League of Legends Best of 2020 and our 5 Million celebration thread!

#	Team	Record	Information
1	100 Thieves	3 - 1	Leaguepedia // Twitter
2	Team Liquid	3 - 1	Leaguepedia // Twitter
3	Team SoloMid	2 - 2	Leaguepedia // Twitter
4	Golden Guardians	1 - 3	Leaguepedia // Twitter
5	~~Counter Logic Gaming~~	1 - 3	Leaguepedia // Twitter

Group B

#	Team	Record	Information
1	Evil Geniuses	3 - 1	Leaguepedia // Twitter
2	Cloud9	3 - 1	Leaguepedia // Twitter
3	FlyQuest	2 - 2	Leaguepedia // Twitter
4	Immortals	1 - 3	Leaguepedia // Twitter
5	~~Dignitas~~	1 - 3	Leaguepedia // Twitter

On-Air Team

Hosts
James "Dash" Patterson
Gabriella "LeTigress" Devia-Allen
Analyst Desk
Mark "MarkZ" Zimmerman
Alberto "Crumbz" Rengifo
Emily "LeagueofEmily" Rand
Kien "MeanMrKien" Lam
Hai "Hai" Du Lam
Kaizen "Primal" Asdeiu
Jake "Spawn" Tiberi
Kieran "Allorim" Logue
Play-by-Play Commentators
David "Phreak" Turley
Julian "Pastrytime" Carr
Rivington "Riv" Bisland III
Clayton "CaptainFlowers" Raines
Color Commentators
Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler
Isaac "Azael" Cummings Bentley
Barento "Razleplasm" Mohammed

Format

Group Stage
- 10 teams participate
- Teams are drafted into two groups, with each team selecting a team to be placed into the other group, starting with TSM (Group A) and FLY (Group B)
- Single Round Robin
- Matches are best of one
- Top 4 teams from each group advance to the Knockout Stage
Knockout Stage
- 8 teams participate
- Single elimination bracket
- Quarterfinals are best of three
- All other matches are best of five
Tiebreakers: (1) Head-to-head match record, (2) Tiebreaker Bo1

The official NA LCS ruleset can be found here.

VoDs

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Cloud9 vs. Team SoloMid / LCS 2021 Lock-In - Quarter-Final / Post-Match Discussion

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 05:31 PM PST

LCS 2021 LOCK-IN PLAYOFFS

Player of the Series: Zven

Cloud9 2-1 Team SoloMid

Cloud9 moves onto the semifinals to play 100 Thieves on Friday, January 29th at 3 PM PST. TSM has been eliminated from the LCS 2021 Lock-In.

MATCH 1: C9 vs. TSM

Winner: Team SoloMid in 35m

Match History

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
C9	camille renekton graves	maokai thresh	57.6k	12	3	None
TSM	pantheon olaf taliyah	shen	65.1k	18	9	M¹ H² C³ O⁴ O⁵ B⁶ E⁷ B⁸ I⁹

C9	12-18-32	vs	18-12-52	TSM
Fudge kaisa ¹	0-4-6	TOP	4-1-9	³ gragas Huni
Blaber hecarim ²	5-3-6	JNG	3-0-13	¹ nidalee Spica
Perkz twisted fate ²	1-3-8	MID	6-3-10	² lucian PowerOfEvil
Zven aatrox ³	6-2-3	BOT	3-4-9	¹ jhin Lost
Vulcan nautilus ³	0-6-9	SUP	2-4-11	⁴ galio SwordArt

MATCH 2: C9 vs. TSM

Winner: Cloud9 in 28m

Match History

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
C9	camille renekton lulu	galio maokai	55.2k	20	9	H² O⁴ H⁵ O⁶ B⁷
TSM	pantheon taliyah olaf	lucian jayce	44.5k	5	3	C¹ M³

C9	20-5-42	vs	5-20-8	TSM
Fudge gragas ²	3-1-7	TOP	0-5-2	³ gangplank Huni
Blaber hecarim ²	2-1-15	JNG	2-3-2	¹ nidalee Spica
Perkz akali ³	3-3-5	MID	1-5-3	² twisted fate PowerOfEvil
Zven kaisa ¹	10-0-3	BOT	2-2-0	¹ jhin Lost
Vulcan alistar ³	2-0-12	SUP	0-5-1	⁴ thresh SwordArt

MATCH 3: C9 vs. TSM

Winner: Cloud9 in 40m

Match History

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
C9	renekton kaisa jax	orianna maokai	74.6k	18	10	M³ H⁴ I⁵ I⁶ I⁹
TSM	pantheon olaf taliyah	miss fortune aphelios	63.9k	6	4	O¹ H² B⁷ B⁸

C9	18-6-44	vs	6-18-19	TSM
Fudge camille ¹	7-0-5	TOP	1-3-4	² gragas Huni
Blaber kindred ²	1-1-11	JNG	2-4-4	¹ graves Spica
Perkz galio ²	4-2-9	MID	1-3-3	³ azir PowerOfEvil
Zven sivir ³	6-0-5	BOT	2-5-3	¹ jhin Lost
Vulcan alistar ³	0-3-14	SUP	0-3-5	⁴ bard SwordArt

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If a champion had the stats that Kai'sa currently has it would've been hotfixed immediately, but since its an ADC nobody seems to care.

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 08:06 AM PST

Per LoLalytics, Kaisa currently sits at:

-53.13% WR #1 on her role -S+ Tier -A whooping 44.36% pickrate (!) -21.32% banrate.

Source: https://lolalytics.com/lol/kaisa/build/

She has no losing matchups in botlane (Besides Seraphine and Swain who are niche picks)

Any midlaner/toplaner with these stats would've been hotfixed, but Kaisa has no nerfs on PBE, nor her items, nor anything about her and nobody seems to care really given she's an ADC.

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Doublelift on Keith's cleanse

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 01:59 PM PST

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G2 Esports vs. SK Gaming / LEC 2021 Spring - Week 1 / Post-Match Discussion

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 11:44 AM PST

LEC 2021 SPRING

SK Gaming 0-1 G2 Esports

MATCH 1: SK vs. G2

Winner: G2 Esports in 31m | Player of the Game: Rekkles

Match History

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
SK	camille olaf lillia	ashe senna	49.0k	8	3	H¹ H⁴
G2	pantheon taliyah kaisa	samira nautilus	55.4k	11	7	I² C³ O⁵ O⁶ B⁷

SK	8-11-14	vs	11-8-37	G2
Jenax gragas ¹	1-3-3	TOP	1-2-7	⁴ ivern Wunder
TynX hecarim ²	1-2-2	JNG	6-0-5	² graves Jankos
Blue sylas ²	2-0-3	MID	1-2-10	¹ twisted fate Caps
Jezu miss fortune ³	3-2-2	BOT	3-0-6	³ jhin Rekkles
Treatz leona ³	1-4-4	SUP	0-4-9	¹ thresh Mikyx

*Patch 11.1 Notes: LEC Spring Week 1

**Spoiler-Free Schedule

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Fnatic vs. Rogue / LEC 2021 Spring - Week 1 / Post-Match Discussion

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 12:38 PM PST

LEC 2021 SPRING

Official page | Leaguepedia | Liquipedia | Eventvods.com | New to LoL

Fnatic 0-1 Rogue

MATCH 1: FNC vs. RGE

Winner: Rogue in 28m | Player of the Game: Larssen

Match History

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
FNC	kalista lucian camille	alistar sett	44.0k	10	1	None
RGE	olaf taliyah thresh	syndra gragas	58.5k	24	10	O¹ H² C³ H⁴ M⁵ B⁶ M⁷

FNC	10-24-31	vs	24-10-67	RGE
Bwipo volibear ³	1-5-6	TOP	3-1-13	³ renekton Odoamne
Selfmade graves ¹	6-4-3	JNG	6-4-9	² pantheon Inspired
Nisqy galio ²	1-6-7	MID	6-0-13	¹ twisted fate Larssen
Upset aphelios ²	2-3-6	BOT	8-2-13	¹ kaisa Hans sama
Hylissang braum ³	0-6-9	SUP	1-3-19	⁴ rakan Trymbi

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100 Thieves vs. Immortals / LCS 2021 Lock-In - Quarter-Final / Post-Match Discussion

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 02:28 PM PST

LCS 2021 LOCK-IN

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100 Thieves 2-0 Immortals

MATCH 1: 100 vs. IMT

Winner: 100 Thieves in 24m
Match History | Game Breakdown | Runes

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
100	graves rell gragas	gnar shen	50.4k	13	9	O¹ H² M³ H⁴ B⁶
IMT	olaf taliyah pantheon	kaisa thresh	37.2k	5	0	I⁵

100	13-5-32	vs	5-13-12	IMT
Ssumday renekton ²	2-1-4	TOP	1-3-2	⁴ karma Revenge
Closer nidalee ²	5-2-2	JNG	1-2-2	¹ hecarim Xerxe
Damonte twisted fate ¹	3-1-6	MID	2-1-3	² lucian Insanity
FBI xayah ³	3-0-8	BOT	0-3-3	¹ seraphine Raes
huhi rakan ³	0-1-12	SUP	1-4-2	³ leona Destiny

MATCH 2: IMT vs. 100

Winner: 100 Thieves in 33m
Match History | Runes | Player of the series - Closer

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
IMT	thresh renekton nidalee	gragas fiora	54.6k	13	11	H⁵ M⁶
100	taliyah pantheon olaf	galio rell	72.7k	32	0	O¹ H² C³ M⁴ B⁷ M⁸ B⁹

IMT	13-33-31	vs	32-13-66	100
Revenge camille ¹	2-8-5	TOP	10-3-7	³ jax Ssumday
Xerxe lillia ²	3-6-8	JNG	12-2-13	¹ graves Closer
Insanity lucian ²	5-5-7	MID	2-2-15	¹ twisted fate Damonte
Raes jhin ³	2-6-5	BOT	7-2-11	² kaisa FBI
Destiny leona ³	1-8-6	SUP	1-4-20	⁴ alistar huhi

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Flowers and Kobe are the best duo in League right now

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 03:01 PM PST

Like Monte & Doa, Krepo & Deficio (when they were on tri casts together), Deman & Joe Miller before them.

I truly think we've got another legendary LoL caster duo and it's super enjoyable to hear them on the LCS broadcast every weekend.

Their dynamic is fantastic, both from a hype that they bring and their ability to entertain with a serious atmosphere as well as a silly one. You want them there for the bad games. You want them there for the good games. These guys are just awesome together and individually.

Overall I love it when they're casting and I hope they get more recognition for their talent and hard work. 💪

And please don't flame anyone other casters if you agree or disagree but I'm curious what people think.

Edit: saw some people mention Vedi Medi and yeah they've been nuts for so long so I agree with them being in the list of league great casting duos.

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If drafting is a written language, TSM is Illiterate: A breakdown of TSM's game against TL in LCS Lock-In Week 2 Day 4

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 09:16 AM PST

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TSM vs. C9/ LCS 2021 Lock-In - Quarter-Final / Post-Game 1 Discussion

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 03:39 PM PST

TSM 1 - 0 C9

A lot of mistakes from both teams, Swordart especially really could have played a lot better

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This is what peak League of Legends looks like

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 02:56 PM PST

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"What am I gonna do, jump in and kill 'em?"

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 10:08 AM PST

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Pretty nutty Viego play I pulled off. I think Galio was a little tilted at the end there.

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 03:20 AM PST

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Doublelift tells us how he really feels about Vulcan

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 04:12 PM PST

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Releasing six champions per year seems quite excessive when we already have more than 150. We should have more minor updates and full VGUs.

Posted: 22 Jan 2021 09:32 PM PST

It honestly surprises me that Riot is going with the route of making even more champions. I mean, I always wondered how far League would go when it comes to its roster, after all, more than 150 characters in a single game is a hell lot, and it seems like its going in the direction of becoming way too much.

I know that stopping new releases is extremely unlikely and hell, I'm not really saying Riot should straight up stop releasing new champions for a while, but reworks have always been an excellent to introduce content that was, realistically, new, while also updating stuff that is outdated, and considering we're having a poll to pick one of five champions, why not simply rework like three of them and get rid of three new champion releases?

Having less new champions would also have the effect of making the ones getting released more memorable. Now, the pandemic probably contributed to the issue, but it felt like some champions were thrown in the game without ceremony: Lillia, Samira and Rell were particularly overshadowed by the champions released close to them, Lillia could not compete with the hype around Yasuo's brother, most people were talking about Seraphine when Samira was released, and Rell stood in the shadow of the Ruined King. Keep in mind I'm not saying those champions are bad or that I hate them, but they weren't given much time in the spotlight because of other champions that received much more attention even before they were officially announced.

Also, its not like Riot needs to go too far with VGUs, Ezreal is one example of a VGU that only changed one ability, but because the champion is popular, the update to his appearence and voicelines was hyped enough. We have some ugly-looking popular champions like Ahri and Lux, whose voicelines don't fit their story anymore, as well as some champions that could use only minor tweaks on their kits in addition to new appearences. Of course, we should have big VGUs (fingers crossed for Udyr to win the poll), but not all champions need gigantic changes.

An issue that is usually brought up when this topic shows up is the fact that new champions usually make more money. I cannot confirm nor deny this, because I don't have any sources, but I really wonder if all of them make that much money. Because here is the thing, I don't doubt some of them made a lot of money, Sett had a prestige skin, Yone would sell simply because he is Yasuo's brother and Seraphine was released with a lot of hype and an Ultimate skin with one of the most popular themes in the game, but did the others really make an ammount of money that, say, a reworked champion wouldn't make with their remade skins? What if champions that get reworked get one new skin too if that is the issue?

Again, I don't have the number to argue here, but I honestly don't think champions that get overshadowed are selling so much to justify the choice of inflating the ammount of champions in the roster. Besides, even if we assume that there is a loss of money, I don't think Riot would be hurt by gaining slightly less than the millions they make every year in exchange for improving the old stuff that will benefit the game in the long run. Specially because, if the number of champions start growing uncontrollably, it could reach a state that is much harder to manage.

I know this topic has been brought before, but honestly, if the community keeps bringing it up, maybe its something that could be looked into, many people aren't content with the number of new releases and how it cost us potential VGUs. An excess of releases doesn't seem like a good idea in the long run.

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FC Schalke 04 vs. Excel Esports / LEC 2021 Spring - Week 1 / Post-Match Discussion

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 08:43 AM PST

LEC 2021 SPRING

FC Schalke 04 Esports 0-1 Excel Esports

MATCH 1: S04 vs. XL

Winner: Excel Esports in 41m | MVP: Patrik
Match History

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
S04	camille thresh hecarim	syndra zoe	69.7k	10	7	C¹ O⁴ O⁵ O⁶ B⁷
XL	taliyah pantheon lillia	twisted fate renekton	72.4k	12	7	H² M³ E⁸ B⁹

S04	10-12-21	vs	12-10-30	XL
Broken Blade gragas ³	1-1-3	TOP	1-0-5	⁴ lulu Kryze
Gilius olaf ¹	2-4-4	JNG	3-2-4	¹ graves Dan
Abbedagge viktor ³	3-1-4	MID	3-1-5	³ orianna Czekolad
Neon miss fortune ²	4-2-3	BOT	5-1-7	¹ kaisa Patrik
LIMIT seraphine ²	0-4-7	SUP	0-6-9	² leona Tore

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Team Vitality vs. Misfits Gaming / LEC 2021 Spring - Week 1 / Post-Match Discussion

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 09:50 AM PST

LEC 2021 SPRING

Misfits Gaming 0-1 Team Vitality

MATCH 1: MSF vs. VIT

Winner: Team Vitality in 33m
Match History

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
MSF	twisted fate aphelios gragas	xayah tristana	54.7k	5	3	H¹ C³ M⁵
VIT	olaf pantheon akali	zoe syndra	63.5k	14	10	I² H⁴ B⁶ M⁷ B⁸ M⁹

MSF	5-14-10	vs	14-5-37	VIT
HiRit renekton ¹	1-4-2	TOP	1-1-7	² ornn Szygenda
Razork ekko ²	2-2-3	JNG	4-1-6	¹ taliyah Skeanz
Vetheo viktor ³	1-4-2	MID	6-1-6	¹ lucian Milica
Kobbe kaisa ²	1-1-1	BOT	1-2-9	⁴ ashe Comp
Vander alistar ³	0-3-2	SUP	2-0-9	³ thresh Labrov

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TSM vs. C9/ LCS 2021 Lock-In - Quarter-Final / Post-Game 2 Discussion

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 04:31 PM PST

TSM 1 - 1 C9

C9 just tied the series. Zven and Vulcan are consistently playing super well and finding leads. Match point for both teams!

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MAD Lions vs. Astralis / LEC 2021 Spring - Week 1 / Post-Match Discussion

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 10:55 AM PST

LEC 2021 SPRING

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MAD Lions 1-0 Astralis

MATCH 1: MAD vs. AST

Winner: MAD Lions in 32m | Player of the Game: Armut

Match History

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
MAD	lucian olaf thresh	gragas galio	61.6k	17	8	H² C³ H⁴ O⁶ B⁷ O⁸
AST	pantheon galio taliyah	camille renekton	45.9k	4	0	I¹ O⁵

MAD	17-4-38	vs	4-17-6	AST
Armut aatrox ³	6-0-5	TOP	1-5-1	⁴ kennen WhiteKnight
Elyoya nidalee ²	4-0-8	JNG	1-3-1	¹ hecarim Zanzarah
Humanoid twisted fate ²	0-2-11	MID	0-2-2	³ orianna Nukeduck
Carzzy kaisa ¹	4-2-6	BOT	0-3-2	² samira Jeskla
Kaiser nautilus ³	3-0-8	SUP	2-4-0	¹ alistar promisq

*Patch 11.1 Notes: LEC Spring Week 1

**Spoiler-Free Schedule

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How's pantheon allowed to have +53% wr on three lanes?

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 10:22 AM PST

I really don't know why Pantheon isn't nerfed yet. He has more than 53% wr on top, mid and jungle and in master league, he has 60% wr on every lane that isnt bot. https://lolalytics.com/lol/pantheon/build/?lane=middle

He has been picked or banned every game on proplay.

I have a feeling that if panth was another champion, he would have been tuned down already. I know we meme a lot about riot balance team, but why are they allowing things like this, when they usually hotfix champions that are overpeforming a lot? Why we, the players, have to deal with this or with champions like kaisa having 53 wr with a massive 44% pr (61% 48% on master)?

I legit don't know.

I love league, but this season is being the most frustrating one to play for me.

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Competitive pro play: Thanks for bringing back the champions window

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 05:16 PM PST

I'm watching a lot of competitive League of different regions (LCS, LEC, LCK, LJL,...) and one think i really appreciate is that they brought the details of champions window back (the window on the left side above the sponsors).

While watching i often glance over to see, what skills the pro players level during a match, how much until the next level or just how much health they have. And whenever a Kindred or Senna is in the game, i can judge how strong they are based on their stacks.

I appreciate it even more, since it was a point of discussion last year, and many didnt like that it was blocked by either sponsors or just the logo (LCS for example) and they listened to our feedbacks.

TL;Dr: Champions window is back - me like!

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If you want a League of Legends name but it's been taken, you can use AltNames.co to find an alternative, it's made specifically for League so there are also name suggestions for every champion in the game, come and have a browse.

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 06:57 AM PST

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Perhaps the cheekiest B you will ever witness.

Posted: 23 Jan 2021 05:14 PM PST