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Season Two is the second competitive time period for League of Legends. Season Two began on November 29, 2011, a week after the release of patch V1.0.0.130. The patch introduced the Champion Volibear Volibear, a new set of masteries, the removal of the summoner spells Fortify Fortify and Rally Rally, and the addition of Surge Surge, and Promote Promote for Classic Mode.

Season Two features

Riot have released new features during Season Two:

  • New champions.
  • New issues of the Journal of Justice.
  • Weekly livestreams of tournaments.
  • A total prize pool of five million US dollars.[1] (*)
  • New and modified summoner spells.[2]
  • New masteries.
  • A new game mode: Dominion.
  • Improved A.I. Bots.
  • Spectator Mode.


(*) The $5 million will be provided by Riot and is not tied to any award provided by the individual tournaments. This amount will increase significantly due to sponsors, etc.

Notable game changes

On top of the announced game changes there are noteworthy events taking place during Season Two:

Season Two Championship: October 13, Los Angeles!

Season Two Championship
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Announced by RedBeard:[7]

Summoners!

We are pleased to announce the biggest League of Legends tournament to date: the Season Two World Championship!

On October 13, 2012, Riot Games will host the thrilling conclusion of our $5 million season in Los Angeles, California. With half of Season Two already in the books and numerous viewership records broken, the best players from North America, Europe, China, Korea and the Rest of Asia are all preparing for their respective Regional Finals. Over the course of this epic tournament series, top teams from each region will clash for the right to advance to the World Championship in Los Angeles, where the winner will bring home the lion’s share of a $3 million combined prize pool – the biggest payday in eSports history!

Since Season Two began, Riot and the entire League of Legends community have been closely watching the top contenders compete around the globe. While Team Solo Mid has already clinched a berth in the North American Regional Finals, other teams are still in the hunt as they battle it out in the remaining stops on the Challenger Circuit. The action all culminates this October, at the Season Two World Championship! Tickets go on sale this summer, so stay tuned for more information about how you can attend this unprecedented eSports event.

You can find a complete list of the locations and dates of the Regional Finals below.[8]

  • Mainland China: July 26 - Shanghai, China at China Joy
  • Europe: August 16 - Cologne, Germany at Gamescom
  • North America: August 31 - Seattle, United States at PAX Prime
  • Korea: September 21 - Seoul, Korea at the OGN eSports Stadium
  • Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau: September 22 - Taipei, Taiwan at G1
  • Southeast Asia: September - Singapore at Garena Carnival
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World Championship graph

IPL4 Hits Vegas

Announced by Average Gatsby:[9] Summoners!

The IPL Pro League crowns another champion this weekend at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in fabulous Las Vegas. The IPL4 Championship runs from Friday, April 6th through Sunday, April 8th: featuring eight of the best teams in the world, facing off in 5v5, double-elimination, best-of-three format until a single victor remains!

There’s no better place to catch all the action than our official event site, which covers everything on the ground in Las Vegas.

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IPL4 LoL poster

Tickets to the Season Two World Championship

Announced by RedBeard:[10]

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We’re closing in on the Season Two World Championship, and with the largest prize purse in eSports history on the line, the stakes have never been higher. Beginning October 4, the top League of Legends teams from all across the globe will collide in Los Angeles, California, to compete for a $2 million prize purse. When the smoke clears at the USC Basketball Arena, one team will be crowned Season Two World Champion!

The Season Two World Championship will span two weeks: the World Playoffs at LA Live from October 4th through October 6th and the World Finals at the USC Basketball Arena on October 13th. At the World Playoffs, twelve teams from North America, Europe, China, Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asia will do battle over three days to determine the two finalists. At the World Finals, the two remaining teams will compete in an epic best-of-five series in front of thousands of cheering fans for the grand prize and the title of Season Two World Champion.

Learn more about the Season Two World Championship here.

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