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5 Takeaways from the League of Legends Mid-Season Cup

5 Takeaways from the League of Legends Mid-Season Cup

Just two weeks into the LCS, fans have been able to watch aphromoo play four different supports in four games. The veteran has so far played Leona, Lulu, Bard and Thresh. Despite Dignitas' ugly 0-4 start to the split, aphromoo alongside his AD carry Johnsun "Johnsun" Nguyen have performed well in the bot l

440px-Auberge_Haeberlin_027.jpgTop Esports mid laner Zhuo "knight" Ding's performance in the Mid-Season Cup was nothing short of brilliant. The twenty-year-old on Corki, despite losing both games on the champion, popped off, even winning teamfights single handedly to turn the tides of the games. Knight was able to get his hands on Syndra twice, before the champion, for all intents and purposes, became a perma-ban for his opposition due to his unrivaled skill on the Dark Sovere

KT Rolster's 2020 Spring Split was a breath of fresh air for the franchise, who struggled heavily during 2019's summer. The team recently finished the split in fifth, after being forced to fight for their LCK roster spot in the 2019 Summer Promotion Tournament. Aiming to get back to their winning ways, KT Rolster resigned Son "Ucal" Woo-hyeon, who was let go by Griffin following their relegation and Song "Smeb" Kyung-ho, who left KT Rolster at the end of last year and remained a free ag

The smoke has cleared from the League of Legends Mid-Season Cup, which saw China's top talent square off against Korea's finest in place of the canceled MSI. After a tournament full of mechanical outplays and some head-scratching throws, the LPL's Top Esports were the final team standing, besting the reigning World champions FunPlus Phoenix 3-1 in the Mid-Season Cup fin

With the addition of Huni, Evil Geniuses look to bolster their already strong lineup. However, due to Riot Games' import restrictions, Huni might not play for EG's LCS roster in 2020. In order to play Huni, Evil Genuises would have to replace Bang with Academy bot laner Matthew "Deftly" Chen. It's more plausible that fans will see Huni play for EG's Academy team, and as long as Huni plays at least 50% of the games this summer, he'll be eligible to declare as a North American citizen for the 2021 Spring Split, and thus be able to play for EG without breaking any import restricti

For instance, players can easily look at the map on the upper left, alongside Gold and other relevant statistics. Meanwhile, the bottom right corner contains all Spells, Skills, and Attack options. Moreover, players have the option to switch from a basic "Attack" button to include a Turret or Minion-priority setting, enabling them to switch attack targets almost instan

Dignitas rejoined the LCS in 2020 after a two year hiatus by merging with Clutch Gaming. Before the merge, Clutch Gaming represented North America by competing internationally at Worlds 2019. After just one split, Dignitas has replaced every single member of that Clutch Gaming roster and missed out on the spring playo

The only problem with Leona is that once she engages, there is no way to disengage. That is why it is often difficult for players to balance engage with the necessary gameplay of protecting the carr

Additionally, this mobile format enables players to "bring matches with them," play with more gamers and master their favorite Champions faster. They can play with friends just by having their phones, which is a welcome change compared to the classic League that needs players to bring laptops or PCs with t

With no shortage of surprising roster swaps and eyebrow-raising decisions, Best resolve runes it's been tough trying to keep up with everything that's happening. There's no need to fret, however, because here is a breakdown of the biggest moves to happen these past few d

League of Legends ’ latest champion took the top lane by storm. His versatility was praised by many players and in professional leagues from around the world, it's expected for him to be close to 100% picked or ban

Aphromoo also spoke about his individual goals as a player. "What’s most important for me and for my goals is to make sure I play well and focus on vision score. I know my vision score has been lacking in the past years. Since I’ve come to DIG, I think our coach, Invert, was one of the first coaches that definitely coached me on my vision control ever, so that was ni

Dignitas went through even more inconsistency in the following Spring Split, benching their new jungler Jonathan "Grig" Armao in favor of Matthew "Akaadian" Higginbotham. After missing out on playoffs, Dignitas dropped Grig and acquired jungler Joshua "Dardoch" Hartnett and top laner Omran "V1per" Sho

Invictus Gaming, despite their success in the regular season, looked absolutely lost, and couldn't secure even a single win. On the Korean side of things, DragonX seemingly had a lead with three dragons every game, before choking in the late game almost every time. T1, barring Faker, struggled heavily and threw their leads away as w

Ucal and Smeb previously won the LCK title with KT Rolster back in Summer 2018. The two will look to do the same again, as they compete against T1, Gen.G, DragonX, DAMWON, and more for that heavily contested right to call themselves champions of Ko

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