The 2018 World Champions, Invictus Gaming, are silencing the dissenters after a near 3-0 sweep against the Korean second seed, Griffin, in the Quarterfinals in Madrid.
The very first matchup of the Worlds 2019 Knockout Stage will feature Griffin, the #2 seed from South Korea's LCK, and Invictus Gaming, the #3 seed from China's LPL and the defending World Champion.
The first best-of-five matchup is mere hours away, so let's take a look over what's been set for the Quarterfinals of Worlds 2019.
Whatever the reasons are for Team Liquid and NA's overall failure to make it out of groups, it is unacceptable. No matter what the problem was. But this isn't just a Liquid problem, this is an NA problem, and it needs to change.
Yoon ‘Justice’ Seok-joon, the sub Mid laner for SANDBOX announced his retirement, and Coach Lim ‘Comet’ Hye-sung and Lee ‘Dragon’ Jun-yong have mutually parted ways with SANDBOX.
Let's check in on champion presence and make some predictions for the Knockout Stage. Bans! This has been the most diverse Worlds so far, but Knockouts always change though. Who will they focus on?
Why was Syndra considered so strong in the first place, and what in the world happened in the Group Stage to cause her sudden disappearance from the forefront of the Worlds meta?
It's no secret that Pantheon is a problem. He has been banned in all but one single Play-In Stage game, and was, of course, immediately first picked and won the game. But this has been problematic before, and it needs to be fixed.
At international events, there are always exciting narratives. There are also always stories writers want to write, but can't. Here are the stories we never told - the stories we wanted to tell, but couldn't.
On the 25th (KST), Jin Air Green Wings have announced that they have mutually parted ways with the head coach of the League of Legends squad, Han 'H Dragon' Sang-yong.
Now that the Worlds 2019 Group Stage has concluded, it's time to see who performed the best amongst their peers in their respective roles. This is Inven Global's Worlds 2019 Group Stage All-Pro Team.
I've complained about it countless times, how does one choose a single MVP out of all the best players in the World? It's easy! Just choose Faker! Read why Faker deserves the title this time and who was on his heels.
How does it feel to be on the desk for this Worlds specifically? It's awesome. Obviously, I've done desk work in EU for such a long time, but I haven't gotten the chance to do the main event Group Sta
On the 23rd (KST), Hanhwa Life Esports announced that the captain and the ADC for the League of Legends team, Gwon ‘Sangyoon' Sang-yun has retired.
Sixteen teams participated in the Group Stage of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, and in fifty total games, they all agreed on one thing: Pantheon is busted.
Bang, Inven Global’s special correspondent had a chance to chat with the ADC for DAMWON, Sin ‘Nuclear’ Jeong-hyeon backstage to talk about today’s victories, and how far his squad hopes to make it in the tournament.
While it might make the average LCS fan feel better just to chalk it up to Worlds being on European soil, as it was in 2015 when the NALCS' infamous 'Week 2 0-10' occured, there's many factors to consider when analyzing what led to such a disappointing performance from North America at the World Championship. Let's take a look at how the LCS teams' Worlds 2019 performances compared to their respective expectations.
Today's cartoon is all about the different stories in the LoL scene from the past week.
On the 19th, SK Telecom T1 made it to the Knockout Stage of the 2019 LoL World Championship with a 5-1 record in Group C, known as the ‘group of death'. After they've secured a spot in the
The Worlds 2019 Group Stage has finally come to a close, and with it, NA's time at Worlds. The bracket has been set, and the teams will go on to prepare for their respective Bo5s in hopes of claiming the title. There is one final Group Stage MVP to be awarded, and today it goes to ShowMaker!