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Okay, here we go. This will be rather long, but I think I've come to a conclusion on the new champion with all these hints we've been fed lately. Fi...

Excellent thread talking about the possible next champion

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World Championship Repeat Contenders

     With the conclusion of the NA LCS, Dyrus, Reginald, TheOddone, Xspecial from TSM and Yellowstar from Fnatic will be the only players to make it to the season championship all three times

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     Easiest way to climb solo-que is to spam the overpowered champions every patch. Valkrin expertly breaks down which champions are strongest on patch 3.10

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How to sum up Coast verse CLG

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     Saintvicious does the League Community a great service by always giving his opinion on patch notes and breaking down how he views the game will change post patch

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One of my favorite series to watch lately has been the Riot Games Korean Lol Summer lessons which gives gives you a chance to learn from the Korean Pro's

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League of Legends European MVP List, Week Seven

      The MVP's List is just a simple list of who has accrued the most MVP points in NA or EU in lieu of not having a per game MVP system like OGN. Essentially, whoever had the most impact on a game gets fifty points in their name. 

- Gotta love that the only position that has not changed a player is mid

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Won't be long till we see madlife pull this off. 

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Damn it EG!

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League of Legends European LCS 2013 Week Seven Day One

Ninjas in Pyjamas verse Evil Geniuses

NIP Bans: Jayce, Elise and Nunu

EG Bans: Shen, Evelynn and Lissandra

NIP Picks: Twisted Fate (Bjergsen) , Aatarox (Malunoo), Caitlyn (Freeze), Ryze (Mimer) and Nami (Deficio) 

EG Picks: Malphite (Wickd), Thresh (Krepo), Twitch (Yellowpete), Xin Zhao (Shackler) and Kassadin (Froggen) 

NIP Strategy: A heavily aggressive team composition coming out of NIP with the debut of Aatarox in the jungle. Crazy close fights throughout the game as NIP and EG skirmish consistently with members limping away from fights. The new guy Mimer is looking good as he is getting absolutely huge on Ryze. Bjergsen for some reason, blow his Twisted Fate ultimate to teleport bottom giving a free Baron to Evil Geniuses. 

EG Strategy: EG seems to be sticking to older team compositions with only the change of Shackler on an early game champion to snowball the other lanes. Evil Geniuses are looking damn impressive with their new line-up, even Yellowpete is more aggressive now. EG actually gets caught in the late game resulting in them losing the game. 

Victory: NIP outmaneuvers EG to victory with a 12-12 score 56 minutes into the game. 

MVP: When Edward says Freeze was a beast he wasn't joking as he seriously demolish EG on Caitlyn 

Gambit Gaming verse Fnatic

GMB Bans: Twisted Fate, Kassadin and Elise

FNC Bans: Zed, Udyr and Thresh

GMB Picks: Sona (Voidle), Karma (Diamondprox), Ashe (Genja), Evelynn (Darien) and Kayle (Alex Ich)

FNC Pick: Shen (Yellowstar), Varus (Puszu), Blitzcrank (Soaz), Aatarox (Cyanide) and Lissandra (Xpeke)

WTF?: This game is absolutely crazy, you want me to break down strategy? It's freaking Karma jungle with Sona flashing in to get a double kill. I am betting on a new record for kills by the twenty minute mark. This game is absolutely bloodthirsty, summoners do not matter, everyone is going for kills, everyone is laughing in the background. 

Victory: Fnatic wins this crazy ass game 29-8 just shy of 31 minutes

MVP: Soaz because why the hell not? He played Blitzcrank support and flashed grab every time it was up

Meet Your Makers verse Team Alternate

MYM Bans: Lissandra, Fiddlesticks and Shen 

ATN Bans: Twisted Fate, Thresh and Elise

MYM Picks: Lee Sin (Mokatte), Nami (Libik), Corki (Makler), Fizz (Czaru) and Karthus (Kubon)

ATN Picks: Varus (Whiteknight), Vi (Arenaea), Ahri (Forellenlord), Blitzcrank (Jree) and Kha'Zix (Kerp)

MYM Strategy: A super-risky strategy from Meet Your Makers with Karthus going top lane. Teams have learned to counter their teleport strategy and this game is no different. 

ATN Strategy: Team Alternate is reminding me of the team that Creaton played on. I really liked the Vi pick on Arenaea who did a really good job setting up kills but Kerp on Kha'Zix was a total beast. 

Victory: Team Alternate absolutely dominates Meet Your Makers for an easy win going 26-8 with 31 minutes on the scoreboard

MVP: Kerp for his godlike play on Kha'Zix

SK Gaming verse Lemondogs

SK Bans: Kassadin, Lissandra and Nunu

LD Bans: Vayne, Shen and Elise

SK Picks: Twisted Fate (Ocelote), Ezreal (Candypanda), Nami (Nyph), Zac (hyrqBot) and Jayce (Kev1n)

LD Picks: Thresh (Mithy), Jarvan IV (Dexter), Ryze (ZoroZero), Caitlyn (Tabzz) and Zed (Nukeduck)

SK Strategy:  SK is focusing on picking and catching their enemy opponents which does not work out for them. 

LD Strategy: Lemondogs love to run these teamfight orientated team compositions. 

Victory: A really close game but Lemondogs take it 13-10, 32 minutes into Summoner's Rift

MVP: ZoreZero for once in his life does not get camped and he carries as Ryze. 

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How to sum up Curse verse Velocity

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League of Legends North American LCS Week Seven, Day Two

Counter Logic Gaming verse Dignitas

CLG Bans: Lee Sin, Sona and Zed

DIG Bans: Shen, Twisted Fate and Elise 

CLG Picks: Zac (Nien), Thresh (Nien), Orianna (Link), Vayne (Doublelift) and Jarvan IV (Bigfatlp)

DIG Picks: Lulu (Patoy), Nunu (Crumbz), Master Yi,(Scarra) Ezreal (Imaqtpie) and Kha'Zix (KiwiKid)

CLG Strategy: Very strong teamfight line-up coming out of CLG. Doublelift after a disappointing performance on Vayne is looking for redemption against Dignitas. CLG is going for their classic protect the Doublelift strategy which is working perfectly as Dignitas's assassination comp is all but useless. Doublelift is in top form as his Vayne mechanics are shining throughout the game 

DIG Strategy: The all in reset team coming from Dignitas, probably an attempt to stomp CLG before they can enter late game. DIgnitas has to win hard early but twenty two minutes into the game they are 0-7 all but condemning them to a loss. 

Victory: CLG hoodstomps Dignitas to a 13-2 victory at 29 minutes 

MVP: Doublelift for his delayed, but finally impressive performance on Vayne

Curse verse Velocity E-Sports

CRS Bans: Karthus, Twisted Fate and Shen

VES Bans: Elise, Jayce and Tryndamere

CRS Picks: Jarvan IV (Saintvicious), Twitch (Cop), Orianna (Nyjacky), Zac (Voyboy) and Nami (Edward)

VES Picks: Rumble (Vileroze), Thresh (Evaniskus), Lee Sin (Nk Inc), Varus (Maplestreet) and Ahri (Ecco)

CRS Strategy: Everybody loves a good Wombo Como and Curse loves to run these wacky combinations. The insane amount of AOE potential from a Zac, Orianna, Twitch and Jarvan ultimate is just insane. Curse bullies Velocity throughout the game dominating Velocity with their AOE ultimates. 

VES Strategy: Velocity is aiming for early game aggression based on roaming and picks. The team manages to match Curse par for par at the beginning of the game but they are no match for Curse's teamfight. Velocity gets wombo combo'd again and again during the game resulting in loss after loss. 

Victory: Curse wombo combo's there way to victory rocking a 21-9 score with 34 minutes on the scoreboard

MVP: Cop looking manly as fuck on his Twitch lately as he lays the pressure against Velocity. 

The Solo-Mid verse Cloud Nine

TSM Bans: Rumble, Twisted Fate and Jayce

C9 Bans: Caitlyn, Shen and Karthus

TSM Picks: Elise (TheOddone), Thresh (Xspecial), Renekton (Dyrus) Twitch (WildTurtle) and Orianna (Reginald) 

C9 Picks: Ryze (Hai), Zed (Balls), Zyra (Lemonation), Ashe (Sneaky) and Zac (Meteos)

TSM Strategy: TSM has some decent pick potential and some decent teamfight potential. They focused a lot of their power into dueling potential which will allow TSM to push towers alongside Cloud Nine. TSM is actually giving Cloud Nine a run for their money with some smart teamfights. However, the late game scaling and co-ordination of Cloud Nine is too much for them to handle. 

C9 Strategy: Cloud Nine is allowed to run the same composition again and again. The sheer amount of control that Zyra and Ashe can put down in the bottom lane often allows their hyper carries to achieve late game status. The great part about this composition, is how amazing they are at Dragon fights which results in almost a clean ace for Cloud Nine.

Victory: Cloud Nine hammers their advantages to a victory with a 24-12 score demoing the nexus at 32 minutes

MVP: Lemonation for locking up TSM and preventing them from getting an advantage in any team fight 

Curse verse Dignitas

CRS Bans: Sona, Zed and Ryze

DIG Bans: Jarvan IV, Zac and Elise

CRS Picks: Shen (Voyboy), Thresh (Edward), Twitch (Cop), Orianna and Xin Zhao 

Dig Picks: Fiddlesticks (Patoy), Lee Sin (Crumbz), Aatarox (KiwiKid), Ezreal (Imaqtpie) and Kassadin (Scarra) 

CRS Strategy: Curse is falling back on the same comp they ran earlier with the addition of Voyboy on Shen. Saint will have to snowball Xin Zhao early to win the game. Curse look disorganized as they lose games to Dignitas again and again. 

DIG Strategy: Dignitas is running an extremely risky comp. Proper planning and good strategy pays off for them as they win multiple teamfights. 

Victory: Dignitas pressures Curse into a bad play winning them the game 17-6 only 36 minutes into the game

MVP: Imatpie for dominating on Ezreal 

Velocity E-Sports verse Coast

VES Bans: Zed, Riven and Jayce

CST Bans: Twisted Fate, Shen and Rumble

VES Picks: Elise (Nk Inc), Nami (Evaniskus), Orianna (Ecco), Twitch(Maplestreet) and Renekton (Vileroze)

CST Picks: Thresh (Daydreamin), Ahri (Shiptur), Jarvan IV (NintendudeX), Gragas (ZionSpartan) and Vayne (DontMashMe)

Velocity Strategy: Velocity will focus on pick on picks and AOE teamfight. They end up losing the game due to Coast snowballing on them

Coast Strategy: Coast decides to run an AOE wombo combo comp that curshes Veloctiy.

Victory: Coast easily defeats Velocity  20-4 with 27 minutes on the scoreboard. 

MVP:  Daydreamin for his godly hooks on Thresh

Vulcun verse Counter Logic Gaming

VUL Bans:  Tristana, Vayne and Zac

CLG Bans: Ashe, Twisted Fate and Lee Sin

VUL Picks: Shen (Sycho Sid), Nunu (XSmithie), Twitch (Zuna), Orianna (ManCloud) and Zyra (Bloodwater)

Vulcun Strategy: Vulcun attempts to run a comp that focus on single target and area of effect. Although they do well in the early game they cannot seem to defeat CLG in the late game

CLG Strategy: CLG goes for multiple threats on their team which takes the pressure off of Doublelift to carry. 

CLG Picks: Elise (Bigfatlp), Thresh (Chauster), Malphite (Nien), Ezrea (Doublelift)l and Ahri (Link)

Victory: A nice comeback win by CLG going 23-16 at 47 minutes

MVP:  The second Ezreal MVP goes to Doublelift for his amazing plays throughout the game

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League of Legends North America LCS Week Seven, Day One

Velocity E-Sports verse Cloud Nine

VES Bans: Zed, Jayce and Elise

C9 Bans: Lee Sin, Shen and Kayle

VES Picks: Twisted Fate (Ecco), Jarvan IV (Nk Inc), Zyra (Evaniskus), Varus (Maplestreet) and Renekton (Vileroze)

C9 Picks: Rumble (Balls), Kennen (Hai), Thresh (Lemonation), Ashe (Sneaky) and Zac (Meteos)

VES Strategy: Velocity must like their team composition because it takes away Zyra from Lemonation while still playing into their natural early game aggression. The story of Velocity is their inability to close out games and despite a huge lead at the start of the game they end up throwing the game away. 

C9 Strategy: Cloud Nine has emphasized champions that focus on tri-pushing and objective control. It is typical for Cloud Nine to win their game in the first fifteen minutes but they seem to be struggling against Velocity in the early game. Masterfully team coordination by Cloud Nine allows them to take the lead and dominate velocity

Victory: Cloud Nine comes from behind to win a 19-5 win at the 26 minute mark

 MVP: Balls for some game changing Rumble ultimates showing why he loves the champion

Dignitas verse The Solo-Mid

DIG Bans: Thresh, Karthus and Shen

TSM Bans: Lee Sin, Master Yi and Elise

DIG Picks: Sona (Patoy), Nocturne (Crumbz), Graves (Scara), Aatarox (KiwiKId) and Kassadin (Scarra) 

TSM Picks: Twisted Fate (Reginald), Jayce (Dyrus), Lulu (Xspecial), Caitlyn (Wildturtle) and Nasus (TheOddone)

DIG Strategy: A little bit of innovation from Dignitas shinning through this match. The first display of Aatarox in the North American LCS while the continued picking of Kassadin for Scarra. The early game of Dignitas takes a huge hit as Dig's lanes are losing across the board, which is a nightmare considering their team composition. Although Dignitas were even in kills they were several thousand gold behind throughout the game. 

TSM Strategy: TSM is running a good teamfight composition with excellent late game scaling on Nasus, Twisted Fate and Jayce. Some really good communication from TSM throughout the match as the veteran team out maneuvers Dignitas again and again. 

Victory: TSM steadfastly destroys the nexus at 17-15 at the 41 minute mark.

MVP: Reginald for some pretty good plays exerting pressure across the map with his Twisted Fate. You could also tell that he was yelling plays throughout the game no doubt leading to their tactical win.

Coast verse Vulcun

CST Bans: Sona, Ryze and Jayce

VUL Bans: Riven, Tryndamere and Zed

CST Picks: Ezreal (DontMashMe), Elise (ZionSpartan), Ahri (Shiptur), Lee Sin (NintendudeX) and Thresh (Daydreamin)

VUL Picks: Shen (Sycho Sid), Twisted Fate (ManCloud), Nunu (Xsmithie), Zyra (Bloodwater) and Ashe (Zuna)

CST Strategy: The problem with Coast's team composition is the fact that they have no late game scaling. They will need to outplay Coast hard and end the game early. Although Coast is playing well in the beginning of the game they are not playing well enough to secure themselves passage into late game. Coast plays exceptionally well throughout the game but they cannot get past the fact that they lost an inhibitor against an all global comp, losing them the game. 

VUL Strategy: ZionSpartan gets heavily banned at the start of the game as all three bans were focused directly at him. Vulcun has the advantage of two globals with Twisted Fate and Shen which will create immense pressure throughout the map. At the end of the game it was Vulcun's superior global team composition that won them the game due to consistent backdooring by MandatoryCloud. 

Victory: After a tense game Vulcun pulls through to win 25-14 around the 46 minute mark 

MVP: Xsmithie for snowballing his team with the Yeti Rider. 

Counter Logic Gaming verse Curse

CLG Bans: Jayce, Nunu and Thresh

CRS Bans: Karthus, Twisted Fate and Elise

CLG Picks: Shen (Nien), Lulu (Chauster), Vayne (Doublelift), Gragas (Link) and Nocturne (Bigfatlp)

CRS Picks: Nami (Edward), Jarvan IV (Saintvicious), Orianna (Nyjacky), Twitch (Cop) and Zac (Voyboy)

CLG Strategy: Almost everyone on CLG is on their signature champion, Vayne on Doublelift, Lulu on Chauster and Bigfat on Nocturne. CLG has their eyes on the late game where Doublelift can shine on Vayne, Curse will have to prevent the all star from getting huge. After, a rough couple of fights CLG initiates backdooring strategy to attempt to win the game. A terrible engage on a Baron costs Curse the game. 

CRS Strategy: An interesting team composition coming out of Curse focusing on huge area of affect teamfights. Curse has a line up for a dragon fight and they managed to stomp CLG near the pit going 3-0 giving them a nice lead ten minutes into the game. Curse is looking good throughout the game as they had shown some good teamfights at dragon. The pressure that Curse puts on the map leaves CLG desperate for an answer resulting in a steadfast Curse victory. 

Victory: Curse comes rolling through to victory destroying the nexus at 37 minutes with 15-2 on the scoreboard

MVP: Edward's bootcamp is making Cop looking good as he overshadows Doublelift on Vayne with his Twitch play

TSM verse Vulcun 

TSM Bans: Sona, Shen and Twisted Fate

Vulcun Bans: Jayce, Karthus and Caitlyn 

TSM Picks: Elise (TheOddOne), Zed (Reginald), Rumble (Dyrus), Twitch (Wildturtle) and Lulu (Xspecial)

Vulcun Picks: Thresh (Bloodwater), Nasus (Xsmithie), Zac (Sycho Sid), Ashe (Zuna) and Ahri (ManCloud)

TSM Strategy: TSM is ruining a classic composition of theirs with everyone on their favorite champion. TSM is planning on taking the nexus early but they also have amazing teamfight capabilities as well as split-pushing potential. 

Vulcun Strategy: Vulcun has been taking some inspiration from C9 with the pickup of Ashe. The problem with the Vulcun line up is that they do not bring alot of damage to the table in comparison with TSM. 

Victory: TSM looking good as they take the nexus 18-15 at the 41 minute mark. 

MVP: Dyrus for focusing on consistent play and being a beacon of hope for TSM on Rumble

 Cloud Nine verse Coast

C9 Bans: Riven, Nami and Shen 

CST Bans: Rumble, Jayce and Twisted Fate

C9 Picks: Elise (Balls), Kennen (Hai), Thresh (Lemonation), Vayne (Sneaky) and Nasus (Meteos)

CST Picks: Zac (Nintendudex), Zed (Shiptur), Sona(Daydreamin), Ezreal (DontMashMe) and Renekton (Zionspartan) 

C9 Strategy: No surprises on Cloud Nine, they seek to dominate the tempo of the game and they already secure themselves the win pre fifteen minutes into the game. 

CST Strategy: Coast attempts to take away C9's picks to give them an advantage during teamfights. However, they have no answer for the split-pushing of C9 and promptly lose the game. 

Victory: Business as usual for C9 as they mop up Coast 16-6 at the 31 minute mark

MVP: Hai for taking care of business on Kennen

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Founder- Genja (Blue Ashe)

   Biography- While not as flashy as Diamondprox or Alex Ich, Genja forms the backbone that keeps Gambit Gaming together. Focusing on excellent positioning instead of aggression, Genja is often the last man alive dealing damage throughout the fight. His champion of choice is Ashe who he used solely to carry to Diamond elo at the beginning of Season One. The way he builds Ashe is a combination of the popular Blue Ezreal build while using Ashe's natural slow instead of Iceborn Gaunlet's slow. Genja is often seen as the mastermind behind Gambit Gaming and his Blue Ashe build proves his innovation and ingenuity. 

Founder Champion- Blue Ashe

Founder Champion Debut- Week Two European LCS 2013

Made Famous By- Genja/ Blue Ezreal Inspiration from Asia 

Runes

Mastery Points

Item Set- Start off the game with a Doran's Blade. Then build directly into a tear, followed by a bloodthirster. After you have finished building your bloodthirster you can finish your muramana. From there you can build into more typical ad carry items like Phantom Dancer, Infinity Edge, Guardian Angler or Last Whisper. Your core consist of murmana/bloodthirster because you abuse Ashe's natural slow instead of buying iceborn gaunlets. 

Philisophy- It is well known that Blue Ezreal needs a lot of gold to snowball during a game. Genja is attempting to negate the considerable amount of gold for a Blue build to work by choosing a champion with a natural slow. Blue Ashe starts the game incredible weak but amazing at control due to her slows, the tear and her long range ultimate. As a Blue Ashe player you will need to weather the storm of the early game and survive into the later parts of the games. By the time your muramana is complete you will be an absolute monster and the added damage to your Volley will make you a cc machine. From here you will exert more poke and control then Blue Ezreal could dream of.

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 Man I love the noir vibes from this newspaper. I also love how they juxtaposed Edward behind Saint looking like a Russian gangster or something. This is one story about betrayal, bad reflexes and romance that you do no want to miss. 

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     Just thought I would share one of the better videos made on how to climb elo. Valkrin explains the idea of calculated aggression shown by such professional teams like Cloud Nine and MVP Ozone. Building confidence in your champion pool and learning when and how to all in.