On the afternoon of July 21st, Team Liquid announced a new addition to their team, signing Pocket Rhino as their Academy Support, replacing Yama. Pocket Rhino is a former collegiate player for Florida State University. Read more about the signing here:
Riot Games' Global Contract Database was updated today, adding Goldenglue to Evil Geniuses' roster as a Mid Laner under a seven day contract. Jiizuke is also still listed under the team. Read more on their situation here:
Tuesday afternoon, July 21st, 100 Thieves announced they were mutually parting ways with Jungler William "Meteos" Hartman. Meteos was benched from the main roster and moved to Academy after Week 3 of
The Spirit Blossom set includes a skin for Teemo, Vayne, Yasuo, Thresh, a Prestige Edition for Spirit Blossom Teemo, and lastly, the new champion, Lillia.
Maurice "Amazing" Stückenschneider has recently addressed the verbal and emotional abused professional players go through when connecting with fans on the internet. During the sixth week of the League of Legends European Championship, Lara Lunardi got to further discuss the subject with Misfits' coach.
We are all waiting for this crossover.
With Dignitas' loss to Golden Guardians in the last game of Week 6 of the LCS Summer Split, Cloud9 and Team Liquid have secured their spot in the Playoffs. Both teams sit at 10-2. Read more on the standings here.
WildTurtle just reached 1500 career Regular Season kills after finding a greedy Blaber trying to sneak into a flank position! He trails right behind Doublelift, who reached the 1500 mark earlier this Spring. WildTurtle is just shy of 2000 total kills including Playoffs, and 2225 total including international events. Turtle has one of the longest careers in the LCS,
Golden Guardians' win over Evil Geniuses in week 5 of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split was far from perfect from other side, but featured the best individual performance of the split thus far. GG Jungler Can "Closer" Çelik hard-carried on Lee Sin to an incredible 12/3/11 KDA. After the match, Closer spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie about Lee Sin's place in the meta and the changes in his LCS experience from spring to summer.
TSM announced earlier this week that they were starting Treatz for Week 6 of the LCS. Tactical is welcoming Treatz with a friendly letter, offering encouragement, advice, and just a tiny hint of spice. Read it here:
Golden Guardians Jungler Can "Closer" Çelik's 12/3/11 Lee Sin performance was the hardest carry game of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split thus far. Despite Golden Guardians losing to Team Liquid after the impressive win over Evil Geniuses, Closer still managed to put up 71.66 fantasy points, the most of any player in week 5 of the Esports One Inven Global Fantasy League of Legends league.
After spending a few weeks in Academy, WildTurtle is back in the LCS as FlyQuest's starting Bot Laner, replacing MasH who took over After Week 1 of the 2020 Summer Split. Read more on the change here:
In order to win big in E1 Fantasy, you want to find VALUE! I'm not just talking about getting your money back, I'm talking about getting what you paid for AND some more. Here are your best values in Week 6 of E1 Fantasy.
The two most important questions when building your E1 Fantasy Lineup: Who do I pick? Who do I not pick? Look through the list of who is best to sign to your E1 Fantasy team for Week 6 of the LEC and LCS:
At last! Fnatic is saved from finding a home on the Busts list; the LEC didn't have any games in Week 5 of the Summer Split. Read all about your E1 Fantasy Booms and Busts here!
Riot Games recently revealed a new League of Legends champion, Lillia, but it looks like she won't be the new champ on the block for very long. Yone has been confirmed as the 150th champion heading to Summoner's Rift, and on the morning of Tuesday, July 14, Yasuo's fallen brother's splash art was leaked for players to see him in all his glory.
Wednesday morning, July 15, TSM announced that they were promoting Treatz to their League Championship Series squad, moving Biofrost to Academy. TSM is coming off their first 0-2 weekend of the Split and looks to bounce back with a fresh face. Read more here:
This week in both the League Championship Series and LCS Academy, we saw TSM face off against Immortals. TSM got the Academy win, but Immortals secured the LCS victory. While this type of thing happens all the time - since not every Academy team reflects the strength of their LCS squad - the TSM vs Immortals situation brings a bit of nuance to an otherwise mundane conversation. Before the start of the 2020 LCS Summer Split, Immortals announced a few roster changes, sending three of their Spring
Deus sat down with Inven Global to discuss his promotion up from Academy, his off-season solo queue experience, and how he looks forward to meeting his Academy top lane rival.
According to a recent report by ESPN's Jacob Wolf, Origen have signed Jactroll as their new support, replacing Destiny who has played for the team since the start of 2020. Read more on the trade here:
