The first former World Champion on the list, Ruler comes into the tournament as the best AD Carry in the world, and there’s very little debate. In a meta so dependent on dragon control, the importance of bot lane priority can not be understated. Ruler leads all AD Carries at the tournament with a 13 CS differential at 15 minutes. Finding flaws in his game is near impossible as he is virtually the perfect AD Ca
Of all the Ultimate skins, Elementalist Lux is still the most extravagant, but it also happens to be the skin most worthy of its price tag because it is essentially ten skins in one. How the skin works is quite simple; every time Lux lands a spell, a meter increases, and once it gets full the player can choose one of four elements and Lux then assumes that element, which she can later combine with another element. Each variation comes with its own spell effe
Top Esports looks like the best team in the world, and their jungler is a big reason as to why. Many remember him as being a part of the notorious "Korean Killers" with Flash Wolves, and Karsa hopes to continue his tradition of beating Koreans during Worlds 2
The most complex champion on this list, Aphelios at a ban rate between 15% and 48% depending on rank. This champion is fairly locked in as a bottom-lane ranged assassin, but his unique ability to change weapons gives him everything from range, to crowd control, to even turret damage to hold his lane position. He's a common pick for pro-play
Yasuo has everything Yi has, but with a slightly higher ban-rate of 42.49%. While he isn’t fast enough to prevent targeting, his wind-barrier ability can make it impossible to land a ranged ultimate on him. It's also tremendously helpful in team fights and can completely negate enemy ultimates someti
At around 30%, Blitzcrank fits similarly to Leona, but with a much more unique and atypical style of crowd control. While Leona marches into the enemy, Blitzcrank’s pull and uppercut combo can immediately pull enemies into a team fight, and if he hits the right target, the fight could be over in an inst
Speaking of Death Prophet, players may be frustrated to hear that the character has received another round of nerfs following changes only recently. Apart from his starting speed reduced from 315 to 310, Exorcism now provides a movement speed bonus of 16/18/20%, down from 20% at all times, and the mana cost at all levels is now 50 more than before. The character will likely continue to see play, but mostly by diehard fans, and we hope this is the last round of nerfs the character is subjected to rece
With a ~20% ban rate on OP.GG, pro-players have inspired many amateurs to start experimenting with the characters they take through the jungle. Fans have seen jungle Karthus in the most recent Summer Split, as well as casuals bombing as Twitch going 0
So far, there does not seem to be much of a change in which items players prioritize in game, however the price difference has meant that matches see a longer delay before they can be purchased, or they are forgone entirely in favor of saving up for another, more expensive item a little earlier. Overall, the price changes seem healthy as before it was too simple to stock up on key items too quic
As usual, there is quite a bit to read in the 7.26a patch notes, and readers can click here for the full announcement. Best of luck to everyone and keep an eye out for players who may be overextending themselves with these new changes, as they likely have not read the notes and are ripe for a quick kill until they figure it
He's one of the most storied players in League of Legends, as well as the face of the Fnatic franchise. Although Rekkles and his teammates inarguably had an up and down year, the European titans did end up making it to both the spring and summer finals, even if they wound up getting swept both times by G2. Rekkles is a proven commodity. He's demonstrated the ability to pop off at any moment, with the talent to completely turn the tides of a game. Rekkles will go into Worlds 2020 geared up and ready, as he always d
Patch 7.26a has now been live in Dota 2 for a few days and we can finally discuss how the most recent changes are affecting players in both casual and competitive games. Some the changes were expected by the community in general relating to other changes from a previous patch, and it is best to consider some of these changes as an overall effort to slow down early-game level ga
Once again, if we view the overall theme of 7.26 as an effort by Valve to slow down gameplay, many of the changes to heroes make perfect sense. For starters, Alchemist has seen Greedevil’s Greed cap reduced from 20/24/28/32 to 18/22/26/30, and the base gold bonus reduced from 4 to 3. This means that Alchemist is far less effective at farming in the new patch, but still in line with most other heroes of the same t
In League of Legends _ , Summoner's Rift is all about growing your individual champion through laning or jungling. However, Nexus Blitz is all about coordinating with your team in constant team-fights and fun mini-games. Riot Games, the studio behind _League of Legends , are no strangers to shaking up the classic
MOBA game tier list formula. Besides the classic Summoner's Rift game mode, Riot has also introduced All Random All Mid and Team Fight Tact