2021 has been the year for Riot Games, with the infamous League of Legends (LoL) grabbing multiple awards at the Game Awards 2021, after a massively successful World Championship!
Here at Overclockers UK, our team of experts have decided to look back on what made 2021 a great year for LoL.
League of Legends
A team strategy game, League of Legends, involves two teams of five players battling it out to destroy each other’s base. With over 140 champions to choose from, take advantage of each champion’s five core abilities, two special kills, and unique experience boosts. As you gain more experience, earn gold and purchase powerful items to help you and your squad defeat the competition!
You need to strategise and work together to figure out the optimum rota of champions, spells, and items, to drive your squad to victory! There is also crossplay support between PC and Mac.
Some of the champions include;
2021 LoL Highlights
The 2021 World Championship
Another year, another LoL World Championship. The pinnacle event, packed with nail-biting esports action, features 24 teams from all continents in a month-long battle for the Summoner’s Cup.
The 11th World, whilst disrupted due to COVID-19, was still the action-packed event, fans adore. Taking place in Reykjavik, Iceland, across 121 games, it came down the wire between LCK’s DWG KIA and LPL’s Edward Gaming. Resulting in best-of-five games, the first five-game finale since 2016, it was Edward Gaming who grabbed the Summoner’s Cup! Plus, Edward Gaming mid-laner Lee ‘Scout’ Ye-chan, also scored the World 2021 final OPPO MVP award for his performance in all five games against DWG KIA.
What’s more, the 2021 League of Legends World Championship was broadcast in 18 different languages, across 34 platforms. In total, a record-breaking, 1,084,991,999 total hours were watched worldwide! The world was glued to their seats as we watched these incredible esports professionals battle it out.
The Game Awards 2021
Riot Games scored another fantastic year at the Game Awards 2021. Winning two of the biggest awards, including best esports game and eports event!
Plus, the man behind the successful DWG KIA team, Kim ‘kkOma’ Jeong-gyun, rightfully earned the title of best esports coach of 2021! Instrumental in the team’s huge success, kkOma, pushed this unstoppable team to earn multiple first-place finishes this year and their place in the final two!
Do you want to become a League of Legends champion?
League of Legends has been designed to be one of the most PC-friendly games. This ensures players, of all skill levels, or those with a budget PC to an enthusiast-level PC – can strive to become the next LoL champion!
Offical PC System Specifiations
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7, 8, and 10 | Windows 7, 8, and 10 |
| Processor | Intel Core i3 530 / AMD A6 3650 | Intel Core i5 3300 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
| RAM | 2GB RAM | 4GB RAM |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT / AMD HD 6570 | NVIDIA GeForce 560 / AMD Radeon HD 6950 |
| Storage | 16GB available space | 16GB available space |
Our Top PC to Play League of Legends
The Enigma Enthuasist
Effortlessly stylish and packed with the latest gaming hardware, the Enigma Enthusiast, has everything you need to enjoy LoL and all your other favourite competitive games. Harness the processing power of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X CPU to enjoy a blisteringly fast performance in gaming, streaming and content creation! Engineered with eight cores and sixteen threads, this CPU can effortlessly handle multitasking. Plus, with a superior NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 GPU, take advantage of next-generation graphical prowess. With, a hefty 2TB Hard Drive and 500GB SATA SSD, take advantage of the ample storage space to store LoL, the rest of your competitive gaming library, music, videos and so much more! All of which is installed within a sleek, black Mid Tower chassis, with customisable RGB lighting, that can be configured to suit your favourite LoL esports teams’ colours!
The Enigma Enthusiast is available to buy starting from £1,829,95.
| Case | Kolink Castle Mid Tower with Glass Side Panel – Black |
| Power Supply | 700W 80 Plus Bronze Rated PSU |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 5800Z Eight Core/Sixteen Thread CPU |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte B450 DDR4 Motherboard |
| Cooler | Alphenfohn Brocken Eco 120mm CPU Cooler |
| Memory | Up to 32GB DDR4 3000MHz Dual Channel RGB RAM Kit |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GPU |
| Primary SSD | 500GB 2.5 SATA SSD |
| Storage Hard Drive | Seagate 2TB 7200RPM Hard Drive |
| Audio | 7.1 High-Definition Audio |
| OS | Windows 10 64bit |
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Ruth Rowley
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Ruth has been with Overclockers UK for over a year and has gone on to write about everything ranging from in-depth hardware guides to monthly game releases.
Outside of writing blog posts, she can be found wrapped in a blanket with her black cat, engrossed in a book or playing life-simulation games such as The Sims, Stardew Valley, and Animal Crossing.
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