Shortly after prevailing in the NA LCS gauntlet for the fourth time in a row, Cloud9’s Licorice expressed that he couldn’t wait to counter Team SoloMid’s blind Aatrox picks with… Hecarim.
All attending players' progress will be celebrated with special coins received for every passed stage. Fans will be able to purchase one of their type at the venue.
Riot Games are hosting the play-ins in the brand new LoL PARK venue, which will host LCK action from 2019 onwards. The company welcomed press outlets for an inaugural tour before the action began.
Any player who is under 18 years of age will not be eligible to play and each team must include in its roster at least 3 permanent residents from its region.
Elements Pro Gaming, a Serbia-Croatia roster, concludes it run at the CIS qualifiers for The Kuala Lumpur Major, catching some community flack on their way out.
EDward Gaming have had a tough time of things this split in the LPL Summer 2018, but they proved that the team's plot armour is too strong, as they secured qualification for Worlds once again.
Former Fnatic veteran reaches his 13/13 playoff at the London event together with Faze Clan, while Fnatic lose their Legends status for the first time in history.
For the first time in history, TSM will not be participating at Worlds. Instead Cloud9 maintained their 100% win ratio in North American Regional Qualifier gauntlets to book their tickets to Korea.
G2 Esports may not have had the best season, but they showed up when it mattered, defeating FC Schalke 04 in the gauntlet to take the 3rd and final seed for the region for the 2018 World Championship.
compLexity have made major waves in London, being among the first teams to become New Champions - we spoke to dephh about their current form and representing the UK.
Gen.G, formerly known as Samsung Galaxy, have qualified to the 2018 World Championship. They are only the second team in League of Legends history to qualify to the big event one year after winning it.
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