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The League of Legends World Championship (commonly abbreviated as Worlds) is the annual professional League of Legends world championship tournament hosted by Riot Games and is the culmination of each season. Teams compete for the champion title, the 44-pound (20-kilogram) Summoner's Cup, and a multi-million-dollar championship prize.
The 2018 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the eighth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship , an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games .
With their win, SKT became the first three-time League of Legends world champion. SKT's Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok was named MVP of the tournament. The final prize pool reached $6.7 million, the largest single prize pool in League of Legends history. The final was followed by 43 million unique viewers, with a peak concurrent viewership of 14.7 million.
Having progressed into the knockout stage, DRX pulled off a reverse sweep against then-defending champions Edward Gaming in the quarterfinals, [34] before beating fellow LCK team Gen.G in the semifinals with a 3–1 series win to reach the 2022 League of Legends World Championship Final, [35] setting up an all-LCK final against T1.
Faker is widely regarded as the greatest League of Legends player in history and has drawn comparison analogizing him to basketball player Michael Jordan for his esports success. Originally from Gangseo District, Seoul , Faker was signed by SKT in 2013, and quickly established himself as one of the league's top players.
League of Legends: Playing career: 2012–2020: Role: ADC: Team history; 2012: Ordinance Gaming: 2012: Absolute Legends NA: 2012–2013: ... the highest win rate out ...
League of Legends is one of the largest esports with various annual tournaments taking place worldwide. [1] In terms of esports professional gaming as of June 2016, League of Legends has had $29,203,916 USD in prize money, 4,083 Players, and 1,718 tournaments, compared to Dota 2's US$64,397,286 of prize money, 1,495 players, and 613 tournaments.
For example, if a team's season record is 30 wins and 20 losses, the winning percentage would be 60% or 0.600: % = % If a team's season record is 30–15–5 (i.e. it has won thirty games, lost fifteen and tied five times), and if the five tie games are counted as 2 1 ⁄ 2 wins, then the team has an adjusted record of 32 1 ⁄ 2 wins, resulting in a 65% or .650 winning percentage for the ...