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What League patch is Worlds 2021 being played on?

The 2021 League of Legends World Championship is finally here and after a full year of meta shifts and changes to the game’s immense roster of champions, the final competitive patch of the season will play host to the year’s most important tournament. This year, the League World Championship will be played on Patch 11.19.  Ahead of this season’s iteration of Worlds, Riot Games implemented several “Worlds patches” prior to the tournament to properly assess the game’s competitive meta and make the proper adjustments where necessary. League Patch 11.18 served

Riot set to buff 15 champions, including Gwen, Akali, and more, in League Patch 11.19

The League of Legends Patch 11.19 preview is here. And frankly, it’s the most important patch of the 2021 League season. Patch 11.19 is the update on which this year’s World Championship will be played, according to the League gameplay development team. With that in mind, many of the changes coming to League in Patch 11.19 are centered around the competitive side of the game. With five crucial champions receiving nerfs and 15 others getting buffs, Patch 11.19 is scheduled to be one of the most game-shaking updates League has

Valorant Champions Tour Stage 3: Masters Berlin Primer

ValorantFrom Sept. 10 to Sept. 19, 15 qualified teams will compete for the Masters Berlin trophy and a direct invitation to Valorant Champions. / Photo courtesy of Riot GamesThe third and final Masters event of the 2021 Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) is set to unfold at the Verti Music Hall in Berlin, where 15 of the 16 teams who qualified via Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs will compete for VCT Points, the trophy and a direct invitation to the end-of-year Champions tournament.Over the course of 10 days, Masters Berlin will consist

Riot plans to buff Qiyana, Talon, and others in the jungle in League Patch 11.18 preview

Another international League of Legends tournament is on the way, and as is tradition, Riot is doing everything it can to shake up the game’s jungle meta. Just as League’s developers did ahead of this year’s Mid-Season Invitational, the game’s balance team is making an effort to buff certain champions’ jungling capabilities—especially those who haven’t seen much playing time in the professional scene at the jungle position.  In today’s extended preview of League Patch 11.18, head game designer Jeevun Sidhu broke down everything coming to League’s jungle position ahead of

Riot reveals plans to buff 23 champions in League Patch 11.18 preview

Riot Games is releasing one of its biggest League of Legends patches of the year thus far. As the 2021 League season comes to a close and the game’s competitive World Championship gets closer, Riot is making a conscious effort to balance out as many champions on the game’s roster as possible. In Patch 11.18, 32 champions in total are receiving changes, with 23 set to receive buffs. Jeeven Sidhu, Lead Game Designer for League of Legends, said on Twitter today that Patch 11.18 is “effectively part 1 of our

Ranking every dungeon in WoW: TBC Classic

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Classic introduced 16 new dungeons to the game. Some dungeons will be experienced during the game’s leveling process, while others won’t be able to be completed until well into the endgame. Still, each dungeon is worth running through at least once to get the full TBC experience.  With so many dungeons to survey, there’s definitely some that stood the test of time since the original release of TBC 14 years ago. Others, though, have completely fallen off a cliff and are still just as

The best Retribution Paladin talents and build in WoW: Shadowlands

Retribution Paladin stands out as one the most straightforward DPS classes in all of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. With very few abilities to keep track of, and just a handful of strong cooldowns to maintain, the class serves as a suitable primer for the melee DPS role. As an added bonus, Retribution Paladins are quite strong in Shadowlands, and make for a welcome addition to any raid group or Mythic+ dungeon.  Here are the best talents and builds needed to get the most out of the Retribution Paladin specialization in

40 Best Apple TV Games To Play In 2021

Apple TV first debuted in 2007 as a digital media player. Of course, over the years the devices continued to get improved and released for more consumers to pick up. Here we could get access to several different applications for media content, but did you know that the Apple TV can even play some video game titles too? Now don’t go into this expecting games that are going to compete against the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X. These are more simple games that are usually found in the likes

The Fighting Game Community Vs COVID-19: A New Underdog Story

Top GamesA pre-pandemic photo from Combo Breaker 2019, showing the size, diversity, and community of the FGC. | Photo from Combo BreakerSimply put, 2020 was a rough year for just about everyone. Numerous industries, interests, and careers were put on hiatus with their futures in danger amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Industries such as food, cinema, and live events were drastically hit and a fully packed restaurant, movie theatre, or music festival seems like a distant memory just over a year later. The afflictions of COVID-19 on esports were similar to

Celebrating VALORANT Esports’ anniversary with a recap of its changes

One year ago today, April 7, VALORANT beta keys became available for people to earn through streamer drops. The VALORANT anniversary comes in the wake of the game’s tournament circuit, as it has evolved in terms of its esports community. Released with only 10 agents and three maps, players took to the dystopian mercenary crew and grew the community to the size it is today. Since VALORANT’s closed beta launch, the game has gone through multiple patches, agent introductions and esports events. Beta tournaments VALORANT hit the ground running in