Conrad Laporte

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

With the season just halfway through, it can be argued that all five Cloud9 members are worthy of winning the Spring Split MVP. Each of them are dominating in their own way, but perhaps none are more deserving than Zven. Playing excellent both mechanically and mentally, Zven along with his support Vulcan have dominated the bot lane this season, and week 5 was no different. Zven played an excellent Varus against CLG, who Cloud9 unsurprisingly beat. What was surprising, however, was Cloud9's choice of bot lane in their second game against Immortals. Zven actually played "support" Senna, while Vulcan went Tahm Kench, acting as the "carry." This is a strategy similar to what Dignitas Academy employed in their matchup against Golden Guardians Academy, where AD carry Fenix went Senna and support Olleh went Galio. Fenix "supported" Olleh as he farmed with Ga

Despite the team's seemingly never-ending inconsistencies, the Dignitas bot lane has been a glimmer of hope for fans of the franchise. Johnsun, the young AD carry acquired in the Vulcan deal, has impressed North American spectators. Born in Canada, Johnsun has proven himself valuable in a region where young, native talent is a rare commod

Aphromoo spoke about how he and his teammates are adjusting to all the new faces. "I know most of the guys, so I don’t think there’s too much adjusting going on. I think right now we just had tryouts for about a week so far to see who’s going to be playing on the LCS main roster and who’s gonna be playing on Academy. So, we’re still figuring that o

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

Ssumday continued to be one of the most impactful players this past weekend, being the first in the LCS this split to use Lucian in the top lane. While playing against Golden Guardians on the versatile marksman, Ssumday outperformed his top lane opponent Hauntzer, who was playing Gangplank, by out farming him by 25 CS (creep score) at the 15-minute mark. In terms of XP (experience points), every one of Ssumday's teammates was losing to their respective opponents at the 15-minute mark while Ssumday himself led Hauntzer by an impressive 912 XP. The South Korea native utilized this early game advantage to carry his team to an impressive victory over the Golden Guardi

SK Gaming finished as the second-worst team in the League of Legends strategy of Legends European Championship this past spring. After winning just four out of their eighteen total games, SK announced some major roster shakeups that they hope will help propel them back into competition among Europe's fin

An unusual set of skins but still pretty cool. Taric Luminshield, Twitch Shadowfoot, and Talon Blackwood feature unique aspects that don't bundle them together as any particular skin line successor. Taric Luminshield, by the name, features light colors like gold, bright yellow, and silver. While Twitch and Talon go the other way with purple, silver, green, and gold tones. Each skin will cost 1350

With the addition of Huni, Evil Geniuses look to bolster their already strong lineup. However, due to Riot Games' import restrictions, Huni might not play for EG's LCS roster in 2020. In order to play Huni, Evil Genuises would have to replace Bang with Academy bot laner Matthew "Deftly" Chen. It's more plausible that fans will see Huni play for EG's Academy team, and as long as Huni plays at least 50% of the games this summer, he'll be eligible to declare as a North American citizen for the 2021 Spring Split, and thus be able to play for EG without breaking any import restricti

Flyquest has outperformed all exceptions this split, in large part due to their 22 year old German mid laner. Along with having the coolest name in the LCS, PowerOfEvil has led his team to four victories in a row. During week 5 he flexed his expansive champion pool, playing Orianna against Golden Guardians and Corki against Counter Logic Gaming, both firsts for him this split. PowerOfEvil was also the first player in the world to win a game as Corki this year. Immortals' Eika and DAMWON Gaming's ShowMaker in Korea were the only other players to use Corki, both losing their games on t he daring bombardier . As Flyquest looks to finish out the season strong, they will lean on PowerOfEvil to be a dominant force in the mid l

The lone player that team retained on their starting roster was Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon, who signed a massive contract extension with Dignitas for $2.3 million . Just one split after signing the deal, Huni and Dignitas parted ways and the top laner left to join Evil Geniu