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Caitlyn is Piltover’s finest peacekeeper and its best shot at shutting down criminals who think they can hide in the City of Progress. Caitlyn’s hextech rifle matters, but her real edge is how she thinks. She wins fights before they start by controlling space with traps, timing headshots, and punishing mistakes. This League of Legends Caitlyn Guide covers the tools that make her work: how Headshot really triggers, how traps change your damage windows, what Piltover Peacemaker is for, howmore

Effective communication is critical in League of Legends. With fast-paced gameplay and limited time to type messages, pings offer a quick and simple way to relay vital information to your team. From signaling enemy movement to requesting assistance, pings can turn the tide of a match when used correctly. This guide will explain how to use pings in League of Legends to enhance team coordination and gameplay efficiency. Learn how to use pings in League of Legends to improve communication,more

With over 172 total champions in the game, there are plenty of League of Legends female champions to choose from in every role. In this comprehensive guide, we will be taking a look at the complete list of female champions in LoL, and which of these stand out in pro-play, both in the most recent competitive patch as well as historically. Note that for the purpose of this article, female champions refers to any League of Legends champions who aremore

Just like that, a year of esports action has come and gone. Whether you're a fan of FPS games, a devoted MOBA gamer, or anything in-between, chances are that 2025 delivered its fair share of thrills, heartbreaks, and unforgettable moments. Before we move on to a new season of competition and coverage, join us as we go through our Strafe Esports Wrapped, taking a look back at our best performing esports, players, teams, and news articles throughout the year. Mostmore

Renekton is a rage-fueled Ascended from the deserts of Shurima. He was once his empire’s most respected warrior and led its armies to many victories. After Shurima fell, Renekton was entombed beneath the sands. Time broke him. When he finally returned, he came back unstable and obsessed with a single goal: find and kill his brother, Nasus. In his madness, Renekton blames Nasus for the centuries he spent trapped in darkness. This article explains Renekton’s story, how his kit works,more

The 2025 LCK Awards winners have officially been announced at the CJ ENM Center in Seoul, South Korea. Rewarding the best performing players from the LCK all throughout the year in every role, the LCK Awards 2025 saw one player stand above the rest after claiming the prestigious Player of the Year Award. All 2025 LCK Awards Winners and Nominees LCK Top of the Year: Kim "Kiin" Gi-in (Gen.G) - Winner Choi "Doran" Hyeon-joon (T1) Choi "Zeus" Woo-je (HLE) LCK Junglermore

One of the biggest League of Legends updates ever has just been announced to be coming our way in 2027. In a snippet of the next Dev Update, Riot Games has revealed that a new LoL client is finally in the works as a part of the overhaul, dubbed by the company as 'League Next'. The arrival of a new client, plus other large updates like an entirely revamped Summoner's Rift map, promise to bring us about as close to League of Legends 2.0 as we're ever going to get. League Next: The Future League of Legends For League of Legendsmore

Gangplank in League of Legends is a champion built around raw damage, timing, and control. He fights with a pistol, a cutlass, and barrels of gunpowder that can decide a fight in one chain reaction. His kit rewards players who plan ahead and punish mistakes fast. This article covers everything you need to know about Gangplank and his abilities. Gangplank’s story in Bilgewater Gangplank is feared for a reason. He once ruled the port city of Bilgewater as the reavermore

The top-flight EMEA League of Legends league will be debuting a brand new format in the new year, beginning with the LEC Versus 2026. Starting January 17, a total of 12 teams will compete to come away with the first LEC trophy of the year, as well as a spot at First Stand 2026 in Brazil. Let's go ahead and take a look at everything you need to know about the new tournament, including how you can get 2026 LEC Versus tickets to watch the action live. LEC Versus 2026 Format and Schedule Traditionally, the LEC is composed of 10more

Miss Fortune in League of Legends is easy to recognize and hard to ignore. She looks like a showpiece in Bilgewater, but people fear her for a reason. Sarah Fortune is a captain who learned early that mercy gets you killed. She watched Gangplank murder her family when she was a child. Years later, she took revenge in the most direct way possible: she blew up his flagship with him still aboard. Since then, she has made a habit ofmore

A month ago they were winning their third consecutive World Championship together. Now, T1 and Gumayusi took each other on in the Grand Finals of the 2025 KeSPA Cup. On his very first tournament for the team, Peyz did not let T1 down, putting on a stellar showing throughout the hard-fought finals to lead his team to the trophy and earn himself an MVP award in the process. T1 vs Hanwha Life: Clash of Titans As if it was evermore

League of Legends Patch 25.24B will be closing out the year, as well as laying down the groundwork for the start of next season; one which will be packed with changes. Though LoL Patch 25.24B won't be putting out anything too drastic, it will attempt to correct some of the champions that have been tearing through Solo Queue lately, while also lifting up a few other picks that have lost priority. Let's go over everything there is to know about LoL Patchmore

The 2025 Game Awards winners have claimed their accolades at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California. In an event set to honor some of the greatest and most influential names in the industry, games like Counter-Strike and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stood out as the biggest winners of the night. When it came to the Best Esports Athlete award, the race became a tight affair between LoL's Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon and CS2's Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut. Whoever the winner maymore

One of the biggest names in the history of League of Legends esports, and a legend of the LPL, will be taking a break from competing. According to Invictus Gaming themselves, Kang "TheShy" Seung-lok will be "temporarily stepping away from the competitive stage for the upcoming season." At the time of writing, Invictus Gaming are yet to announce who will take TheShy's place on the roster. Is This the End? The truth is that, as of now, nobody knows howmore

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.

Just a month ago, Gumayusi and the rest of his T1 teammates were busy celebrating their record-setting third consecutive Worlds title. Now, they're set to take each other on in the Semifinals of the 2025 KeSPA Cup: T1 on one side, Gumayusi and Hanwha Life Esports on the other. Friends to Foes Gumayusi's decision to leave T1 right after winning a World Championship (for the third time, no less) was shocking enough as it was. Few people could have expectedmore

Illaoi wins fights by forcing enemies to deal with tentacles, not just her health bar. If you don’t understand how her tentacles spawn, how they get commanded, and how her Spirit test redirects damage, it’s easy to take the wrong trade and lose lane fast. This guide explains Illaoi’s abilities and focuses on what each spell does, what it can and can’t interact with, and what the common edge cases mean in real games. Illaoi’s core idea: tentacles + forcedmore

Back in June of this year (2025), Team BDS announced that it would be undergoing a major transformation in the following months. According to a report by Sophie Marenne from the Swiss business magazine PME, this transformation will include a complete rebrand; one which will see Team BDS drop their current name and adopt that of Shifters instead. From BDS to Shifters In Marenne's report, Shifters' legal director, Jocelyn Roux, explained that the rebrand aims to strengthen the organization's local identity. Themore

The core of any multiplayer game in this day and age is the competitive (ranked) queue, allowing players to match with and against players of similar skill. Ranked queue is a competitive PvP queue type. Nearly identical to the Normal game mode, Ranked queue comes with some additional matchmaking limitations. League of Legends utilizes the ranked ladder system. As players complete matches, depending on the outcome, wins and losses either add or subtract rating (League Points) from their overall. This in turn influences their standing on the ranked ladder!

Riot Games has just announced that 2XKO will be kicking off the new year on a high note, with the 2026 Competitive Series delivering over 20 Riot-sponsored tournaments, including 5 Majors! Through a stacked 2026 schedule, competitive-themed skin releases, and more, Riot Games looks ready to launch 2XKO esports to new heights. 2XKO 2026 Competitive Series: What Awaits? Unlike games like League of Legends or VALORANT, the 2XKO esports scene will not be ran by Riot, at least not inmore