The pros of League of Legends are currently locked in battle at the ongoing Mid-Season Invitational 2021. Exciting as that may be, there’s another good news for fans and amateur players. The League of Legends 1v1 experience has returned to North America. Dubbed as the Red Bull Solo Q, the tournament is made possible through a partnership between the League Championship Series and Red Bull North America.
If you’re not familiar, this tournament allows amateur players to highlight their skill in a 1v1 fight instead of the usual 5v5 battle. The two players fight in the top lane of the Rift and will win when they meet either of these conditions:
- Be the first player to get two kills under seven minutes
- Get one kill after seven minutes
- Destroy the outer turret of the opposing player
- Be the first to get a 100-minion creep score first.
US Qualifier
Registration for the regional US qualifiers is now available with the first one happening on May 29. It should be noted that regional qualifiers are only for players that reside in the same region. For the National Open, it’s available to those interested regardless of region. The dates and regions are:
- May 29 - St. Louis, MO
- June 5 - New Orleans, LA
- June 12 - Chicago, IL
- June 12 - New York, NY
- June 12 - Los Angeles, CA
- June 27 - National Open Qualifier 1
- July 10 - Atlanta, GA
- July 25 - National Open Qualifier 2
- July 31 - San Francisco, CA
- July 31 - Orlando, FL
- July 31 - Dallas TX
- August 14 - Salt Lake City, UT
- August 28 - Boston, MA
- August 28 - Columbus, OH
- August 29 - National Open Qualifier 3
- November 14 - National Open Qualifier 4
Canada Qualifier
The Canada Qualifiers is also open for registrations. The dates and areas are:
- September 18 – East and West
- October 2 – East and West
- October 16 – Open Qualifier
- TBA – National Finals
What’s going to happen is that the winner of the qualifier gets to join in either the US and Canada Finals. The Global Finals, on the other hand, will be held in Germany.
In a post, Matt Archambault at Riot Games said that last year’s tournament was indeed fun and they’re happy to be able to do it again this year. Speaking of last year, there were more than 80,000 sign-ups.
So are you ready to test your skill?
