Day: August 22, 2020

Riot drops new minion-themed merchandise in League of Legends online store

It’s time to celebrate Summoner’s Rift’s bravest champions in style. Riot Games released a new merchandise collection yesterday centered entirely around League of Legends’ minions. The set includes a new figurine, a pair of slippers, a hat, and collectible pins. As part of Series Three, the Minion Mayhem figure stands 3.8 inches tall and features a caster, melee, […]

Gen.G take down Afreeca Freecs in their final LCK Summer Split match

Gen.G finished the 2020 LCK Summer Split on a high note, taking down Afreeca Freecs in their last regular season match in a convincing 2-0 League of Legends series. The Gen.G bottom lane of Ruler and Life both received the Player of the Game awards for their outstanding performances on Senna and Alistar, respectively. Ruler’s Senna was […]

Chinese League of Legends fans stalk iBoy at his house

Another strange case has happened in the Chinese League of Legends scene, days after Top Esports issued a statement condemning fans’ behavior for threatening to put laxatives in the players’ takeout food. This time, stalkers showed up at Vici Gaming’s Xu “iBoy” Xian-Zhao house. They pretended to be his friends and were invited in the house by […]

All of the teams qualified for the 2020 League of Legends World Championship

The 2020 League of Legends World Championship is going to be a bit different this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Riot Games is still committed to seeing the show take place in September, however, with dozens of teams looking to stake their claim for the Summoner’s Cup. But first, teams need to qualify for a […]

Team Liquid sweep Golden Guardians, lock in spot at Worlds 2020

After a strong performance against a surging Golden Guardians squad, Team Liquid has not only advanced to the next round of the 2020 LCS Summer Split playoffs, but the team has also locked up North America’s second spot at the 2020 World Championship. Golden Guardians did show some signs of life in all three games, […]

With the “need to be a winning team,” 100 Thieves Hiko and nitr0 are building a VALORANT roster to “perform at the highest level”

100 Thieves made major changes to its VALORANT roster last week, signing CS:GO star Nick “nitr0” Cannella and parting ways with its four former PUBG pros in the process. Now the team, led by captain Spencer “Hiko” Martin, is in rebuilding mode—and the expectations are certainly high. The team has everything in the making to be one of VALORANT’s more exciting storylines. An arc that […]

8/21 PBE Update: VFX Update and more

The PBE has been updated! As we continue the 10.18 PBE cycle, today’s patch includes VFX updates for Nocturne, Viktor, Malzahar, and the Ignite spell, as well as loot assets and more! Nocturne, Viktor, Malzahar and Ignite – Visual Effects Updates Here’s Beardilocks with a post on Nocturne, Viktor, Malzahar, and Ignite VFX changes coming to the PBE for testing: “Hello Everyone! Riot Beardilocks […]

Patch 10.17 Notes – League of Legends

With Riot back to work this week, the 10.17 mini patch is scheduled for Wednesday, August 19th and the official patch notes have been posted! “We’re back from the break, we’re blistering in this heat, and we’re bringing a brief B-side patch! This is more of a glorified mid-patch update rather than a full patch, meaning most of the […]