Mid-Patch 10.23 Updates, Kassadin’s Salvation???!

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 A couple of buffs and nerfs real early in the patch lifecycle, check out the changes below! Buffs: Garen, Kassadin, Vladimir Nerfs: Ashe, Viktor

Mid-Patch Buffs and Nerfs

A couple of buffs and nerfs real early in the patch lifecycle, check out the changes below!
Buffs: Garen, Kassadin, Vladimir
Nerfs: Ashe, Viktor

Mid-Patch Updates

11/12/2020 Balance & Bugfixes

Balance changes first! For mid-patch updates (especially so close to launch), we’re focusing on clear outliers-not everything that got stronger or weaker. More changes will come in the weeks ahead as stable data becomes available!

Ashe

FROST SHOT Ashe’s basic attacks against enemies affected by Frost Shot no longer deal bonus damage based on her crit chance if she owns Guinsoo’s Rageblade or Rageknife (tooltip will be updated next patch)

Garen

BUFF-FIX Fixed a bug where preseason’s global crit damage reduction nerfed Garen’s E – Judgment crits from +33% to +8%

Kassadin

HEALTH GROWTH 90 ⇒ 105
R MANA COST 50 (up to 800 on fifth cast) ⇒ 40 (up to 640 on fifth cast)

Viktor

E DAMAGE 70/110/150/190/230 (+70% AP) ⇒ 70/110/150/190/230 (+60% AP)
E AFTERSHOCK DAMAGE 20/60/100/140/180 (+60% AP) ⇒ 20/50/80/100/140 (+40% AP)

Vladimir

BUFF-FIX Vladimir’s E – Tides of Blood cooldown now properly starts on cast, rather than on release

Eclipse

PROC DAMAGE 8% target’s max health ⇒ 6% target’s max health
PROC MOVEMENT SPEED 30% ⇒ 15%

Liandry’s Anguish

MAGIC PEN VS BURNING TARGETS 5% per second, up to 25% ⇒ 5% per second, up to 15%

Moonstone Renewer

BUFF-FIX Moonstone Renewer’s heal now properly procs if you’re in combat and cast an ability on an ally who isn’t in combat

Guinsoo’s Rageblade

COST 2600 gold ⇒ 2800 gold
ON-HIT DAMAGE 45 per 20% crit chance (max 225) ⇒ 40 per 20% crit chance (max 200)

Lich Bane

SPELLBLADE DAMAGE 150% base AD + 60% AP ⇒ 150% base AD + 50% AP

Jungle Items

BURN DAMAGE AP RATIO 10% AP ⇒ 30% AP
BUGFIX Fixed a bug where moving your jungle item in your inventory as it was being consumed to upgrade your Smite allowed you to keep the item to sell back for gold.

We’ve also got a bunch of bugfixes.

Zoe

BUGFIX W – Spell Thief no longer creates Teleport bubbles if an enemy tries to cast Teleport on an invalid target

Elder Dragon

BUGFIX Riftmaker no longer causes Elder Dragon’s burn to last indefinitely until the target dies
BUGFIX The Collector’s execute no longer procs off Elder Dragon’s execute, creating a loop against invulnerable targets that immediately killed them when the invulnerability wore off

Galeforce

BUGFIX Fixed a pathing bug that occurred if Galeforce’s third missile didn’t have a target to hit

Bramble Vest

BUGFIX Bramble Vest no longer loses the ability to apply Grievous Wounds if its owner dies

Corrupting Potion

BUGFIX Fixed a bug where Corrupting Potion could stack indefinitely by moving in and out on the item shop border

Doran’s Shield & Doran’s Ring

BUGFIX Bonus damage to minions is no longer lost on death

Doran’s Ring

BUGFIX Doran’s Ring’s passive mana regeneration has been properly removed

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Kha’Zix *BUSTED* AF WIth New Duskblade

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Guide to Playing Kha’Zix Jungle

Now I know we just put out a guide on some of the most overpowered champions as of Patch 10.23’s launch but didn’t mention thia guy, primarily because his win rate isn’t well…THAT absurd. Sitting at a mere 53% he didn’t quite make the cut but I gotta tell ya…this guy is INSANE with the new Duskblade and if you’re not playing him you’re missing out.
Check out the details on runes and builds below!

Guide to Playing Kha’Zix Jungle

Now I know we just put out a guide on some of the most overpowered champions as of Patch 10.23’s launch but didn’t mention thia guy, primarily because his win rate isn’t well…THAT absurd. Sitting at a mere 53% he didn’t quite make the cut but I gotta tell ya…this guy is INSANE with the new Duskblade and if you’re not playing him you’re missing out.
Check out the details on runes and builds below!

How to Play
Abilities: Q, W, E then prioritize R > Q > E > W [Q evolution first, then R evolution]

Summoner Spells: Flash + Smite

Starting Items: Hailblade + Refillable Potion

Strategy: Rush Duskblade then kill everyone

Core Items: Hailblade, Duskblade of Draktharr, Boots of Mobility, Youmuu’s Ghostblade, Edge of Night, Death’s Dance

Rune Setup

Primary: Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Cut Down
Secondary: Sudden Impact, Ravenous Hunter

How It Works

Duskblade of Draktharr
Stats
+20 ability haste
+55 attack damage
Passive
+18 Lethality (11.2 − 18 (based on level) armor penetration)
UNIQUE – NIGHTSTALKER: Basic attacking an enemy champion deals 100 (+ 30% bonus AD) bonus physical damage on-hit and Slow icon.png slows them by 99% for 0.25 seconds (15 second cooldown). Champion takedowns within 3 seconds reset this effect’s cooldown and grant you invisibility for 1.5 seconds.
MYTHIC PASSIVE: Empowers your other Legendary items with 5 ability haste.

This item is absolutely bonkers on Kha’Zix and when you combine it with your evolved R, Kha’Zix continuously blinks in and out of existence like a ninja on steroids.

Good Jungle Sustain

After buffs on all the jungle camps combined with nerfs on the importance of Scuttle Crab, Kha’Zix is a comparatively stronger jungle champion now. Other champions that had trouble clearing are fading into obscurity while champions with strong clear power excel.

Potential Pitfalls

No CC
Not that it’s stopped him before, but a lack of CC can pose trouble if you’re poorly positioned or your team lacks any form of CC at all.
Mediocre Early Game
Before Kha’Zix picks up his ultimate and Duskblade, these changes obviously don’t do much for him. He’s still good 1v1 if he gets invaded, but isn’t terribly scary early on.

Conclusions

Kha’Zix Jungle was already good before this latest patch and the new item changes have only propelled him further. He’s incredibly strong right now and might need some nerfs.
Suggested Tier: God Tier

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Champions that got SHAFTED in Patch 10.23

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 Friends, while tanks and assassins made out like bandits in Patch 10.23 and became overpowered behemoths of mass destruction, let’s take this time to remember some of our fallen comrades. Patch 10.23 was not so kind to them, and despite attempts otherwise, some champions are completely..rekt. Press F to pay respects to our forgotten champions.

Not Everyone Made It Out Alive…

Friends, while tanks and assassins made out like bandits in Patch 10.23 and became overpowered behemoths of mass destruction, let’s take this time to remember some of our fallen comrades. Patch 10.23 was not so kind to them, and despite attempts otherwise, some champions are completely..rekt.
Press F to pay respects to our forgotten champions.

Kassadin – 41% Win rate

After removal of Rod of Ages from the game, Kassadin’s new options simply don’t synergize well with his kit. The two main AP assassin items, Hextech Rocketbelt and Night Harvester are balanced around providing a movespeed boost, something completely worthless to Kassadin.
Meanwhile, the ranged items Riftmaker and Liandry’s Anguish both rely on staying in combat for long durations, something completely against Kassadin’s playstyle.
So far, the only item that seems to be working for him is Luden’s Tempest – details below.
 Luden’s Tempest

UNIQUE – ECHO: Damaging an enemy with an ability deals 100 (+ 15% AP) bonus magic damage to your target and 3 nearby enemies and grants you 30% bonus movement speed for 2 seconds (10 second cooldown).

MYTHIC PASSIVE: Empowers your other Legendary items with 5 magic penetration.


Tryndamere – 43% Win rate

Tryndamere falls in with the melee bruisers who aren’t necessarily bad but simply aren’t able to compete with the absurdity of the tank items available. On the other hand, keep a close eye on Galeforce, which is currently performing quite well. Again, I don’t think the melee bruisers are necessarily weak, but they just can’t keep up with the tanks. 

 Galeforce

+55 attack damage
+20% attack speed
+20% critical strike chance
Passive
MYTHIC PASSIVE: Empowers your other Legendary items with 3% bonus movement speed.
Active
UNIQUE – CLOUDBURST: Dash to the target location (450 range, 200 minimum), though not through terrain, and fire three homing missiles at the enemy with the most missing health within ~750 radius of you at the end of the dash, prioritizing enemy champions. Each missile deals 60 − 105 (based on level) (+ 15% bonus AD) magic damage, for a total of 180 − 315 (based on level) (+ 45% bonus AD), increased by 0% − 50% (based on enemy’s missing health) (90 second cooldown).


Taliyah – 37% Win rate

Patch 10.23 includes an increase to armor, magic resist, health of all jungle camps and also takes away Scuttle Crab’s heal. Compounded together, this makes Taliyah unplayable in jungle.

If you want to have any chance at playing her, try taking her mid lane with Luden’s Tempest instead!


Ryze – 43% Win rate

A champion that always seems to struggle in solo queue, Ryze in Patch 10.23 continues to struggle finding an identity. The removal of Rod of Ages hurt, but he did get a new item that works quite well…Riftmaker! This item works quite well with his tanky demeanor and allows him to do true damage as the fight drags on.

 Riftmaker

Stats
+80 ability power
+15 ability haste
+150 health
+15% omnivamp

Passive
UNIQUE – VOID CORRUPTION: For each second in combat with champions, deal 3% increased damage, stacking up to 5 times for a maximum of 15%. While this effect is fully stacked, convert 100% of the bonus damage into true damage.

MYTHIC PASSIVE: Empowers your other Legendary items with 5% magic penetration.


Nami – 45% Win rate

This one’s a bit of a surprise considering other heal supports like Yuumi and Soraka are 2 to 3 percentage points higher. Overall, it looks like  Moonstone Renewer is balanced around its new effect, which is to spend time in combat. As a kiting/enchanting champion, she remains very squishy and tends to either drop “combat” or put herself into more danger than necessary to retain her stacks. 
It’s still early in the patch though, so this might also be an issue with tanks and assassins just being far too good at killing her.

TO BE CONTINUED


Got more champions you think were gutted in Patch 10.23 or found a sick build that helps these poor ducks above? Comment below!

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Most OVERPOWERED Champions and Items in Patch 10.23

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As we head into the preseason for Patch 10.23, there are a TON of item changes, buffs and nerfs, some of which are GAMEBREAKING. It’s going to take a while to sort through all the updates, but we’re already seeing some outliers that are performing better than most.

Patch 10.23 Insanity

As we head into the preseason for Patch 10.23, there are a TON of item changes, buffs and nerfs, some of which are GAMEBREAKING. It’s going to take a while to sort through all the updates, but we’re already seeing some outliers that are performing better than most.

Check out some of the big offenders below!

Malphite – 60% Win Rate

Sunfire Aegis

UNIQUE – IMMOLATE: Taking or dealing damage activates this passive for 3 seconds. Deal 20 − 40 (based on level) (+ 1% bonus health) magic damage per second to nearby enemies, increased by 50% against minions and 200% against monsters. Damaging enemy champions or epic monsters with this effect adds a stack for 5 seconds, increasing subsequent Immolate damage by 12%, stacking up to 6 times for a 72% increase.

UNIQUE – FLAMETOUCH: At maximum stacks, your basic attacks explode around you, burning nearby enemies for your current Immolate damage for 3 seconds.

MYTHIC PASSIVE: Empowers other Legendary items with 5 ability haste.

This item is boosting all the tanks right now and it’s clear why. The new bonus immolate damage stacking up to 72% grants tanks massive low effort damage. 
Other tanks like Maokai and Zac are also finding extreme success with the same item, and marksmen simply aren’t strong enough to break through this and the newly improved tank items in the game like Thornmail and Gargoyle Stoneplate.

Katarina – 70% Win Rate with Nashor’s Tooth

Nashor’s Tooth

UNIQUE – ICATHIAN BITE: Basic attacks deal 15 (+ 25% AP) bonus magic damage on-hit.

Note: As of Patch 10.23, Katarina’s Passive, E, and R now apply on-hit effects.

Riftmaker

Stats
+80 ability power
+15 ability haste
+150 health
+15% omnivamp

Passive
UNIQUE – VOID CORRUPTION: For each second in combat with champions, deal 3% increased damage, stacking up to 5 times for a maximum of 15%. While this effect is fully stacked, convert 100% of the bonus damage into true damage.

MYTHIC PASSIVE: Empowers your other Legendary items with 5% magic penetration.

DOUBLE WHAMMY!
Katarina’s buff applies on-hit effects to all her abilities except for her Q. When you combine this with Nashor’s Tooth and Lichbane, Katarina one-shots enemies with just her Shunpo. 
Picking up a Riftmaker for the 15% Omnivamp makes her nearly impossible to kill without a good deal of hard-CC. Let’s mention this one too…this mythic item allows her to deal TRUE DAMAGE while also providing a scaling magic penetration. Insane.

Rek’Sai – 57% Win rate

Prowler’s Claw

Passive
+21 Lethality (13.07 − 21 (based on level) armor penetration)
MYTHIC PASSIVE: Empowers your other Legendary items with 5 lethality.

Active
UNIQUE – SANDSWIPE: After a brief cast time, dash in a line through the target enemy’s location, and upon completing the dash, deal 100 (+ 30% bonus AD) physical damage to the target and increase your damage dealt to them by 15% for the next 3 seconds (60 second cooldown).

Passive lethality is pretty cool on Rek’Sai, as it lets her build items like Black Cleaver and Sterak’s for mid to late game and still get plenty of lethality for snowballing early. The bonus dash from Prowler’s Claw also synergizes incredibly well with Rek’Sai’s kit and also improves her burst window by a huge amount. 
As a champion that was already incredibly good pre-changes, her synergy with this item definitely helped further her dominance.

Fizz – 60% Win rate

Hextech Rocketbelt

Passive
MYTHIC PASSIVE: Empowers your other Legendary items with 5 magic penetration.
Active

UNIQUE – SUPERSONIC: Dash in the target direction, though not through terrain, unleashing an arc of rockets that deal 200 − 300 (based on level) (+ 15% AP) magic damage. Then, gain 75% bonus movement speed toward enemy champions for 2 seconds (40 second cooldown).

Similar to Rek’Sai, this item is just absolutely perfect for Fizz. Protobelt was always a core item on Fizz to begin with, and this newly upgraded version also gives him additional bonus movespeed and magic penetration.

Malzahar – 59% Win rate

 Liandry’s Anguish

UNIQUE – TORMENT: Dealing ability damage burns enemies, causing them to take「 60 (+ 10% AP) (+ 4% target’s maximum health) magic damage over 4 seconds 」and the user to ignore 5% of their magic resistance, increasing by 5% per second over 4 seconds, up to 25%.
MYTHIC PASSIVE: Empowers your other Legendary items with 5 ability haste.
The latest change to the original Liandry was to also provide 5% magic resist shredding stacking up to 25%. 
This works incredibly well on Malzahar given his damage over time abilities, and also does insanely well given his ultimate literally holds them in place while his damage ramps up.

Ashe – 54% Win rate

Blade of the Ruined King
UNIQUE – MIST’S EDGE: Basic attacks deal (Melee role.png 10% / Ranged role.png 6%) of the target’s current health bonus physical damage on-hit, capped at 60 bonus damage against minions and monsters.
UNIQUE – SIPHON: Basic attacks on-hit apply a stack to enemy champions for 6 seconds, up to 2 stacks. Attacking a champion with 2 stacks consumes them to deal 40 − 120 (based on level) bonus magic damage on-hit and steal 25% of their movement speed for 2 seconds (20 second cooldown).
As far as marksmen go, most of them don’t seem to be particularly different from each other after the item changes. However, Ashe is definitely a big winner here.
Blade of the Ruined King’s movement speed steal is now a passive based on attacks. When you combine this item with Hurricane, Ashe essentially insta-procs it from long range, giving her massive kiting and chasing potential when combined with her already broken movement speed slowing attacks.

Ahri – 57% Win rate

 Luden’s Tempest

UNIQUE – ECHO: Damaging an enemy with an ability deals 100 (+ 15% AP) bonus magic damage to your target and 3 nearby enemies and grants you 30% bonus movement speed for 2 seconds (10 second cooldown).

MYTHIC PASSIVE: Empowers your other Legendary items with 5 magic penetration.
This is somewhat like the ranged version of the movespeed boost that Fizz has. As a highly mobile ranged champion, Ahri is definitely a big winner with this change. Other champions that rely on bursting enemies from long range or need additional gap-closers do not benefit as highly.

Got more champion/item combos we didn’t mention above? Comment below what your favorite new build is!

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Excel Esports Rebrands To Excel, Sporting ‘The Power Of Better’ As A New Motto

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Excel Esports is now just Excel after a rebranding move.

The United Kingdom-based esports organization Excel Esports announced today that it has rebranded to Excel, promising ‘The Power of Better’ for its fans, followers and players. Excel currently possesses a Fortnite player, World Cup runner-up Jayden “Wolfiez” Ashman, and will soon announce full League of Legends rosters for the LEC and NLC. The UK-based organization also launched a new line of merchandise in coordination with the rebranding. Founder and chief gaming officer (CGO) Kieran Holmes-Darby stands firmly behind Excel, promising, “This is not different, it’s just better,” in a comment to League of Legends Esports.

“The Power of Better”

Excel’s rebranding announcement video features the organization’s top players, including professional Fortnite player Wolfiez and some clips from its League of Legends rosters. CGO Kieran Holmes-Darby provided more insight into Excel’s mindset moving forward to LoL Esports, stating, “We are learning year-on-year, season-on-season, how to get the most out of our players and empower them to be the best versions of themselves.” Excel recently saw two of its players, Caedrel and Special, exit the team after a seventh-place finish at LEC Summer. However, Holmes-Darby is sure that the rebrand will breathe new life into an already promising LEC lineup.

“The Power of Better embodies everything Excel has stood for since day one,” said Holmes-Darby to LoL Esports. “We have always wanted to improve every aspect of our business and ensure we are getting better every day. We will never lose sight of the fact that first and foremost we are an esports team, and thus ‘The Power of Better’ starts with our performances in-game – we want to have our most successful seasons ever back-to-back.”

Onward and Upward

Excel CEO Wouter Sleijffers commented on the organization’s thirst for victory in the new year. “We hope to bring to the LEC a fresh and different team. Not different for the sake of being different but different since we’re smart and creative people who forge their own path based on their own beliefs,” he told LoL Esports. With Kryze, Patrik and Tore still under contract, Excel will need two crucial additions to fill out its roster. Sporting a new motto and name, the organization formerly known as Excel Esports will represent its new colors well in 2021 under a more refined brand.

Source: LoL Esports

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LoL: Misfits Rumored To Sign Vander As Starting Support

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It looks like we’re starting to see some LEC moves in the off-season as Misfits looks set to lock down Oskar “Vander” Bogdan.

With Rogue having replaced Vander for 2021 with Academy support Adrian “Trymbi” Trybus, Misfits have pounced to sign their former support, Vander. The deal, according to Jacob Wolf, will be completed next week when the free agency window opens.

Vander, who had a great 2020 will be a big pickup for Misfits, who had a disappointing 2020 season. Vander was a major part of the Rogue roster that came close to winning the 2020 LEC Summer Split, though they had a slightly disappointing showing at Worlds. Ultimately they performed about as the rest of the LEC did. Only G2 Esports made it past the first Knockout round.

Vander will link up with Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup in the bot lane and will likely play alongside current top laner Iván “Razork” Martin Diaz who is contracted until 2021. Likewise, mid laner Fabian “FEBIVEN” Diepstraten is also contracted till 2021. However, Misfits were a side looking at the possibility of signing Perkz from G2 Esports. As a result, FEBIVEN’s place on the roster might not be ironclad. As for the top lane, as of now, it is expected that Misfits Premier player Tobiasz “Agresivoo” Ciba will be promoted to the starting roster after impressing in 2020.

Elsewhere in the LEC

The biggest story in the LEC regards G2 Esports and the departure of ADC Perkz. With Perkz looking to move back to the mid lane, it caused G2 Esports to look to move him on. With $5 million the reported asking price Cloud9 has come forward as the most likely destination for Perkz. We looked at the deal in more detail here, including what it could mean for ADCs in the LEC with G2 Esports looking to replace Perkz.

The rest of the LEC has been fairly quiet with most news involving players leaving the region, rather than LEC teams making big marquee signings. One of the biggest departures of the season will come in the form of former MAD Lions coach Peter Dun. He will be moving to the LCS as the coach of Evil Geniuses. Peter Dun has been credited as a driving force behind the 2020 MAD Lions success, which saw them compete for a LEC title and even make a brief appearance at Worlds 2020.

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LoL: Rumor – PowerOfEvil to Replace Bjergsen at TSM

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It looks like TSM might have found their replacement for retiring mid laner Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg.

Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage looks set to be the replacement for Bjergsen, who will be leaving FlyQuest once the free agency window opens. POE will join a TSM side that’s off the back of another LCS title, though a poor showing at Worlds 2020.

Read More: Bjergsen Retires As Player, Transitions To TSM Head Coach

It wasn’t just TSM who had an eye on POE, however, with Evil Geniuses allegedly tabling an offer for the mid laner. According to Jacob Wolf, POE has decided to join TSM for the 2021 season.

POE first came to the LCS back in the 2018 season when he joined OpTiC Gaming, before moving to CLG a year later. POE spent 2020 with FlyQuest and helped secure the side a spot at Worlds 2020. Though they failed to make it out of their group, they gave a good show of themselves, especially in their victory against Chinese top seed TOP Esports.

Schrage wasn’t, however, TSM’s first choice, with them being a number of sides tracking G2 Esports’ ADC (though heading back to mid) Luka “Perkz” Perković. Sadly for TSM, it appears that if Perkz does leave for the LCS it will be to join Cloud9 as they look to reunite him with former G2 Esports ADC Zven.

As for the rest of the TSM roster, we’ve heard that they’ll be looking to sign replacements for top laner Sergen “Broken Blade” Celik and support Vincent “Biofrost” Wang. No news as yet about who they’ll look to replace in those roles, however, the possibility of TSM to sign departing Cloud9 top laner Eric “Licorice” Ritchie.

Roster mania

With over a week to go before the free agency opens we’re already seeing the 2021 season shaping up to be a special one. As we mentioned in our story “How does G2 Esports potentially replace Perkz” this offseason could be a long one. We’ll likely not know what the landscape looks like until we see the first few roster locks happen, at which point it should become clear who is looking for what when it comes to roster completion.

Right now, all eyes are on the LCS, which despite COVID impacting the league LCS sides seem to be continuing to throw large sums of money around. Over in the LEC, it might be a humbling one for the region. With Alphari and Perkz looking set to leave, the region could be losing two of its top talents to North America.

That said, Europe continues to produce high-quality talent in its regional leagues, so we’ll have to wait and see what teams can potentially pull off a MAD Lions and find hidden gems.

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LoL: How Does G2 Esports Potentially Replace Perkz?

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News that Luka “Perkz” Perković could well be leaving Europe entirely leaves many questions for G2.

So to recap, Perkz is looking set to leave Europe as of right now, and while six teams are bidding for his services, Cloud9 is the clear favorite. That said, there’s the small matter of Perkz’s $5 million buy-out which is causing Cloud9 a lot of issues, especially given that Cloud9 has still yet to find a team willing to pay Licorice’s buy-out. What does this mean for G2? What about Cloud9? And what will G2 do if Perkz does truly leave? There are a lot of angles to look at with this potential move that can mean everything for the parties involved.

What does this mean for G2 Esports?

Perkz has been an amazing player on G2 Esports and has been the team’s one constant through both their dynasty rosters. Often called the Nine-Star General, Perkz has proven himself as a star in both the mid lane and ADC.

Right now, however, he finds himself in the ADC role, meaning G2 Esports needs to replace him somehow. So, how do you replace such a successful member of your roster? Well, one way G2 might be able to do it is by reinvesting the massive (reported) $5 million buy-out of his contract to poach almost any ADC they want. Who are the options for G2 in the ADC role?

Right now reports are that it could be any number of players, though Juš “Crownshot” Marušič and Elias “Upset” Lipp are the two most commonly linked names, alongside G2 possibly using sub-ADC Kristoffer “P1noy” Albao Lund Pedersen. For us, Upset feels the most probable. He’s young at just 20 and is playing on a roster that looks set to be stripped apart with Origen (now Astralis) losing Alphari and likely to make a new, less experienced roster.

On the more unlikely end, G2 could look to reinvest the $5 million by making a statement signing. They can do this either by bringing in an ADC from Korea or China or potentially taking back Cloud9 ADC Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen as part of the deal for Perkz. A more outlandish call would be that they look at Martin “Rekkles” Larsson, though with G2 allegedly not willing to let Perkz move to Fnatic, we’d suspect Fnatic would likewise not want to let Rekkles join G2.

The loss of a leader

Perhaps the biggest loss to G2 Esports is the loss of Perkz the leader. When you win the number of titles Perkz has in his career, and do so as the team’s captain, you clearly have leadership qualities. After all, G2 moved Perkz to ADC to make way for Caps, which shows how valuable Perkz is to G2 Esports.

The issue now is, who do you replace him with? Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski and Martin “Wunder” Hansen are likely to be the replacements for Perkz in that leadership role. Its also possible we see Caps step up and become the new face of G2 Esports. Ultimately, you’ll find it hard to sign a leader, but it’s a battle that G2 Esports is going to take right now as they decide if they can afford to keep Perkz or even how they can keep him.

How can Cloud9 and G2 reach an agreement?

C9 LoL top laner Eric “Licorice” Ritchie stands up with a big grin in front of a monitor showing a C9 logo and the word victory
The sale of Licorice could be key to any deal for Perkz.

Let’s assume, given available reports, that Cloud9 is the main contender for Perkz’s signature. The deal presents two major issues that it seems, according to Jacob Wolf, need to be fixed before either can sign him. Either G2 Esports drops the asking price ($5 million) or Cloud9 finds a way to swallow that massive expense. One way for them to do that was supposed to be the sale of Eric “Licorice” Ritchie, who was due to sign for GoldenGuardians for $1.7 million. However, they’ve now pulled out (as have FlyQuest) so Cloud9 has a potential issue on their hands.

This Licorice issue could well be what makes the deal happen or not, especially given G2 is very unlikely to want Licorice themselves. This means Cloud9 might need to drop the asking price further if they want to move him on.

What’s next for the deal?

With all this in mind, we just have to wait now. As the free agency window opens on November 16, we’ll likely see a few moves confirmed which should give us an idea of what organizations are looking for what role. With COVID obviously having an impact on finances, it could be a long roster swap story that sees any number of ebbs and flows in the coming months.

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LoL: How Does G2 Esports Potentially Replace Perkz?

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News that Luka “Perkz” Perković could well be leaving Europe entirely leaves many questions for G2.

So to recap, Perkz is looking set to leave Europe as of right now, and while six teams are bidding for his services, Cloud9 is the clear favorite. That said, there’s the small matter of Perkz’s $5 million buy-out which is causing Cloud9 a lot of issues, especially given that Cloud9 has still yet to find a team willing to pay Licorice’s buy-out. What does this mean for G2? What about Cloud9? And what will G2 do if Perkz does truly leave? There are a lot of angles to look at with this potential move that can mean everything for the parties involved.

What does this mean for G2 Esports?

Perkz has been an amazing player on G2 Esports and has been the team’s one constant through both their dynasty rosters. Often called the Nine-Star General, Perkz has proven himself as a star in both the mid lane and ADC.

Right now, however, he finds himself in the ADC role, meaning G2 Esports needs to replace him somehow. So, how do you replace such a successful member of your roster? Well, one way G2 might be able to do it is by reinvesting the massive (reported) $5 million buy-out of his contract to poach almost any ADC they want. Who are the options for G2 in the ADC role?

Right now reports are that it could be any number of players, though Juš “Crownshot” Marušič and Elias “Upset” Lipp are the two most commonly linked names, alongside G2 possibly using sub-ADC Kristoffer “P1noy” Albao Lund Pedersen. For us, Upset feels the most probable. He’s young at just 20 and is playing on a roster that looks set to be stripped apart with Origen (now Astralis) losing Alphari and likely to make a new, less experienced roster.

On the more unlikely end, G2 could look to reinvest the $5 million by making a statement signing. They can do this either by bringing in an ADC from Korea or China or potentially taking back Cloud9 ADC Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen as part of the deal for Perkz. A more outlandish call would be that they look at Martin “Rekkles” Larsson, though with G2 allegedly not willing to let Perkz move to Fnatic, we’d suspect Fnatic would likewise not want to let Rekkles join G2.

The loss of a leader

Perhaps the biggest loss to G2 Esports is the loss of Perkz the leader. When you win the number of titles Perkz has in his career, and do so as the team’s captain, you clearly have leadership qualities. After all, G2 moved Perkz to ADC to make way for Caps, which shows how valuable Perkz is to G2 Esports.

The issue now is, who do you replace him with? Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski and Martin “Wunder” Hansen are likely to be the replacements for Perkz in that leadership role. Its also possible we see Caps step up and become the new face of G2 Esports. Ultimately, you’ll find it hard to sign a leader, but it’s a battle that G2 Esports is going to take right now as they decide if they can afford to keep Perkz or even how they can keep him.

How can Cloud9 and G2 reach an agreement?

C9 LoL top laner Eric “Licorice” Ritchie stands up with a big grin in front of a monitor showing a C9 logo and the word victory
The sale of Licorice could be key to any deal for Perkz.

Let’s assume, given available reports, that Cloud9 is the main contender for Perkz’s signature. The deal presents two major issues that it seems, according to Jacob Wolf, need to be fixed before either can sign him. Either G2 Esports drops the asking price ($5 million) or Cloud9 finds a way to swallow that massive expense. One way for them to do that was supposed to be the sale of Eric “Licorice” Ritchie, who was due to sign for GoldenGuardians for $1.7 million. However, they’ve now pulled out (as have FlyQuest) so Cloud9 has a potential issue on their hands.

This Licorice issue could well be what makes the deal happen or not, especially given G2 is very unlikely to want Licorice themselves. This means Cloud9 might need to drop the asking price further if they want to move him on.

What’s next for the deal?

With all this in mind, we just have to wait now. As the free agency window opens on November 16, we’ll likely see a few moves confirmed which should give us an idea of what organizations are looking for what role. With COVID obviously having an impact on finances, it could be a long roster swap story that sees any number of ebbs and flows in the coming months.

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LoL: How Does G2 Esports Potentially Replace Perkz?

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News that Luka “Perkz” Perković could well be leaving Europe entirely leaves many questions for G2.

So to recap, Perkz is looking set to leave Europe as of right now, and while six teams are bidding for his services, Cloud9 is the clear favorite. That said, there’s the small matter of Perkz’s $5 million buy-out which is causing Cloud9 a lot of issues, especially given that Cloud9 has still yet to find a team willing to pay Licorice’s buy-out. What does this mean for G2? What about Cloud9? And what will G2 do if Perkz does truly leave? There are a lot of angles to look at with this potential move that can mean everything for the parties involved.

What does this mean for G2 Esports?

Perkz has been an amazing player on G2 Esports and has been the team’s one constant through both their dynasty rosters. Often called the Nine-Star General, Perkz has proven himself as a star in both the mid lane and ADC.

Right now, however, he finds himself in the ADC role, meaning G2 Esports needs to replace him somehow. So, how do you replace such a successful member of your roster? Well, one way G2 might be able to do it is by reinvesting the massive (reported) $5 million buy-out of his contract to poach almost any ADC they want. Who are the options for G2 in the ADC role?

Right now reports are that it could be any number of players, though Juš “Crownshot” Marušič and Elias “Upset” Lipp are the two most commonly linked names, alongside G2 possibly using sub-ADC Kristoffer “P1noy” Albao Lund Pedersen. For us, Upset feels the most probable. He’s young at just 20 and is playing on a roster that looks set to be stripped apart with Origen (now Astralis) losing Alphari and likely to make a new, less experienced roster.

On the more unlikely end, G2 could look to reinvest the $5 million by making a statement signing. They can do this either by bringing in an ADC from Korea or China or potentially taking back Cloud9 ADC Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen as part of the deal for Perkz. A more outlandish call would be that they look at Martin “Rekkles” Larsson, though with G2 allegedly not willing to let Perkz move to Fnatic, we’d suspect Fnatic would likewise not want to let Rekkles join G2.

The loss of a leader

Perhaps the biggest loss to G2 Esports is the loss of Perkz the leader. When you win the number of titles Perkz has in his career, and do so as the team’s captain, you clearly have leadership qualities. After all, G2 moved Perkz to ADC to make way for Caps, which shows how valuable Perkz is to G2 Esports.

The issue now is, who do you replace him with? Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski and Martin “Wunder” Hansen are likely to be the replacements for Perkz in that leadership role. Its also possible we see Caps step up and become the new face of G2 Esports. Ultimately, you’ll find it hard to sign a leader, but it’s a battle that G2 Esports is going to take right now as they decide if they can afford to keep Perkz or even how they can keep him.

How can Cloud9 and G2 reach an agreement?

C9 LoL top laner Eric “Licorice” Ritchie stands up with a big grin in front of a monitor showing a C9 logo and the word victory
The sale of Licorice could be key to any deal for Perkz.

Let’s assume, given available reports, that Cloud9 is the main contender for Perkz’s signature. The deal presents two major issues that it seems, according to Jacob Wolf, need to be fixed before either can sign him. Either G2 Esports drops the asking price ($5 million) or Cloud9 finds a way to swallow that massive expense. One way for them to do that was supposed to be the sale of Eric “Licorice” Ritchie, who was due to sign for GoldenGuardians for $1.7 million. However, they’ve now pulled out (as have FlyQuest) so Cloud9 has a potential issue on their hands.

This Licorice issue could well be what makes the deal happen or not, especially given G2 is very unlikely to want Licorice themselves. This means Cloud9 might need to drop the asking price further if they want to move him on.

What’s next for the deal?

With all this in mind, we just have to wait now. As the free agency window opens on November 16, we’ll likely see a few moves confirmed which should give us an idea of what organizations are looking for what role. With COVID obviously having an impact on finances, it could be a long roster swap story that sees any number of ebbs and flows in the coming months.

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