Overview of LEC 2024 Summer
LEC Summer 2024 is one of the most exciting and top League of Legends tournaments in 2024. It is part of LEC 2024 and is included in the list of major LoL tournaments, which also includes LCS, LCK, and LPL. Here’s the main information you need to know about LEC Summer 2024:
- Duration: 4 weeks of the regular season + 3 weeks of playoffs (June 8 – July 28, 2024).
- Number of participants: 10.
- Prize pool: ~80,000 euros + 3 spots in the LEC Regional Finals + 1 slot at Worlds 2024.
LEC 2024 Summer is the most important part of LEC 2024, as it grants access to Worlds 2024 for the tournament winner.
Format and rules of LEC Summer 2024
Lec summer split 2024 is the longest tournament of the LEC series in 2024. Its significant difference from the Winter and Spring splits is the reward in the form of a slot to Worlds.
LEC Summer format
The LEC Summer tournament is held in the same format as the other LEC 2024 events – LEC Winter and LEC Spring. The championship is divided into two parts:
A distinctive feature of 2024 LEC summer, like other regional leagues, is the consistency of its participants. Clubs must purchase spots in the league and thus become partners with Riot, allowing them to retain their place in LEC regardless of their performance results.
Structure of LEC Summer
As noted above, LEC Summer has a typical structure for a tournament in the LEC 2024 series. It is divided into two parts, the LEC Regular Season and the LEC Playoffs. Here are the key details about each:
- Regular Season: Held from June 8 to June 30, with 10 participants in a single group playing in a Round-Robin format with Bo1 matches.
- Playoffs: The top 8 teams from the Regular Season play in a Double-Elimination bracket with Bo3 matches until the Top-3 stage. Starting from the Top-3 stage, all matches are played in Bo5.
Participants compete for spots in the LEC Finals 2024 (3 teams from LEC Summer 2024) and Worlds 2024 (the winner of LEC Worlds 2024).
Participating teams and players of LEC Summer 2024
In LEC Summer 2024, 10 teams play, having retained their spots in LEC after the Spring split. Competing in LEC Summer 2024 are: G2 Esports, Fnatic, BDS, SK Gaming, MAD Lions, KOI, Karmine Corp, GiantX, Rogue, Team Heretics, and Team Vitality.
Top teams to watch
Among the many teams in LEC Summer 2024, there are some whose matches are particularly interesting to watch. The brightest teams in LEC Summer 2024 include:
- G2 Esports – Absolute champion of LEC 2024, winners of LEC Winter and LEC Spring.
- Fnatic – The top-2 team in Europe, a participant in international tournaments (Worlds 2023, MSI 2024) from Europe.
- BDS – The best team in France, a participant in Worlds 2023.
- SK Gaming – One of the oldest brands in LEC.
Such lists cannot be entirely objective, but the aforementioned teams truly stand out due to their results both within LEC and in international tournaments like MSI, Worlds, and Esports World Cup.
Star players of the tournament
Active in LEC Summer 2024 are 50 players. Among this number, some stand out for their gameplay and are trendsetters in Europe:
- Hans Sama – ADC of G2 Esports and one of the most effective bot lane players.
- BrokenBlade – Top lane player of G2 Esports.
- Humanoid – Veteran mid lane player, playing for Fnatic.
- Ice – South Korean legionnaire of BDS, one of the best bot lane players in LEC Summer 2024.
- Canna – Top South Korean legionnaire of Karmine Corp, former player of T1 and Dplus, multiple participant in Worlds series tournaments.
As you can see, not all players are Europeans, but LEC rules allow having up to 2 legionnaires from other regions in the roster.
Importance of LEC Summer in the LoL scene
LEC Summer is an integral part of the LEC structure. Its importance is hard to underestimate, as it is the tournament that determines one of the participants in the LoL Worlds Championship. Moreover, LEC is popular among viewers since representatives from many European countries and South Korean legionnaires play here.
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