The Dive | Driven by Kia - A League of Legends Esports Podcast

Hey there Dive fans!

In this special episode of The Dive, we have C9 Zven share his opinions on a wide range of Pro perspectives. We originally were only going to have him on for 30 minutes and that expanded quickly! We hope you enjoy. Quick update - that RP giveaway is going through a rule change. One that's less... illegal. But it’s all good!

Zven walks us through his thoughts on LCS narratives, using social media, new patches, and plenty of topics to get cozy with this Valentine's day.

We want to thank Zven for taking time out of his Friday evening to chat with us. If you enjoyed having him on the show, send some love!

Again, keep submitting those twitter questions with hot takes! We love when you submit questions! Tune in for Super Week starting Wednesday 2/15 at 2pm PST/5pm ET. See you there!

Today in The Dive presented by Honda (S4 E31), the gang revisits their power rankings from the beginning of the split, breaks down week 1's 2020 Summer Split Playoff match-ups and discusses All-Pro Team candidates.

This week on The Dive, Driven by Kia, the crew shares their thoughts on the first week of Fearless Draft and why Mel is looking downright busted. They break down key matchups, plus a look at Bwipo streaming scrims and what it could mean for the scene. Tune in for all the latest takes and analysis!

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

3:31 Fearless draft week 1 thoughts

12:13 Mel is busted

19:01 Bwipo interview & streaming scrims

38:44 C9 vs FLY match preview

55:09 DIG vs DSG match preview

1:05:52 TL vs 100T match preview

1:14:01 SR vs LYON match preview

This week Kobe and Kien take a look at China's "Ning race," talk about jungle pathing, and look at differing playstyles leading up to the ever more important third drake.

Hey there Dive fans! We have a DOOZY for you this week as we deliver a special 2 parter episode. We kick things off with Azael, Kobe & Mark to chat about the first week of LCS play & then we invite League of Legends Developers Riot Phroxon & Riot TrueXY to talk about the durability update and where they see the game evolving moving forward.

You may notice some inconsistencies in how they address both sections, we decided to put the League Dev discussion on the 2nd half of the episode after the initial recording, so apologies for any confusion that may cause.

On the LCS side, Kobe delivers some of that sweet CLG & Cloud9 hopium, while Mark peddles some for FLY... but Azael sure wasn't buying. Then in the discussion with the League devs, we talk about the state of scaling, how regions influence balance & how items impact our perception of durability.
Also, you may notice we experienced some technical issues during recording that resulted in a few times our mics going out. While we resolved the issues shortly after the 3rd time this happened, we weren't able to recover the audio after the fact. We apologize for the inconvenience & thank you for your patience while we resolve these hiccups.

We weren't able to get to your questions this week, but we hope you continue to leave them in the Youtube Comments below, on Twitter or on Anchor.FM so we can cover your thoughts on the LCS as it developsThe LCS returns this Saturday with the premiere of the Zven & Berserker bot lane as Cloud9 faces Dignitas at 1:30PM PT, see you there!