The controversial Hall of Legends Battle Pass

The most controversial event in League of Legends has to be the recent Hall of Legends. This event was created to celebrate Faker’s induction into the prestigious Hall of Fame, honoring his impressive career achievements that date back to 2013.

Despite the intentions, the event quickly faced backlash from players. The main reason for the dissatisfaction was the high price of the Immortalized Legend Ahri skin. This expensive skin overshadowed much of the event and became the primary point of criticism.

Nevertheless, the Hall of Legends battle pass stands out as one of the best we’ve ever received from the developers, both in terms of value and storytelling. The pass costs 1950 RP, offering great value for the price. It’s much cheaper than the Ahri skin bundles and provides a variety of rewards, along with a compelling narrative aspect.

The battle pass guides players through Faker’s journey as a professional player, sharing interesting facts about his first game, his first pentakill, and more.

Additionally, the pass rewards players with several SKT skins, all chosen by Faker during his victories at Worlds. These skins include SKT T1 Zed, Ryze, and Syndra, which alone are worth 3300 RP.

Moreover, players receive a substantial amount of Mythic Essence through the pass. Mythic Essence is used to buy rare cosmetics in the rotating shop. Normally, fully completing an entire event gives 100 Mythic Essence, but this pass alone provides 125, adding to its incredible value.

Furthermore, the pass includes many other bonuses such as emotes, banners, summoner icons, and orange essence, making it an even better deal.

What makes this battle pass even more appealing is that it is not as grindy as other seasonal events. The experience required to progress does not increase with each level, allowing players to quickly earn rewards through missions provided by the developers.

Unlike other seasonal events, this battle pass does not have a currency system. Although the currency system in events might seem beneficial, it actually limits the rewards players can obtain. This makes the Hall of Legends battle pass far superior.

Despite the controversy surrounding the Immortalized Legend Ahri skin, it is clear that the developers have done an excellent job with the battle pass for this event.

The catalyst for this suspension was a rather unusual culprit—an internet outage in Busan, the city where he was situated.

Faker got a 2-week ban from Riot Games

In League of Legends, a consistent internet connection is paramount for uninterrupted gameplay. Any drop in connectivity can lead to a player being forcibly disconnected from the game, leaving their champion stranded in the spawn area. This not only disrupts the flow of the match but also has the potential to incur penalties from the auto-ban system if such disconnections become recurrent.

In Faker’s case, the unexpected suspension unfolded during a solo queue session, where he was detected by the system for going AFK due to the above mentioned internet outage in Busan. Despite the circumstance being beyond his control, the auto-ban system issued a 14-day suspension based on reports of him leaving the match.

Swiftly acknowledging their error, Riot Games promptly rectified the situation by lifting the suspension on the world champion. However, Faker, known for his professionalism, took it upon himself to extend an apology letter to the developers, expressing understanding of the unintentional mishap.

“Im sorry, i wont leave the game again”

The incident gained additional visibility as one player in Faker’s match was streaming the gameplay and captured the moment when Faker experienced the disconnect. Subsequently, this player reported the incident, inadvertently triggering the suspension for the Worlds winner.

While the situation revealed a glitch in the system, Riot Games’ prompt response in unbanning Faker underscores their commitment to fairness and the integrity of competitive play. The incident serves as a reminder of the delicate balance between automated systems and the nuanced scenarios that can arise, even for professionals like T1 Faker.

The integration of music into League of Legends has become a hallmark of the game’s identity. From the widely popular K/DA and True Damage skin lines to the powerful World anthems like 2023’s “GODS,” Riot Games has continually expanded its creative endeavors, intertwining music seamlessly with the gaming experience.

League of Legends ‘Boy Band’ teases and leaks

While the introduction of a K-pop girl band, K/DA, was met with immense success, the absence of a boy band has left fans speculating. Teasers over time have hinted at the impending arrival of this particular skin line.

Also, recent leaks have provided further details, shedding light on the potential champions that may feature in this musical-themed collection. Although Riot Games has not officially confirmed the lineup of champions, the teaser strongly suggests the identities of those who might be part of the “Boy Band” skin line.

• Kayn
• Yone
• Ezreal
• Sett
• K’Sante
• Aphelios

Additional information, revealed by SkinSpotlights, has unveiled details about Prestige and Legendary skins for these champions, adding an extra layer of excitement for the player community.

Moreover, an intriguing leak in the form of an image showcasing the “Boy Band” skin line has surfaced on Weibo and subsequently made its way to platforms like Twitter and YouTube.

The champions portrayed in this splash art align with those teased in previous hints, substantially adding credibility to this leaked image. Nevertheless, the skin line has not yet received an official reveal from Riot Games.

The teaser, notably shared by the Riot Games Music account, implies that there might be an associated song released in conjunction with the introduction of the “Boy Band” skins. However, the details regarding the collaborating artist or artists for this musical endeavor remain shrouded in mystery.

As of now, a concrete release date for these highly anticipated skins is yet to be disclosed. The current stage of development revolves around teaser content, leaving fans eagerly awaiting the official unveiling and subsequent release of the “Boy Band” skin line in League of Legends.

The top 10 players selected include Uzi, Clearlove, Doinb, Scout, Rookie, Xiaohu, Ming, TheShy, JackeyLove, and Meiko. These are all legendary names in the LPL and the League of Legends community.

Notably, except for Uzi, Xiaohu, Clearlove, and Ming, all the other players on the list have previously won the League of Legends World Championship. Furthermore, Uzi, with his established reputation and influence in LPL, also received a Prestige skin. Of course, these skins are exclusively available on the LPL server.

However, Doinb, one of the top 10 players who got voted, had surprising comments about the commemorative skins by the LPL and Tencent. According to Doinb, he had no prior knowledge that he would receive a skin.

Doinb stated: “I had absolutely no idea about having a ‘Top 10 players of LPL’ commemorative skin until I woke up. They never asked us which champion we wanted. Are you even asking if we get a share of the profits from the skin?

Doinb’s statement caught the League of Legends community off guard. Prior to this, many opinions suggested that the skins looked no different from the multiple chromas of the World Championship skins.

Aside from a few players who didn’t have World Championship skins, quite a few fans believe that the LPL and Tencent simply took the World Championship skins, made some minor adjustments to color and design, and presented them as commemorative skins.

Among these players, Doinb seems to be the most frustrated. His FPX Malphite skin has consistently been considered one of the worst World Championship skins in the history of the tournament, and this skin itself is not very popular.

Moreover, Doinb’s said that players were not informed about the “Top 10 players of LPL” commemorative skins can also be interpreted as players might not receive any profit from the LPL or Tencent for these skins. If this is indeed the case, it’s clear that Tencent and the LPL are monetizing the players’ reputations without considering their opinions.

For the time being, we will only receive the patches before to Worlds 2023. Patch 13.17 introduced several changes, including significant ones for Naafiri, and others. There were other item and system adjustments to try to balance the game. Riot Phroxzon stated that the majority of the items landed successfully, with few outliers discovered.

Riot is working hard to adjust the game for the competitive environment as the Worlds 2023 patch approaches. Patch 13.18 is the second-to-last patch before Worlds, since Riot will be fine-tuning the game, including the release of Briar.

League of Legends Patch 13.18 notes

On September 7, League lead designer Matt “Phroxzon” Leung-Harrison revealed the entire list of changes set to go live in the upcoming patch.

Champion Buffs

Irelia

R – Vanguard’s Edge:

• Cooldown: 140/120/100 seconds >>> 125/105/85 seconds.

Gwen

Base Stats:

• Health Growth: 109 per level >>> 115 per level.
• Monster Damage Cap: 6 (+10% AP) >>> 10 (+15% AP).

Kennen

E – Lightning Rush:

• Energy Cost: 100/95/90/85/80 >>> 80.

R – Slicing Maelstrom:

• Cooldown: 120 seconds >>> 120/100/80 seconds.

Senna

Base Stats:

• Critical Strike Damage: 91.5% >>> 100%.

W – Last Embrace:

• AoE hits will now proc Passive – Absolution.

Thresh

W – Dark Passage:

• Shield Strength: 50/70/90/110/130 (+1.5 per Soul collected) >>> 50/70/90/110/130 (+2 per Soul collected).

Champion Nerfs

Jarvan IV

Passive – Martial Cadence:

• Health Damage: 8% of target’s Current Health >>> 6% of target’s Current Health.

Kayn

Passive – The Darkin Scythe:

• Darkin Bonus (Rhaast): Healing: 20% – 30% based on level >>> 25%.

R – Umbral Trespass:

• Darkin Bonus (Rhaast): Physical Damage: 15% (+13% per 100 AD) of target’s Maximum Health >>> 15% (+10% per 100 AD) of target’s Maximum Health.

Rell

E – Full Tilt:

• Active: Bonus Movement Speed: 15/17.5/20/22.5/25% >>> 12/14/16/18/20%.

Tryndamere

Base Stats:

• Attack Damage: 68 >>> 66.
• Health Growth: 115 per level >>> 108 per level.

Xayah

Base Stats:

• Health: 660 >>> 630.
• Health Growth: 102 per level >>> 107 per level.

E – Bladecaller:

• Cooldown: 11/10.5/10/9.5/9 seconds >>> 13/12/11/10/9 seconds.

Champion Adjustments

Bard

Passive – Traveler’s Call:

• Out of Combat Movement Speed Stacks: up to 5 times >>> up to 10 times.
• Stack Duration: 7 seconds >>> 20 seconds.

W – Caretaker’s Shrine:

• Now uses Ammo (maximum 2).
• Ammo Charge Time/Cooldown: 14 seconds >>> 18 seconds.
• Shrine Charge TIme: 10 seconds >>> 5 seconds.
• Bonus Movement Speed: 30% decaying over 1.5 seconds >>> 20/22.5/25/27.5/30% (+0.05% AP) decaying over 1.5 seconds.

System Buffs

Stormrazor

• Attack Damage: 50 >>> 55.

System Nerfs

Spear of Shojin

• Attack Damage: 60 >>> 55.

System Adjustments

Crown of the Shattered Queen

• Ability Power: 70 >>> 85.
• Unique Passive – Poise (Removed)
• Unique Passive – Safeguard:
• Shielding: 75% for 1 seconds when hit while Shield is active >>> 40% for 2.5 seconds when hit while Shield is active.

Statikk Shiv

• Attack Damage: 45 >>> 50.
• Unique Passive – Electroshock:
• Minion Energize Damage: 250 – 350 (based on level) >>> 200.

With that said, League of Legends Patch 13.18 is expected to be released on September 13.

This year Worlds tournament marks the return of the game’s premier competition to South Korea for the first time since 2018. Worlds 2023 is set to take place from October 10 to November 19 and will be hosted across four locations in Seoul and Busan.

As the tournament draws closer, teams from all regions compete to participate in Worlds 2023. While some teams have already secured their spots, the majority of slots are still up for grabs.

Worlds 2023 will include 22 teams from nine different regions, with the LPL (China) and the LCK (Korea) being the only regions guaranteed to have four representatives each. Notably, Riot Games has made several changes to the tournament format, including replacing the round-robin group stage with a Swiss stage.

In the LCK, Gen.G secured the first seed by dominating the finals against T1, while T1 earned the second seed due to their high championship points. KT Rolster and Dplus claimed the third and fourth seeds respectively.

Meanwhile in the LEC, the playoffs are still ongoing. G2, MAD Lions, and Fnatic are currently competing for the first, second, and third seeds, while Team BDS holds the fourth seed after a loss to Fnatic. The top three seeds will participate in the Swiss stage at Worlds 2023, while Team BDS will have to wait until the Worlds Qualifier Series to potentially enter the Play-Ins.

The LCS (North America) playoffs have been full of surprises, with NRG emerging as the champions for the first time. Cloud9 secured the second seed as the runners-up, and Team Liquid claimed the third seed after losing to NRG. Golden Guardians, on the other hand, holds the fourth seed from the LCS.

NRG, Cloud9, and Team Liquid will compete in the Swiss Stage, while Golden Guardians will face Team BDS for a chance to enter the Play-Ins Stage at the tournament.

Teams qualified for LoL World 2023

LCK

• Gen.G (Swiss Stage)
• T1 (Swiss Stage)
• KT Rolster (Swiss Stage)
• Dplus (Swiss Stage)

LCS

• Cloud9 (Swiss Stage)
• NRG (Swiss Stage)
• Team Liquid (Swiss Stage)

LPL

• JD Gaming (Swiss Stage)
• Bilibili Gaming (Swiss Stage)
• LNG Esports (Swiss Stage)
• Weibo Gaming (Swiss Stage)

LEC

• MAD Lions (Swiss Stage)
• G2 Esports (Swiss Stage)
• Fnatic (Swiss Stage)

Worlds Qualifying Series

• Golden Guardians vs. Team BDS (Play-In)

CBLOL

• TBD (Play-In)

VCS

• GAM Esports (Play-In)
• Team Whales (Play-In)

PCS

• PSG Talon (Play-In)
• CTBC Flying Oyster (Play-In)

LJL

• DetonatioN FocusMe (Play-In)

LLA

• Rainbow7 (Play-In)

The League of Legends World Championship is one of the world’s largest esports competitions. Since its inception in Sweden in 2011, the League Championship has travelled the globe, taking place on practically every continent and been won by some of the most recognisable teams in esports history.

The Worlds 2023 tournament returns to South Korea, which hosted the final stages of the 2014 edition as well as the full 2018 event. After competing in Mexico and the United States in 2022, the event will once again be restricted to a single host country. Despite the fact that Worlds 2023 is still many months away, Riot has already revealed several elements regarding the seasonal tournament.

LoL Worlds 2023 details

The tournament will take place at four distinct locations in South Korea from October 10 to November 19.

The first two stages of the tournament will be held in Seoul’s LoL Park and the KBS Arena. The quarter-finals and semi-finals will be contested at Busan’s Sajik Indoor Gymnasium before the tournament returns to Seoul for the championship match, which will be broadcast live from the Gocheok Sky Dome.

• Play-Ins: Oct. 10 — Oct. 15 at LoL Park in Seoul, South Korea.
• Group Swiss Stage: Oct. 19-23 and Oct. 26-29 at the KBS Arena in Seoul, South Korea.
• Quarterfinals: Nov. 2-5 at the Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan, South Korea.
• Semifinals: Nov. 11-12 in the Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan, South Korea.
• Finals: Nov. 19 in the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea.

The Worlds 2023 will have 22 teams from across the world. The event will start off with the Play-In Stage, in which the lower-ranked teams compete for two slots in the Swiss Stage. They will join the 14 seeded teams from the major regions (VCS, PCS, LLA, CBLOL, LJL, LEC, and LCS) there.

The Worlds Qualifying Series (WQS), which will include the fourth seed from the LCS and the LEC, will take place prior to the start of Worlds 2023. The winner of this cross-regional encounter will receive the last Play-In Stage place.

In all, 22 teams will compete in both the Play In and Swiss stages of the tournament in South Korea, with slots available from 9 international leagues. At this point, no teams have secured a place at Worlds. Players might have to check back during the season for an up-to-date list of Worlds 2023 teams.

Tickets for Worlds 2023 are on sale now through Global Interpark for the months of July and August, and will be offered in three waves: one for each key stage of the tournament.

Keep in mind that Worlds 2023 will be held in four different cities in South Korea from October 10 to November 19,  so if you want to attend it, purchasing now might be a good idea.

Even though Worlds 2023 won’t begin for a few more months and MSI 2023 is still happening, it’s too important an occasion to ignore.

League of Legends World Championship 2023

Venues and Dates

This year, South Korea will host the World Championship. Play for the competition will take place from October 10 to November 19. Teams from all across the world will fight for League of Legends’ most coveted championship.

The competition starts in Seoul, moves to Busan, and then returns to Seoul’s famous Sky Dome for the decisive match between the two finalists to determine which side will take home the Summoner’s Cup.

Format Changes

Significant changes to the League of Legends World Championship’s structure for 2023 have been revealed by Riot Games.

The fourth seeds from each area will compete in a preliminary competition known as the “Worlds Qualifying Series” in which the best-of-five games will be played.

The group stage will be replaced with a Swiss-style format with 16 teams, while the play-in round will have two convergent brackets with best-of-three matches. There will be five rounds of competition, and teams with identical records will face off.

The knockout stage will continue to be a single-elimination best-of-five format with no alterations.

The modifications are meant to guarantee that every Worlds game has significance and reduce the number of elimination games that have no bearing on the final standings.

Teams

Lastly, this year’s Worlds will have 22 teams. Teams from all around the world compete in the qualifiers, as usual:

• 4 teams from KR Korea
• 4 teams from CN China
• 3 teams from EMEA EMEA
• 3 teams from NA North America
• 2 teams from PCS PCS (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Southeast Asia and Oceania)
• 2 teams from VN Vietnam
• 1 team from JP Japan
• 1 team from BR Brazil
• 1 team from LAT Latin America
• 1 team from INT Worlds Qualifying Series (part of the new Worlds format)

The League of Legends Worlds 2022 tournament was won by DRX, who surprised everyone. Since then, the DRX 2022 team has selected which champions would receive skins in the annual Worlds skin collection.

Kingen, the DRX 2022 team’s top laner, recently went live. Questions concerning the DRX 2022 skins were raised, and he stated when the skins could be available. Here’s what we know thus far.

DRX Worlds 2022 skins

During the post-final news conference, the DRX players announced the champions they are contemplating for their Worlds 2022 skins. As a result, these six champions will receive skins from their respective players.

• Kingen (top lane): Aatrox
• Pyosik (jungle): Kindred
• Zeka (mid lane): Akali
• Deft (bot lane): Caitlyn
• Beryl (support, tentative): Ashe
• Juhan: Maokai

The skins will most likely match the team colours (blue and white). Riot has stated that a Prestige skin will be available starting this year, so there’s something more to look forward to. Worlds 2022 will also get a ward skin, icons, chromas, and borders. There is a lot in store for the Worlds 2022 winning content package.

According to Kingen, the skins will be available in early June. If we look at the patch schedule from Riot, Patch 13.11 will go live on June 1, 2023. That corresponds to the timeline Kingen mentioned, so the skins should be available around May 17, when the new PBE update is released.

Riot Games’ head of esports indicated in a One Shot blog post that a new product for League of Legends and Valorant fans will be available for purchase starting with Worlds 2023.

The product is a “Virtual Pass” that may include both digital and physical forms such as in-game skins and Worlds merchant (Worlds skin exclusive variant, in-game event pass, plus some exclusive content,…)

The Virtual Pass’s aims are to provide fans with:

• A comprehensive online Worlds watching experience;
• A fantastic value package of products and services;
• More avenues for them to exhibit their enthusiasm and fandom.

Needham went on to state that he plans to expand the product into Valorant esports next year, as well as provide more “experiential features” for fans.

League of Legends Worlds 2023 Virtual Pass

Riot Games stated that the inspiration for this notion originated from the absence of live event income from esports tournaments when compared to traditional sports.

While League of Legends or Valorant matches may easily sell out, most fans would undoubtedly prefer to watch the tournaments at home for free on social media or streaming platforms.

Other possible esports-specific and team-specific revenue activations were also explored in the blog post, such as Riot’s notion to compensate for a lack of broadcast licensing fees for their league by targeting adverts to fans viewing on their platform.

Worlds 2023 is still months away, and teams have yet to compete in the Mid-Season Invitational, thus the specifics of what will be included in the virtual pass may alter or be adjusted in the near future.