Ahead of the 2020 Spring Split, Counter Logic Gaming acquired former world champion Lee "Crown" Min-ho. After a 1-7 start, Crown was benched for veteran Eugene "Pobelter" Park. "When [Pobelter] first joined, the team was kinda off the rails in a way," Stixxay said while laughing. "We forgot about a lot of the fundamentals and basics of the game cause we’d just been losing so mu

In addition, Supernova scepter upgrade no longer allows Phoenix to cast Sun Ray, whereas the level 20 Talent has changed from a +1.25 second Supernova Stun Duration to Sun Ray During Supernova. While no one enjoys seeing their favorite character nerfed, and there are many fans of Phoenix, these changes were necessary and simply take the hero from overpowered to within a far more acceptable range of po

As individual players, Misfits fields strong talent on their roster. But as a team, the lineup just hasn't gelled together how fans believe they could. Their macro play has been a point of inconsistency, with their players often on different pa

League of Legends had a major update in the past few years in terms of its Runes and Mastery Trees. Runes were originally a purchasable series of stat boosts that took ages to collect, but eventually, they were combined with the Mastery Trees to give unique abilities and stat boosts at no cost to the pla

Certain items have had their costs increase to reflect their strength and the broad utility that players gain from acquiring them early in the game. By upping their respective costs, players can skill benefit from each but will need to wait longer to afford each. The main price changes

This means that certain heroes who have a high base movement speed such as Keeper of the Light will benefit less from the use of these items compared to before because they are receiving a bonus that disregards their inherently high base speed. On the opposite end of things, heroes that are inherently slower in their base speed like Medusa will benefit slightly by becoming faster than when using percentage-based bonus items for movement speed. Players who do not pay attention to this change will certainly be in for a rude awakening as they slightly overextend with a hero that was slightly faster only last w

While slowing down releases of new champions, League of Legends has spent a ton of time reworking older characters to fit into the game better. Classic characters like Fiddlesticks and Volibear have had huge recent overhauls on their attacks and animations, and while they might play better now, it can be jarring for returning play

The young team finished last split in third place, and are well on their way to another great finish this summer. In the past two weeks, Mad Lions have had impressive victories against Fnatic, Origen and Rouge, the latter most earning them the exclusive first place spot in the standi

It’s no secret that Pokémon Unite is one of the least popular announcements in the history of the series. Its reveal has amassed tons of dislikes on YouTube over the game’s partnership with Tencent and the likelihood of microtransactions, but many fans were simply disappointed that the Pokémon Company announced this MOBA instead of a new mainline game, or even a new entry in the Pokémon Let’s Go ser

As usual, there is quite a bit to read in the 7.26a patch notes, and readers can click here for the full announcement. Jae-Yong best gadgets 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

In their game against Excel, after a team fight win in the mid lane, the team split up. Kobbe went to push the wave in the top lane, while Iván "Razork" Martín went for Rift Herald and the rest of the team stayed mid to take the to

Consistency is important in a game, and while these changes are small enough not to notice, it could be problematic for Pokémon Unite to have characters rebalanced or reworked way too fast early on. If the game wants to change its poorer qualities, it needs to start on a good foot so that major reworks aren't urg

Week 3 was a wild ride for fans and players of the League of Legends European Championship. Mad Lions and Rouge sit atop the standings, while Fnatic hovers below the playoff threshold in seventh place with a 3-4 rec

Leona's first active ability, Shield of Daybreak, has Leona use her shield to perform her next auto-attack. This next attack deals bonus magic damage to an enemy and stuns them for 1 second. This ability works best when it can be followed up with more crowd control from Leona's teammates. Essentially, Leona's Shield of Daybreak is meant to be the first ability used on an enemy that gives her teammates time and opportunity to land their abilities on the target as w

Teams picking Volibear have the ability to flex the champion top or jungle, which will always add strength to the pick through versatility. But Volibear has only gone top twice in the LEC, and it has a 1-1 record in the top lane. In the jungle, the recently reworked champion has gone 3-3 and has looked inconsistent at ti