The All-Star Event is back again this year. This year’s tournament will be hosted in Los Angeles, California at the NA LCS Studios from Dec. 7-10, and here’s everything we know about the upcoming tournament. The FormatThe 2017 All-Star Event will actually be two different tournaments at the same time. The second tournament will be a 1v1 tournament with two players from each region, as selected by the region’s coach, matching up against each other to determine who’s the best. The tournament will

Team Liquid has announced the final member of the organization’s starting League of Legends roster: Jung “Impact” Eon-yeong. Jung is known for being one of the season 3 World Champions on SKTelecom T1, though he moved to North America in season 5. He played for Team Impulse and it’s rebrand, NRG Esports, before he moved on to Cloud9 in season 7. He attended Worlds 2017 with the team, where Cloud9 fought through Play-Ins and Group Stages before they were taken down by Team WE in the quarterfinals

Just a few days after 2017 World Championship runner-up SK telecom T1 announced the departure of jungler Han “Peanut” Wang-ho, the 19-year-old has been signed by fellow LCK team, Longzhu Gaming. Han’s final match with SKT came in the World Championship Finals, where the team were swept by Samsung Galaxy. Han was most known for his aggressive style, something that was almost non-existent during his time on SK telecom. Longzhu Gaming on the other hand, was well known for its aggressive play style

Cloud9 has announced their newest player ahead of the 2018 season with a short video introducing Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen. Johnsen was previously a member of Team SoloMid and competed against Cloud9 in two NA LCS Finals. Johnsen will be replacing Cloud9’s former jungler, Juan “Contractz” Garcia as the starter for the roster. Garcia was a rookie in 2017 and performed well, helping the team make the 2017 World Championship quarterfinals. Meanwhile, on TSM, Johnsen will be replaced by Mike Yeung

Shortly after announcing the departure of former support Zaqueri “Aphromoo” Black on Sunday, Counter Logic Gaming announced their 2018 starting roster which will include newcomers to the team, jungler Kim “Reignover” Yeujin and support Vincent “Biofrost” Wang. Despite this success, Kim struggled during the 2017 season as the jungler for Team Liquid losing his spot as the team’s starter just halfway through the summer split. Meanwhile, Wang will join CLG after a career that has, so far, only incl

Team Liquid announced Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng as the newest addition to their 2018 NA LCS roster on Friday. The team also released a short video introducing Peng on Twitter. This is the second time in a year that Peng has joined Team Liquid after ending his retirement early to help the team in their battle to avoid relegation after the Spring Split of 2017. While that move was only temporary, as he rejoined TSM for the 2017 Summer Split, he will now be joining Liquid in a more permanent way as

After announcing Mike Yeung onto their roster yesterday, Team SoloMid has revealed the rest of their roster for 2018. The team will feature Kevin “Hauntzer” Yarnell, Mike Yeung, Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg, Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen and Alfonso “mithy” Aguirre Rodríguez. Both Svenningsen and Aguirre Rodríguez previously played in Europe for G2 Esports and for Origen before that. The duo have been to three World Championships together as well as won three EU LCS titles and have twice been runners-up i

Team SoloMid has announced that the organization has acquired former Phoenix1 jungler Mike Yeung on their League of Legends team. Yeung is a jungler with an aggressive playstyle known for his Nidalee in solo queue, which he brought on stage in eight games during his time on Phoenix1. He was also Rookie of the Split in the 2017 Summer Split, with a 4.39 KDA. Phoenix1 faced relegation at the end of the 2017 Summer Split, though the team avoided it by beating out Gold Coin United and eUnited. He sp

Team Solo Mid has announced that the organization has acquired former Phoenix1 jungler Mike Yeung on their League of Legends team. Yeung is a jungler with an aggressive playstyle known for his Nidalee in solo queue, which he brought on stage in eight games during his time on Phoenix1. He was also Rookie of the Split in the 2017 Summer Split, with a 4.39 KDA. Phoenix1 faced relegation at the end of the 2017 Summer Split, though the team avoided it by beating out Gold Coin United and eUnited. He s

The new esports team branched off of the Cleveland Cavaliers, 100 Thieves, has announced three members of their line up. Yoo “Ryu” Sang-wook will be their mid laner, with Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho as their top laner and William “Meteos” Hartman in the jungle. Yoo played for Phoenix1 in season 7 and Kim came from Team Dignitas. During the Spring Split Hartman was slightly more successful, starting almost half of the team’s games and ending the split with a winning record. Both Yoo and Kim are both co

Team Liquid have begun to officially unveil their 2018 roster and it already includes some major changes. The first two announcements the team has made are for team former Immortals players, jungler, Jake “Xmithie” Puchero and Eugene “Pobelter” Park, who each received video announcements via Twitter. This proved especially true when he joined Immortals. After Puchero joined the team before the Summer Split, Immortals finished second in the league and qualified for Worlds after failing to even qu

Every year, during the off-season between November and January, the competitive League of Legends world is a whirl of rumors and trades with players being moved to a new team, or even getting traded to an entirely different region. This year’s free agency window opens today and with four new teams joining the league, there should be no shortage of high profile trades. To help you make sense of all the off-season moves of every North American team, we have put together a list of new and returning

SK telecom T1 announced today that the team will not renew the contracts of its starting jungler, Han “Peanut” Wang-ho and substitute mid laner, Kim “Sky” Ha-neul. Han joined the team just last year after his former team, the ROX Tigers, disbanded its entire roster after losing to SKT in the semifinals of the 2016 World Championships. Kim, on the other hand, has been a sub during his entire time with SK telecom T1. He remains largely untested and though he didn’t perform well during his time wit

Every year, during the off-season between November and January, the competitive League of Legends world is a whirl of rumors and trades with players being moved to a new team, or even getting traded to an entirely different region. This year’s free agency window opens today and with four new teams joining the league, there should be no shortage of high profile trades. To help you make sense of all the off-season moves of every North American team, we have put together a list of new and returning

The off-season for League of Legends can be scary. There’s changes everywhere with teams flipping their rosters upside down and trading with other organizations. This season, the NA LCS has franchised, bringing in four new organizations and kicking out old ones. All the information is here for you so you don’t fall behind.

The North American LCS has officially franchised, which means there is a set group of ten teams that won’t have to face relegation. While big teams like Team SoloMid, Cloud9 and Counter Logic Gaming made it in, some fan favorites did not. Immortals, Team Dignitas, Team EnVy and Phoenix1 didn’t make the cut, so you will not be seeing their logos in the NA LCS anymore. We are proud of the team and brand that our staff, players, and fans built together. The players for said teams are now considered

Riot has officially announced the 10 franchises that will make up the official permanent partners of the North American LCS. Below you can see all 10 teams that will be participating in the league as well as a bit of information on the teams themselves. Counter Logic GamingCounter Logic Gaming have been around North American League of Legends since its earlier days and will continue to represent the region as partners. Team SoloMidUndoubtedly one of North America’s most popular teams, TSM has le

North America’s LCS Scouting Grounds will return for its second year later this month, with an event being held from November 26 to December 3. This time, 20 players have been invited to join the competition and vie for a spot in one of the 10 NA LCS Franchises. Just like last year, the event will be held in a tournament format with the 20 players split into four different teams, each coached by an NA LCS organization. Following the conclusion of the finals the NA LCS will hold its first ever dr

Update: We had mistakenly said that voting had ended and that these were the final results, but they are not. While All-Star voting may have only begun a few days ago, we can see the result from every major region. Here are the rosters for North America, Korea, Europe and China. All of these rosters are subject to change, as voting is still ongoing. However, unlike last year, we can’t see how much players are leading by.

The Runes Reforged update was close to starting from scratch. A complete rebuild of the runes and masteries support structure is a massive undertaking, one that Riot wanted to take seriously. The process was clumsy and unfriendly, but Runes Reforged aims to fix all that. With Runes Reforged being added in, this disaster timeline could be far longer than average. Just as every new champion raises the question “I wonder what they do next,” so do major system updates like Runes Reforged.