Analysis

Vrogros the Underlord or the Overpowerlord? Dota's latest hero is out and he's an absolute monster. Vrogros the Underlord is not the kind of guy you want to be laning against. With spammable nukes and an aura that saps your...

Recent LCS drama between team owners and Riot's Marc Merrill raises related questions for the future of Overwatch. Overwatch tournament owners have been reaping the benefits of open broadcasting rights so far. Can we expect this capitalistic approach in the future,...

H2K officially claimed a third place finish in the 2016 EU LCS Summer Playoffs after defeating Unicorns of Love 3-1 in Kraków, Poland earlier today. H2K has been a consistently strong team for at least a year now thanks to an...

Introduction Priest has been in a bad place for a while. In fact, I myself recently wrote about how the new Priest cards are awful. However, I’ve been forced to bite my tongue as Priest has reappeared on ladder. Making...

School is back in session. Time for all of us to stop late night gaming for at least a week as we convince ourselves we’re going to study hard and get good grades. Oh, it’s only me who pretends...

Whats Wrong with Competitive Hearthstone? Competitive Hearthstone is no longer a serious eSport. I know that will raise some objections, many people will say it was never a serious eSport. Seriously though, Hearthstone has had more competitive tournaments than any...

Riot's been systematically neutering its strongest champions. Not nerfing - I'm talking 2 miles out, 6 feet under. I implore you to look at the champions with the lowest win-rates. In fact, I'll make it even easier for you...

Blizzard just announced a new map based on Germanic terrain; Eichenwalde. Its release has been planned for September this year. German, German, German! For those who are interested, the name literally translates to "Oak Woods" (if you ignore the 'e' at the...

Recently both the NA LCS and the EU LCS have experimented with hosting pro players on a secondary stream to give analysis on specific lanes during anticipated matchups. This has resulted in the mechanical tips you would expect, but these...

It's the end of an era. Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev has left Team Liquid's CS:GO team in pursuit of greener pastures, joining the Natus Vincere roster as a replacement for longtime member and team captain Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko. The departure of s1mple from Team Liquid is...

Climbing the FACEIT rank system is frustrating to the point of desperation. You grind all day but make no progress. Why is it so pointless? What lies behind the FACEIT rank system that makes it so annoying? What's FACEIT? FACEIT is the largest competitive...

If you haven't yet played a few games on patch 6.15 you might not now about a significant change made to how much gold you get from the first tower killed. This "turret first blood" gives 400 total bonus...