In the Qualifying Series, teams compete in Bo3 matchups in Rounds 1 and 2, followed by Best-of-5 matches in the final rounds, with both grand finalists securing their place at MSI. Credit: Riot Games ...

The Group Stage will take place from April 26th until May 18th, featuring Fearless Draft and best-of-three (BO3) matches. In week seven, a series of Cross-Group Battles will determine seeding and ...

To accommodate the Bo3 format, Riot has decided to make changes to the schedule. Matches will always be played from Saturday to Monday but the starting times have been adjusted. For the first three ...

It goes without saying that Fearless Draft is incredibly fun to watch, given how teams are forced into playing champions that rarely get the chance to shine, and seeing all of the different strategies ...

Teams first clash in a round-robin stage, each playing every other team in a best-of-three (Bo3) series. To maintain impartiality, the side selection for the first game of each series is randomly ...

E-gaming. First Stand 2025: Riot Games Announce First League of Legends International Event Of The Year - Here's All You Need To Know Scheduled to be held from 10 to 16 March at LoL Park studio in ...

With the 2025 LEC Winter Regular Season now over, fans and analysts will finally get to see the teams try out the new Fearless Draft format in Bo3 matches. Unfortunately, the LEC decided to keep the ...

What’s different about the LTA Split 1 is that it will be held in the new format called Fearless Draft. Teams wishing to advance to the next stage have to win two Bo3 series and will go to the ...

While there have been other major roster changes, including the return of legendary ADC Park ‘Ruler’ Jae-hyuk to Gen.G, the LCK’s top teams should continue to dominate the competition.T1, Gen.G and ...

A New Era for League of Legends 2025 is set to be a transformative year for the competitive League of Legends scene, with significant changes on the horizon. For the first time in history, a third ...

Fearless Draft is a drafting mode that affects Best-of series, such as the best-of-threes (BO3) or best-of-fives (BO5). The concept is straightforward: a champion cannot be chosen more than once ...

That said, Riot still hasn’t announced how it would all work or the format that teams will need to compete in. Keep in mind that some teams played in Bo1 before, whereas others had to play Bo3 matches ...