NA LCS

4 Bold Predictions for NA LCS Summer Season

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North American League of Legends is in a lull right now, many of the professional teams having flown away to Korea to test out the solo queue waters there. It's been over a week now since the Mid-Season Invitational...

C9 Reapered: Cloud 9 Hire Ex-EDG Coach

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NA LCS team Cloud 9 recently announced the hiring of Korean coach Reapered, and analyst/translator Robin. The team released this statement on Sunday: We at Cloud9 are excited to introduce Han-Gyu "Reapered" Bok as the Cloud9 Head Coach for the...

TSM Biofrost: TSM Replaces YellOwStaR with NA Rookie Support

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TSM announced on May 18th, 2016 that they had signed Vincent ‘Biofrost’ Wang as the new TSM support. Biofrost earned his way onto the team by participating in the team's three week bootcamp, which took place in Korea. TSM's statement had...

Ohq Fills Out NRG Esports Roster for 2016 NA LCS Summer

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After an up and down Spring Split, NRG Esports has rebuilt their roster around mid laner GBM. It makes sense that NRG opted for a TSM style 'replace everyone but the mid laner' rebuild. GBM was far and away...

The Rain Man Banned: All Washed Up

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Less than half an hour after a reddit post calling out The Rain Man's toxicity on stream, he was swiftly banned on his main League of Legends account, followed by a cumulative ban on all of his other existing...

MSI 2016 Playoff Primer and Predictions

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The group stages of the 2016 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational have been played out, serving up several surprises, including the elimination of G2 Esports, the faltering of SK Telecom T1, and Counter Logic Gaming's emergence as a...

TIP and REN Banned: Riot Kicks Team Impulse and Renegades from LCS

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There is going to be more new blood than just Apex Gaming in the upcoming NA LCS Summer Split. Riot just released competitive rulings for Team Impulse, and Renegades which effectively ban them from participating in any Riot-sanctioned leagues. Competitive Ruling: Renegades...

Midlaners Are the Best at Every Role

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I bumped into dankcloud (mandatorycloud) the other day in a game, getting absolutely carried by the former LCS star. But perhaps the more surprising aspect of this was that he was playing Kha'Zix jungle. The experience really had me introspecting - why...

Nothing Special: 2016 NA LCS All-Average Team

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It's time for some prime off-season material! Now that the 2016 Spring Split has been concluded for a short while now, we can take a look back and gaze upon all the highs and lows, but most importantly,...

C9 Impact: Cloud 9 Reported to Be Making Significant Changes to LCS Roster

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C9 Impact appears to be coming to a NA LCS Summer split near you. Recent reports have revealed that Cloud 9 will swap out long time top laner Balls for Korean top laner Impact for the upcoming NA LCS Summer split. ESPN's Jacob...

Looking Ahead At the Potential For Summer Split Rivalries

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Riot announced late last year that the 2016 Summer Split, for both North America and Europe, will be moving away from best-of-ones. This summer the NA LCS will play best-of-three series', and the EU LCS will play best-of-two series'....

The True North American Dream Team

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The Spring Split has come to a close and brought with it an amazing finale - an 'El Clasico' between North American juggernauts. As a whole, the playoffs gave players a fantastic chance to showcase their individual skill-set, which had many...