League of Legends news:
The Fields of Justice have never been more dangerous than when Rengar, the Pridestalker, prepares for the hunt. With a new resource system, an optional item in the shop, and a dynamic passive that interacts when he’s stealthed or in the brush, Rengar‘s bringing many new mechanics to strike down his prey. To learn more about these new mechanics, we went straight to the source and talked to Trevor “Classick“ Romleski about Rengar’s kit.
Summoners!
Crumbzz, our featured streamer this week, is now live. Currently the solo top player for Team Dignitas, Crumbzz has been a starting member on two professional League of Legends teams over the course of his career. On his stream you’ll find him hard at work racking up solo queue games at 2600 rating usually playing top lane, with the occasional mid or jungle match thrown in. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn from one of the best solo top players ever to grace the Fields of Justice, or even catch a fan game with him on the Proving Grounds!
p>We’re positively shivering with anticipation at the thought of all the awesome artwork you’re submitting to the Comic LoLz contest. We’re so excited, in fact, that we wanted to take a moment to remind all of you to submit your entries before the deadline on Saturday, August 25th at 08:59 CEST!
There’s a ton of awesome Razer gear on the line, so don’t miss this opportunity to put your comedic and artistic talents to the test. If you have an entry that makes us ooh and ahh at its artistic genius, or a punch line that leaves us rolling on the floor laughing, you could take home one of 32 prize packages.
Riot K-9 Nasus will be retiring from the force following one last important mission at Gamescom 2012 in Cologne, Germany. After a year as the top dog, Nasus is stepping down to make room for a new recruit: Riot Graves!
Summoners!
Are you looking for the baddest, raddest fan creations this side of Valoran? Step right up for another episode of the Summoner Showcase and feast your eyes on these awesome submissions.
Pentakillers!
We’ve just started auditions for the latest addition to the Pentakill lineup since our last drummer got crushed under a pile of amplifiers after a tragic explosion took down the stage last tour stop. Hey, what was his name again? Who gives a **** – he was a nihilist anyway.
They’re saying that the resulting riots tore down nearly a third of the city and resulted in at least 18 deaths. Feeders! Everything has an expiration date. Unfortunately, the town council is on our ass to pay the damages, and the lawyers are saying that the “embrace the inevitable” defense is looking shaky. I guess we can’t afford to cancel the tour, so it’s time to hold some emergency tryouts.
Unfortunately, Mordekaiser refuses to get out of bed and Karthus still hasn’t made bail, so it’s up to me to find the best replacement. Pass me that bottle of Jayce Daniels, because this @#$!’s about to get heavy. Alright, send them in, but any one of you @$#holes who can’t keep time is going on sale!
- Dark Crystal Ryze looks totally metal and rocks his own special effects. The dark horns and black spines look totally badass but he keeps shorting out the amp stack every time he hits a drum solo. If you’ve got insulated wiring you can take him for 487 RP.
- General Wukong keeps talking about how he wants creative control. You’re the drummer, dumb@#$. You just sit behind the band, you **** dirty ape! 487 RP to take this monkey off our backs.
- Buccaneer Tristana clearly thinks that this is a different kind of band. We’re Pentakill – the biggest death metal band to ever grace the Fields of Justice. I don’t care how much you want to shoot something, you can’t come on stage dressed like a pirate! Take this one back to the docks for 260 RP.
In addition to Rengar, we’ll have another upcoming champion available for play at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. After the Pridestalker joins the League, Syndra, the Dark Sovereign, will descend upon the Fields of Justice in the following patch. A magical prodigy, Syndra conjures powerful dark spheres, and even wields enemy minions and monsters as weapons. Here’s the full rundown of her abilities.
The European Regionals at Gamescom are now underway! The top eight teams from across the continent have gathered in Cologne, Germany to do battle for $150,000 in prize money. In addition to taking home the lion’s share of the purse and earning a spot in the Season Three Championship Series, the top three teams will travel to Los Angeles, California in October for the Season Two World Championship, where they’ll compete for the $1 million prize. Rivington and Phreak are on hand at Gamescom to give expert commentary on each exciting match.
The stakes are high and the competition is fierce! Watch live as the best teams in Europe vie for the top spot and advance to represent their continent on the world stage.
Visit the official European Regional Finals event site!
If you’re planning on paying us a visit at Gamescom this year, you’ve undoubtedly got a lot of reasons to be excited. Between hands-on time with some upcoming champions and witnessing the European Regionals, there’s a lot to take in at the Riot Games booth.
Just in case you weren’t excited enough, we’ve also got some extra swag waiting for you in Cologne. If you ever hoped to roll out a more industrial look for your Armordillo, then you’ll be pleased to know that Full Metal Rammus is sporting mechanized animations and a new model, along with sound and spell effects befitting his mechanical new look. This new Rammus skin will be available free to anyone who pays a visit to the Riot Games booth.
The Season Two European Regionals site is now live! Eight of the top European teams will battle for dominance in the European Regionals at Gamescom, with the top three teams advancing to the World Championship in Los Angeles, California. Don’t miss a second of the action in Cologne, Germany from August 16th through 19th!
The European Regionals summoned Moscow 5, CLG EU, SK Gaming, FnaticRC, Curse EU, Acer, Alternate, and EloHell.net, the top teams from the Challenger Circuit Standings, to compete for $150,000 in prizes. Livestreams of each match will be cast by Rivington and Phreak, giving you the expert play-by-play.
Here’s a breakdown of the Circuit Point totals heading into Gamescom.
1. Moscow Five (1400)
2. Counter Logic Gaming Europe (650)
3. SK Gaming (435)
4. FnaticRaidCall (385)
5. Curse Europe (200)
6. Acer (100)
7. Alternate (75)
8. EloHell.net (50)
You don’t have to be in Germany to catch the European Regional Finals, so keep an eye on our event site for all the details.
The ultimate predator‘s many things: methodical, determined, and unrelenting. Meet Rengar, the Pridestalker, one of the most-feared hunters in all of Valoran, whether he’s slashing his way through foes or leaping from the shadows of the brush to take enemies by surprise. Rengar’s monstrous, most-sought prize, however, remains at large, missing from the Pridestalker’s impressive trophy wall.
Hi summoners! Hexplosives are serious business in my lab and experimentation breeds innovation! Yee-haw! The best experiments prioritize maximum explosive efficiency above careful planning, so detonation directionality proves unpredictable in most cases. Kaboom! The Hexplosives Safety Administration (HSA) fails to realize that combustible entropic forces can only exist in periculous ecosystems (explosions first, questions later, right?) and have mandated that a lab assistant be present at my facility.
I must now endeavor to find a suitable protégé with the patience for my impatience and affection for homogenizing hexplosives. Mmmmyah! Unfortunately, all trial assistants thus far failed to effectively produce volatile mixtures and I like my assistants like I like my bombs: about to explode. So, I’m now offering them at a discount for your mad lab efforts. This sale’s the bomb! Bwahaha! Too bad they couldn’t make any.
- Corki isn’t the brightest bombardier in the hangar and parked his R.O.F.L. Copter in my spot. 487 RP
- Sejuani’s silly boar contaminates my percolating chemical combustibles and knocks over my expensive equipment. 487 RP
- Jarvan IV refuses to forego his armor for regulation laboratory safety gear and I’m far too busy to deal with this liability. 487 RP
Summoners!
We know you love to display your passion for the League as prominently as we do. With this in mind we’re rolling out even more League of Legends apparel through our partners over at J!NX. With all these new options, there’s never been a better time to suit up with some League of Legends apparel. New additions include a host of t-shirts along with two awesome League of Legends-themed hoodies for those more chilly occasions.
Here’s a rundown of the new merchandise:
- No summoner should be without the latest League of Legends Hoodie, emblazoned with the crest of the League itself
- Stay warm on those cold nights while sporting the toothy, slime-drooling maw of your favorite ancient wyrm with this Baron Nashor Hoodie
- Warn the unwary to keep a safe distance, by proudly displaying your well-honed martial skills with this Wuju Dojo T-Shirt
- Ignite your passion for the League by sporting this bombastic Ziggs T-Shirt.
- Crack open a cold one with this awesome Graggy Ice T-Shirt, because there’s only one brew for the true blue summoner
Your enemy’s heart beats nervously, pumping faster as you approach. The time is right for the perfect strike, that split-second when your victim thinks no one has followed.
Summoners!
This week we’re featuring Crumbzz, one of the most accomplished solo top players active in the competitive League of Legends scene. Currently a member of Team Dignitas, Crumbzz began his career competing in the jungle for Curse Gaming.
IPL Face Off 2012: San Francisco Showdown has begun! Watch as eight of the most fearsome teams from North America and Asia fight for glory, honor and $40,000 in prizes. Every exciting moment will be brought to you with expert match commentary by RiotJaws, RiotJatt and IPL’s own casters, with VODs and recaps, so you can re-watch your favorite plays. Articles, features, interviews and more round-out your total coverage of this battle by the bay.
This patch, we’ll be overhauling one of our classic champions: Katarina, the Sinister Blade. Although Katarina’s manaless, cooldown-based abilities put a unique spin on her gameplay, she’s historically faced a number of challenges in the very early game and in team fight situations. In this update, we’ve made a few changes to her kit aimed at addressing these difficulties, while retaining the core elements that make playing this Noxian femme fatale a fun and satisfying experience. We also gave her a complete visual upgrade, including a new model, animations and spell effects on all of her abilities!
Prepare yourselves, summoners!
We’re out on tour in support of our new album Gankgrinder, and all the Pentakillers are going crazy. We’re pushing new boundaries with a totally merciless brand of metal on this one, and the new record is poised to raise the bar on brutality forever. We’ve laid down even crunchier bass lines and denser instrumentals than our previous cuts, Respawn Awaits or Seasons in Summoner’s Rift. These new tracks will take you down to the darkest depths and then sink you even lower.
We’re hearing reports that a record number of fans are being trampled to death out there in the pit. How delightfully painful! Still, our label insists that we eject the most destructive perpetrators for the sake of our legal defense. I see a few champions out there causing havoc. Maybe it’s time for them to go on sale!
- Iron Solari Leona is so metal that she’s practically made of iron, but her Solar Flares are competing with the pyrotechnics. It’s time for her to light up somebody else’s stage. Book her for your concert for 487 RP.
- High Noon Twisted Fate looks like he showed up to the wrong concert. There’s no blue grass on this stage, cowboy, only enough metal to make you wish you stayed out to pasture. Give this country boy a ride home for 487 RP.
- Sewn Chaos Orianna clearly got all dolled up for the show, but she didn’t buy a ticket for her ball. No freeloaders at this sold out arena! You can take her and her plus one for 260 RP.
Summoners!
We are pleased to announce that the IPL Face Off 2012: San Francisco Showdown site is now live! Five North American and three Asian teams will do battle by the bay in a double-elimination style tournament that will set the stage for the Regional Championships. Check out the site for pre-event coverage including what you can expect from the competitors when August 11th and 12th roll around.
Once the tournament begins, we’ll bring you a slew of features, articles and interviews to keep you in-the-know, as well as recaps, photos and VODs of every match played. Livestreams of the action will be cast by RiotJaws, RiotJatt and IPL’s own casters, with play-by-play of every jungle gank and contentious team fight. Prepare yourselves for IPL Face Off 2012: San Francisco Showdown and don’t miss a second of the action!
We’re proud to announce that League of Legends is coming to Turkey! As a standalone platform, separate from EU West and EU Nordic and East, we’re excited to bring you news of the upcoming Closed Beta Test.
Whether you protect the faith or embrace the heresy, you’ll enjoy chasing and assassinating your enemies on the battlefield with Diana, Scorn of the Moon. Diana’s stark beauty and aggressive gameplay reflect her complicated relationship with Leona and the Solari. Using her Crescent Strike and Lunar Rush combo, she relentlessly pursues her enemies across the battlefield. She aids her allies in team fights with Pale Cascade and Moonfall, absorbing damage and dragging foes back within striking distance. Your quick decision-making and strategic moves will make this jungling assassin shine in the moonlight.