Solo found himself in the unfortunate position of going teamless in the 2019 off-season after a rough ending to his time on Echo Fox. But halfway through the 2020 Spring Split, FlyQuest picked him up as an assistant coach, a new role for the top laner. However, he soon transitioned into a substitute for V1per, and is now helping the team on the Rift as they fight their way through playoffs. Watch our video interview here:
Cody Sun spoke with parqueso of Inven Global about his decision to rejoin 100 Thieves and how the year has gone so far. Cody explains that the overall dynamic is much different, especially thanks to PapaSmithy. Read more on his experience here:
Change can be good, but NA proves change can also be bad. Here is each team's relative strength with their new roster. Who won, and who declined this off-season? And will someone be able to take down Team Liquid? Find out more here:
Froggen has joined Dignitas for the 2020 season.On the 9th, Dignitas announced that Henrik “Froggen” Hansen has joined the team as their mid laner for 2020.Froggen is a first-generation
Let's take a look at how four different coaches from LCS organizations approached working with amateur talent at NASG 2019, and in doing so, examine how their respective approaches benefitted the players, the organizations, and the community at large.
The upcoming winter has been a bit colder for Nam “Lira” Tae-yoo this year. Despite the fact that he led his team, Clutch Gaming (Dignitas) to Worlds, Lira announced that he won't be playing
The young and talented Connor "Artemis" Doyle is praised for his ability to lead and inspire. From Scouting Grounds, to talent development, to Worlds and his coaching duo, Artemis has a lot to say about NA, his career, and the future.
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.
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.
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.
After a near hour of game-play (and a lot of Infinity Edges), Clutch's Nexus fell. While it was an incredibly difficult road they needed to travel to make it to Madrid, it would've been a beautiful one if they did. Alas, they join their fellow NA reps, Cloud9, on the trip back to LA instead.
SKT came in to the second Round Robin with a 3-0 record, needing only to beat either RNG or FNC to secure a place in the Knockout Stage. As fate would have it, they beat RNG in their first game!
On the 15th, Clutch Gaming was defeated by SKT and failed to capture their first win in day 4 of the group stages in the 2019 LoL World Championship. Bang, sat down with the top laner for Clutch Gaming, Heo ‘Huni’ Seung-hoon backstage, to talk about the team’s tenure so far in groups, and what they hope to accomplish next round.
On the 15th, SKT took down CG in day 4 of the group stages in the 2019 LoL World Championship. The “Unkillable Demon King”, Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok, joined Jeesun Park on the official LCK broadcast to share his thoughts about the victory.
With a proper lens, the 2019 LCS Summer Split and Summer Playoffs statistics can be used to provide insight on the North American teams at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship. Let's take a look at what a look back at LCS Summer can tell us about the chances of Team Liquid, Cloud9, and Clutch Gaming escaping their respective groups at Worlds 2019.
Today's cartoon is about the groups that have been finalized after the play-in knockout stages.After a fierce and competitive play-in stage, the last teams to join the main stages of the 2019 LoL Worl
Clutch Gaming proves their worth silencing the doubters and dissenters, qualifying to the Worlds 2019 Group Stage after a quick and easy 3-0 victory over their Turkish opponents, Royal Youth. But it wasn't just the Huni show, Clutch brought something more.
The #3 LCS seed ensured North America's safe passage from the Group Stage of the Play-In to the Knockout Stage, escaping from Group A as the 1st seed while the CIS representative will have to settle for the 2nd seed.
On the 4th, despite Clutch Gaming's rough start in the play-in stages, they defeated Unicorns of Love in the tiebreaker match and became the 1st seed in their group to move onto the knockout stage.
On the 4th, after a rocky start of their day, Clutch Gaming took down MAMMOTH in day 2 of the play-in stages.
