State of the League

There are a lot of League of Legends sites out there, and most of them have a lot of bloggers. It's a tall order to keep up with all of it, but don't you worry; we'll do it for you. We like you that much.

Each week, we'll keep track of the best blogs, vlogs, podcasts, sites and articles from the rest and compile them into one handy (and also dandy) post for you to use as a guide to the week's League of Legends happenings. But we're not perfect. Did we miss something? (You bet we did!) Let us know.

MLG Anaheim is the theme this week, but there's plenty of other content out there if that one event isn't your thing.

ggChronicle

• MonteCristo previewed MLG Anaheim, beginning with the NA teams. He followed this with a preview of the EU teams and his prediction for the final results.
• The Trinity Force boys were back in action, this time reviewing some gameplay and discussing MLG Anaheim.
• Obscurica continued his coverage of the Garena Premier League, looking at the second and third days of week three.
• Obscurica also liveblogged the Riot World Invitational.
• HolySpork discussed the AoE team comp.

Reign of Gaming

• Tuck359 recapped the RoG invitational finale between Team SoloMid and Team SoloMid.EVO.
• DiffTheEnder asserted that the Frozen Heart is the best item in League of Legends.
• Stonewall updated his jungle tier list for the Draven era.
• Elementz continued his quest to improve the community's attitude, this time looking at changes Riot could implement to make the League of Legends experience better.
• Winrar developed the essential rune kits for League players.
• Curse manager Flyy previewed the EU teams for MLG Anaheim, and managed to catch statements from players of each team.

SK Gaming

• curlychan also previewed the teams attending MLG Anaheim.
• sjokz continued her Summoner's Recap series.
• WhatTheMoose performed an in-depth study on the gains and losses of gold/10 items when used by AP carries.
• Mydnight interviewed Aewynia, founder and leader of League of Girls.

State of the League

• Five attractive people got together for an hour-long roundtable where they discussed -- what else? -- competitive League of Legends.
• Our own Travis sat down for an interview with Doublelift to discuss his expectations for MLG.

Team Dignitas

• Zerockk interviewed Moscow 5 mid laner Alex Ich.
• Zerockk followed that interview with another one, this time sitting down with Curse.EU's YoungBuck.
• Vigilante interviewed 4Not.Fire's Zekent (also known as Spamhappy).
• More Zerockk interviews! This time featuring Saintvicious.
• Aaand Zerockk finished up Dignitas' interviews this week by having a conversation with sOAZ, the newest member of Fnatic.RaidCall.
• In not-interview articles, redrover discussed the synergy required between the bottom lane players.
• BiiVii, meanwhile, provided some general tips for players to use so they can improve their overall game mechanics.
• Tenebrae took a look at the decision-making process player should use when pushing towers.
• Nizzy discussed the value of team composition, noting that the best champion available isn't necessarily the best champion for the comp.
• KatanaMordecai discussed the time and place for teams to engage fights at Baron Nashor.

Team SoloMid

• Reginald weighed in on the recent player swaps and team additions.
• John Gaudiosi of Forbes interviewed Reginald prior to MLG.
• Pingmeep interviewed Wolf Pack's ElawlApple, which might be the most awkward name I've typed since I started Last Hits.

Odds 'N' Ends

• Carmac discussed the significance of Riot's business model as an indicator for League of Legends' success as an esport.
• After parting ways with Fnatic.RC, Shushei hosted an AMA via Reddit.
• Elobuff's gfmidway interviewed Dignitas' Crumbzz, discussing the former jungler's transition to top lane, his reason for switching teams and the upcoming events.
• IPL released its latest League of Legends update, this time looking mostly at Team SoloMid.
• ButButButily released episode 2 of 20 Min to Win.
• Renekton Bot, your favorite handsome robot crocodile, pitched some new item ideas.
• HotshotGG brought us the latest episode of Hotstuff with HotshotGG.
• Moobeat caught an interesting post from Morello regarding the stealth remake.
• CLG blogger Vanille previewed some of the teams competing at MLG Anaheim.
• The MOBA Weekly team brought Shinkz aboard for this week's episode.

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