Could the second stage at the Riot Games Berlin Studio help the LEC?
While the second stage is due to accommodate an enlarged VCT split, even in its usual 12-team configuration, fans have been critical of the time VCT takes in reference to the League of Legends ecosystem. As the two leagues have had to run at separate times from one another, Western League of Legends fans have been critical of the inability of the LEC to expand the number of officials European teams play each year, which severely lags behind League of Legends’ dominant leagues, the Korean LCK and the Chinese LPL. So while the news ostensibly pertains to VCT EMEA, one wonders whether it will be