Red Post Roundup #9: Why Sylas and Varus Got Pulled
Riot pulled Sylas and Varus out of Patch 26.20 before it shipped, and explained the rest of the Worlds patch champion by champion: longer sleeps for Lillia, crit for Smolder, and nerfs for Ashe and...
View ArticleARAM Mayhem Augment Changes in Patch 26.21: Every Augment Leaving and Arriving
Patch 26.21 lands on October 21 and takes 14 augments out of ARAM Mayhem. Dropkick, DropBear, High Roller and Fan the Hammer are all on the list. Riot showed five new ones on October 5. The 26.21 PBE...
View ArticleLosing Your Lane in LoL: How to Get Back Into the Game
A losing lane is information, and most players ignore all of it. Getting back into the game comes down to what to build, when to recall, how to use the wave, and the one habit worth more than the other...
View ArticleLoL Terms Explained: The Ten Words That Change How You Play
Ten words your team uses as though everybody agreed on them, explained properly: tempo, peel, kiting, poke, split push, scaling, engage, wave management, vision and CS. The full A to Z lives in our...
View ArticleLoL Pings Guide: Every Ping, What It Says and Who Sees It
Two ping families, one of which nobody learns, a summoner spell call almost no player makes, and a budget tied to your Honor level. Learn what every ping does and which ones are worth pressing.League...
View ArticleFunny Arena Duos in LoL: Pairs That Still Finish Top Four
Arena only asks you to finish in the top four of eight duos. That leaves a lot of room for pairs that make the whole lobby laugh.These are the funniest Arena duos we know that still place. Some lean on...
View ArticleRiot Delays Private Replays to 26.21 After Creator Backlash
Riot has pushed private replays back to Patch 26.21. The 26.20 notes said you'd only be able to watch replays of your own games from now on, Midbeast and Vandiril both put out videos about it the next...
View ArticleTrue Damage Know My Name Skins: All 5 on PBE, With 3D Models
Five True Damage Know My Name skins reached the PBE on Tuesday, October 6, for Akali, Ekko, Qiyana, Senna and Yasuo.Ekko's is a Prestige and Yasuo's is the Worlds 2026 skin. All five are already up in...
View ArticleWhy League of Legends Solo Queue Is SO Tilting
Playing solo queue has never been purely "for fun". In fact, it's so anti-fun that Riot's own design team has coined the term "healthy frustration" as a main component of how they design the game's...
View ArticleLoL Terms Explained: The Ten Words That Change How You Play
Ten words your team uses as though everybody agreed on them, explained properly: tempo, peel, kiting, poke, split push, scaling, engage, wave management, vision and CS. The full A to Z lives in our...
View ArticleAP Twitch Build: Items, Runes and When to Go AP
The rat with the crossbow, holding a Deathcap instead of an Infinity Edge.AP Twitch keeps coming back because his poison was always half a mage's kit. Every stack of venom scales with ability power,...
View ArticleLoL Pings Guide: Every Ping, What It Says and Who Sees It
Two ping families, one of which nobody learns, a summoner spell call almost no player makes, and a budget tied to your Honor level. Learn what every ping does and which ones are worth pressing.League...
View ArticleWeird Pick #171: Top Lane Ahri
Top lane is the only lane where being ranged is a cheat code, and the most popular mid laner in the game somehow keeps forgetting she's allowed to go there.Nobody bans Ahri because of what she does to...
View ArticlePatch 26.20 Tier List Predictions: Our Day One Forecast
League of Legends Solo Queue Tier Lists for Patch 26.20:Worlds runs on 26.20, so most of these notes were written for pro play, and almost none of them reach our God Tier. The one exception is a buff:...
View ArticleLoL 26.20 Patch Notes: Every Champion and Item Change
Patch 26.20 is the Worlds patch, so this is the build the pros will play on for the biggest month of the year. Riot trims a few tournament staples (Ambessa and K'Sante both lose a little) and props up...
View ArticleSnowdown Showdown: The History of League's Winter Event
Snowdown has run every December since 2009, back when skins were genuinely gone forever and the shop sold eggnog potions. Here's the whole history, including the duel mode that gave the event its...
View ArticleTop Team Comps #141: Walls Optional (Talon & Zoe)
Summoner's Rift is built out of walls, and this team treats all of them as suggestions. Five champions who arrive from the one direction nobody warded.Top Team CompsWalls OptionalTalon · Kayn · Zoe ·...
View ArticleLoL Trinkets Guide: Swaps, Cooldowns and the Level 9 Upgrade
Trinkets are free, they don't use an item slot, and swapping one hands the new trinket your old cooldown. Level 9 opens up the rest.League of Legends GuideTrinketsThe Free SlotThe trinket slot is...
View ArticleFormerly OP #17: Old Yorick
You didn't get killed by old Yorick. You got outlasted, and then buried.For five seasons, the worst top lane in League was the one you couldn't leave.Formerly OPOld YorickSeason 1 to Season 6 · Ended...
View ArticleLoL Death Recap Guide: How to Read the Death Screen
The panel that opens by default hides the answer, three colors carry the whole message, and the name at the top of the list usually isn't the one that killed you.League of Legends GuideThe Death...
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