eSports: Pros vs. Joes
One of the longest standing debates in sports today is Training vs Talent or Nature vs Nurture. People always wonder whether they can compete at the highest level if they put in endless hours of ...
PBE Preview: Gnar, the Missing Link
Hello everyone! Hyjacked here with something a bit different from my normal articles. As I’m sure you’re all aware, a new champion has hit the PBE for testing. It’s been a long time since we’ve had ...
Creating A Legacy: A Chat With Carbon
Tim “Carbon” Wendel, jungler and team captain for the OCE Winter Regional winners (at the time Avant Garde Ascension), took time out of his busy training schedule to chat with Cloth5 this week. PineappleSmoothie: Congratulations ...
Breaking Down Compositions – Part I: The Poke Comp
You hear a lot of talk about team compositions, but accurate and useful definitions on what they are, how they work, and their interactions with each other, are hard to come by. For a concept ...
Super Week 11: Fantasy Predictions and Analysis
It is the last week of the season with one final super week to decide final standings for both NA and EU! This leaves us with just one super week to decide the final standings ...
PBE Roundup: Patch 4.13
Welcome to the PBE Roundup for the Patch 4.13 cycle! This is going to be a massive patch, so hold onto your hats. As mentioned in the patch forecast for this cycle, Riot is making preparations to ...
Skill Dimensions: Jungle Timers vs. The World
Hi there, this is Tahalden bringing you the next installment of Skill Dimensions to discuss the most recent upset in the design evolution of League of Legends: Addition of jungle timers to the user interface (UI). What exactly ...
Week 10: Fantasy Predictions and Analysis
It is now Week 10. This is the last normal week of LCS, with Super Week following in Week 11. Good luck to everyone in their quest for the top spot of their respective Fantasy Leagues! ...
Season 4: Utility Masteries – Part II
To finish out our series on Season 4 masteries, Cloth5 will complete the gold-value analysis of each of the upper-tier utility masteries to help understand their relative strength. I’m Eph289, and for this final installment, ...
Meta and Innovation: Are You Playing The Game The ‘Right’ ...
Introduction ‘Meta’ is a word that has been tossed around a lot recently in the League of Legends community. Outside of the elite in our community (those playing the game, and those directly involved in ...