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A new era of competitive League of Legends is dawning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2012,"featured_media":1529398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":true,"_is_affiliated":false,"dotesports_deal_href":"","dotesports_featured_video":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-03-16T07:30:29Z","apple_news_api_id":"cc2412fa-cc2d-4b54-8eec-fc94db7c9460","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-03-16T07:30:29Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AzCQS-swtS1SO7PyU23yUYA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[44120],"internal-label":[46550,47017,47238],"invoiceable_action":[47892],"article_type":[44125],"coauthors":[{"id":2012,"display_name":"Cecilia Ciocchetti","user_login":"ceciliaciocchetti","user_nicename":"ceciliaciocchetti"}],"class_list":["post-1531861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-of-legends","tag-slider","internal-label-esports","internal-label-pre-write","internal-label-writer-pitch","article_type-news"],"acf":[],"raw_content":"Riot Games has officially confirmed that Fearless Draft will remain in\u00a0League of Legends\u00a0esports for the rest of 2025. The format received overwhelming support from fans and professional teams, so Riot has decided to implement it across regional leagues and through all major tournaments, including Worlds. In an exclusive interview with Dot Esports, Riot Games\u2019 global head of LoL Esports, Chris Greeley, addressed the decision and a recent report that had indicated Riot\u2019s consideration of extending Fearless Draft throughout 2025. Greeley explained how Riot initially intended the format to be temporary but was swayed by the \u201coverwhelmingly positive\u201d reception from players and fans. Following its initial rollout across all regions in 2025, Fearless Draft quickly gained traction as a fresh and strategic approach to champion selection. The format will now be a staple throughout the year, with MSI and Worlds incorporating it into all best-of-three and best-of-five matches while maintaining the Swiss Stage as best-of-one. In a past interview with Dot Esports, ahead of Fearless Draft's debut in all Tier 1 leagues, Greeley emphasized that Riot refined the format of Fearless Draft based on player and viewer feedback, confident that it was the right move for League esports\u2014which proved to be the case. Less than a month from the start of Winter Split this year, Riot began gathering feedback on Fearless Draft by conducting internal surveys, polling professional teams and fans to assess their perspectives on the new format and whether it would be best to keep it throughout 2025. According to Greeley, Riot\u2019s biggest consideration was that the players in the ecosystem had prepared for a different set of rules, which were suddenly changing. And while some teams expressed concerns about the sudden shift\u2014particularly because of having made roster decisions based on the previously agreed-upon format\u2014the consensus was that the competitive and entertainment value of Fearless Draft made it a necessary evolution for the League scene.\u00a0 Many professional players and coaches have already expressed strong support for Fearless Draft. Among them, Choi \"Zeus\" Woo-je emphasized that Riot had carefully evaluated the decision, and ultimately, the enjoyment of the fans should take priority. Other figures in the esports world, such as G2 Esports\u2019 Dylan Falco, Fnatic\u2019s Grabbz, and KOI\u2019s Myrwn, echoed similar sentiments. Falco highlighted the format\u2019s benefits for both competitive integrity and audience engagement, while Myrwn called it \u201cthe future of competitive League.\u201d With Riot\u2019s commitment to Fearless Draft for the remainder of 2025, League esports is entering a new era of strategic depth and unpredictability for all teams to master. And who knows, maybe, as First Stand results can attest, new teams can reach unpredictable heights in part due to this new system.","apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n