Everything you need to know about the rumored and confirmed moves during the MSI break and the full LCS rosters for the Summer. While the off-season between the Spring and Summer is not as hectic as the one before the season started, there are still a lot of moves happening during the long MSI break. […]
The thieves are welcoming a legend for the organization back, as well as a new LCK Challengers talent. After coming into the 2023 Season by strengthening their roster with two of the most legendary players in the LCS history, Peter “Doublelift” Peng and Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg, 100 Thieves finished the Spring Split early in the […]
The organizations competing in the LCS won’t have to field a squad in the feeder system for the league. There have been a lot of concerns for the North American League of Legends scene lately like bad international results, low viewership and increasing import discussions. LCS fans had also gotten another set of bad news […]
North America’s King of Spring will have a new home for the LCS 2023 Summer. Since exploding onto the LCS stage on Clutch Gaming back in 2019 and joining Cloud9 for a then-record fee, Philippe “Vulcan” Laflamme has been regarded as one of the best support players in the league. In the three and a […]
The only familiar face for Evil Geniuses fans in Summer will be the mid laner Jojopyun. Tough times continue for the Evil Geniuses organization and its fans. Another disappointing LCS split where the team aimed to repeat their title run from the 2022 Spring but failed, Evil Geniuses are looking to make some drastic changes. […]
Despite a disappointing Spring Split in the LCS, Team Liquid stays committed to their young core. Team Liquid came into the LCS 2023 Spring Split with high aspirations. Despite promoting two rookies from their Academy team, they also brought in a former LCS MVP in Park “Summit” Woo-tae and the reigning World champion jungler Hong […]
Former LCS champions might field a different roster for the 2023 LCS Summer Split. After winning the first and only LCS championship in the organization’s history in the 2022 Spring, Evil Geniuses were dubbed as the next powerhouse in the North American League of Legends. Their roster a combination of young native talent and a […]
Erik “Treatz” Wessén will join Immortals for the Summer Split as Kadir “Fleshy” Kemiksiz moves to the NACL roster. Immortals hasn’t found too much success in their second LCS stint so far. Since joining the league back in 2020, the org only has one playoff appearance and they finished the last three consecutive splits in […]
Listing the strongest champs in the 13.6 update that’ll see more action in this year’s mid-season invitationals. The world is only a stone’s throw away from witnessing the second biggest LoL tournament of the year. As it stands, we’re only weeks away from witnessing the eventual spring split winners conquer their respective regions for a […]
Cloud9 stops the Golden Guardians’ Lower Bracket run with a 3-1 victory in the LCS Spring Finals and secures themselves as the LCS’s number one seed at MSI. On one side, the reigning champions and the most dominant team in the league for the most part of the Spring Split. On the other side, the […]
The biggest fairytale story in LCS history is just one step away from becoming reality. There aren’t too many stories like 2023 Golden Guardians in esports. They’ve started the season with the lowest expectations, even we put them 8th in our power rankings, and even with a seven-game win streak they made playoffs in the […]
Golden Guardians will face Cloud9 in the 2023 LCS Spring Finals. FlyQuest vs Golden Guardians would’ve been considered an unlikely Lower Bracket Finals matchup at the start of Spring Split. FlyQuest was heavily favored to make the Finals directly and win the league while Golden Guardians were seen as a mid-table team. But despite the […]
One of the biggest names in the North American League of Legends might be leaving for permanent this time around. On October 24, 2020, one of the most legendary players to ever play League of Legends in North America, Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg, announced his retirement and his transition into the head coaching position in TSM. […]
Can FlyQuest bounce back from their last series, or will Golden Guardians’ miracle run continue? The penultimate series of the LCS Spring Split is guaranteed to give us the fans a great story whichever way it goes in the end. If FlyQuest wins, we’ll get a Finals matchup between two of the best teams during […]
The first bot laner to win the award since Doublelift back in 2018. After nearly a month-long heated discussion about the last regular season award, LCS finally announced its Most Valuable Player for the 2023 Spring Split. There were a lot of candidates for LCS’s most-prized individual achievement, including many of his teammates, but the […]
North American League scene is saying goodbye to one of its founding members. LCS reporter and content creator Travis Gafford reported at the start of the week that CLG owner, The Madison Square Garden Company, was laying off nearly all of its staff and selling its League of Legends team in order to exit the […]
One of the most storied organizations in esports might be saying goodbye soon. Esports isn’t the only industry affected by the recent post-COVID downsizings and layoffs happening in various companies around the world, but there has been a lot of it happening in the industry. A lot of esports orgs like FaZe and 100 Thieves […]
Golden Guardians will face FlyQuest next week to qualify for the Finals. The surprise team of the 2023 LCS Spring Golden Guardians found themselves against the preseason favorites in Evil Geniuses during their run toward the first Finals appearance in the organization’s history. Pre-game predictions from the broadcast crew and fans heavily favored Evil Geniuses, […]
Cloud9 will be one of the two North American representatives in the 2023 Mid-Season Invitational. The two best teams from the LCS Spring regular season faced off against each other for the opportunity to secure their spot in the LCS Finals that will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina. Cloud9 and FlyQuest already played a […]
The teams are competing for the last spot in the LCS Finals Weekend in Raleigh. Before the last week of the regular season, both teams were poised to finish the split in the top four and both stumbled at the finish line going 0-3 during the superweek, finding themselves with a Lower Bracket start. Backs […]
Winner of the Cloud9 vs FlyQuest series will earn the right to represent North America at the MSI. The two best teams from the LCS regular season will go head-to-head one more time in the Upper Bracket semifinals to decide who will be the first team to guarantee their place in the 2023 LCS Finals. […]
Golden Guardians are waiting for the CLG vs. EG game to see who their next opponent is. In a weird twist of fate, Doublelift and Bjergsen found themselves having to get through the organization that almost eliminated them in the 2022 Summer, preventing their championship run on TSM before it even started. Not to mention […]
2022 Spring champions are looking to bounce back from a rough regular season. CLG vs Evil Geniuses is a very unexpected Lower Bracket elimination game if we look through the preseason expectations as coming into the season many power rankings had Evil Geniuses as a top-two team. But they haven’t had the best season so […]
The title favorites managed to come out on top in the hard-fought series. If there is one certainty in LSC, it is that Cloud9 vs CLG always delivers. These teams had some of the most high-tempo, high-kill games this year and their similar aggressive, scrappy playstyle always results in fun games. CLG is also the […]
LCS Spring Playoffs start on March 23 as 100 Thieves takes on FlyQuest. The Spring Split of the LCS saw one of the most exciting finishes in recent history. Coming into the last day of the regular season, there was a possibility of five tiebreaker games to be played at the end of the day. […]
100 Thieves are looking for redemption against the Golden Guardians in the lower bracket. Finally, we are at the stretch in a split where the stakes are their highest. One series loss means the defeated team’s season ends here. 100 Thieves vs Golden Guardians is shaping up to be one of the least predictable series […]
100 Thieves will continue their playoff journey in the lower bracket against GG this weekend. The 2023 LCS Playoffs started out with one of the most exciting matchups, FlyQuest vs. 100T. Coming into the series both teams were on decent form, but 100 Thieves especially was on the back of a seven-game win streak to […]
First and second seeds Cloud9 and FlyQuest made up nine of the fifteen LCS All-Pro slots. LCS Spring Split ending and playoffs almost arriving means it’s time for the award season to start as well. The first individual award to be announced was once again the All-Pro teams. The three teams are voted on by […]
The Immortals and Golden Guardians midlaner called time on his career, and will look towards new opportunities. Nicholas Antonio Abbott, otherwise known as Ablazeolive has said goodbye to professional League of Legends on March 21st. The 24-year-old has stated that competing in the LCS has taken too much time away from other aspects of his […]
With the LCS Spring Split Playoffs starting this Thursday, March 23, and it’s time to revisit our power rankings. It has been a long and exciting regular season, but finally we are leaving best-of-ones behind as the LCS heads into the playoffs. And despite all the chaos during the middle of the season and a […]
The first game of the LCS Spring Playoffs will be played this Thursday, March 23. LCS won’t be taking any break between the regular season and playoffs as teams are back in action this week. The regular season has been an exciting one, with every team except the bottom two coming into the last week […]
The complete guide for the LEC 2023 Spring Split teams. With the new LEC format nearing mid-season invitationals, its important more than ever to know who everyone is. Players regularly change teams between splits, so it can be pretty tough to keep track. Knowing this, we’ve collated everything you need to stay updated on EMEA’s […]
The full 2023 LCS Spring schedule is here, including updated standings and results. With the new format changes in the LoL Esports ecosystem, we previously learned about the new broadcast days for the LCS last week. As a result of Valorant’s VCT Americas moving to the weekends and sharing the newly renamed Riot Esports Arena […]
CLG keep themselves in the playoff race while keeping the four-way tiebreak possibility alive. Ever since promoting their Challengers mid laner to the main roster, Cloud9 has been on a tear. They were on a seven-game win streak coming into the last day of the LCS Spring Split regular season and three members of the […]
CLG will play Cloud9 tomorrow in order to determine their own playoff fate. The playoff race has been in full force during the last super week of the LCS Spring Split. With top teams like Evil Geniuses and Golden Guardians stumbling in the last couple of weeks and 100 Thieves finally finding their form, the […]
With this win, the Thieves bring their overall record to 8-8. Both 100 Thieves and TSM came into the LCS Spring Split’s second super week tied for fifth place with a 7-8 record, competing for one of the last two playoff spots. Things got especially heated once CLG won their game against Golden Guardians, which […]
With only three game days left in the 2023 LCS Spring, only half of the six playoff teams are determined. The exciting regular season of the LCS is coming to a close. Heading into the last week before playoffs, only five teams’ playoff chances are certainly decided. Teams around the middle of the standings having […]
100 Thieves announce their appointment of Nukeduck as the team’s head coach. North-American organisation 100 Thieves have made some significant changes in the last hurdle of the 2023 LCS Spring Split. The said goodbye to ex-MAD Lions Assistant Coach Christophe “Kaas” van Oudheusden, who they signed before the start of the biggest NA League to […]
The Thieves only have one win in their last eight LCS games. The day opened with CLG vs 100T, and both teams have been struggling a little bit lately. CLG has not managed to string more than two wins since Week 1 and 100T is on the verge of missing playoffs completely. The matchup was […]
Roster changes continue in the LCS even as we get closer and closer to the playoffs. The 2023 LCS Spring had a lot of roster shuffling so far, whether it is due to players joining late because of visa issues, unsatisfying performances or personal issues. We already had some high-profile roster changes like Gori and […]
Last year’s rising star, Danny, has been off the grid for a while now, but he should be back soon! Kyle Sakamaki, otherwise known as Danny, has shared some great news on his Twitter: he will be returning to Evil Geniuses this year, and even though he won’t be playing for the LCS team, he […]
Nick “Ablazeolive” Abbott will take the rest of the LCS Spring Split off. Immortals are currently in ninth place in the LCS and they are doing a roster change in the mid lane. As Ablazeolive steps away from the main team, Immortals will promote their Challengers mid laner Onur Can “Bolulu” Demirol to the LCS. […]
Cloud9 bounced back from yesterday’s loss and got their first victory with EMENES. Day 2 of the second half of the 2023 LCS Spring Split started out with TSM vs C9, which was the redemption game for C9’s new mid laner EMENES after he did not deliver in his hyped debut. After dominating the NACL […]
FlyQuest started out their second round robin journey with another victory. 2023 LCS Spring Split kicked off its second half with multiple roster changes. Coming into Week 5, three teams announced that they were making some changes for their starting fives, DIG, FLY and C9. Finishing the first round robin 0-9, many expected some shake-up […]
Despite their rather successful Winter Split, Astralis decided to make some changes ahead of Spring. After getting stuck in the bottom two four splits in a row in the LEC, not a lot of fans or analysts had big expectations for Astralis coming into 2023. They even started the Winter Split 0-5. But the team […]
FlyQuest closes out the first round robin of the LCS Spring in the first place with an 8-1 record. To close out the 2023 LCS Spring’s first Superweek, FlyQuest were trying to recover from their first loss against a red-hot CLG, who were looking to close out the first round robin with a positive record. […]
LCS Superweek continued with its second day of games. Day 2 of the Superweek for the 2023 LCS Spring was looking like a slow one. As we got closer to the end of the first round robin, the day did not feature too many games between top-of-the-table teams, nor between teams at the bottom of […]
In the exciting first game of the LCS Superweek, we saw three former 100 Thieves players go against each other. Ssumday, FBI and Closer were a part of the 100T team that made three straight LCS Finals and won the first trophy in the organization’s LoL Esports history. Today’s game was the first time these […]
Another 2-0 week for FlyQuest as the 18-0 dream stays alive for another week. If you are a fan of narratives in sports competitions, you came to the right place as today had no shortage of them in the first three games. The day started out with a clash of egos in the bot lane […]
LCS is back in the studio after the technical difficulties of last week. After an exciting second week, LCS was back with another packed game day. In the first game of the day, both TSM and C9 were looking to bounce back after a disappointing last week, while the two on-the-rise teams battled each other […]
After the FLY vs C9 game today, only one team remains undefeated in North America. LCS had an unfortunate delay at the start of the day. Due to some hardware issues relating to on-stage audio, teams were sent back to their facilities and had to play the rest of the games remotely, which were pushed […]
C9 and FlyQuest are alone at the top of the LCS ahead of their game tomorrow. We started out the second week with a clash at the top as C9 took on the CLG who started the split by surprising everyone once again. The other big games of the day were FLY vs GG in […]
The reigning LCS champions C9 start the Spring Split with a 2-0 week. LCS Spring Split’s opening week come to a strong conclusion. The new season of the LCS had a much different look with a lot of new content from both the league and organizations centered around the players. We’ve also had multiple guests […]
The wait is over, and the LCS is finally back on with the Spring Split Opening Day. After a nearly three months long break since the end of Worlds 2022, the North American League of Legends is back on the menu. This offseason was full of big changes with many organizations putting together ambitious rosters. […]
The former LCS MVP and the MSI-finalist support is stepping away from the pro play. Doesn’t matter when they started watching, in 2012 when the league was taking its first steps or in 2022 during its 10th year anniversary, every LCS fan knows who Zaqueri “aphromoo” Black is. The first support player to ever win […]
Evil Geniuses are looking to bounce back after a misfortunate Summer Playoffs and Worlds. Spring and Summer of 2022 were two very different stories for Evil Geniuses. They came into the year with a roster of star players mixed with young native talent. After a very middling regular season, they powered through the Spring Playoffs […]
An unexpected challenger for the LCS title appears. FlyQuest aren’t exactly strangers to success in the LCS. It’s been a while now, but back in 2020, they made back-to-back Finals and even finished Worlds with a 3-3 group stage record. No pieces from that roster, or even the coaching staff, is still with the organization, […]
Reigning LCS champions are looking to repeat while keeping their roster almost intact. Even with all of their on-and-off-the-Rift problems in 2022, Cloud9 still managed to get themselves another trophy. They were already one of the most successful teams in the LCS in the last three years, but this was the first Summer Finals they […]
Team Liquid is building a full Korean-speaking roster for the 2023 Season. Despite winning the Spring Lock-In Tournament and making playoffs in both splits, 2022 was nothing but disappointing for Team Liquid compared to the expectations. Building the most expensive roster in the LCS history with the anticipation of a North American Worlds, TL came […]
LCS bows to fans’ demands and makes changes to the broadcast start times. After a great tenth-year anniversary in 2022, LCS had a bit of a rough start to 2023. With Riot’s structuring of their esports broadcasts, LCS lost their weekend slot to Valorant, with the NA LoL league pushed to Wednesdays and Thursdays. Fans […]
Can 100 Thieves make their fourth consecutive Finals appearance? 100 Thieves have become accustomed to success in the last two years. After the addition of Felix “Abbedagge” Braun to the Golden Guardians core they acquired, they made three straight LCS Finals, along with winning their first LCS trophy in LCS 2021 Summer. But despite making […]
CLG are looking to carry their 2022 success into the new season. Coming into 2022, CLG had just finished their fifth split in a row at the bottom two of the league, had fans calling for their removal from the LCS, and just completely changed their backroom staff along with their starting roster. Just one […]
A completely new look for Dignitas with the new season. For the last couple of years, Dignitas have been trying to invest in young talent and build a native team. It wasn’t that long ago when they made a great mid-regular season run and were celebrated as the NA team in LCS. But none of […]
Golden Guardians are aiming for an outside chance at the playoffs in LCS 2023 Spring. 2023 will be the sixth year Golden Guardians competed in the LCS. They have been pretty consistent about making playoffs in both Summer and Spring splits, but the organization never saw too much success beyond that. In their ten LCS […]
The LCS Season 2023 Kickoff Event ended in a victory for the young guns of the league. LCS had a nice start to the 2023 Season with a great showmatch at the LoL Esports’ new Kickoff Events. The game featured one player from each ten LCS teams representing their organizations drafted into two games facing […]
TSM will try to bounce back after a rough year. If you want to talk about a tough year, it doesn’t get worse than TSM’s 2022. Not many teams get a Competitive Ruling from LCS for their staff in the middle of the year, while TSM got handed two of them in the span of […]
The first matchup of the LCS in 2023 will be the Kickoff Event Showmatch on January 10. It has been a shaky end to the year for the North American League of Legends, and a not-so-great start either. LCS drew a lot of criticism from the community in recent months with the decisions made about […]
Immortals looking to make noise in LCS with an almost full native roster. In the six splits LCS had after the name change from NA LCS, Immortals only managed to make playoffs once, back in 2021 Summer. The last two splits, they either finished second to last or dead last, while looking like probably the […]
One of the most familiar faces of the North American League of Legends is saying goodbye to the scene. 2023 is more and more looking like a year of massive changes. Unfortunately for North American LoL fans, these changes are scarier than the rest of the regions. We learned about the league moving to weekdays […]
Full rosters for every LCS team and rumored player movements. With all ten teams moving players around at the same time with multiple reports coming out every day, it might be hard to track every activity. In this article, you can find the complete rosters for all LCS teams, along with the complete timeline for […]
LCS broadcast days are changing to Thursdays and Fridays starting with the new Spring Split. A lot of sweeping changes are happening in the League of Legends Esports as we close out 2022. We saw Europe merge with Turkey and the Middle East to create EMEA, changing the name of LEC, and there are rumors […]
100 Thieves shooting for the sky by signing two LCS legends. 100 Thieves are arguably the most successful organization in LCS over the last year and a half. They made three straight finals and won the trophy in the 2022 Spring Split. But the losses in the last two LCS Finals, both sweeps, meant the […]
The 2022 LCS Spring champions are looking to repeat the same in 2023. Since re-joining the LCS back in 2020, Evil Geniuses have been a team that was pushing to win titles but fell short in playoffs every time. At least that was true until last year’s Spring Split, where the Geniuses accomplished one of […]
After weeks of speculation, Team Liquid revealed their jungler for the 2023 LCS Season, along with the rest of the roster. For the 2022 LCS Season Team Liquid had built one of the most expensive rosters in the North American competition’s history. Signing two big-name imports from LEC (Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau and Steven “Hans sama” […]
TSM reveal their LCS roster for the next year of competition. 2022 hasn’t been kind to TSM. One of the most storied organizations in LCS history, TSM had a disastrous two splits in a row. It started with losing the face of the franchise, Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg to Team Liquid in his return to pro […]
We have our first complete roster confirmation that will compete in LCS. In the midst of roster rumors and speculations, Golden Guardians didn’t get too much attention from either the reporters or the fans. Despite making playoffs in five of the last six LCS splits, Golden Guardians never had too much impact in the post-season. […]
After spending Summer Split in the LPL, Park “Summit” Woo-tae is looking to return to North America. Even though he first joined the LCS only last year, and only played one split, Summit made himself a name in North America in a quick fashion. The Korean top laner was one of the most dominant players […]
With the backing from their new ownership group, FlyQuest are coming into the 2023 LCS season as a contender. It was only two years ago, back in 2020, FlyQuest made back-to-back LCS Final and was one of the top teams in the league. Unfortunately for the organization, the success was limited to the calendar year […]
Evil Geniuses decided not to re-sign with the veteran top laner Jeong “Impact” Eon-young. Ever since Impact joined LCS back in 2014 with Team Impulse, he has been regarded as one of the best players in the region. With his 2x LCK titles and his recent victory in Worlds 2013 with SKT T1, he was […]
Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng and Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg will once again play together in a new roster that mixes experience with young talent. Doublelift is regarded as perhaps the greatest player ever in the North American League of Legends esports scene. With his closest competition being his former teammate, Bjergsen. After a legendary career with 8x […]
TSM continue its 2022 roster-building strategy as they try to build a solid roster without spending big time. 2022 hasn’t been the best year for TSM’s LoL division. They started out the Spring by losing their franchise player, Søren “Bjergsen” ( Link listen) Bjerg, to Team Liquid. They put together a roster with two LDL […]
Dignitas are looking to bounce back after a not-so-great 2022 season. 2022 started out looking like it was going to be good for Dignitas. After making two straight LCS Playoffs, Dignitas strengthen their roster with the veteran jungler Kim “River” Dong-woo and were pushing for a higher finish. And after a 3rd place finish in […]
MAD Lions AD Carry, William “UNF0RGIVEN” Nieminen, is close to joining 100T after his first year in LEC. After a very successful 2021 with back-to-back championships, MAD Lions were in a small rebuilding stage in the 2022 season. With the departure of their champion bot laner Matyáš “Carzzy” Orság, MAD had signed UNF0RGIVEN from SK […]
North America’s academy system will have a completely new look starting with the 2023 season. When talking about imports in LCS or the international success of NA, or more so the lack of it, as a region, the foremost problem always seems to be talent development. LCS organizations historically have cold feet when it comes […]
Reigning LCS Summer champions are reportedly signing two mid laners from the European Regional Leagues. Despite winning the 2022 LCS Summer Split, Cloud9 had a very disappointing Worlds. The organization only won one game, against Fnatic, and players drew heavy criticism from fans due to their individual plays. As they played the split with a […]
With this 3-1 victory, C9 secured themselves a spot at Worlds 2022, while EG is knocked down to the lower bracket. EG vs C9 – Game 1 Both teams came into Game 1 with scaling drafts, so the early game did not contain much action. The first blood came after a mid gank from Inspired […]
The first series of the LCS Summer 2022 Playoffs was between Team Liquid and FlyQuest, with TLcoming out ahead in the clash. TL came into the split hoping to lift the trophy after falling short in the Spring Semis. The star-studded squad was the focus of fans’ criticism after their performance did not meet expectations […]
A brief recap of winners and losers of the LCS Summer 2022 Split as it heads into the playoffs. This Summer was a high point for LCS in recent years, with more native players finding success in the league and the general level of teams seeming much more competitive. As we leave another regular season […]
LCS Summer 2022 regular split is behind us as we go into the Playoffs to crown our champions. Summer Split Playoffs for LCS is essentially an eight team tournament that not only produces a Summer Split Champion, but also the two other Worlds representatives for the region. The Playoffs will start in this Saturday, August […]
LCS mid-split roster moves are continuing, this time with a transfer between Dignitas and Golden Guardians. After a disappointing playoff exit from the 2021 LCS Championship, Dignitas brought in the Korean jungler Kim ‘River’ Dong-woo from PSG Talon, where he had multiple impressive international showings. The signing of a jungler as exciting as River meant […]
If you’ve missed the games today, here is a recap of how the LCS Summer Split Week 5 Day 2 went. If you’d like to read more about the teams in the league you can read our LCS Power Rankings, which gets updated weekly. Previous Weekly Recaps LCS Week One Recaps – Day One, Two, […]
LCS Summer Split second round robin kicked off today, and here is a recap of the day one if you’ve missed the games. If you’d like to read more about the teams in the league you can read our LCS Power Rankings, which gets updated weekly. Previous Weekly Recaps LCS Week One Recaps – Day […]
LCS Summer Split’s first round robin is finished with today’s games. If you’d like to read more about the teams in the league you can read our LCS Power Rankings, which gets updated weekly. LCS Week One Recaps – Day One, Two, Three LCS Week Two Recaps – Day One, Two LCS Week Three Recaps […]