The LCK is the last of the major regions to adopt this model. In 2021, the LCK will transition to a franchise model.
The future of competitive League of Legends
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Overall, the life of a League of Legends pro player is much more stable, and there are more spots to go around. Players are also provided housing and food throughout the entire year by most organizations, which also pay for bootcamps and other necessities. Before becoming a part-owner, T1’s mid laner Lee “ Faker” Sang-hyeok was rumored to have a $3 million annual salary. Kiin is not the best-paid player in the LCK, either. This is a salary for a player in a middling team in Korea, one that is unlikely to even attend Worlds.
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Top contracts in League of Legends typically pay better than those in any other esport, and there are far more stable professional spots open in League of Legends than in Dota 2.Īfreeca Freecs’ top laner Kim “ Kiin” Gi-in is rumored to have signed a contract with a $1 million yearly guaranteed salary. While this is significant disparity, there are other factors to take into consideration, like players’ salaries. PSG.LGD, who placed third at TI9, earned more money than all of the teams competing at Worlds combined. TI9’s prize pool was $34 million, compared with World’s $2 million. One category where TI9 beats the World Championship is the prize pool. The finals were broadcast in 16 languages on 20 different platforms. If we count Chinese viewers, that number goes up to an incredible peak of 44 million current viewers. The LoL World Championship final peaked at almost four million viewers that same year, excluding Chinese platforms. The question is, which one is bigger?Īccording to stats by ESCharts, TI9 peaked at under 2 million viewers in 2019. In the case of the Dota 2 players, the equivalent is The International. It’s the biggest and most important event of the year, the one that every team and player aims to win. 2019 LoL World Championshipįor professional League of Legends players, it all comes down to the Worlds Championship.
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In South Korea, League of Legends remains the most played game in PC bangs with 47.98% of such players sticking with it.
It’s a common practice to exclude the Chinese audience when sharing statistics because that market is so much larger than any other markets in the rest of the world. League of Legends is a popular game in China and it attracts millions of viewers to its professional game broadcasts. China has multiple servers within the country, including a server exclusively purposed for players ranked above Diamond 4. That number includes players from servers controlled by Riot, Tencent, and Garena. League of Legends’ player base is significantly larger, and it hits peaks of over eight million players per day. League of Legends and Dota 2 are the biggest games in the MOBA genre, and no other game comes even close to these giants. Which game is bigger? Dota 2 or League of Legends? This new version of the game is a lighter take on League of Legends with shorter games, and should serve to only further increase the title’s reach. Riot now wants to enter more markets and will release a mobile version of the game called Wild Rift. The growth of League of Legends has been generally steady despite some brief periods of variance. EUW, one of the largest servers, has stopped working at multiple points as a result. Riot has reported issues with different servers because of the sudden influx of players this year. Riot is yet to release any statistics about 2020, but it’s known that League is attracting big numbers of players, to the point that some of Riot’s servers are at risk of collapsing. In 2019, Riot proudly announced that League of Legends had surpassed the eight million player peak. The monthly count of players would oscillate between 75 and 80 million in the following years. League of Legends experienced a decline in popularity in 2017, as the game lost a significant part of its player base.
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