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Dota 2 Hard support Faceless Void is taking over the Chinese meta By William Davis News Enemies won’t be able to spot these OP Cypher Spycam lineups on Haven By Fariha Bhatti Counter-Strike This is what realistic smoke grenades would look like in CSGO By Steven Rondina

League of Legends

Cassiopeia has the highest win rate in top lane on LoL patch 11.15 William Davis A new patch has hit the live League of Legends servers and so far several unexpected niche picks are topping the win-rate chart, with Cassiopeia being one of them.  One of the most surprising champions to perform is Cassiopeia in the top lane. The Serpent’s Embrace got a solid damage buff on patch 11.15 and is now being played in three different roles. On patch 11.14, Cassiopeia was only seen …

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4Z.Gunnar shows off how broken Templar Assassin is in 7.29d William Davis 4 Zoomers captain Nico “Gunnar” Lopez recently demonstrated Templar Assassin’s insane attack range between matches on his Twitch stream.  Templar Assassin’s passive ability Psi Blades lets her attacks pierce through targets and hit anything behind them. Psi Blades also grants 230 bonus attack range at level four. With a level 10 talent and Dragon Lance, Templar Assassin’s attack range is 630, tied with Pugna and barely within tower range.  Attack …

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Pokemon Unite is pay-to-win, but can players get around it? Steven Rondina Newly released MOBA title Pokemon Unite is taking the world by storm but fans are already finding reasons to be frustrated with it. Pokemon Unite is a free-to-play game but while other MOBAs like Dota 2 and League of Legends have managed to avoid falling into the pay-to-win trap, Pokemon Unite has a possible pay-to-win mechanic. It isn’t overpowered characters that is the issue, it’s Held Items. Pokemon can hold …

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These are the best Pokémon for MOBA beginners in Pokémon Unite William Davis Pokémon Unite has finally opened its doors and players from all over the world are now grinding the new and very addicting MOBA game.  Since everything in Pokémon Unite is still very new, there’s a ton to be discovered when it comes to abilities, items, tactics, and the general meta. But starting players can find comfort in a few accessible Pokémon they can use to start the grind. Though none …

Dota 2 Team Secret blasts OG and Alliance for NFTs, Gorgc chimes in By Steven Rondina News What to expect from the esports betting industry in 2021 By William Davis News Explaining online gaming and eGames at online casinos By William Davis

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Best League of Legends betting sites: The best bookies to bet on LoL William Davis Esports betting is all the rage currently in the online gambling market. Ever since global travel restrictions shook up the world’s industries, countless esports betting sites emerged to take advantage of the situation. While punters can bet on a virtually endless list of esports games, there are only a few titles completely separated from others. One of them is League of Legends.  This game alone makes up a giant portion …

Counter-Strike

RUSH out, es3tag in for Complexity after rough Cologne finish William Davis After announcing the departure of Will “RUSH” Wierzba early on July 22, Complexity Gaming has announced the signing of Patrick “es3tag” Hansen. Complexity’s roster swap is prompted by a disappointing 16th-place finish at IEM Cologne. RUSH joined the roster in September 2020. es3tag was listed as inactive on Cloud9 since in March of this year. The earliest reports of the transfer came from the Danish public news service TV2. I …

League of Legends

New Sona rework is now available for testing on the LoL PBE William Davis After months of waiting, players are finally able to test out the Sona rework.  In the latest patch on the Public Beta Environment (PBE), Riot finally added the changes to Sona that have been teased for quite some time. These changes will look to help one of the oldest utility supports get back into the meta and stay up to date with the gameplay. For a long time, Sona has …

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zonic leaves Astralis, legendary Danish stack could dissolve William Davis Longtime Astralis Counter-Strike: Global Offensive coach Danny “zonic” Sørensen has officially declared his intention to leave the organization. Confirmed news of zonic’s departure was broken by esports news app Jaxon. The legendary Counter-Strike 1.6 player was a founding member of the Danish CSGO organization in 2016. His new team or potential retirement is yet to be announced. Nicolai “HUNDEN” Petersen, who coached HEROIC before being banned during the coach bug …

Blizzard faces lawsuit claiming sexism, gender discrimination Steven Rondina News Blizzard’s reputation has taken a great deal of damage over the last few years, and there are no signs of that changing given new revelations regarding a lawsuit being filed against the development giant. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has filed a major lawsuit against Blizzard for allegations of sexism and gender discrimination against women in the company. The lawsuit makes claims similar to those seen in …

$1,000,000 Halloween skin design competition announced for CSGO William Davis Counter-Strike Valve has announced a new CSGO skin design competition called Dreams & Nightmares. It will themed around the Halloween season and carries a huge cash prize for winning designs. The Dreams & Nightmares CSGO art contest will award $1 million to community skin designers. The contest will end just in time for the skins to receive some official polish and be released together in a Halloween case. CSGO workshop artists …

Amazon’s New World MMO turns $1,800 graphics cards into bricks William Davis News A glitch in Amazon’s new MMORPG, New World, is destroying the most expensive graphics card on the market. Gamers with EVGA-tuned Nvidia RTX 3090 graphics cards are reporting total component failures after attempting to play the game. Reported triggers include confirming settings changes and loading into the game for the first time. Other graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD are unaffected by these issues. Additionally, only EVGA versions of the …

xQc stands up for Twitch gambling streams after H3H3 podcast Olivia Richman News As gambling has continued to take over on Twitch, many prominent voices in the community have speculated that gambling streamers are scamming viewers. Two of thoise most prominent voices are now colliding. Popular YouTuber Ethan “H3H3” Klein rejoined Twitch on July 20 and immediately made an impact when he accused popular streamers of faking many of their big gambling wins. Included in his accusations was popular streamer Felix “xQc” Lengyel. …

TSM vs. Evil Geniuses: 2021 LCS Summer Split betting analysis William Davis League of Legends With only two weeks left of the 2021 LCS Summer Split, every last game will be important in the fight for a spot in the top. Two of the teams that are in contention for the top spots are TSM and Evil Geniuses, and they will face off during the first day of the week.  The two top teams are looking for yet another win, and both have currently won …

Riot shares coming changes to reduce decay in high-ranked play William Davis League of Legends With the final months of League of Legends season 11 coming up, Riot recently shared a competitive gameplay update that included a look at what is to come for ranked play.  In the update, Riot discussed some upcoming changes to ranked decay that will help high-ranked players stay in their respective ranks even when taking a small break. When playing in the highest divisions right now, players will have to …

Here’s the full list of legendary Pokémon through generation 8 William Davis News Pokémon is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2021 and the franchise hasn’t slowed down since Red and Blue. With celebration across all parts of the brand, Pokémon is on everyone’s minds and is going all-in on nostalgia in the games and in TCG sets coming out this second half of the year.  After this many years with Pokémon, a total of eight generations have been created and there’s likely more …

Destiny 2’s upcoming Nightfall: The Ordeal strike rewards bring top-tier loot William Davis News Nightfall strikes are some of the hardest content in Destiny 2 but the ultra-valuable rewards are well worth the trouble. Nightfall: The Ordeal is the most consistent way to get top-tier loot in Destiny 2. The Nightfall pinnacle reward changes each week, making it one of the most important weekly resets in Destiny 2. The full Nightfall reward schedule is available below. July 20 – 27 – Uzume RR4 This …

Valorant getting new LoL-themed skin line with unique Vandal Fariha Bhatti News Riot Games is building on the League of Legends narrative in Valorant with the new Sentinels of Light skin bundle release.  Earlier, the developer revealed that the sister game League of Legends’ biggest event Sentinels of Light would also enter Valorant. The brand new skin line pays homage to Sentinels, an order of protectors who fight against darkness.  Venced a la ruina con el paquete de diseños Sentinels of Light, …

Pokemon Unite is here but is it worth playing? Steven Rondina News Pokemon fans have already had lots of intense emotions when it comes to Pokemon Unite but now they actually get the chance to play the game. The Pokemon MOBA created by the parent company of League of Legends has officially launched on the Nintendo eShop and it looks to be as good as fans could’ve hoped. At least, for the most part.  Pokemon Unite’s core gameplay experience is generally strong …

This is how to unlock and play as Zeraora in Pokemon Unite Steven Rondina News Pokemon Unite has arrived and early adopters on the Nintendo Switch now have the chance to obtain a free Pokemon license for Sun and Moon mythical Pokemon Zeraora. This is easier said than done, however. While the Pokemon is available for free now, it’s not especially obvious how to obtain it. This is made even harder with Pokemon Unite’s sometimes unintuitive menu system. But fear not, it isn’t all that …

Valorant patch 3.02 combats clipping and fixes some big bugs Fariha Bhatti News Valorant patch 3.02 has landed, and it brings crucial agent fixes as well as some peeking nerfs.  After delivering the massive 3.0 patch, developer Riot Games is still evaluating the impact of those changes. This latest Valorant update repairs broken kits and the bugged volume slider that has bugged players. We fixed the team voice volume slider! All that and just a bit more in Patch Notes 3.02 here: https://t.co/N9qKM0SHAV …

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