MSI 2022: RNG makes light work of Evil Geniuses to be the first grand finalist

The LPL champions sent the LCS representatives packing in a clean sweep. Game one was the perfect example. But aside from that, the multi-LPL Split champions managed to rack up 22 kills. Both teams were keen to skirmish, trading kills from the get-go. The only difference was replacing Rakan with Braum. But when game three began, RNG proved why its line-up was crucial in their previous victory. RNG took a strong lead in the early game and only built their momentum from there....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Ricardo Li

MSI 2022: Royal Never Give Up make it three MSI titles after defeating T1

Royal Never Give Up brings T1 to the distance to take them out after five games. The Chinese giants are now the first team in League of Legends history to claim three MSI titles. This puts the LPL champions as the first team in the world to claim three MSI titles.

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 51 words · Vanessa Ford

MSI 2022: Royal Never Give Up to replay all matches due to ping disparity

The disparity in latency was only discovered by Riot after day 3s matches. This means the latency issue only affected teams playing from Busan - and RNG wasnt one of them. RNG has been playing remotely from China due to the team also taking part in the 2022 Asian Games. The replacement games will be slotted into the schedule starting tomorrow. Well have to wait and see if the team ends up sweeping its replacement matches again, however....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 78 words · Tiffany Smith

MSI 2022: Rumble Stage's final matches put Royal Never Give Up and T1 on top

MSI 2022s Rumble Stageis over! Heres a quick recap: First up, Evil Geniuses versus G2 Esports. T1s match against RNG was fairly straightforward. T1 showed great map awareness here, picking up kills without leaving objectives vulnerable. And so, the Rumble Stage ends. While SGB performed well in the Group Stage, they will not advance along with PSG. EG will go ahead to the Knockout Stage, with a chance to redeem the underdogs eventually....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 80 words · Lisa Hayes

MSI 2022: The underdogs score shocking wins on Day 4 of the Rumble Stage

Heres a recap of todays matches: PSG Talon versus G2 Esports was the first match of the day. Almost immediately after, PSG and G2 fought over a Baron with G2 ending up on the losing side. PSG eventually got the win they sorely needed. T1 and EG faced off next. They took this lead right into T1s base and earned a remarkable win. Saigon Buffalo went up against Royal Never Give Up next....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 298 words · Katherine Hill

MSI 2023: Bilibili Gaming eliminates G2 Esports from competition

Image: LoL Esports G2 Esports has been eliminated from MSI 2023. Kicking off the second week of MSI 2023s Bracket Stage was a matchup between Bilibili Gaming and G2 Esports. G2 Esports Lower Bracket loss has resulted in the team being eliminated from MSI 2023. The second match went down much the same as the first, only slower. BLG did have three more objectives and three more dragons however, giving them an edge....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 152 words · Mary Krause

MSI 2023: Bilibili Gaming sweeps clean 3-0 win against Cloud9

The penultimate match of this weeks MSI 2023 Bracket Stage sawCloud9go up againstBilibili Gaming. This was something of a repeat outcome for anyone who followedMAD Lions brutal loss against T1 yesterday. Despite playing the midgame well, C9 just couldnt match up to BLG in skirmishes and ultimately got outplayed. Another day, another clean sweep. Tomorrow, well seeJD Gaminggo up againstGolden Guardians.

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 61 words · Tyler Roberts

MSI 2023: G2 Esports make light work of LOUD and move on to the next round

They defeated LOUD in a series that many saw could go either way. This win now puts G2 one more series away from qualifying for a spot in the playoff bracket. LOUD soon gets another kill with a three-man gank onto G2’s top lane. However, he would eventually get taken out by Moon"Route" Geom-su. Both midlaners would outplay one another before Croc comes to TinOwns' rescue to steal the kill....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 236 words · Samantha Blair

MSI 2023: PSG Talon sweeps DetonatioN FocusMe to send them to the lower bracket

Image credit: LoL Esports PSG Talon is one step closer to qualifying for the next round. PSG Talon will be waiting on the winners between G2 Esports and LOUD, which will be happening tomorrow. PSG also took out the mountain drake along with all three of DFM’s outer turrets during that time. PSG soon stepped too close to DFM, which gave Steal the opening to shut down Junjia. With the numbers advantage, DFM took their chance to claim their first outer turret in the midlane....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Stephen Benson II

MSI 2024: One player from each team to look out for (Part 1)

One player from each team to look out for at the Mid-Season Invitational 2024. They are the first LCK team to do so and will be looking to secure its first-ever international trophy. And at the helm of Gen.G’s reign is its midlaner, Jeong Chovy Ji-hoon. Chovy walked away with two individual awards the Regular Season MVP as well as the Player of the Split. He was also part of the All-LCK First Team along with three other teammates....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 109 words · Pamela Pearson

MSI 2024: One player from each team to look out for (Part 2)

One player from each team to look out for at the Mid-Season Invitational 2024. And just a few days ago, we spoke of one player from each team to look out for. The second part of the list will be focused on teams from the Western region. This includes major regions like the LEC and the LCS as well as the CBLOL and the LLA. Since then, MSI has been mostly dominated by the LPL and the LCK....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 267 words · Rachel Jenkins

MSS to stand in for Evil Geniuses for the remaining Winter Tour matches

Former Quincy Crew player, Arif “MSS” Anwar will temporarily assume the offlane position at Evil Geniuses. Unfortunately, he got to play only four series in NA, from which two were losses. Evil Geniuses were definitely one of the teams that surprised the most in the post TI10 shuffle. Two wins and two losses puts them in fourth place, tied with 4 Zoomers.

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 62 words · Terry Monroe

Muerta enters Dota 2 along with patch 7.32e and a new mini-game; patch 7.33 to arrive in April

But at least there is a new hero, Muerta, to go with it. The full set of changes can be foundhere. We will take a look at what changes from the Dead Reckoning update are worth exploring in more detail. So what do we know about Muerta? Two other heroes being hit by the nerf hammer in Dota 2 patch 7.32e are Razor and Riki. In case of Razor, Forked lightening now has a 1 second cooldown....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Sandra Craig