SKT T1 K wins All-Stars 2014

In a complete victory with no losses SKT T1 K demolished every other finalist from each region to win All-Stars 2014 without a single loss. They won the Semifinals against Fnatic 2-0 and then proceeded to destroy OMG 3-0 in the Finals. Playing the minds of their opponents they demoralized and destroyed and now have the right to say they are the best as they not only have won Worlds 2013 but also All-Stars 2014.

New Mirror Mode

One for All is back and this time its really a One for All. This time all 10 players will vote for a champion and the most picked will be chosen to play. There is also a new addition that for 150 RP you will unlock all skins for every player on your team and receive a large IP boost for the match. Mirror Mode is coming, so look out for yourself.

Updating the Tribunal

Riot Stated that they will be changing the Tribunal and in the meantime a system that will heavily penalize players will be used. This means that Leavebuster and other bans will be taken care of harsher so be careful not to mess things up. The system will be up in a while as Riot is using all information gathered in the past years to change the Tribunal. Hopefully after everything is done we will find a system that will actually penalize players for what they are doing and create a more peaceful community. 

River Spirit Nami on the Waves

A brand new skin for Nami has been revealed on the PBE. It features Nami as a mythical river spirit, the skin has brand new animations for recall and new particles for her abilities. It is available for 975 RP for now but remember anything might change as it is just the testing environment.

The DragonSlayers Unite!

You can assemble a team of DragonSlayers with new skins. DragonSlayer Pantheon and Braum are now available as well as a new ward skin. Assemble your team with Vayne, Jarvan IV, Pantheon ,and Braum with the Rise of the DragonSlayers.

Summer Split Teams Announced!

The final dates for the summer split matches have been announced including all the teams participating. In Europe the teams participating are:

• Fnatic
• Alliance
• Copenhagen Wolves
• Supa Hot Crew
• Millenium
• Gambit Gaming
• Roccat
• SK Gaming

The North American Teams are as follows:

• LMQ
• Cloud 9
• Team Solo Mid
• Counter Logic Gaming
• Curse
• Evil Geniuses
• Complexity
• Dignitas

SKT T1 K Skins are Out!

Just as in the Season 2 World Championships, the Season 3 World Champions SKT T1 K are getting their own favorite champion themed skins. These skins represent the most impacting champions that the team had in the whole split. The Champions getting skins are:

• Zed
• Lee Sin
• Jax
• Vayne
• Zyra

There is also a complementary ward skin to commemorate their victory in the finals. There is also a bundle that includes all 5 Champions, all 5 Skins, and the ward skin going for 5358 RP lowering depending on what you already own. The skins themselves all cost 750 RP with the ward skins being 640 RP. They will be on sale until May 19 when they will go away to the vault. 

Riot has also announced that for the same period of time the TPA skins commemorating the Season 2 World Champions will return to the shop. They will cost the same and the bundle will cost the same. 

Patch 4.7 on the Horizon

The next patch is scheduled for this Wednesday May 7, 2014. It will bring the champion Braum, many balance changes including Feral Flare and Heal, and new skins. This will also have the All-Stars log in screen and some team ranked tweaks. The server will be down early on Wednesday so don't plan to play anything then.

All-Stars Challenge Teams Revealed

The All-Stars Challenge has been split into two teams; Fire and Ice. Both Teams have some of the best players in the world along with an extra "Hexakill" game mode member fore each team.

Team Fire

• Diamond-Gambit Gaming
• QTV-Saigon Jokers
• Shy-CJ Entus Frost
• Bjergsen-Team Solo Mid
• Weixiao-Team WE
• Toyz(Hexakill)-Taipei Assassins 

Team Ice

• Froggen-Alliance 
• Doublelift-Counter Logic Gaming
• Madlife-CJ Entus Frost
• CaoMei-Team WE
• Archie-Saigon Jokers
• Misaya(Hexakill)-Team WE

New Ranked Team Rewards for the 2014 Season

Riot is introducing a new reward system for ranked teams. This is a point system that grants 1 point for win on 3v3 teams and 3 points in 5v5 teams. Players that receive many points will get special end of season rewards. One of the revealed rewards is a ward skin that you unlock as you earn more wins. Start your own ranked team as this is already in the PBE and might come to live really soon.

New Faces in the North American LCS!

While Europe was quiet with no changes, North America changed drastically after least week's promotion tournament. In an amazing 3-0 victory LMQ defeats and kicks XDG out of the LCS. This new team, shows so much potential that they might even be up for a top 4 spot in the upcoming summer split. Complexity Black also eliminated Team Coast in a 3-1 victory gaining a spot in the North America LCS. The only team that remained from the previous split was Evil Geniuses who won a 3-1 victory over the Challenger Champions Cloud 9 Tempest. Be sure to toon in back May 9th for some All-Stars action.

New Skins Revealed!

Dragon Slayer Braum- At 975 RP this release skin for Braum features a new recall animation and brand new particles for all his abilities.

Dragon Slayer Pantheon- At 1350 RP this new skin for Pantheon features all new animations and particles for all his abilities and grants the first recall animation for Pantheon ever.

Blade Queen Lissandra- At 1350 RP this new skin for Lissandra features all new animations and new particles for her abilities as well as a new recall animation.

Night Hunter Rengar- There have been a few changes to Night Hunter Rengar but he will still be at 975 RP and will have new animations.




Atlantean Syndra- Same as with Rengar, Atlantean Syndra will cost 1350 RP and has been updated with better particles and looks.




Be sure to check back as these new skins and Braum will be up in the next patch update.

Braum Revealed!

The new support champion Braum has finally been revealed to the fields of justice. This new tanky melee support offers protection like no other to fragile marksmen. His passive stacks up to 4 times at while also dealing magic damage, after the first stack is applied allies attacks will apply further stacks. His Q ability is a huge AOE slow that is a skillshot, it also applies a stack of his passive to all enemies hit. His W grants him and a target allied champion a huge amount of armor and magic resist while also dashing towards them. His E ability grants a wall blocking the first projectile and decreasing damage by all other enemy attacks by 30%. His R ability is a ranged knock up that travels in a path, after it ends it creates a huge slowing field around the line it passed. Be sure to check back for more updates on this new support, have fun trying him out on the PBE for now!

New Champion revealed!

What seems to be a new champion has finally been confirmed by Riot. According to sources like Surrender at 20 people speculate that this new champion is named Braum and is a Support Champion. Be sure to check back for more updates as many things will be released and check back to LoL main site tomorrow for the Patch 4.6 details.

Cloud 9 Dominate Team Solo Mid in the Finals!

In a dominating victory Cloud 9 take the title as the best team in North America. Winning 3-0 in a best if 5 against TSM, Cloud 9 gain the right to go to All-Stars to represent North America. This leaved Bjergsen from Team Solo Mid and Doublelift from Counter Logic Gaming to play in the All-Stars Challenge. Losing 0 games against TSM this split, Cloud 9 continues dominating North America as the best team with their second title in a row.

FNATIC wins the EU Spring Split for the 3rd time in a row!

In a fierce battle against SK for the spot at All-Stars, FNATIC emerge victorious once again. Winning 3-1 in a best of 5 they claim the title of EU 2014 Spring Split Champions. This also means that Rekkles and xPeke are eliminated from the All-Stars challenge as they are already in the invitational leaving Diamond from Gambit Gaming and Froggen from Alliance as the two who are going to the Challenge. FNATIC show that they are and have been the best team in Europe in this dominating victory.

 

May Champ and Skin Sale List

Riot has given us the full Sale list for May so that we can save up for things we are interested in. This is a really nice change to the weekly sales as it lets people know ahead of time what they can or want to buy. If you wanted to buy Gladiator Draven, now you don't have to waste RP since you know he will be on sale in less than  month. Hope Riot keeps doing this as it grants players even more freedom on purchases.




For the full schedule check http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/store/sales/may-champion-and-skin-sale-schedule .

Super Galaxy Rumble has arrived in style!

A new superhero has come to Runeterra, Super Galaxy Rumble. This new skin showcases what a legendary skin is truly about, great effects and an even better execution. The best skin for Rumble right now and one of the best in League, this is a great pickup whether you are a Rumble fan or not.

The skin is priced at 1820 RP so its a bit costly but worth it nonetheless.

Void Fizz comes out to play!

It seems that the Void is finally extending its grip into Runeterra as even champions are now falling victims to it. The most recent victim is Fizz, with a corrupted trident and a new monster buddy he makes quick work of all who stand up against the Void. 

This brand new skin is available at 975 RP until April 14 at which it will go up in price to 1350 RP so get it fast.

Gragas, Rengar and Miss Fortune Changes in Patch 4.5

Riot has released the new update to League of Legends. In this patch major changes to champions, items, runes, and even summoner spells.

Rengar

• Overall he got some damage nerfs on his basic numbers with better Attack Damage scaling making it so he has to itemize to a specific role instead of just killing Marksmen with a full tank build. His Bola Strike is now a skillshot and his Bonetooth necklace no longer has attack damage but is a now a trinket item.

Gragas

• Gragas got the Kassadin treatment this patch making him less of a sniper with his barrels and more of a brawler. The changes are relatively weird though as everything scales with Ability Power but you need to be close to hit people. I think these changes will just reduce the pick rate of Gragas a lot and might take him out of competitive play especially in the Mid lane. His major change is that his W does damage now but it no longer grants mana, he just got straight up nerfed overall though. 

Heimerdinger

• As soon as he just got noticed in the LCS, they nerf his base early game damage. It seems that this yordle never gets a break. Hopefully Heimerdinger will still be viable as they buffed his Ability Power ratios to compensate. 

Miss Fortune

• The markswoman just got a huge buff and gameplay changes. The major changes were to her W as it now stacks with her ultimate now. If you get a well timed ultimate you will get all stacks and will be able to basically two hit the tank. I think this change is just what she needed to get back into competitive play and her lack of mobility is now easily rivaled with her large single and AOE damage. 

Item Changes:

• Blue Trinket- The range and duration has been extended, maybe people will finally pick this up at the end of the game with the same range now as Ashe's Hawkshot ability.
• Feral Flare- An evolution to wriggles lantern this new item will give a lot of power to heavy jungle clear champions that are waiting for the late game as its passive is basically an inferior version of Nasus's stacks dealing damage the more you farm it.
• Aether Wisp- This new item grants a better middle ground when building toward your Lich Bane or Twin Shadows.
• Forbidden Idol- Building into Talisman and Morellonomicon it grants cooldown reduction to help supports get CDR when building towards their talisman.

Boot Enhancements:

• Alacrity- Grants 20 extra movespeed now.
• Capitan- Cost reduced and aura now grants 10% movespeed to your team.
• Distortion- Grants extra effects for Ghost, Flash, and Teleport as well as reducing these Spells' cooldowns.
• Furor- Cost reduced.
• Homeguard- Cooldown for the effect to take place has been reduced but no longer instantly restores health.

Rune Changes mostly affected Lifesteal and Armor Runes as they 

wanted people to have more diversity.

The mastery Feast was buffed to compensate with the Lifesteal rune changes and every champion got 4 extra armor to their base armor. 

Summoner Spells:

• Exhaust- Less Attack speed reduction, more base damage reduction.
• Heal- Lower cooldown, and now grants movespeed.
• Ignite- Grants vision.
• Barrier- Particle changes.

Dragon got some changes but they weren't major like at the start of the Season.

Ultra Rapid Fire April Fools All-Stars Exhibition Showdown Madness!

There is always that one time of the year when Riot decides to deliver everything in one day. Happy April Fools everyone and welcome to the new League of Legends Update Special. For the next preseason RiTo is changing the major elements of LoL. No Mana costs, 80% CDR, and huge buffs all around are needed to make the LoL experience better. Did I mention this will also be in the LCS? Riot has brought a Truly, Truly, Truly, Truly, Truly, Outrageous new game mode with Ultra Rapid Fire. Show your gems and shine with all these insane features throughout this week and play what is the best game mode brought to LoL ever.

Back to reality now,

In the All-Stars side of things, the new rankings are as follow:

North America Rankings

1. Bjergsen
2. Doublelift
3. Meteos
4. WildTurtle
5. Dyrus

European Rankings

1. Rekkles
2. Diamond
3. xPeke
4. Froggen
5. Darien

Remember that only the top 2 players will move to the All-Stars Challenge.

In the LCS,

This week is super week meaning there will be more matches than normal, it is also the last week for the Spring split and the top spot from each region will go to the All-Stars Invitational.

Cloud 9 and TSM also showcased the new Ultra Rapid Fire mode in an exhibition match which was clearly won by C9.

Remember to Vote for your favorite players for All-Stars Good Luck!

Voting for All-Stars March 31

From now until April 12 you can cast your votes of your favorite LCS players for the All-Stars event. Every day you can vote for up to 3 pro-players to see if they are the fan favorite in North America. At the end of voting the top players from each region will be chosen to participate in 4 special Game modes against the best in the world. It is important to note that you can only vote for your region so if you live in NA you cant vote for players in EU. Be sure to vote every day so that your favorite players can move up the rankings and get to go to Paris, France May 8-11 to compete in the All-Stars Challenge.

As of March 31, 2013 the current leaders for each role are as follow:

North America

• Top Lane- Dyrus
• Jungle- Meteos
• Mid Lane- Bjergsen
• AD Carry- Doublelift
• Support- Xpecial

Europe

• Top Lane- Darien
• Jungle- Diamond
• Mid Lane- Froggen
• AD Carry- Rekkles
• Support- Edward

Patch 4.4 Rundown

The 4.4 Patch notes are out and many things have changed. First off Kassadin has been reworked (really just nerfed) with noticeable changes to his Q, W, and R abilities. Annie has gotten some ratios changed but the main focus is making her AP ratios better. Lich Bane has gotten its AP ratio lowered and to compensate the AP ratios of Ezreal, Diana, Fizz, and Twisted Fate have been raised. Elise has been nerfed but her Rappel's cooldown has been lowered. Hiemerdinger got a visual update and some minor changes to his turrets. Kog'Maw's Q is now a skill shot and both his W and Tristana's Q now cost no mana. Nautilus's shield has been buffed a bit and Sivir got mana costs raised. Thresh and Skarner got some minor utility changes. Vi has gotten some ratios changed for her abilities. Finally, Teleport now only has a 200 second cooldown when used on an ally turret. Be sure to visit http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/patch-44-notes for the full notes.

The Heimerdinger Visual Update is here!

The Dinger rework is finally out on the Rift. Riot has changed his animations and even given him brand new voice acting. To celebrate this, they are releasing a bundle with all of Heimerdinger's skins. The Bundle includes:

• Alien Invader Heimerdinger
• Blast Zone Heimerdinger
• Piltover Customs Heimerdinger
• Snowmerdinger

This bundle is 25% off at a price of 3810 RP, remember the bundle will change in price according to items already owned. Be sure to pick up this great bundle and try out the new Heimer, have fun in the Rift.

The Hero of a Fallen City.......

What looks to be a brand new Rumble skin has been released by Riot and it looks really interesting. In a comic book style reveal, this resembles the last Ultimate skin released a few months ago, Spirit Guard Udyr. On a side note could this be a hint of a Rumble rework? Many fans are speculating this so stay tuned.

Changes to Kassadin upcoming

The Kassadin nerfs have finally arrived and they have hurt him quite a lot. First off, his Q ability is no longer a silence, instead it just cancels channeled abilities. This ability also grants a shield now to compensate for the lack of the silence. The W ability only activates for one auto attack now and with the Lich bane nerfs that are also arriving, it is severely hurt overall. The E is not changed at all but did get some cool new particle changes and the R has received a status bar that shows how much mana you will consume for it. Finally, the passive now grants movement through units instead of the attack speed buff though the magic resist part has been unchanged. This change will finally make Kassadin playable in ranged and equal to other viable mid laners in the current meta. Have fun playing Kassadin again since its the first time you have in the past 2 years.

The 2014 All-Stars coming to Paris!

This year's all-stars event will be hosted in Paris, France from May 8 to May 11. It will feature two events, the invitational and challenge. The invitational will consist of the winners of the regionals competing for a shot at the $50,000 winner-take-all prize. The challenge will consist of the top pro players getting together and representing their region. People will be voting for the players selected and other aspects such as held game modes. The voting for pro players starts March 30 so choose your favorite pro-player.

Warwick Rework Upcoming!

According to Riot there are many champion reworks coming in 2014. The ones that we already know are coming are Sion, Warwick, Karthus, Taric, and Poppy. Riot recently stated information on the Warwick rework. They said that his W ability will be completely scrapped as an attack speed steroid for the team is unheard of in the current meta and this will be getting a major change. His ultimate (R) will also get a change; riot stated that it will be like a skillshot that if you hit someone the animation will start and if you didn't you would return to the original position. Lets see how the rework turns out in the end.