Solo Queue

The Life of a Top Laner, My favorite part about being a top laner is the first spawn onto fountain. I feel like the world is ahead of me - 1v1 outplays to be made, and carries to shut down....

Patch 6.9 will bring with it a massive mid-season re-work to some of the outdated mages. While a few of them are receiving some minor tweaks to their skills, 6 of these champions have gone through complete overhauls: Brand,...

Runeterra's epitome of masculinity has gone through an extreme makeover, but worry not - he has still retained his toned pectoral muscles and luscious hair. Most would probably agree that his aesthetic profile has only been perfected more, however,...

A lot of players tend to see quite a bit of positive feedback from Riot's safe-spaces style grading system, which gives out A's more liberally than a GPA boosting prep school. Despite this fairly positive system of feedback,...

This week Riot made an announcement, and among many other things came a discussion of solo queue. For those who don’t know, when the current system, dynamic queue, was implemented, Riot promised that solo queue would be coming back...

"We'll be honest: there's definitely a world in which solo queue doesn't return, but we'd rather keep it on the table as we work through these issues before making a final decision." - Riot Socrates From the tone of...

Despite non-standard lane setups being fairly common in competitive play since the days of the roaming Alistar in season 1, some voices continue to echo their discontent with lane swaps. This recent thread was an example of such a...

League of Legends players who actively play ranked matches share a common desire to earn a more prestigious border than the one that they earned the season before. Players queue up for game after game, hoping to be matched...

As League of Legends and esports continue to grow bigger and bigger, team owners are becoming more willing to invest more money into their team if it means a better shot at taking down the large prize pools. Sports...

The 2016 League of Legends Season introduces the new Dynamic Queue and Team Builder to replace what was traditionally Ranked Solo and Duo Queue. The vast majority of the player base should see a net benefit from this new system....

As the 2016 ranked season approaches, everyone's looking for ways to elevate their game to the next level. But what if I told you that you could be a Challenger player with Silver mechanics? These champions will enable you...