The top three finishers of the playoff tournament receive automatic bids to the League of Legends World Championship.

In 2014 Riot Games began providing an English language broadcast.

[2] In September 2015 it was announced that Riot Games was in negotiations with Tencent to take over operations of the league.

[3] In 2019, Riot Games and Tencent created joint venture, TJ Sports, to focus on all League of Legends esports business in China, including tournament organizing, talent management, and venues.

From 2017 to 2018, the league used the same format as the EU LCS for selecting regular season groups.