Maokai Nerfs: Riot Chops Down Top Lane’s Tallest Tree
The Courage of the Colossus changes in Patch 7.2 couldn't keep a good tree down.
Maokai’s modest win rate of 52.4% suggests he’s strong, but not overpowered. There are other Tops with higher win rates, such as Rumble or Shen. These...
Hearthstone: Massive Arena Changes in the Works
I've talked about Hearthstone's arena changes briefly before after Blizzard hinted that they were coming, and we’ve discussed that they planned to change the frequency of cards. However, now, there are a ton of things to discuss, and it’s...
Efi Oladele: New Overwatch Heroes on the Horizon
The most recent blog post on the Overwatch website has the community scratching their heads and donning tinfoil hats.
What Blizzard has given fans is an interview with a character from the game's universe, 11 year old Efi Oladele, a Numbani native...
Kiev Major 2017: Ticket Prices, Scalpers, and Karabas
Tickets went on sale for Dota 2's Kiev Major this week, and sold out within just a few hours. Many people reported waiting for hours in digital queues or not being able to get a transaction through on Karabas, the...
Esports Edition’s CS:GO Power Rankings: February 2017
Welcome to the first installment of Esports Edition's CS:GO Power Rankings. It's a wonderful time to be a Counter-Strike fan, and the top of the pro scene has never been more competitive. With a resurgent Virtus.Pro entering 2017 firing on...
League of Legends: NA LCS Approaches Parity
A tie for first.
A tie for last.
And ties running all the way down.
The 2017 Spring season of the NA LCS has brought us closer to something we've never seen before: parity. As of the end of Week 5, no team...
Is a Clan System Coming to Overwatch?
Recently, Jeff Kaplan, esteemed and powerful overlord of Overwatch, has expressed enthusiasm for incorporating a Clan or Guild system into the game.
It wasn't a very large nugget of wisdom, mind you, but big things often come in tiny packages. In...
Our Hearthstone Wishlist for 2017
Hearthstone is a beautiful game. It has a wonderful user interface, nice artwork, and great animations. But that doesn’t mean it’s perfect. In fact, far from it. Even ignoring balancing, Hearthstone could use a little work--at the very least,...
League of Legends: How to Use Smart Pings to Win Games
Riot has expanded the Smart Ping system to allow players to ping their spell cooldowns, jungle timers, and even gold and item status by alt-clicking the user HUD. The original smart pings (Danger, Enemy Missing, etc) are still important...
Will the International’s Prize Pool Continue to Grow?
I was eating dim sum with a group of friends and friends of friends on Saturday morning. Someone asked me, "Do you think that Dota will continue to grow? Will the prizepool for that big tournament get bigger...
Guide: Best Dota 2 Performance Settings
After all of the recent changes to Dota 2, especially following the release of 7.02, everybody's performance has taken a hit. Where have our precious frame rates gone? Even though Valve have released a few small patches tweaking some...
The Best Esports Apps: Pro Gaming News On Your Smartphone
As an esports writer, I need to have an app for my smartphone that's not only up to date on matches, but offers a variety of resources, including historical data, for me to peruse as needed. You've probably heard of...