Heading into 2023, Riot Games decided to spice things up for competitive League of Legends. Accordingly, they’ve decided to create a new event to celebrate the start of the competitive season. Read on as we learn how to watch this interesting event we’ve never seen the likes of in this featured article!
Event Background
So, what exactly is this event?
Is it like other international events such as the Mid-Seasonal Invitational and Worlds? No, there isn’t that level of interaction between the regions and high-stakes competition. Instead, it’s a replacement for the All-Stars event which took place in prior seasons.
Instead, this event looks to be an event involving a special two-day broadcast where matches will take place across nine regional leagues as listed below:
- LJL Season Kickoff 2023 – 11th January – Tokyo
- LLA Season Kickoff 2023 – 11th January – Mexico City
- VCS Season Kickoff 2023 – 10th January – Ho Chi Minh City
- CBLOL Season Kickoff 2023 – 10th January – Sao Paulo
- LCK Season Kickoff 2023 – 10th January – Seoul
- LEC Season Kickoff 2023 – 11th January – Berlin
- LCS Season Kickoff 2023 – 10th January – Los Angeles
- In addition: PCS, LPL (details TBD)
This event is an opportunity for the 2023 season to kick off, highlighting the players to watch to give fans an opening look at the Rift. Naturally, this is a much-deserved break for the professional players with some light-hearted competition. For the purpose of this article, we’ll be focusing on three regions to provide some examples:
LEC Season Kickoff 2023 – 11th January – Berlin
- Team Legacy: Perkz, odamne, Yoke, Sheo, Hylissang
- Team Dynasty: Rekkles, Trymbi, exackick, Evi, 113
LCK Season Kickoff 2023 – 10th January – Seoul
- Team Deft: Morgan, Cuzz, Chovy, Deft, Peter
- Team Faker: DuDu, Willer, Faker, Viper, BeryL
CBLOL Season Kickoff 2023 – 11th January – Mexico City
- Team Robo – Robo, Ranger, N0sFerus, micaO, RedBert
- Team dyNquedo – Tay, Aegis, dyNquedo, DudsTheBoy, Cavalo
Read on as we preview these regions to provide context for the entire region.
Format
Moreover, we’ll be discussing the format of each of the three regions below.
LEC Season Kickoff 2023
Involving two teams comprised of a mixture of veterans and rookies, the LEC looks to crown a Season Kickoff Champions. Through this approach, Riot Games is hoping to showcase new and aspiring talent in the context of proven veterans.
Within the event, teams will compete in a best-of-three on the Summooner’s Rift Map. But no, this time it’s a little different – using a new kickoff format:
- Bans disabled
- Drafts cannot be repeated
- Lane shuffling after a victory
This should make for some interesting and fun competition.
LCK Season Kickoff 2023
Moving over to Korea, the format looks to be identical. Involving two team captains who have happily picked out their teammates, a single BO3 match will take place offline as the winning team will be able to create an emote for League of Legends.
CBLOL Season Kickoff 2023
Moving over to Brazil, there’ll be the exact same format offline.
With regards to the separate regions, we recommend visiting the official LoL Esports page here to check on the schedule and format of the other regions here.
Schedule for the LoL Season 2023 Kickoff
With regards to the schedule, we highly recommend visiting the official LoL Esports page to view the schedule of your desired region here.
Watch the LoL Season 2023 Kickoff on esportsguide
You can also watch the event live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
Predictions
With regards to predictions, considering the nature of the event which is not entirely competitive, all we can predict is an event which kicks off the League of Legends esports season in an awesome way.
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