Competitive Edge: LoL

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss the end of the Worlds semi-finals, the finals match-up between T1 and DRX, how to find value in what is likely to be a one-sided affair, DRX's early game strengths around objectives, and more.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss what they learned from the Worlds quarterfinals, the upcoming semifinals with SKT T1 vs JDG and Gen.G vs DRX, why Gen.G should easily emerge victorious, predicting T1 to make the finals, the advantages T1 possess in the botlane, how DRX will likely get early objectives, and more.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss the conclusion of the Worlds group stage, the upcoming quarterfinals, the last opportunity to predict the outright winners of Worlds, JDG and Gen.G as the favorites to win, the 250:1 odds on Rogue winning the title, and more.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss the upcoming second round-robin of Worlds Groups, why it's not crazy to predict the 0-18 finish for NA, Rogue's good matchups and record in spite of being an underdog, which pre-Worlds favorites still have the best chances to become the champion, and more.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss the Worlds Groups in the Main Event, why JDG might struggle against DAMWON Kia and G2 in best-of-ones, if GenG is still the favorite to win the tournament, whether European or North American teams can create upsets, and more.

*NOTE: THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED BEFORE THE NEWS OF FNATIC'S BOT LANE SUBS IN PLAY-INS. PREDICT FNATIC TO WIN AT YOUR OWN RISK* Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss the Worlds Play-Ins phase, whether RNG can win the entirety of Worlds, if MAD Lions or EG will fall in play-ins, and more.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss the LEC and LCS finals weekends, how Evil Geniuses' substitute player Kaori might affect their chances, Fnatic's ability to complete their run through the loser's bracket against Rogue, G2 as a heavy favorite for repeating the LEC title, and more.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss the LCK gauntlet and why KT is likely the remaining team to beat, crazy parlays on CLG and TSM, good odds on G2 as an overwhelming LEC favorite, their lack of confidence in Fnatic, and more.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss the LCK finals and why it's finally Chovy and Gen.G's time to win, the reasons that EG and 100 Thieves will advance to the winner's bracket of the LCS playoffs, how Rogue and XL look like delicious razor cakes once again, and more.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss the first round of playoffs in LCK and LCS, DWG's victory over KT and what it means for T1, why Gen.G selected Liiv SANDBOX, Team Liquid's power against FlyQuest, and the anticipated close match between CLG and C9.

Monte and Thorin discuss how the crazy upsets and playoffs race of LEC, why Vitality and Team Liquid may be worth predicting to win right now, good odds on winning teams like Misfits and CLG, betting against T1 since they are locked into their playoff slot, and more.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss how the wild swings in G2's performance, why MAD Lions are the current LEC favorites, XL remaining a curious underdog, how KT vs Liiv SANDBOX will be surprisingly close, almost guaranteed losses for Dignitas, Immortals' resurgence, and predicting against Team Liquid.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss how Excel Esports is still criminally underrated, why you should continue to predict against Team Liquid, CLG's soft schedule, and how Gen.G will finally defeat T1.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss how Team Liquid's Hans sama may not be able to carry in this meta, XL's potential for bouncing back against an improved Misfits team, doubling down on KT on an easy week, Evil Geniuses as a team that's head-and-shoulders above the rest of the LCS, and more.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss how TSM's new roster puts them in unfavorable match-ups against Cloud9 and Flyquest, how Rogue should show improvement after a bye week, Fnatic remaining an LEC title contender, the unpredictable nature of KT, and more.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss how Gen.G is a strong favorite against T1 in their hotly anticipated match-up, how Liiv SANDBOX is shaping up as a sleeper pick this season, KT's strength of schedule making them look worse than they are, and more.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss why EXCEL continues to be a reliable team to predict given their strong performance, how C9 might still be underrated with their full lineup, and the odds that DRX can upset T1.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss a series of possible upsets in the LEC, LCS, and LCK Summer Splits and go through the reasons why Excel, DAMWON KIA, MAD Lions, and Cloud9 might be underrated at the moment.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss the MSI playoffs, the likely collision of RNG and T1 in the finals, match-ups in the semi-finals, and whether realistic changes for an upset exists.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss the upcoming MSI Rumble Stage, whether EG or Saigon Buffalo have the best chance of making it playoffs as the last seed, if T1 or RNG are the tournament favorites, individual game predictions, and more.

Join Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Duncan "Thorin" Shields as they discuss the upcoming MSI Group Stage, the quadruple round-robin between G2 and EG, which teams might have shots at upsets in the best-of-one format, Riot's upcoming damage reduction changes, and more.

Monte and Thorin discuss the upcoming loser's bracket finals between Team Liquid and Evil Geniuses as well as the winner's opponent in the grand finals, 100 Thieves.