Two League of Legends statistics apps created by the same person were just bought out for a massive $55 million, but why were these LoL apps so valuable?
League of Legends is a complicated game, and there are plenty of third-party tools meant to help ease players in. With a player count well above 100 million, there is no shortage of LoL players to use these apps. So much so that some are multi-million dollar businesses, and there’s proof. Two well-known League of Legends tools just sold for an insane total. Here’s how two LoL apps made by the same person sold for $55 million.
League of Graphs and Porofessor sell for millions
League of Legends players have probably heard of the tools League of Graphs and Porofessor. LoG is a stats website that breaks down the metagame of Riot Games’ enormously popular MOBA into easy-to-understand data visualizations. Porofessor is one of many in-game products that offer item, rune, and matchup suggestions to the user by scraping the Riot Games API for information.
Both of these tools belonged to Wargraphs, a French company with a lone employee, founder, and leader, Jean-Nicolas Mastin. Wargraphs was recently
acquired by M.O.B.A Network,
a stats and guides-focused network that owns well-known sites like HearthPWN, Mobafire, and Counterstats, for a whopping $55 million. Even
esports players at the highest level
have endorsed Porofessor, showing its wide reach.
Wargraphs was purchased for over $50 million USD by the M.O.B.A network earlier this week. Lone employee Jean-Nicolas Mastin was the recipient of all of that. Now both tools will join the network, becoming yet another stats tool in the wide array of API-stat assets that M.O.B.A owns.
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Nicholas James is a gaming writer with a passion for all things geekdom, as well as live theater. Nicholas is best known for covering League of Legends and other top MOBA titles, but his expertise covers numerous games across multiple genres. When not watching the LCS or playing the latest new release, Nicholas can be found doing some tabletop gaming and painting his favorite miniatures. Nicholas has also published with Hotspawn, TheGamer, Dexerto, Esports.gg and other industry outlets.