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Ivern

The Great Ivern Outbreak of LCS Week 3

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Ivern has exploded as a powerful jungle pick during the third week of the LCS. After being picked eight times in the first two weeks of EU play, this supportive jungler became 100% pick ban in the EU LCS...
Dota Patch 7.02 Lone Druid Sniper

Dota Patch 7.02: Nerf Predictions

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Dota 7.01 has been out for a while now, and we’re probably all a bit tired of seeing mid Ember and Helms of the Dominator. It won’t be long before Valve release the next patch to see players through...
Post-Major Roster Shuffles

Post-Major Roster Moves Galore

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The New Year not only brought on the ELEAGUE major, it also signaled the end of many player contracts. With so many players available and on the open market, roster moves are happening left and right. I have already...
Most Popular MOBA -- League of Legends or Dota 2?

Most Popular MOBA: Glued to the Screen

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Writing about MOBAs means that I'm constantly talking about players, team roster changes and what I see on Twitch. This usually leads into a discussion about the popularity of the various MOBAs and which game is the most popular. The most...
Carry Top Conundrum

League of Legends: The Carry Top Conundrum

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The North American top lane metagame is defined by a handful of tanks (mostly Maokai, Nautilus, Poppy) and two notable carry top laners: Jayce and Fiora. Teams are willing to play tanks into tanks or carries into tanks, but...
CS:GO

Roster Wreckage: What Is Mouz Doing?

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Following their group stage exit at the ELEAGUE Major, German-based esports organization mousesports (Mouz) have made a series of unexpected changes to their CS:GO roster. On January 29th, during the grand finals of Major, Mouz quietly announced that Chris "chrisJ" De...
OGN Apex Season 2

OGN Apex Season 2 Week 2: Electric Boogaloo

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Week two of Overwatch's OGN Apex tournament featured exciting bouts between BK Stars and Meta Athena, as well as Lunatic-Hai and Afreeca Freecs Red. Only one night of gameplay--the two matchups listed above--went down in Seoul, as the OGN Apex...
Dota Dark Moon Guide

Dota 2: How to Win the Dark Moon Event

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It’s been a while since we’ve seen a Dota 2 special event, but the temporary “Dark Moon” wave survival game has the community buzzing. Choose five heroes from a small pool and take on hordes of increasingly powerful foes...
Perkz Monitor

EU LCS Week 1 Recap: New Players, Same Teams

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After an offseason that felt like it lasted forever, the EU LCS resumed this weekend. Six series in however, and we've yet to see a single upset. Everyone's favorite stars are looking as strong as ever. Origen 0 -...
CS:GO

Teams to Watch at the ELEAGUE Major

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The ELEAGUE Major has just begun. The era of parity in 2016 has carried over into the New Year and it is still nearly impossible to predict a winner. There was nearly a month of inactivity from the end...
Want to beat Slark? Here's how ya do it.

Dota 2: How to Stop Slark

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Is there any hero more feared in average skill pub games than Slark? For a long time, this hero has attracted early picks and bans, and you're probably familiar with that helpless feeling of creeping away from the safety of...
Spring Split Featured Image

Spring Split 2017: Preseason Power Rankings

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North America's League of Legends offseason may have been the wildest to date. We saw NBA  investors, Korean stars sailing in, the return of Dignitas, and plenty of players migrating as organizations assembled lineups to compete in the NA LCS....