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 sort out 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.

• In something of a shift for A DIFFerent View (though one that was intended long ago), DiffTheEnder blogged about adjustments that could be made to improve the laning phase. He then broke down the efficiency of AD versus the efficiency of AS.
• Stonewall discussed the attitudes of the community, specifically the need for people to recognize their competition is usually similar to their skill level. He also gushed over Nautilus before updating his jungle tier list.
• IronStylus wrote about the development track that ultimately brought us Iron Solari Leona.
• Xpecial vlogged about his team's play after its recent loss to Moscow 5.
• SSJSuntastic broke down the benefits of various support runes.
• Cadred.org interviewed Ocelote.
• Chaox vlogged about TSM's recent scrims and online tournaments.
• The Rain Man, meanwhile, talked about what TSM is doing as a team to better condition themselves for the day-to-day grind of professional esports, including improving their bathing habits.
• SK Gaming's MrOw interviewed Invictus Gaming's Tabe.
• Renekton Bot wrote about spell vamp and lifesteal and how they're oh-so-very fun. The most fun. Ever.
• If stats and numbers and finances are your kind of thing, you might like this NASDAQ article about League of Legends. But I'll sum it up for you: the game's pretty damn successful.
• SK's JammeH took at a look at the Chinese adoption of League of Legends.
• Meanwhile, South Korea is considering some major regulation on gaming.
• Dignitas' Spockrocket interview Choppa in da Car's chu8 after the Curse Invitational quarterfinals.
• Redrover, meanwhile, discussed the globalization of League of Legends, specifically looking at the variance in game's competitive presentation across the different regions.
• Massively's Patrick Mackey wrote a pretty in-depth article on techniques to improve your last hitting. This article is very much geared toward new and inexperienced players.
• Elementz hosted an AMA over at LoLPro.
• And here are the week's vlogs and podcasts: Beyond the Rift ep. 32, ColbyCheeze Pro Commentary 10, In the Zone ep. 13, In the Zone ep. 14, LoLPod ep. 34, MOBA Weekly ep. 21, Road to Hannover ep. 2, State of the League ep. 23, Trinity Force Podcast ep. 16, Ult in 10 ep. 10.