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FPX stomp OMG in Crisp’s return, climb to second place in 2021 LPL Summer Split

FunPlus Phoenix picked up a dominant 2-0 series win over Oh My God today in Crisp’s return to the starting roster in the seventh week of the 2021 LPL Summer Split. The MVP votes for today’s series went to the carries of FPX, Doinb and Lwx. FPX’s mid laner dominated the first match with a ludicrous Sylas performance. Doinb picked up back-to-back triple kills in the mid game and rolled over his opponents, finishing the match deathless with a KDA of 9/0/6. Lwx secured his MVP vote after picking Vayne

SofM leads Suning to a dominant victory over LNG Esports in seventh week of 2021 LPL Summer Split

Suning bounced back after an upset last week by Rogue Warriors, taking down LNG Esports in a dominant 2-1 series in the 2021 LPL Summer Split. Going into this League of Legends series, it was unclear who would come out on top since both teams looked dominant recently. Even though LNG lost a couple of series after a strong start of the split, they still look like one of the best teams LPL has to offer. Suning on the other hand had a weak start but has ramped up their

Skull and Bones Exceptionally Troubled But Won’t Be Cancelled, Report Says

[embedded content] Skull & Bones, Ubisoft’s PVP/PVE pirate-y Black Flag kinda-spinoff, is in trouble. A new report from Kotaku, which claims to have background info on the game from former and current developers who’ve worked on it, spills some more details on just how bad things have gotten behind the scenes for the game. It appears that no one really knows what this game is or what it should be. Allegedly, Skull & Bones’ development stalls every time the developers try and figure out what the game should be. At

Riot to introduce repeatable mission worth 600 progress points for League’s Sentinels of Light event

Riot Games is set to update the League of Legends Sentinels of Light event by adding a repeatable mission worth 600 progress points following criticism from the community over the past few days. This mission simply requires players to play a PvP game, which can be done on Summoner’s Rift, ARAM, Ultimate Spellbook, or in TFT. This bonus mission will go live in a few days alongside all the other week three content, according to Riot 84Slashes. This should help players quickly unlock new regions to go through the story

Coven skins for Ashe, Evelynn, Ahri, Malphite, Warwick, Cassiopeia revealed for League of Legends

Six League of Legends champions are receiving skins in the Coven skin line. Ashe, Evelynn, Ahri, Cassiopeia, Warwick, and Malphite will all be getting new Coven skins in the near future. The six skins will be added to the game’s PBE servers within the coming days.  The six new additions to the Coven skin line will join Camille, LeBlanc, Morgana, Zyra, and Lissandra, who have each already received skins for the line in the past. Warwick and Malphite make for interesting additions to the Coven skin line since they’ll be

Team WE overpower LGD Gaming, secure third win in a row in 2021 LPL Summer Split

Team WE beat LGD Gaming in convincing fashion in a 2-0 series, securing their third win in a row in the 2021 LPL Summer Split. Team WE looked much better in today’s series, both individually and as a team. Every member was able to win their lane, before transitioning to the mid-game with a good gold and item lead. The MVP votes for today’s series were picked up by top laner Breathe and jungler beishang. Both players showed up, with the top laner having a dominant game on Akali in

EA Says Skate 4 Won’t Be At EA Play Live, But It Is Still Coming

[embedded content] Electronic Arts has stated that the upcoming Skate game won’t be making an appearance in its upcoming EA Play Live event. This is a bit of a letdown as nothing much has been seen of the game since it was revealed last year, and even then we didn’t see anything. EA, however, has also assured users that the game is still being worked on, and proved it by playing some behind the scenes footage. EA and the Skate developers revealed this news over the weekend via a post

How to play Akshan, League of Legends’ newest champion

Akshan, the Rogue Sentinel, is League of Legends’ newest champion. The third champ released in 2021 provides an interesting take on the marksman class. Instead of being designed with primary use in the bottom lane made in mind, Akshan was built for success in the solo lanes due to the way his kit is more ability focused and how his attack speed scales. Akshan’s play patterns align with a mobile skirmisher who can use the map to his advantage thanks to his grappling hook. If you’re searching for another unorthodox

Evil Geniuses top laner Impact breaks all-time LCS early-game gold record in win over Dignitas

Evil Geniuses top laner Impact made LCS history yesterday when he set the all-time record for gold difference at 15 minutes ([email protected]) during a week seven win over Dignitas.  Just 15 minutes into the game, Impact had mounted a gold lead of 4,121 over Dignitas top laner FakeGod. EG as a whole were up by nearly 10,000 gold at that point in the game, while Impact had a scoreline of 4/0/6 at that moment in time—participating in 10 of EG’s 12 kills in the first 15 minutes.  Thanks to immense

How to play Tahm Kench in the mid lane like Golden Guardians’ Ablazeolive

During this weekend’s LCS match between Dignitas and Golden Guardians, a surprise Tahm Kench pick found its way into the draft. While most League of Legends fans expected the champion to go into the top lane, Ablazeolive took him in the mid lane against Yusui’s Akali. Golden Guardians won the game and Ablazeolive produced a 6/1/7 scoreline with his mid Kench. This was the first mid-lane Tahm Kench pick after his recent rework where Riot put his most impactful ability, Devour, as his ultimate and gave him a new basic