Because the League of Legends World Championship for 2024 attracts to an in depth, Riot has begun to put out their plans for the upcoming season. As a part of that, the developer has introduced a brand new flagship match that pulls in the perfect groups from around the globe – First Stand.
The First Stand match is ready to be markedly totally different from something League gamers may have seen up to now. Set to function the opening worldwide conflict, each area will take one crew to the match as a consultant, with 5 groups competing in whole.
With the format change, these 5 areas are the LCK, LPL, LEC, LTA (greatest crew between North and South conferences will go), and LCP (League of Legends Championship Pacific).
In saying the brand new match, Riot’s World Head of Technique Chris Greeley had this to say.
“First Stand is designed to ignite regional rivalries and check improvements, and it’ll see the perfect crew in Cut up One from every of our 5 areas face off in early season steadiness, setting the tone for the competitors forward for the remainder of the yr. This occasion will happen on the conclusion of Cut up One over the course of seven days.”
Each crew shall be assured to play one another, with each match being a better of collection quite than a one-and-done. The largest change from conventional League of Legends tournaments is the introduction of the Fearless Draft.
This new draft system solely permits groups to pick out a champion as soon as throughout every collection. This elimination system applies to each groups so, as soon as one crew has chosen a champion, that selection shall be off the desk for the remainder of the match-up.
With one other main match on the calendar, he confirmed that internet hosting consideration for the sport’s minor areas may be very a lot on the playing cards. Particularly now that they aren’t actually minor areas anymore.
The LTA South and many of the groups within the LCP wouldn’t have been thought-about for tournaments like this previously however, if we’re going off of the now-defunct areas’ showings at Worlds 2024, these groups deserve a spot on the desk.
Whether or not this match may have any connection to Worlds qualification, because the Mid-Season Invitational does presently, stays to be seen. The event crew has confirmed that extra information on the precise format is ready to debut within the new yr.
The match is ready to run from March 10 – March 16 2025, in Seoul, South Korea.