Riot Games recently released Valorant- a tactical FPS that rivals Overwatch in gameplay. No matter how well Valorant does, Riot will always be known as the developer who brought League of Legends to life in 2009, and the popular MOBA has since become one of the most played games in the wo

In recent years, the distinct and thrilling Battle Royale genre has dominated the free-to-play market . This is due to studios releasing these elimination showdowns for free to support their growing community. It's what keeps 100-man matches possible; a format necessary for Battle Royales to be playable. However, the free-to-play industry is also saturated with many other genres such as FPS, co-op, looter-shooter, open-world, and so much m

Jungler Zhiqiang "Shad0w" Zhao, who is often criticized for having a small champion pool, brought out Ivern this past week, the champion's first time in the LEC this split. Shad0w had a fantastic game going 2/0/7 in an important game against Ro

Older players got to experience this item's power and know why it was quickly removed. Before the start of season three, Madred's Bloodrazor continues to dominate the rift. A very high-cost item but allows each basic attack to deal 4% of the target's maximum health as bonus magic damage. Pairing with a 40% attack speed makes this item extremely powerful. Primarily built on champions with AD, it allows them to destroy tanks who stack armor resist because of the bonus magic damage. Along with the odd stats it has, it wasn't easy to play against and is why it makes the l

Another recent removal from Season 9 is the Spear of Shojin . Its original concept was much different before it removing the item and giving the item a full rework. Most players remember the item by its second redesign, and the reason it was quickly taken out. After casting your ultimate, your first auto would cause your autos for six seconds to lower your basic abilities cooldown by 20% per auto-attack. Stacking attack speed with this allows champions to spam their other abilities making them a rolling death machine. It is no longer in the game; for this reason, interacting with champion abilities, this much has little counterplay. However, items like this one can be found now only in Nexus Blitz m

League of Legends has its own mobile version coming called Wild Rift , and even there it’s clear they’ve simplified things quite a bit for a platform without a keyboard too. MOBAs thrive on complex characters and situations, but having too many could be just as big of a prob

League of Legends had a major update in the past few years in terms of its Runes and Mastery Trees. Runes were originally a purchasable series of stat boosts that took ages to collect, but eventually, they were combined with the Mastery Trees to give unique abilities and stat boosts at no cost to the pla

Teemo may already have a Legendary, but an Ultimate skin would be way too enticing to pass up. The only type of skin that would fit Teemo would be one that turns him into some sort of robot or cyborg who gradually has pieces of his body augmented as the game progres

That said, there are tons of ways Pokémon Unite can avoid this. At the least, having multiple maps could help encourage more creativity than League of Legends' primary map Summoner’s Rift, and having a large roster early on can help give players diverse team options. So long as it’s balanced properly, there’s no reason a Pokémon MOBA Game beginner Guide has to be as firm as League of Legen

Though not great as a solo-carry champion like Darius, Yuumi may be the right champion for you if you have a dedicated ranked duo team or bottom lane pair. Her synergy with specific team comps is what earns her a ~29% ban r

Debuted during the League of Legends Spirit Blossom event in the summer of 2020, Yone is Yasuo's older brother. He's a manaless assassin/skirmisher with a gap close, AOE damage, and on-hit effects. While many take him top lane, Sneaky of Cloud9 fame took him bot lane as an ADC in high-level ranked p

Most of the items on this list have been removed or changed massively. We will also only look at items when they were at their most powerful and not going through a life cycle of possible changes. Here are our top picks for some of the most impactful items in League of Legends hist

Diana goes hand-in-hand with Ekko, being banned in between 10% and 28.65% of games depending on rank. While she lacks the unusual ultimate, she has a similar library of crowd control and has a similar amount of versatility as both a middle lane fighter and a speedy assassin in the jung

Given its origins as a Warcraft 3 mod known as Defense of the Ancients , players might not be surprised at the game's similar vibe and mechanics to the hit Blizzard RTS. But like League of Legends , the focus is a select group of 'Heroes' — each equipped with distinct powers and playstyles — rather than a whole army or fortress to build