League of Legends Esports News

The League of Legends Season 2 brings updates to Role Quests, items, runes, battlepass and introduces WASD to ranked and new skins.

League of Legends Patch 26.09 is right around the corner, and it's going to be a big one. The coming update will not only deliver the new Pandemonium-themed Season 2 to LoL, but will also make sweeping changes to a large number of champions, introduce new items, new runes, and a whole lot more.

With Patch 26.03 now live, the Solo Queue meta in League of Legends continues to evolve. This early-season update brought a large number of changes that shifted champion power levels across all roles, rewarding picks that can consistently pressure opponents, scale effectively, and snowball advantages into wins. Without further ado, here's our look at the best champions to climb ranked in LoL Patch 26.03 in every role.

League of Legends Patch 26.06 continues the early-season trend of small but meaningful balance tweaks. With First Stand out of the way, the new patch was able to leave pro play aside and focus on Solo Queue, introducing targeted champion adjustments and ongoing meta refinement rather than sweeping changes. If you’re looking to gain LP efficiently, these are the best champions to climb ranked in League of Legends Patch 26.06.

League of Legends Patch 26.09 landed on April 29, 2026, kicking off Season 2 under the new Pandemonium theme, delivering one of the biggest updates of the year so far. Role Quest adjustments, rune changes, new items, and a refreshed Arena mode all headline the patch, alongside a targeted wave of champion buffs and nerfs. If you're looking to climb the ranked ladder efficiently as the meta continues to evolve, here are the best champions to climb ranked in LoL Patch 26.09.

Released in 2009, League of Legends remains as one, if not the most popular games in the world. While Riot Games have not published a player count or viewership reports, third party sources indicate ~110 million players login into their League of Legends account monthly. These paired with the 6.78M peak viewership (excluding China) of Worlds 2025, the Riot Games’ first offering continues to dominate competitive gaming.

KeSPA and the Esports Foundation have to an agreement, bringing the South Korean association back into the fold as National Team Partner, and by extension returns South Korea to the list of nations for the ENC.

Riot's 2XKO Patch 1.2.1 arrives May 12 with the new Teamfight Fuse, which lets both champions play simultaneously for seven seconds. The update also adds a duo finder, in-game voice chat, and opens Season 2 with a soft ranked reset.

With a few champions getting out of control in Solo Queue as of late, LoL Patch 26.10 will aim to bring some semblance of balance back onto the Rift. Here's everything you need to know about Patch 26.10 of League of Legends before it goes live on Wednesday, May 13.

For the second consecutive year, top-tier League of Legends competition for anyone who identifies as a woman is back! The LoL Game Changers Rising 2026 tournament will kick off May 29, where teams will compete across five months of action.

Riot Games is bringing back open applications for its Partner Programs, and this time, the doors are opening wider than ever. After years away from public enrollment, creators across League of Legends, VALORANT, and Teamfight Tactics will finally get their shot starting in August 2026.

The Club Partner Program (CPP) is one of the Esports Foundation (EF) flagship initiatives centered around providing investment and incentives to a select group of esports organizations that are members of the club. It consists of its own ecosystem of support for organizations as well as providing said organizations with a separate track for winning prize money – the Club Championship. But what do we actually know about how it works? Join us as we listen to industry staples speak on their experience.

Nobody saw this coming. On April 30, in the Losers Bracket Round 1 of the Esports World Cup EMEA Qualifier, two LFL teams did the unthinkable, sweeping two of Europe's top League of Legends organizations off the bracket in the very same day.

Nam “Diable” Dae-geun is reportedly headed for Nongshim RedForce as part of a talent trade. The former BNK FEARX AD Carry player had been benched just two days prior by said organization; with disciplinary reasons cited as the reason.

In their first year fielding a League of Legends team, Sentinels just became the first North American team to qualify for the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026. The team rampaged through the EWC NA Qualifier, dropping just two games throughout the entire bracket to secure their spot in Riyadh.

Few players in all of professional League of Legends have made a splash in the competitive scene this year quite like Nam "Diable" Dae-geun. Despite becoming the biggest star of the team, though, BNK FEARX have announced their benching of the young AD carry player in a shock move few could have seen coming.

South Korea has reportedly pulled out of the Esports Nations Cup (ENC) 2026 following a dispute between Korean e-Sports Association (KeSPA) and the Esports Foundation (EF). The former claimed that the national selection of players to represent South Korea had been ‘interfered with’ by the event organizer. KeSPA, as the governing esports body for South Korea, holds tremendous sway over the nation’s esports athletes and activities.

The first of the two LEC Spring 2026 Roadtrips has come to close. Now, two teams leave French soil with their Playoffs spots secured, while two squads see their season cut short as they are eliminated from playoffs contention altogether.

Ryu “Keria” Min-seok is confirmed to have signed an extension with T1 through to 2029, securing a continue partnership between one of the best Support players in League of Legends with one of the most successful organizations.

One of the biggest attractions to League of Legends in modern times is undoubtedly the champion skins. At the end of 2018, Riot Games introduced a new type of champion skin – the Prestige skins. These were ‘enhanced’ versions of pre-existing skins, further pushing the envelope on the draw that came from these exclusive and elusive cosmetics. In 2026, 9 years later, over 100 Prestige skins have been introduced to League of Legends. From beloved old skin lines such as K/DA to battle pass releases and the coveted Worlds Finals MVP bonus skin, Prestige Skins are highly coveted and for good reason. Here’s how to get Prestige Skins in League of Legends.