Over the past month, we’ve been covering Rogue’s undefeated performance in the LEC. However, the standings have all changed with a couple of upsets. Accordingly, read on as we recap LEC Summer 2022 Week 6!
Just like that, two losses have resulted in Rogue falling down to second place while MAD Lions rose. Here are some of the key results from this past week:
Rogue vs Misfits (0-1)
Team Vitality vs Excel Esports (1-0)
Astralis vs Rogue (1-0)
MAD Lions vs Excel Esports (1-0)
Accordingly, this week saw the gap at the top close significantly – everything looks to grow even spicier as the competition continues.
Without a doubt, esports is constantly evolving. Accordingly, one such metric which is always improving is the likes of esports events. Moreover, 2022 has proven to be an awesome return to offline events, as we’ll discuss in our featured article for esports events viewership 2022!
VCT 2021 Stage 1 Masters Reykjavik
Dates – 10th April to 24th April
Prize Pool – $675,000
Peak Viewers – 1,065,887
Average Viewers – 416,236
Credits: Riot Games
Speaking of returning to offline, VALORANT esports in its young days is still looking to field more offline events. Taking the competition back to Reykjavik after some intense regional competition, Riot Games managed to host an incredible event.
Weirdly enough, the event actually recorded a higher peak viewership than the Stage 2 Masters event which featured a live crowd. Accordingly, at Reykjavik, the community watched as OpTic Gaming managed to raise the trophy for all of North America.
So far 2022 has been a great year for VALORANT, and we look forward to larger events such as VALORANT Champions which will be looking for a year on year improvement.
Feel free to stay tuned to updates on the esport on esportsguide!
LCK Spring 2022 – Esports Events Viewership 2022
Dates – 22nd January to 22nd April
Prize Pool – $311,012
Peak Viewers – 1,374,155
Average Viewers – 247,011
Credits: Riot Games
And here’s the exception in our top 5. Specifically, the LCK Spring 2022 is the only seasonal event rather than an international or regional playoff.
Instead, offering three months of competition, with a franchised League of Legends league, the LCK is once again proving to be the most popular region in the world for the esport. Especially compared to the other regions, the LCK Spring 2022 was simply awesome.
Contributing to this was the rise of T1, featuring a flawless run setting records never seen before and dominating the rest of the competition. Let’s see if the Summer event will feature similar figures.
Otherwise, here on esportsguide we’ll continue to stay up to date with LoL esports.
Free Fire World Series 2022 Sentosa
Dates – 14th May to 21st May
Prize Pool – $2,000,000
Peak Viewers – 1,477,545
Average Viewers – 592,615
Credits: Garena
Heading into this year, Free Fire esports needed to focus on hosting more huge offline events. Accordingly, the Free Fire World Series 2022 Sentosa was the first of events for 2022.
Inviting the top 18 teams from across the world, the event stood as an international celebration of the mobile esport. Furthermore, a team representing one of the more popular regions, Thailand, manage to win it all under the name of Attack All Around.
Almost cracking the 1.5 million mark for peak viewership, the event sets the bar high for the upcoming World Series event in November.
PGL Major Antwerp 2022
Dates – 9th May to 22nd May
Prize Pool – $1,000,000
Peak Viewers – 2,113,610
Average Viewers – 586,218
Credits: PGL
And then, we have one of the top CS:GO events of all time. Specifically, PGL Major Antwerp 2022 managed to reach peak viewership as one of the top 5 CS:GO events ever.
Contributing to this is a historic grand final between FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere which set the community on fire with the degree of excitement. Especially since the event opted for a longer format, the event managed to build a level of competition never seen before – really setting the standards rather high for CS:GO.
Concluding the top 5, this event is no surprise. Accordingly, MSI 2022 was the first opportunity for the international community to compete and figure out which region is best.
Featuring an incredible battle between the Chinese and Korean champions, the peak of over 2,000,000 viewers took place during the grand final between Royal Never Give Up and T1.
In conclusion, these numbers pushed it to being the most viewed MSI event ever!
Feel free to stay up to date withLoL esports here on esportsguide!
Accordingly, the LEC has been around since 2013. Bearing this in mind, the likes of Misfits Gaming has been around for 6 years. However, Misfits LEC 2022 have now decided to sell their spots – read on to learn more about it below!
Naturally, the nature of a franchised league implies that organizations purchase spots to compete at the highest level. In the same way, teams must sell their spot to leave.
Indeed, simply put, Team Heretics has purchased the slot after Misfits put it for sale. Here’s what Misfits CEO Ben Spoont had to say about the story:
We did not make this decision lightly and ran an exhaustive process vetting numerous interested offer parties and came to the decision that Team Heretics was the right selection to continue on as responsible stewards of the league.
Furthermore, the organization has managed the following achievements in the past years:
4th @ LEC Spring 2022
4th @ EU LCS Summer 2018
2nd @ EU LCS Summer 2017
4th @ EU LCS Spring 2017
1st @ EU CS Summer 2016
Otherwise, we’re excited to see how the likes of Heretics replace them for the 2023 season. It’s to our knowledge that Misfits will continue to compete for the rest of the regular season.
While Riot Games is known for hosting huge franchised events for League of Legends, the publisher also hosts smaller regional competition. Accordingly, the EU Masters LoL has just been confirmed to return for summer! Read on as we discuss the announcement below.
Heading into the event, all eyes are on the LFL region to see if French teams can continue to dominate the EU Masters events – feel free to visit the original press release here.
In the past week, Rogue in the LEC 2022 Summer has received quite a bit of attention. Accordingly, an impressive win streak has them sitting on top of the leaderboards. Read on as we highlight their ongoing performance!
LEC 2022 Summer – Can G2 Stop Them?
We're facing @G2esports tonight at 20:00 CEST and you know it's gonna be a wild one
Heading into Week 5 however, they would face some of their toughest competition. Taking place yesterday and later on today, here are their two matches:
Rogue vs Fnatic
G2 Esports vs Rogue
For those unaware, Fnatic and G2 Esports are some of the most impressive teams in the history of the LEC.
What’s more is that Rogue’s only two losses this season were to Fnatic vs G2 Esports.
Yesterday though, the likes of Rogue managed to take down Fnatic in an epic series to close off the Day of competition.
Currently, that extends their win-streak to an impressive 8 wins. Should they manage to take down G2 Esports later on today, that would push them clear of the competition with their biggest competitors as MAD Lions and Excel.
We’ll be sure to stay up to date with regards to Rogues performance in the split.
For those unaware, one of the top esports events every year is Worlds for LoL. Accordingly, that’s why we’re so excited for the recent press release by Riot Games. Let’s dive into the earliest information regarding LoL Worlds 2022!
In the aforementioned press release, the following details were revealed:
Dates: September 29th to November 5th
Venues: ranging from Mexico City to San Francisco
Participants: 24 teams
Bearing this in mind, Riot Games also mentioned that no team will be able to travel from the LCL region. This extra seed has been awarded to Europe and the overall split is as follows:
LPL – 4 seeds
LCK – 4 seeds
Europe – 4 seeds
NA – 3 seeds
SEA – 2 seeds
Vietnam – 2 seeds
Brazil, Japan, LLA, Oceania, Turkey – 1 seed
Credits: Riot Games
Furthermore, the competition will once again involve the same format as years before. Kicking off with Play-Ins, followed by Groups, the event then concludes with an exciting bracket stage.
Considering that a few months remain, the schedule and prize allocation is yet to be revealed. Once all information is available, we’ll be sure to provide all of the viewership details!
Overall, the TSM LCS Roster 2022 has received a lot of attention. Accordingly, the organization is currently making multiple changes while struggling in the LCS Summer 2022. Read on as we cover the most recent move!
TSM LCS Roster 2022 – Stronger Staff
The end of an era, the start of a new one.#TSM Legends S8 Episode 10, out now.
Since making the change, they’ve managed to secure a win against FlyQuest and sit in 8th place. This puts them in qualification for the LCS Summer Playoffs.
Accordingly, this should help them improve and match their earlier achievements:
9th @ LCS Spring 2022
9-10th @ LCS Lock-In 2022
4th @ LCS Summer 2021
3rd @ LCS Spring 2021
5-8th @ LCS Lock-In 2021
Can TSM match their popularity with results? We’ll have to see in the coming weeks of competition.
After comparing Tactical Shooter Esports, we’re ready to shift our focus. Specifically, one of the top esports genre is without question, the MOBA genre. Indeed, MOBA Esports 2022 have been bigger than ever – read on as we compare the likes of LoL and Dota 2 below!
10 Years of Sharing the MOBA Genre
Credits: ESL
Firstly, let’s get the timelines correct. In terms of release dates, League of Legends was released by Riot Games in 2009. Meanwhile, Dota 2 was published by Valve in 2013.
Back then, the MOBA genre (multiplayer online battle arena) wasn’t too popular as the likes of RTS (real-time strategy) titles such as StarCraft II were all the noise.
However, as these titles came to market, their esports scenes quickly blew up. Overall, both titles share the core elements of a MOBA:
Character/hero/champion selection and controlled for the duration of the match – each with unique roles and abilities
Time factor – improving economy and core attributes of characters as the game progresses
Usage of mana resources and farming gold/economy
Managing equipment and inventory
Handling side-quests and boss monsters
Game ends when one team eliminates the hub of the other team
Credits: LoL Flickr
However, there are some key differences between LoL and Dota 2:
Different agent numbers, types and abilities
Vastly different metas and gameplay mechanisms
LoL has some unique mechanics such as Runes, Masteris and Summoner Spells pre-game
Dota 2 has friendly fire enabled
Dota 2 has much greater environment factors
MOBA Esports 2022 – Similar Structures with Differences
With that out of the way, let’s dive deeper into the esports.
Starting with League of Legends, this is rather simple. Opting for a first-party approach, with Riot Games responsible for hosting a framework of competition, the esport is a global phenomenon.
Credits: Worlds 2022
Hosting multiple franchised leagues in regions such as the LCK, LCS and international events such as Worlds 2022 and MSI, the season is very simple. Accordingly, there are two splits and two international events – not many events outside those organized by Riot Games.
On the other hand, Valve does involve third-party organizers in a clever manner. Devising a structure known as the Dota Pro Circuit, Valve organizes Dota Pro Circuit Tours.
Apart from regional competitions, this also involves tournament events organized by third parties such as ESL and Valve which form part of the DPC.
Credits: Valve
At each stage teams can earn Dota Pro Circuit points, in an open way to allow any team to seed to the largest event in all of esports – The International!
Esports Viewership – Tight Contention
Bearing this in mind, it’s time for us to review esports viewership as a metric to understand how popular these esports are. To do so, we’ve sourced some statistics from the public data available by Esports Charts.
Let’s take a look at the top 3 peak viewership of all time for both esports.
League of Legends:
World Championship 2021 – Peak Viewers 4,018,728
World Championship 2019 – Peak Viewers 3,985,787
2020 World Championship – Peak Viewers 3,882,252
Credits: Valve
Dota 2:
The International 10 – Peak Viewers 2,741,514
The International 2019 – Peak Viewers 1,968,497
TI 2018 – Peak Viewers 1,205,979
Clearly, despite having a higher prize pool overall, LoL seems to build more excitement and hence, managing to hit over 4,000,000 peak viewers at times.
MOBA Esports 2022 – Which is Better?
Credits: LoL Esports Flickr
So overall, it seems that overall, League of Legends seems to enjoy a more structured season together with international events which receive more attention in total.
However, Dota brings a greater number of events in the year which is an advantage in itself. So while LoL is more popular, we can’t safely call it “better” as both esports continue to enjoy massive success, pushing the industry forward!
As we creep closer and closer to Worlds 2022, the final version of LoL teams will compete with is getting nearer. Accordingly, Riot Games is set to release the LoL Patch Notes 12.14 – read on as we list some of the key changes!
LoL Patch Notes 12.14 – A Flurry of Changes
Honing in on changelists for Patch 12.14.
We're pulling the Teleport changes and are focusing on stability for the rest of the season. Expect smaller patches as we head towards the end of the year (outside of World's patch).
Champions Nerfs – Sivir, Yuumi, Seraphine, Gnar, Zeri, Renata
Notably, these are already some massive changes. Accordingly, a champion such as Zeri is present in over 75% of all drafts in the top regions this summer. In summary, Riot Games is clearly targetting this agent.
Credits: Riot Games
In summary, Enchanter Mythics have been nerfed which looks to shape up the remainder of the Summer Splits.
However, these changes aren’t official yet and are being tested in PBE servers. Furthermore, feel free to dive into the entire patch note here which looks to go live by the end of July.
As we head into Worlds 2022 eventually, we’ll be sure to discuss the meta of the entire title!
Consisting of 8 weeks of competition, LCS Summer Week 4 marked the halfway point for the split. Accordingly, the standings are already telling of a final outcome. Bearing this in mind, read on as we offer a recap of this past week of competition.
Following this week of competition, the competition remains incredibly tight. Specifically, multiple ties currently decide some of the key positions in the leaderboard.
Noting that only the top 8 make it to the Playoffs, here are the current standings following this week of competition:
Notably, the following were some of the deciding matches from this past week:
Evil Geniuses vs Team Liquid (1-0) – pushing EG a cut above the competition, this nail-biter sealed their pole position
FlyQuest vs 100 Thieves (1-0) – likely the upset of the week, FlyQuest’s win keeps them in contention for top 3 while keeping 100 Thieves away from first place
Immortals vs Cloud9 (1-0) – another surprise has Immortals manage an impressive win over a Cloud9 which will need to improve in the coming weeks
With Week 5 kicking off next week, we’re curious to see how the competition develops – feel free to follow the event on esportsguide!
