With Worlds 2024 drawing to its inevitable, thrilling conclusion, Riot Video games has begun to put out plans for 2025. With loads of modifications forward for the upcoming season, the developer has confirmed that the Mid-Season Invitational might be heading to Canada for the primary time.
In the course of the press briefing earlier than the Worlds Finals for 2024, Riot’s World Head of Technique Chris Greeley revealed the information, saying, “We’re thrilled to announce that Canada might be internet hosting subsequent 12 months’s Mid-Season Invitational.”
“After an extended hiatus from stay League of Legends eSports occasions in Canada, we couldn’t be extra excited to convey worldwide competitors again to our North American followers. Canada will welcome ten certified groups from our 5 areas, all battling for an opportunity to safe their place in historical past and, in fact, their place at Worlds.”
Canada hasn’t hosted a significant League of Legends occasion because the LCS Spring Finals all the best way again in 2017, and fan calls to convey esports again to the nation had been rising louder. Details about precisely which metropolis will play host to the Mid-Season Invitational will come later, with an announcement anticipated in January 2025.
The occasion is now set to function the second main worldwide match on the calendar, after Riot additionally confirmed the First Stand match throughout the identical briefing.
Set to run from March 10 – March 17, First Stand might be not like something gamers have seen to this point. The match will observe a brand new draft system often known as the Fearless draft.
This method permits groups to solely choose champions as soon as throughout every best-of-five match-up. After a champion has been used, neither staff can reap the benefits of them once more in any of the remaining video games of that sequence.
With one staff set to compete from every area, it appears to be like to reignite outdated rivalries as soon as once more.