 2026 Title Hunt

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G2 Esports continued to look like the team to beat in Europe after sweeping SK Gaming 2-0 in Week 2 of the LEC Summer 2026 Split on August 2. The result was one of the more clear-cut series of the young split and keeps G2 firmly positioned among the league's... read more

March 31, 2023

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League of Legends: How to kill Drake in half a second?

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League of Legends (#LoL) is a complex game with many strategies and mechanics that players must master to achieve victory. One of the most important objectives in the game is the dragon, a powerful monster that provides various bonuses to the team that kills it. Recently, LoL players have discovered... read more

March 23, 2023

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LoL: 5 of 6 LCS Playoff teams featured on Split All-pro teams

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The LCS’ best players have been recognized. The LCS has announced the 2023 Spring Split All-Pro teams, and the variety of teams featured in the All-Pro voting is quite high this year. Five of the six postseason teams were represented on the three All-Pro squads from this spring, with only... read more

March 22, 2023

League of Legends

LoL: Mikyx reviews why Fnatic went down in LEC Spring Split

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With one week until the conclusion of the LEC Spring Split regular season, #Fnatic is still in contention for the next step of the competition. Following a disastrous showing in the Winter Split, the squad made some roster adjustments but began the split with a 0-3 week. While the expectations... read more

March 20, 2023

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LoL: Only one player finished a season with double digit KDA

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The king of the rift. Following a tense finish to the 2023 LCS Spring Split regular season, a slew of talented League of Legends players are going to the playoffs in their pursuit of a title. However, only one player stuck out among his contemporaries with a KDA in the... read more

March 17, 2023

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LoL: 100Thieves moving closer to 2023 LCS Spring Playoffs

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Experience matters Veteran experience wins over all. After making a sizable comeback, #100Thieves defeated #TSM to improve their status in the LCS 2023 Spring standings, maintaining their chances of making the playoffs. With just three games remaining before the postseason, both teams were tied for fifth, making this one of... read more

March 16, 2023

League of Legends

LoL: Here’s how 100Thieves can earn a LCS playoff spot

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Today marks the start of the final week of the 2023 LCS Spring Split regular season. Five teams are still firmly involved in the postseason race going into the final three days of the split. The remaining teams in the league will compete for the final three spots in the... read more

March 15, 2023

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LoL: Two LEC teams have reached 50 total team deaths

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The first week of the 2023 LEC Spring Split came to a close yesterday after three days of thrilling League of Legends competition, with several teams already contending for positions in the rankings for the upcoming regular season. However, two teams have produced some remarkable statistics in a division that... read more

March 14, 2023

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LoL: Vitality and SK climb to the top of LEC Spring Split

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The first week of the LEC Spring Split was completed without a loss by SK Gaming and Team Vitality. An obvious top two emerged after the first three days of the second split of the 2023 Season, with Vitality and SK taking them in-game snowballing strategies to the #LEC rankings.... read more