There was a lot of hype last year when KT Rolster made a Super Team. Despite not making it to Worlds, they committed to staying together for another season. Out of hibernation, Rush too was added into the mix. Kingzone-Dragon X (formerly Longzhu Gaming) and KSV (former Samsung Galaxy) kept their squads intact as well. So with less roster changes...
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This is a rumor; Longzhu Gaming’s substitute jungler, Moon “Cuzz” Woo-chan may be moving to LPL to join the new ASUS team. In Korean forums, fans have pointed out that in Baidu’s FA List, Cuzz is listed as a free agent. Meanwhile, in Inven, fans have quoted Weibo and said that Cuzz may be joining ASUS’s new League...
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No, this is not April’s Fools, and you’re not reading The Onion. Ikssu has officially announced that he will be at least temporarily retiring from professional scene to become an independent Bitcoin investor. The whereabouts of Ikssu, the formal top-laner of Jin Air Greenwings, have had many LCK fans speculating. On November 2017, Jin...
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Lee “Wolf” Jae-wan entered the brightly lit cubicle. “안녕하세요(Annyeonghaseyo),” we bow and say to each other. Someone outside interrupts to ask, “Do you need water? I can go get you some.” The translator points to the corner where a box of bottled water lay. Wolf bends down and picks up three. He offers one to the translator and one to...
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LPL barely took down LMS yesterday to face LCK in the finals today. A battle for regional pride was on the line as all LCK coaches predicted a 3-0 while LPL’s coaches were adamant against that scoreline. SSG vs EDG EDG took a commanding lead from start to finish. While SSG managed to take 7 kills off EDG by the end, Zet finished it all off...
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The day started off the LCK in the lead with 3 points, followed by LPL at 2 and unexpectedly, LMS with 1 point. M17 vs MVP MVP started the game with a disastrous invade, ceding 2 kills to M17’s Apex. Fortunately for them, M17 was running a late game protect-the-carry composition and required time to scale. MVP managed to claw back the gold lead...
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Samsung Galaxy is the only LCK team to open Rift Rivals 2017 playing two games. They were against LMS’s J-Team and LPL’s EDG on Day 1. Despite J-Team’s early leads gained by Elise, Renekton and Corki, Samsung kept their cool. CoreJJ’s Tahm Kench denied many kills while Orianna and Varus were happy to wave clear, scale and zone with Rumble in team...
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It is difficult to describe the teams representing LMS at Rift Rivals without the context of first half of the LMS Summer Split. The standings as of now have baffled even veteran LMS analysts. None of the teams at Rift Rivals are at the top of the table. Raising the hopes of LMS? Newly promoted Raise Gaming sits at the top at the table at 6-1,...
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