7.2.12
IEM World Championship Hannover Groups Announced!
Exactly one month away from the start of the IEM World Championship at Hannover, the groups for our favorite League of Legends teams have been announced. This best of the best tournament will feature 12 of the world's top League of Legends teams competing in a grueling best of 3 Group stage, with the top 3 teams in both groups advancing on to the playoff stage (the first place teams from each group receive a bye to the semis). Without further adieu, here are the groups for Hannover:
Group A
CLG (USA)
Fnatic (Europe)
World Elite (China)
Dignitas (USA)
Millenium (France)
iG (China)
Group B
Team SoloMid (USA)
SK Gaming (Europe)
Moscow 5 (Russia)
Sypher (France)
Curse (USA)
eHome (China)
Both groups set up for some amazing best-of-3 series, particularly the second group with new rivals TSM and M5 guaranteed to vie for the top spot of Group B. For more information on IEM Hannover, follow the link here . The World Championships are a month away, who does RoG see advancing out of the groups and then eventually winning it all in Germany?
Group A
CLG (USA)
Fnatic (Europe)
World Elite (China)
Dignitas (USA)
Millenium (France)
iG (China)
Group B
Team SoloMid (USA)
SK Gaming (Europe)
Moscow 5 (Russia)
Sypher (France)
Curse (USA)
eHome (China)
Both groups set up for some amazing best-of-3 series, particularly the second group with new rivals TSM and M5 guaranteed to vie for the top spot of Group B. For more information on IEM Hannover, follow the link here . The World Championships are a month away, who does RoG see advancing out of the groups and then eventually winning it all in Germany?
Solo Queue Tier List *Viktor Part 2*
*Tier 1 - Vayne, Nidalee, Morgana, Ahri, Riven, Skarner, Shaco, Tryndamere, Gangplank, Ryze, Udyr, Rumble, Rammus, Casseopia, Karthus, Lee Sin, Kennen, Kassadin, Graves, Xerath, Akali, Soraka, Yorick, Sion,
*Tier 2 - Nocturne, Cho'Gath, Singed, Wukong, Tristana, Pantheon, Kog’Maw, Annie, Irelia, Maokai, Jarvan IV, Brand, Ashe, Vlad, Caitlyn, Gragas, Twisted Fate, Shen, Nasus, Amumu, Malzahar, Sivir, Renekton, Sona,
* Tier 3 - Veigar, Orianna, Miss Fortune, Lux, Ezreal, Mordekaiser, Teemo, Janna, Leblanc, Trundle,Talon, Taric, Alistar, Urgot, Corki, Jax, Zilean, Warwick, Fizz, Galio, Anivia
* Tier 4 – Mundo, Leona, Kayle, Blitzcrank, Volibear, Master Yi, Malphite, Fiddlesticks, Olaf, Swain, Nunu, Xin Zhao, Garen, Poppy, Shyvana, Viktor
* Tier 5 – Katarina, Twitch, Karma, Heimerdinger, Eve
Ahri moved up in tier 1 -
Riven moved up to tier 1 -
Singed moved up in tier 2 -
Rumble moved up to tier 1 -
Sona moved up to tier 2 -
Xin Zhao moved down to tier 4 -
Fiddlesticks moved down to tier 4 -
Fizz moved down to tier 3 -
Pantheon moved up in tier 2 -
Shyvana moved down to tier 4 -
Veigar moved up to tier 3 -
Viktor has been placed into tier 4!
*Tier 2 - Nocturne, Cho'Gath, Singed, Wukong, Tristana, Pantheon, Kog’Maw, Annie, Irelia, Maokai, Jarvan IV, Brand, Ashe, Vlad, Caitlyn, Gragas, Twisted Fate, Shen, Nasus, Amumu, Malzahar, Sivir, Renekton, Sona,
* Tier 3 - Veigar, Orianna, Miss Fortune, Lux, Ezreal, Mordekaiser, Teemo, Janna, Leblanc, Trundle,Talon, Taric, Alistar, Urgot, Corki, Jax, Zilean, Warwick, Fizz, Galio, Anivia
* Tier 4 – Mundo, Leona, Kayle, Blitzcrank, Volibear, Master Yi, Malphite, Fiddlesticks, Olaf, Swain, Nunu, Xin Zhao, Garen, Poppy, Shyvana, Viktor
* Tier 5 – Katarina, Twitch, Karma, Heimerdinger, Eve
Ahri moved up in tier 1 -
Riven moved up to tier 1 -
Singed moved up in tier 2 -
Rumble moved up to tier 1 -
Sona moved up to tier 2 -
Xin Zhao moved down to tier 4 -
Fiddlesticks moved down to tier 4 -
Fizz moved down to tier 3 -
Pantheon moved up in tier 2 -
Shyvana moved down to tier 4 -
Veigar moved up to tier 3 -
Viktor has been placed into tier 4!
5.10.11
IvyLoL Beta Season!
Hey guys, here is another update regarding IvyLoL, the best collegiate League of Legends play that can be found anywhere! For those of you who have not heard of IvyLoL before, it is a recently created LoL league specially for college students. Teams are formed by several players at a school in order to compete against teams from other schools in a variety of ways, including scrimmages, league play and tournaments. A pre-season tournament was just wrapped up a few days ago that pitted over 90 teams against eachother Swiss style, meaning that all teams played 6 best of 1 matches, and the sixteen teams with the best overall records were then seeded into a bracket-style best of 3 tournament. A team from the University of California - Irvine ended up coming out on top, with them and the rest of the top 8 teams winning some fantastic prizes courtesy of Riot. A replay of the final match, casted by Tnomad and Doublelift, can be found here.
However, that was just a precursor to the big event coming up this week: the IvyLoL Beta Season! In this inaugural collegiate LoL season, teams will have one game each week, including a classic Summoner's Rift game and a Dominion game on the Crystal Scar. A feature that I find especially awesome is the fact that each school can have more than one team, making it so that no one gets left out of the action and everyone gets an equal chance to play some real competitive League of Legends. Teams will be arranged into divisions based on geography, and approximately 80% of a team's game will be played within the division. The teams in each division that finish with the best records will then participate in a big tournament at the end of the season to determine who the IvyLoL Beta-Season champion is, which will bring in some nice prizes like the past two IvyLoL tournaments. Full details of the Beta Season can be found here.
So if you are a college student looking to be a part of some competitive League of Legends action, go sign up at ivylol.com right now! The deadline is Sunday October 9th!
EDIT: If you are looking for other players from your school and they aren't responding to you in-game, try going to the IvyLoL Recruitment Thread on reddit here.
22.9.11
Solo Queue Tier List updated
*Tier 1 - Morgana, Karthus, Lee Sin, Brand, Akali, Kassadin,, Caitlyn, Kennen, Nocturne, Garen, Fiddlesticks, Annie, Irelia, Casseopia, Renekton, Cho'Gath, Ashe, Vayne, Gangplank, Vlad, Malzahar, Rumble, Singed, Pantheon,Soraka,Twisted Fate, Amumu, Nidalee
* Tier 2 - Orianna, Tristana, Teemo, Taric, Alistar, Udyr, Urgot, Tryndamere, Kog’Maw, Talon, Corki, Ryze, Jax, Nasus,Xin Zhao, Mordekaiser, Shaco, Maokai, Rammus, Sion, Lux, Zilean, Gragas, Warwick, Trundle, Galio, Miss Fortune, Janna, Ezreal, Anivia, Mundo
* Tier 3 – Leblanc, Kayle, Blitzcrank,Jarvan IV, Master Yi, Malphite, Yorick, Wukong, Olaf, Swain, Nunu, Sona, Poppy, Shen
* Tier 4 – Sivir, Riven, Veigar, Leona, Katarina, Skarner, Twitch, Karma, Heimerdinger,Eve
Tier 1 - These champions are at the top of this list for a lot of reasons. The biggest reason being you can actually carry a team with them. In League of Legends its very hard to be a “true” carry as this game if very team oriented. If you’ve ever played a 4v5 you’ll know what I am talking about as it’s literally impossible to win. So I find these champions in Tier 1 lane VERY well in terms of being able to kill creeps well, harassing the enemy champion, and survivability. For the junglers in tier 1 it’s because they control the jungle well, and do it safely. Also gank well and if get fed can actually carry games themselves. All these champions have great early games for the most part and just continuously get stronger as the game goes on. These are the pub stomp kings of the game in my eyes currently.
Tier 2 - These champions like tier 1 champions are great laners, and are great to have on your team in Solo Queue. They just don’t carry as hard as other champions in tier 1 I find. Their early game laning power can be almost equal to the strength of tier 1 champions but I find the tier 2 champions to be slightly weaker than these tier 1 champions in terms of how hard you can carry a solo queue game with them. They are still the creme of the crop in Solo Queue and shouldn’t be underestimated.
Tier 3 - These champions I find to be great 3rd, 4th, or 5th picks on a team. They are 100% viable but these champions generally aren’t as strong in lane as tier 1 and tier 2 champions and often take the Duo lane as they aren’t as strong as solo’s. A few of them in this tier can stand toe to toe to a lot of tier 1 and 2 champions in a Solo lane but I find they just aren’t sought after as “great” Solo Queue solo laners. These champs are all 100% viable in solo queue. I just find them to be slightly weaker than tier 2 champions in Solo Queue.
Tier 4 - Now tier 4 is a tricky tier I find. These champs are all 100% viable for Solo Queue. If someone says they play a great X champion in tier 4 than you can let them solo or play that champion. These champions are simply tier 4 because they require a lot more farm I find than other champions to reach that “carry status” in Solo Queue. These champions are usually played by people who love these champions for their design and play style so usually people who play these champions I find aren’t bad players at all so letting them play these champions sometime is a good choice. These champions problem isn’t poor laning or really anything other than they require a lot more effort to be good at and a lot more skill to do well on is all. They’re all fun champions and I suggest you give them a whirl and try them out!
Change Log
Orianna moved down to tier 2 -
Gangplank moved down in tier 1 -
Udyr moved down to tier 2 -
Alistar moved down to tier 2 -
Corki moved down to tier 2-
Soraka moved down in tier 1 -
Karthus moved up in tier 1 -
Mordekaiser moved down to tier 2 -
Warwick moved down to tier 2 -
Jarvan moved down to tier 3 -
Yorick moved down to tier 3 -
Kassadin moved up to tier 1 -
Lee Sin moved up to tier 1 -
Caitlyn moved up to tier 1 -
Swain moved down to tier 3 -
Kennen moved up to tier 1 -
Garen moved up to tier 1 -
Morgana moved up to tier 1 -
Rammus moved up to tier 2 -
Tryndamere moved up to tier 2 -
Nasus moved up to tier 2 -
Pantheon moved up to tier 1 -
Galio moved up to tier 2 -
Kayle moved up to tier 3 -
Nidalee moved down in tier 1 -
Leblanc moved down to tier 3 -
"NEW CHAMPS ADDED!"
Riven - Placed into tier 4
Talon - Placed into tier 2
Skarner - Placed into tier 4
* Tier 2 - Orianna, Tristana, Teemo, Taric, Alistar, Udyr, Urgot, Tryndamere, Kog’Maw, Talon, Corki, Ryze, Jax, Nasus,Xin Zhao, Mordekaiser, Shaco, Maokai, Rammus, Sion, Lux, Zilean, Gragas, Warwick, Trundle, Galio, Miss Fortune, Janna, Ezreal, Anivia, Mundo
* Tier 3 – Leblanc, Kayle, Blitzcrank,Jarvan IV, Master Yi, Malphite, Yorick, Wukong, Olaf, Swain, Nunu, Sona, Poppy, Shen
* Tier 4 – Sivir, Riven, Veigar, Leona, Katarina, Skarner, Twitch, Karma, Heimerdinger,Eve
Tier 1 - These champions are at the top of this list for a lot of reasons. The biggest reason being you can actually carry a team with them. In League of Legends its very hard to be a “true” carry as this game if very team oriented. If you’ve ever played a 4v5 you’ll know what I am talking about as it’s literally impossible to win. So I find these champions in Tier 1 lane VERY well in terms of being able to kill creeps well, harassing the enemy champion, and survivability. For the junglers in tier 1 it’s because they control the jungle well, and do it safely. Also gank well and if get fed can actually carry games themselves. All these champions have great early games for the most part and just continuously get stronger as the game goes on. These are the pub stomp kings of the game in my eyes currently.
Tier 2 - These champions like tier 1 champions are great laners, and are great to have on your team in Solo Queue. They just don’t carry as hard as other champions in tier 1 I find. Their early game laning power can be almost equal to the strength of tier 1 champions but I find the tier 2 champions to be slightly weaker than these tier 1 champions in terms of how hard you can carry a solo queue game with them. They are still the creme of the crop in Solo Queue and shouldn’t be underestimated.
Tier 3 - These champions I find to be great 3rd, 4th, or 5th picks on a team. They are 100% viable but these champions generally aren’t as strong in lane as tier 1 and tier 2 champions and often take the Duo lane as they aren’t as strong as solo’s. A few of them in this tier can stand toe to toe to a lot of tier 1 and 2 champions in a Solo lane but I find they just aren’t sought after as “great” Solo Queue solo laners. These champs are all 100% viable in solo queue. I just find them to be slightly weaker than tier 2 champions in Solo Queue.
Tier 4 - Now tier 4 is a tricky tier I find. These champs are all 100% viable for Solo Queue. If someone says they play a great X champion in tier 4 than you can let them solo or play that champion. These champions are simply tier 4 because they require a lot more farm I find than other champions to reach that “carry status” in Solo Queue. These champions are usually played by people who love these champions for their design and play style so usually people who play these champions I find aren’t bad players at all so letting them play these champions sometime is a good choice. These champions problem isn’t poor laning or really anything other than they require a lot more effort to be good at and a lot more skill to do well on is all. They’re all fun champions and I suggest you give them a whirl and try them out!
Change Log
Orianna moved down to tier 2 -
Gangplank moved down in tier 1 -
Udyr moved down to tier 2 -
Alistar moved down to tier 2 -
Corki moved down to tier 2-
Soraka moved down in tier 1 -
Karthus moved up in tier 1 -
Mordekaiser moved down to tier 2 -
Warwick moved down to tier 2 -
Jarvan moved down to tier 3 -
Yorick moved down to tier 3 -
Kassadin moved up to tier 1 -
Lee Sin moved up to tier 1 -
Caitlyn moved up to tier 1 -
Swain moved down to tier 3 -
Kennen moved up to tier 1 -
Garen moved up to tier 1 -
Morgana moved up to tier 1 -
Rammus moved up to tier 2 -
Tryndamere moved up to tier 2 -
Nasus moved up to tier 2 -
Pantheon moved up to tier 1 -
Galio moved up to tier 2 -
Kayle moved up to tier 3 -
Nidalee moved down in tier 1 -
Leblanc moved down to tier 3 -
"NEW CHAMPS ADDED!"
Riven - Placed into tier 4
Talon - Placed into tier 2
Skarner - Placed into tier 4
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