The first round-robin of the World Championship group stage is concluding, each of the teams playing the rest once, giving them a taste of the following week. With its conclusion, Group A has found itself with no clear favorites heading into the second round. Read more on the standings here:
While League patches no longer affect pro play, Riot is still making changes and updates for the end of the season solo queue climbers. Check out all the planned changes announced by Riot Game Dev, Mark Yetter, here:
Rogue's support player Oskar "Vander" Bogdan joined Inven Global to talk about the team's progression since the LEC Summer Playoffs, the new meta, and his personal development.
After two days of games in the 2020 World Championship Group Stage, Fnatic sits at 1-1. This is the first Worlds for Mithy as a coach, and he explains how he prepped and what to expect from FNC this year. Watch the interview here:
FNC's Top Laner Gabriël "Bwipo" Rau talked to Inven Global after their stage debut about today's match, scrim results, and his signature Volibear play style.
Before the start of the 2020 League of Legends World Chamionship, LoLVVV.com gave us a look at the players who had reached Challenger tier on China's super server, which only includes players who are at least Diamond 1 on a standard League of Legends regional server. The Worlds 2020 group stage starts in less than a day, so let's take a look at every competitor at the event who has reached Challenger on the super server before the next round of games begins.
Congratulations! You just got into the Worlds Group Stage for the first time and you beat SuperMassive 3-0. Did you expect to be this dominant today? First off, thanks! But yeah, I think SuperMassive
It is clear that MAD Lions did not play its best League of Legends coming into Worlds 2020, but now that the team has been eliminated, there are certain trends that became clearly exacerbated problems throughout the play-in. Let's take a look at where MAD Lions fell short at Worlds 2020.
Since today is the first day of the skins going live on the PBE, expect Little Devil Fizz, Pumpkin Prince Amumu, and Bewitching Elise to be released on October 14.
Rainbow7 exited Worlds after an unfortunate 0-3 loss to LGD, and Shadow spoke with Parkes Ousley about the lessons they learned and the support they got from fans at this year's Worlds. Watch the interview and read the transcript here:
LGD and SUP advance to the next series in the Play-In knockout stage, playing against Legacy Esports and Unicorns of Love, respectively. Read more on their series here:
After their tiebreaker loss to Team Liquid, Legacy's mid, Tally, spoke about his signature style, his thoughts on team strength, who he hopes to meet for the rest of the event, and the undying support he's received since arriving in Shanghai. Watch it all here:
Team Liquid becomes the second team to qualify for the World Championship Group Stage from the Play-Ins after placing first in Group A with their defeat of Legacy Esports in a final tiebreaker match. Read more on the qualifications here:
INTZ becomes the second team knocked out of Worlds, following the LJL's V3 Esports from Group B yesterday. They played a tiebreaker game against MAD Lions after finding themselves tied for last with a 1-3 record. Read more on INTZ's run here:
Hanabi was one of the two original PSG members that was able to play at the start of the tourney and held it down in the top lane. He hails from Flash Wolves, like so many in this tournament, and looks to play some other former Wolves in Groups and the Knockout Stage. Watch the interview here:
Esports Culture creator Lara Lunardi has curated her favorite... and not-so-favorite designs.
As the 2nd seed from Taiwan's Pacific Championship Series, PSG Talon will be randomly selected as the team to round out any group except Group A, which already contains PCS 1st seed Machi Esports. PSG Talon is the first team to escape from the play-in at Worlds 2020.
Top laner, Armut, was a huge part of SuperMassive's two victories, finishing with 31 kills and assists and zero deaths, giving him the best KDA of the tournament so far. Hear what he has to say about his performance here:
After the second day of the play-in, MAD Lions support Norman "Kaiser" Kaiser spoke to Inven Global's Parkes Ousley to reflect on his first LEC season and give his thoughts on MAD's chances of qualifying for the main event in Worlds 2020.
UOL made their entrance to Worlds as exciting as they possibly could, smashing V3 in their opener and then commanding a solid victory over PSG in their second game of the day, taking control of Group B with a 2-0 record. And they did so with some creative picks, giving themselves a lot of flexibility in their future drafts, featuring Orianna in two positions now, with a last-minute flex to the bot
