IWDominate, MonteCristo, and dGon discuss the terrible LCS Playoff performances of Dignitas and NRG, compare Gen.G and BLG, pick their global and western All-Pro teams, and more! Thank you to our sponsors for this episode! Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code SPIKE at https://www.shopmando.com! #mandopod Get 50% off FACTOR meals at https://www.factormeals.com/powerspike50 with code powerspike50. High-quality, never...
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 25
IWDominate, Yamato, and dGon discuss G2's potential fraudulency, the most improved players during the Summer splits, the LCS All-Pro vote, recent results in all major LoL esports regions, and more. Thank you to our sponsors for this episode! Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with Mando and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code SPIKE at https://www.shopmando.com! #mandopod Try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3K2 AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs with your first pu...
Aug 13, 2024•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 24
IWDominate, MonteCristo, and dGon discuss the infamous Faker video, Cloud9 vs Team Liquid, MVP picks for the LCS, LEC, LCK, and LPL, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 06, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 23
IWDominate, Yamato, and dGon discuss the LEC Summer Finals between Fnatic and G2, ideas for improving the LEC next year, the LPL Playoffs, T1 and Cloud9's level of performance, and more! Thanks to our sponsors for today's episode! Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with Mando and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code SPIKE at https://www.shopmando.com! #mandopod Try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3K2 AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase excl...
Jul 30, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 22
IWDominate, MonteCristo, and dGon discuss the latest results from LCK and LPL, big weaknesses of Faker and T1, put some surprising teams on fraud alert, the latest results from LEC Playoffs, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 16, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 21
IWDominate, Yamato, and dGon discuss Yamato replacing MonteCristo on the show, Team Liquid's overall strength, a factor that is lacking in LEC teams, takeaways from the EWC, whether T1's win and/or Gen.G's loss matters, LPL teams we're excited to watch, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 09, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 20
IWDominate, MonteCristo, and dGon react to the LEC summer season results, pick teams and players who have had glow ups, decide whether 100 Thieves or Vitality have been bigger disappointments recently, predict MVP's across the LCS, LEC, LCK, and LPL, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 19
IWDominate, MonteCristo, and dGon react to the latest LPL matches, debate whether to keep or kick the bottom LCS and LEC teams, put KT and KDF of the LCK on Fraud Alert, name heir top 3 LoL teams in the world, discuss guilty pleasure movies, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 25, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 18
IWDominate, MonteCristo, and dGon discuss Week 1 of LCS and LCK, NRG on fraud alert, the reason why Dom is actually excited for T1, thoughts on Bo3 in the LCS, co-streaming in the LEC, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 17
IWDominate, MonteCristo, and dGon discuss big changes coming to the LCS, LEC results, Karmine Corp vs MAD Lions KOI, SK and BDS going 3-0 in the opening week, Fearless Draft in LPL and other leagues, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 11, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 16
IWDominate, MonteCristo, and dGon discuss LCS roster drama at Dignitas with exYu and Spica, FlyQuest's decision to bench Jensen for Quad, strong performers at MSI, TES on fraud alert, the best events in League of Legends history, the backstory on Last Free Nation's live event at Worlds 2022, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 22, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 15
IWDominate, MonteCristo, and dGon discuss live reactions to MSI results, the T1 vs BLG match, G2 vs PSG match, Fnatic's poor performance at MSI & defense from some fans and analysts, hopium angles for Team Liquid, more silly takes from Doublelift, predictions for the final week of MSI, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 12, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 14
IWDominate, MonteCristo, and dGon discuss live reactions to MSI results and group draw, FlyQuest getting upset by PSG Talon, Fnatic almost falling to GAM, the fraudulency levels of LOUD and FlyQuest, upcoming MSI matchups of G2 vs T1, Team Liquid vs TES, Gen.G vs Fnatic, and BLG vs PSG, Perkz stepping down, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 05, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 13
LCK's jaw-dropping production quality wowed fans, especially in comparison with the lackluster in-studio finals presented by the LEC and LCS. Leaks emerged that LCS may be moving to a best-of-three format with a single round-robin, but what do our hosts think of this move for competitiveness and viewership for North America? Dom, Dgon, and Monte also discuss the latest roster moves and rumors, including Closer replacing Bo at Karmine Corp and Thanatos in for Fudge at Cloud9. They end the show wi...
Apr 20, 2024•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 51
IWDominate, MonteCristo, and dGon discuss reactions to dGon's interview with Inspired, League of Legends lane swaps, DDoS attacks against T1, LPL and LCK Playoff results, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 10, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 11
IWDominate, MonteCristo, and dGon discuss Playoffs in all Major League of Legends regions, Cloud9 failing to meet expectations, BDS and Fnatic in LEC, the LCS Spring 2024 Split + an unfortunate truth about the state of the league, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 10
IWDominate, MonteCristo, and dGon discuss the KC's continued dismal performance in LEC, the level of concern for G2 after this past weekend, whether Fudge and/or Vulcan should remain at Cloud9, and Playoff previews for LPL, LCS, and LCK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 9
IWDominate, MonteCristo, and dGon discuss the LCS Playoffs, Immortals' strange firing of Coach Sharkz, MAD Lions looking fraudulent in Spring after reaching the LEC Winter Finals, predictions for which teams will reach MSI, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 20, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 8
IWDominate, Monte, and dGon discuss the first week of LEC, Smolder in pro play, Riot Games and their handling of champion design and balance, offline drafting in pro play, KDF and NiP on fraud alert, LCS Playoff and awards predictions, Doublelift drama, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 7
IWDominate, Monte, and dGon compare T1 Faker to FPX milkyway, discuss roster changes at Heretics in the LEC, share their favorite LCS teams to watch, rank the top teams in the world, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 6
IWDominate, Monte, and dGon discuss the recent problems caused by Riot Games's League of Legends balance team, FPX and BRO's glow ups, reactions to a recent Cloud9 documentary piece, the state of the LCS + whether a new format would improve the league, Dom's exasperating experience with passport renewal, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 5
IWDominate, Monte, and dGon discuss whether the LCS or LEC is the stronger League of Legends esprots region, Dom's picks for the final weekend of LEC Playoffs, G2's status as a world-class team, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 4
IWDominate, Monte, and dGon discuss dGon's appearance on the LCS, the struggles of Karmine Corp, Cloud9, and NRG, the most exciting rookies to watch this split, the state of the LPL, the banger matchup between WBG and TES, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 07, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 3
IWDominate, Monte, and dGon discuss LEC denying co-streaming rights, the LCS live patch change, predictions for frauds and dark horses in 2024, whether any team can beat G2 in LEC Winter Playoffs, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 2
IWDominate, Monte, and dGon share which LCS, LEC, LPL, and LCK teams they're most excited for in 2024, give thoughts on the Riot Games layoffs, discuss problems going on with Karmine Corps, revel in the banger matchup between BLG and TES, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 24, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 1
Worlds 2023 is over and Power Spike is here to give in-depth analysis on the Finals between T1 and Weibo, as well as where Faker's legacy stands after emerging with his fourth title. With the start of the off-season, there are a host of new roster rumors and signing, so Dom, Dgon, and Monte chat about which are the most and least exciting developments as teams sign their players for 2024. Evil Geniuses and Golden Guardians departed the LCS, leaving the league with 8 remaining teams. How big of a...
Nov 25, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 35
The Worlds semi-finals are over and JDG failed in their quest for the Golden Road after a surprising upset by a surging T1. Power Spike is here to break down the reasons behind JDG's loss, plus provide a preview of their year's grand final between T1 and WBG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 13, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 34
Teams in the West already appear to be making moves, particularly in the LCS where Cloud9 appears to be assembling a fearsome roster if the rumors are to be believed. What do the Power Spike guys think about the alleged destination of these LCS stars? Worlds brings us a dynamite semi-final match-up between T1 and JDG, and we're here to offer our analysis and predictions. LNG, GenG, NRG, and KT all saw themselves knocked out of the World Championship, so Dom, Dgon, and Monte give their final thou...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 33
NRG successfully upset their European rivals in G2, leading to jubilation from North American fans, which went even further with their best possible draw of Weibo Gaming for their quarter-final match-up. The Power Spike boys are here to discuss if they have an outside shot of making the semi-finals or if there Worlds run ends after their next best-of-five. Dom, dGon, and Monte offer their eulogies to the teams eliminated at the end of the Swiss stage and debate how fraudulent G2's year was after...
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 32
While the West may be having a horrible Worlds thus far, but the shining hope of G2 keeps Europe's dreams alive as the team seems destined for a quarterfinals berth. The remainder of LEC and LCS appears doomed, but has it been uniquely bad in 2023 compared to other World Championships in League of Legends? The Power Spike guys evaluate the performances of the expected power houses after seeing them play for the first time on this patch and discuss whether JDG remains the team to beat in Seoul. F...
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 31
