Season Two World Championship Playoffs are Live!

The League of Legends Season Two World Championship Playoffs are now live!

The playoffs serve as the beginning of the Seasons end where twelve of the Worlds top teams collide in Los Angeles. Teams representing China, Vietnam, Korea, Taiwan, North America, and Europe skirmish for their share of $2,000,000 and the chance to go head to head in the World Finals. Two teams at the top of the elimination bracket will meet at the World Finals on October 13th to fight for the $1,000,000 grand prize and the title of Season Two World Champions.

Season Two Regional Spotlight: China

Home to a massive local eSports scene, China sends its two best teams, World Elite and Invictus Gaming, to Los Angeles to prove they can win once again in an international tournament. Competing as a professional player in China means attending live events throughout the country where thousands of players come to compete.

Season Two Regional Spotlight: Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia's two best teams emerged from Garena's newest professional eSports circuit, the Garena Premier League. Like the upcoming Season Three Championship Series, the Garena Premier League features eight professional teams from around Southeast Asia. GPL teams are made up of highly skilled and dedicated players, all of whom play League of Legends full time.

Visual Upgrade: Twisted Fate, the Card Master

Card sharks everywhere will be excited to know that Twisted Fate is receiving a Visual Upgrade in the upcoming patch. The Card Master is a classic champion that remains one of the most popular around the world. Fate has smiled upon everyone's favorite gambler – he's getting a new model as well as revamped textures, sound effects, spell effects, and voice over.

Season Two Regional Spotlight: Korea

Despite being the most recent region brought to League of Legends, Korea has a long history of elite eSports competition. Soon after launch in December 2011, gaming houses sprang up around Seoul and two leagues were being broadcast on Korean television. The premier series, OGN¢s Azubu The Champions, rapidly became the most watched eSports show in the country.

Season Two Regional Spotlight: Europe

Home of the Season One Champions and Runners-up, Europe has been a hotbed of competitive League of Legends since launch. Europe is known for its deep competitive scene, with many teams able to take games off of the best teams in the region, and its wide participation in tournaments. The region is host to a huge number of online tournaments and teams often compete in multiple online tournaments every week.

New Free Champion Rotation (Season Two: Week 45)

Greetings Summoners!

This week's 10 free champions have been rotated.

Here are this week's free champions:

Week 45 (this week):
- Karthus
- Kayle
- Malphite
- Master Yi
- Sion

Season Two Regional Spotlight: North America

From North America, three of the longest running League of Legends teams advance to the World Championship: Team SoloMid, Dignitas, and Counter Logic Gaming. Many of the star players on each team – like Reginald, Dyrus, Scarra, and HotShotGG – have been playing League of Legends since beta, and the team websites have become pillars of the League of Legends community.

Compete with Honor!

Honor is now live in League of Legends!

After every match-made game, you’ll have the ability to Honor both teammates and enemies. To give Honor, click the green “thumbs up” button in the post-game lobby. Clicking this icon for teammates will allow you to Honor them for being friendly, helpful or for showing great teamwork. You’ll even be able to give an Honorable Opponent mention to enemies that are respectful in either victory or defeat.

New Drummer Joins Pentakill: Olaf, the Berserker

*tap* *tap* Is this thing on? Okay, what am I announcing? Pentakill is proud to announce that we have officially replaced our recently deceased drummer… uh… whatever his name was. The fifth member of Pentakill is now Olaf, the Berserker.

The Comic LoLz Contest Winners are In

The Comic LoLz Contest winners are in. Altogether, over 3,000 summoners put their artistic and comedic prowess to the test, but over the past week (and no small number of beers), we’ve whittled them down to 32 winners. These entries dazzled us speechless, tickled us giddy, and made us weep mirthful tears. But don’t take our word for it. Have a look at the winners.

Pro Player Pick: Snoopeh Picks Amumu

Welcome to this week’s Pro Player Pick, where we feature one of the best League of Legends players discussing his favorite champion.

Today, Snoopeh of Counter Logic Gaming Europe has selected Amumu. Snoopeh enjoys the fight-changing potential of Amumu’s ultimate, Curse of the Sad Mummy, and uses Bandage Toss and Flash to ambush the enemy team with this powerful AoE ability.

Cut down your enemies with Sultan Tryndamere

For the launch of League of Legends in Turkey, Tryndamere is shedding his barbarian armor for a more traditional Turkish wardrobe. Sultan Tryndamere comes equipped with Turkish garb, a new model, a new critical hit animation, and a Turkish-inspired, ornate scimitar that kicks up dust as it drags on the ground.

Kha’Zix, the Voidreaver, Now Available!

Today, a new breed of predator arrives on the Fields of Justice: Kha'Zix, the Voidreaver. Adapt, evolve, and overcome your enemies with this terrifying assassin!

Champion Spotlight: Kha'Zix, the Voidreaver

In this Champion Spotlight you’ll learn just how deadly Kha’Zix can be when quickly engaging and assassinating isolated foes. We’ll be focusing our abilities, runes, masteries, and evolutions on maximizing burst damage to rack up fast kills, relying on speed and stealth for survival.

Soraka Champion Spotlight with Visual Upgrade

To accompany Soraka’s upgraded look in the upcoming patch, we’ve created a Champion Spotlight featuring her new model, effects, and animations. Whether you’re a Soraka veteran or new to her gameplay, check out the video to learn more about the Starchild.

Late September Patch Notes

Kha'Zix, the Voidreaver

• Kha'Zix will be released at a later date, pending completion of testing on the PBE.

Rengar

• Savagery
  • Cooldown increased to 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 seconds from 6 seconds at all ranks
• Battle Roar
  • Damage reduced to 60/100/140/180/220 from 75/120/165/210/255
  • Armor and Magic resist bonus reduced to 15/22/29/36/43 from 20/30/40/50/60

New Free Champion Rotation (Season Two: Week 44)

Greetings Summoners!

This week's 10 free champions have been rotated.

Here are this week's free champions:

Week 44 (this week):
- Anivia
- Ashe
- Nasus
- Ryze
- Singed

Inside Design: the Evolution of Kha’Zix

The Fields of Justice are about to get even more dangerous, as Kha’Zix, the Voidreaver arrives to claim his place at the top of the food chain. Kha’Zix’s evolution gameplay influenced his entire design, from the abilities down through art, animation, voice, and story. To learn more about this apex predator, we caught up with some of the Rioters that helped make him a reality.

Season Two World Championship Format

Over the past few months, League of Legends fans around the world have experienced thrilling matches and exciting developments within the competitive scene. With Season Two coming to a close, the World Championship is set to deliver the most electrifying experience yet. The top twelve teams from five regions will battle it out in Los Angeles, California from October 4-6 and October 13 to determine the best League of Legends team in the world and to decide who will take home the lion’s share of the $2,000,000 prize pool.