After a convincing win against Immortals, Golden Guardians top laner Eric "Licorice" Ritchie spoke to Inven Global about returning to the stage for the first time in the LCS Summer Split, his growth as a player and person throughout his career, and the bittersweet nature of his first career victory against Cloud9 a few weeks prior.
Golden Guardians top laner Eric "Licorice" Ritchie spoke to Inven Global about his team's elimination at the hands of Cloud9, GG's improvements since he joined the team last summer, and his 0-10 career record against C9.
The event took place just before a Golden State Warriors game at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA, which will be the host location for the finals of the 2022 League of Legends World Championship.
The stage is open for fresh faces and tenured veterans alike to gain the spotlight they deserve.
After defeating Dignitas, Licorice spoke to Inven Global about Golden Guardians debuting post-rework Tahm Kench in the LCS, the team's current power level relative to its competition, and how his experiences on FlyQuest are contributing to his recent success.
Last week, FlyQuest made an abrupt mid-season transfer of top laner Eric "Licorice" Ritchie to Golden Guardians, and subsequently, started the entirety of the FLY Academy roster in week 6 of the LCS Summer Split.
One week after Licorice's transfer, Kumo spoke to Inven Global about his 7-0 week 6 on FlyQuest and FLY Academy, returning to the LCS, and his growth as a player.
FlyQuest support David "Diamond" Bérubé spoke to Inven Global about the FLY Academy squad's promotion to the LCS, what caused him to struggle in his LCS debut in spring, and what has made the Academy squad the superior of FLY's two rosters.
After FLY's win, Licorice spoke to Julian "Pastrytime" Carr about his performance as the first Gwen in the LCS.
Inven is celebrating the best of the best throughout 2020. There are many outstanding players in League of Legends across all roles and all regions. These are the best top laners across the LCS, LCK, LEC, and LPL. Read here:
Despite claiming they'd keep their roster together, Cloud9 has made a couple of changes, including promoting Fudge and Reignover. They've also been rumored to sign Perkz. Here is the current roster rumored for Cloud9:
UPDATE 12/2: FlyQuest has announced the signing of top laner Colin "Kumo" Zhao. Kumo, who split time in 2020 between Evil Geniuses and EG Academy, will be the starting top laner for FLY Academy heading into 2021.
Cloud9 has released yet another interview with recent addition to the org, streamer IWDominate, speaking to their new LCS head coach, Reignover, and Founder and CEO, Jack Etienne. See the interview here and catch why the team made the changes they made:
The off-season moves are already buzzing, with reports of Liquid signingAlphari, Bjergsen's retirement, and so many more. The free agency period technically doesn't start until a few weeks from now, but here are the best players that teams should look to sign:
After his recent addition to the Cloud9 team, IWillDominate interviewed the Cloud9 LCS roster about their failure to qualify for Worlds and what it means for the team, confirming they'll be sticking as a five-man unit going into 2021. Read more here:
After two back to back years of TSM missing Worlds, they make their return, climbing through the losers bracket of the LCS playoffs, defeating Cloud9 in four games. Read more on the series and playoffs here:
Cloud9 swept Evil Geniuses out of the post-season in far better form than they showed against FQ, but compositional adjustments were also vital to the dominance displayed in that series. C9’s play was sharper and much more towards the fast-and-loose style the team has been known for this season.
Everyone knows not to take the LCS All-Pro Team, Coach of the Split, and MVP votes as perfect signifiers of the region's strongest. However, there were three major snubs this year... Read more here:
We've seen plenty of non-traditional strategies in pro play, and especially from Cloud9, who have locked in a brand new pair of champions, Lux and Sona. Get an in-depth look at the strategy here:
After the team's eighth win against Dignitas, C9 Top Laner Eric "Licorice" Ritchie spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie about Dignitas' summer struggles, the reason for his solo deaths in the early game, and who he expects to challenge C9 down the stretch.
