Maryanne Fortner

There used to be a time when nobody in Europe knew what a "G2" was. Or maybe they did, but they thought it was just something you drank during a workout. In late August of 2015, the European League of Legends Championship Series was barely three years old and Fnatic was fresh off their second consecutive title, winning a whopping five out of the league's first six. Meanwhile, an organization called Gamers2, owned by Carlos "Ocelote" Rodriguez Santiago, had been battling their way through the EU Challenger Series for the two years prior, trying to earn themselves a spot to compete in the European Just focus on clearing the jungle. The only time you’re really attacking opponents is if you’re level eight-ish or there’s an opportunity you can handle in your weaker state. The faster you clear the stronger and more useful you bec Following the ban, Tyler 1 started producing video content in which he mocked LOL and highlighted his personality. This is when his popularity quickly grew, drawing fans from around the world. Eventually, because of the large number of people that supported him and after an analysis of Riot Games, www.Leagueoflegendsportal.com his ban was lifted. Nowadays, Tyler 1 streams constantly and is widely considered to be the funniest LOL streamer. He is also often invited to League eve Ssumday also had a solid game during 100 Thieves' first game of the week against TSM, but couldn't manage to get the win alongside his struggling teammates. During week 5, Ssumday led all top laners in KDA (kill/death/assist ratio) with 6, while also managing to get a whopping 3 solo kills, cementing himself as one of the week's best players. Currently sitting in 6th place at 4-6, 100 Thieves will continue to count on Ssumday to be their driving force for the remaining half of the sea 2017 was more of the same for G2, winning both the spring and summer splits, marking the organization's third and fourth consecutive titles, cementing them as a European dynasty. However, it wasn't all smooth sailing for the juggernauts. Following Zven and Mithy leaving Europe to play in North America for Team SoloMid, and the exits of Trick and Expect, G2 was left with a roster consisting solely of their superstar Perkz. The team built around their mid laner, signing Martin "Wunder" Nordahl Hansen, Marcin "Jankos" Jankowski, Kim "Wadid" Bae-in and Petter "Hjarnan" Freyschuss for the 2018 sea Varus seemed to be the only champion to be a perma-ban for every team in the Mid-Season Cup. The few times he slipped through the banning phase, he'd be immediately first picked by the blue team, making the red team who didn't ban him regret Tyler Steinkamp (known as Tyler 1) is a full-time streamer that never played League of Legends as a professional. He became popular after receiving an ID ban from Riot Games for toxicity. Fortunately, he was not banned from Twitch, like Del In the west, G2 Esports and Cloud9 look like two of the strongest teams to ever play in their respective regions. G2 just recently lost to FunPlus Phoenix in the 2019 World finals while a North American team has never made it out of the semi-finals. With the lack of international competition, the chaos caused by COVID-19, and the Asian teams just looking weaker than usual, this could be the west's chance to finally secure themselves a ti Tahm Kench is the tanky frog that’s getting people’s attention in League Of Legends . First introduced as the terrifying River King many years ago, he’s proven to be rather powerful in recent seasons as a top lane solo tank or a handy dedicated support anywhere on the The 2020 Mid Season Cup was no different, with Gen.G being the lone LCK team to make it out of the group stage. Many pegged T1, who recently won the 2020 LCK Spring Split, as the favorites to win the tournament. Despite getting off to early leads in their games thanks to some nutty plays from Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, T1 looked near-clueless at times, losing their advantages and allowing their opponents to come back and Flash is great for escape in the beginning and excellent for dropping in on fights with your ultimate. Boots of Mobility are better for supporting and Sorcerer’s Shoes are better for team fighting, so take your pick. In the beginning lean on Reap to do your poking then lean into Terrifying and Crowstorm ultimate to mess up foes in team fights in the late-g G2's 2018 spring was inconsistent at best, but they managed to finish the split in 2nd place, behind Fnatic. Despite finishing outside of the top spot for the first time ever, G2 managed to make the Spring finals where they'd play Fnatic to defend their title, and try for their fifth straight champions The recent addition of Yu "JackeyLove" Wen-Bo seems to have unlocked something in this team. The upcoming Summer Split will be JackeyLove's first full split with Top Esports, and fans can expect the young bot laner to be one of the main contributors as they compete in the