With Fnatic and G2 Esports back at the top of their game, this week was the perfect time for the two to meet and lucky for us they will do exactly that. Meanwhile in NA, the match of week has some slightly different stakes. For the last several weeks, Clutch Gaming have looked like one of the league’s stronger teams, battling through difficult opponents and reaching third place with a 6-5 record. In this week’s final game, however, they will have to take on Cloud9 who will test just how good Clu

With Fnatic and G2 Esports back at the top of their game, this week was the perfect time for the two to meet and lucky for us they will do exactly that. Meanwhile in NA, the match of week has some slightly different stakes. For the last several weeks, Clutch Gaming have looked like one of the league’s stronger teams, battling through difficult opponents and reaching third place with a 6-5 record. In this week’s final game, however, they will have to take on Cloud9 who will test just how good Clu

Now, as we pass the Spring Split’s halfway mark with both teams still below a 50 percent win rate it seems clear that a sea change is upon us. Sure, either team could still make playoffs, but neither is likely to enter as favorites to win the split for the first time ever in the NA LCS. If you couldn’t guess from all that, both TSM and CLG lost their matches in week 5. On the opposite end of the table, week five also gave us a match up between the league’s clear best teams, Cloud9 and Echo Fox,

Since Swain’s new voice and look was revealed, we here at the Rift Herald have been making jokes about him being Tywin-ized. This is, of course, a reference to Charles Dance’s character, Tywin Lannister, from Game of Thrones. Thanks to a post on Reddit by user Spideraxe30, players were pointed to a Twitter discussion between a user and famous British actor James Faulkner. However, players will most likely recognize him from his most recent turn as Randyll Tarly on Game of Thrones. Faulkner first

Since Swain’s new voice and look was revealed, we here at the Rift Herald have been making jokes about him being Tywin-ized. This is, of course, a reference to Charles Dance’s character, Tywin Lannister, from Game of Thrones. Thanks to a post on Reddit by user Spideraxe30, players were pointed to a Twitter discussion between a user and famous British actor James Faulkner. However, players will most likely recognize him from his most recent turn as Randyll Tarly on Game of Thrones. Faulkner first

The LCS is about to round the halfway mark as week five is set to begin. In EU, the marquee match of the week will be on Friday when Team Vitality, currently first in the league with a record of 7-1, take on the number two team, G2 Esports. This is the first time the two have faced and will be far and away the most impressive team that Vitality has had to face so far. Meanwhile in North America, two of the region’s oldest rivals will face off for the first time in 2018 when TSM takes on Cloud9.

Week four of the NA LCS is in the books and the standings couldn’t be much closer. With the advent of franchising, at least so far, it seems clear that just about any team could win on any given day. In fact, these two teams, and Team Liquid who lost both of their week four games, are the only teams in the league with winning records. Better yet, they face off on Sunday during week five in what could be the most important regular season match of the Spring Split so far. While most teams likely w

The new NA LCS format is still a work in progress, so it’s no surprise to see some major changes part way through the year. In this case, the league’s start time on Sunday is being moved from 5:00 p.m. EST, to 3:00 p.m. EST. While the decision was originally made to ensure fans always knew when the NA LCS started, the trade off was pushing games into the late evening — especially for East Coast viewers — at the start of most people’s work week. Riot’s statement also makes clear that this move wa

It’s week four of the LCS and the regions are still far from settled. The action this weak in EU starts off early when the league’s number two and three teams face off with Giants vs Misfits Gaming on Friday. Finally in the NA LCS, this week will be all about the old guard as some of North America’s most famous teams will compete. The action starts off with Cloud9 vs Team Liquid on Saturday afternoon. 3:00 p.m. ESTNA LCSTSM vs Clutch Gaming, 5:00 p.m. ESTCloud9 vs Team Liquid, 6:00 p.m. ESTOpTic

Riot announced on Monday morning that the NA LCS will travel to Miami for the Finals of the Spring Split this April. The event will take place on April 7 and 8 and will be held at The Fillmore theater. The Fillmore is one of the smallest venues to house an NA LCS Finals match with a capacity just over 2,000. “Ultimately, we felt that there is great value in both approaches, and will be looking at smaller venues for the Spring Split Finals and larger venues for our Summer Split Finals to ensure p

Riot announced on Monday morning that the NA LCS will travel to Miami for the Finals of the Spring Split this April. The event will take place on April 7 and 8 and will be held at The Fillmore theater. The Fillmore is one of the smallest venues to house an NA LCS Finals match with a capacity just over 2,000. “Ultimately, we felt that there is great value in both approaches, and will be looking at smaller venues for the Spring Split Finals and larger venues for our Summer Split Finals to ensure p

The NA LCS is back for another week, this time with the standings a little bit stranger than we might have expected. After two weeks of play, stalwarts like TSM and Counter Logic Gaming are struggling while teams like Echo Fox sit at the top of the table. This week starts out with the perfect series for a huge upset when Counter Logic Gaming takes on Echo Fox. This week’s NA LCS action will kick off on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 5:00 p.m. EST. ScheduleSaturday, Feb. 3Counter Logic Gaming vs Echo Fox, 5

After just two weeks of NA LCS play, one of North America’s newest teams, the Golden Guardians have fired their head coach Choi “Locodoco” Yoonsup, the team announced in a tweet on Friday afternoon. The Golden Guardians have relieved Yoonsup Choi of his head coaching duties. Tyler Perron has been named interim head coach prior to the team’s next games this weekend. — Golden Guardians (@GoldenGuardians) February 2, 2018While no specific reason is given in the tweet, the Golden Guardians have been

Almost four months ago, Samsung Galaxy won the 2017 League of Legends World Championship and we now know which champions are getting the team’s commemorative skins, thanks to an interview from Inven, which was later confirmed by Riot. According to the interview, which was with Samsung’s top laner Lee “CuVee” Seong-jin, all six players on Samsung were once again allowed to choose which champions received skins and Lee was kind enough to let fans know exactly which champions each player chose. CuV

We’ve made it to week three of the LCS and we’re finally playing on a new patch. Next up will be the NA LCS Academy series where two of the league’s most dominant teams, FlyQuest Academy and Team Liquid Academy will face off for the first time this season. Over in the NA LCS, the match ups are a little more relaxed this week as teams from the bottom half of the table meet their top half counterparts. The week opens with one of these matches as the floundering Counter Logic Gaming take on an Echo

According to League of Legends content creator, Travis Gafford, both 100 Theives and Counter Logic Gaming were given warnings from Riot directly related to the jersey sponsor guidelines. Interesting, both 100 Thieves and CLG received official warnings from Riot regarding a “Violation of Jersey Sponsor Guidelines.” — Travis Gafford (@TravisGafford) January 30, 2018While Gafford’s initial tweet caused a bit of outrage among fans, it turns out that the issue is a fairly common one in the LCS and wa

Why switch Summoner Spell in bottom lane? Nope, there are actually a ton of reasons, but that’s the only one that has to do with swapping Summoner Spells. Unsealed Spellbook gives 25 percent CDR on summoner spells as a base. Add in some Ionian boots — another 10 percent CDR for Summoner Spells — and suddenly Flash is up as often as Barrier, every 180 seconds. A Flash cooldown?

Why switch Summoner Spell in bottom lane? Nope, there are actually a ton of reasons, but that’s the only one that has to do with swapping Summoner Spells. Unsealed Spellbook gives 25 percent CDR on summoner spells as a base. Add in some Ionian boots — another 10 percent CDR for Summoner Spells — and suddenly Flash is up as often as Barrier, every 180 seconds. A Flash cooldown?

Week two of the North American LCS is about to begin and all eyes will be on TSM to see if they can bounce back from a disastrous 0-2 start. Meanwhile, 100 Thieves and Team Liquid will face off, with both teams sitting at 2-0 it’s one of the few matches of the week that could determine the top of the standings when the week is over. 100 Thieves will take on another opponent who will start the week undefeated when they face Cloud9 on Sunday. The NA LCS will be broadcast live from Riot’s esports a

The LCS is back for week two and with the standings looking quite unexpected in all three regions, every team will come into this weekend with something to prove. After a going a disappointing 1-1 in the first week, week two will give them two different kinds of opponents. The team’s first match is against Team Vitality, the only EU LCS team still undefeated, while their second will be against G2 Esports who also had a rough first week. For the NA LCS it’s the battle of the undefeated teams as b