| Summoning Insight | ||
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| General Information | ||
| Host | Duncan "Thorin" Shields Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles | |
| Format | Podcast & Livestream | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
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Summoning Insight is a regular League of Legends talk show, hosted by Duncan "Thorin" Shields and Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles. The show was, for the first 26 episodes, produced for OnGamers, but has since become an independent production.
Format[]
The two hosts, along with occasional guests, discuss topics of interest to hardcore enthusiasts of the professional League of Legends scene. Spanning all of the major competitive regions, the show takes its cues from topical themes to inform the in-depth discussions each episode revolves around.
Episode List[]
| # | Date | Participants | Links | Length | Topics/Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | |||||
| 80 | 2019-08-11 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and FORG1VEN | VOD | 158m | Bot Lane Boomer |
| 2016 | |||||
| 79 | 2016-10-20 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Froggen | VOD | 113m | Thorin Does Not Recognise the Magna Carta |
| 78 | 2016-10-12 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Zirene | VOD | 145m | Papa's Got a Brand New Bodybag |
| 77 | 2016-09-29 | Thorin, MonteCristo, Soaz, Emily Rand, xGoomiho, LS, Deficio, Krepo, Locodoco and Kelsey Moser | VOD | 388m | Worlds Prediction Orgy |
| 76 | 2016-09-09 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 138m | Many Roads to Sodomy |
| 75 | 2016-08-15 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 160m | LCK, LPL and LCS Playoffs |
| 74 | 2016-06-30 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Achilios | VOD | 91m | LCK |
| 73 | 2016-06-23 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Shaunz | VOD | 157m | Shaunz' time with Gambit Gaming, the new LCS format, various team discussions |
| 72 | 2016-06-09 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and MarkZ | VOD | 176m | MarkZ's role in Team Liquid, Dynamic Queue, in depth NA scene coverage |
| 71 | 2016-05-24 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and pr0lly | VOD | 212m | spring split H2K, MSI results, EU scene |
| 70 | 2016-04-12 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Clement Chu | VOD | 177m | in depth LMS scene coverage, MSI preview, brief other regional scene discussions |
| 69 | 2016-03-23 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Dexter | VOD | 160m | NA, EU LCS, LCK discussions |
| 68 | 2016-02-23 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Amazing | VOD | 188m | Amazing's time with TSM, coaching issues in Origen, brief individual scene coverage |
| 67 | 2016-02-01 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Jankos | VOD | 200m | Jankos' career up to this point, LCS meta, in depth EU scene coverage, NA/LCK discussion |
| 66 | 2016-01-21 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and LiQuiD112 | VOD | 134m | EU/NA differences, Team Liquid in 2015, individual scene coverage |
| 2015 | |||||
| 65 | 2015-12-30 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Kelsey | VOD | 187m | China discussion, roster changes |
| 64 | 2015-12-18 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 121m | Riot Korea's dealings with OGN, recent roster moves and IEM X Cologne |
| 63 | 2015-12-04 | Thorin, MonteCristo and DoA | VOD | 156m | IEM San Jose, DoA's experiences with casting OGN, lighthearted off-topic conversations, current off-season roster changes and rumors, and more |
| 62 | 2015-11-20 | Thorin, MonteCristo and Locodoco | VOD | 221m | Locodoco's time with TSM, catching up from his last time on the show, becoming a content creator for Team Liquid and much more |
| 61 | 2015-10-23 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 131m | 2015 World Championship Post-Quarterfinal discussion |
| 60 | 2015-09-24 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 134m | 2015 World Championship Top 20 players |
| 59 | 2015-09-19 | Thorin, MonteCristo, Froskurinn, Dexter, IWillDominate, GoSuPepper, Clement Chu, Crumbz, and Razleplasm | VOD | 323m | 2015 World Championship Predictions and Analysis |
| 58 | 2015-09-04 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Dylan Falco | VOD | 196m | Dylan's time as an analyst for TSM, NA and EULCS regionals, him becoming analyst for H2K, LCK coverage. |
| 57 | 2015-08-28 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Emily Rand | VOD | 173m | In-depth LPL discussion, LCK, Fnatic vs LPL teams, worlds talk |
| 56 | 2015-08-21 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Froggen | VOD | 149m | Alliance/Elements, EDG and China Playoffs, Korea Playoffs, Fnatic, TSM vs CLG, digressions about dogs |
| 55 | 2015-08-15 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Shakarez | VOD | 166m | Brazilian LoL scene, LCS quarter and semi finals |
| 54 | 2015-08-04 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and VandeR | VOD | 166m | Early 2015 ROCCAT, EU ADCs, EULCS/NALCS quarterfinals, lore affecting the game, regional discussions |
| 53 | 2015-07-24 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and LS | VOD | 215m | Regional coverage, TSM team issues and discussion, LS living in Korea |
| 52 | 2015-07-17 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Sneaky | VOD | 225m | Cloud9 and their issues, other NA teams, western coaching vs Korea, EU teams, Runeglaive, ADC problems, LCK and LPL coverage |
| 51 | 2015-07-06 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Leviathan | VOD | 185m | Leviathan's time with Gambit Gaming and Alliance, remote coaching, Elements, Spring split top meta, individual player discussions, EU LCS teams, LCK coverage |
| 50 | 2015-06-24 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Clement Chu | VOD | 124m | yoe Flash Wolves, ahq, TSM, BeBe, Toyz, NA LCS teams, LCK, EU LCS |
| 49 | 2015-06-12 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 139m | Individual EULCS team discussion, NA team discussion and ranking, LCK teams, LCK adcs, and issues with the classic format. |
| 48 | 2015-06-05 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Freeze | VOD | 187m | Freeze's choice to stay with Copenhagen Wolves, Fnatic's strength, Forg1ven and Rekkles, h2k's bot lane, SK's chances, incarnati0n and C9 vs TSM, Dyrus, NALCS teams, Seraph, and LCK discussion. |
| 47 | 2015-05-29 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 280m | Fnatic, Winterfox and Gambit Gaming roster swaps, EU team discussion, Monte addresses Link's comments, NA teams and their hierarchy, West vs. Korea chances in Bo5s at worlds, LPL roster changes, and OGN coverage. |
| 46 | 2015-05-14 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and pr0lly | VOD | 183m | Discussion about the 2015 Mid-Season Invitational |
| 45 | 2015-04-30 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 156m | LPL Finals - EDG vs. LGD, Juggermaws around the world, LCK Semi-final - CJ vs. SKT, LCK Final - SKT vs. GE, NA Relegations, Hai's retirement, Hai saying TSM, EDG will win MSI, Hai saying the West's chances to win Worlds are "extremely good" and Krepo's retirement. |
| 44 | 2015-04-23 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 189m | EU and NA LCS finals discussion, the upcoming Mid Season Invitational, and brief coverage of LPL and LCK playoffs. |
| 43 | 2015-04-18 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Kelsey | VOD | 174m | Kelsey Moser, Chinese LoL scene expert, joins Monte and Thorin for Episode 43 of Summoning Insight. |
| 42 | 2015-04-10 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and dentist | VOD | 187m | Karl "dentist" Krey, coach of Copenhagen Wolves, joins Monte and Thorin for Episode 42 of Summoning Insight. |
| 41 | 2015-04-04 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and FORG1VEN | VOD | 194m | Konstantinos "FORG1VEN" Tzortziou, star AD Carry of SK Gaming, joins Monte and Thorin for Episode 41 of Summoning Insight. |
| 40 | 2015-03-26 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and lilsusie | VOD | 191m | Susie 'lilsusie' Kim, former OnGameNet employee and esports interpreter and host, joins Monte and Thorin for Episode 40 of Summoning Insight. |
| 39 | 2015-03-18 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Froskurinn | VOD | 145m | IEM Katowice discussion |
| 38 | 2015-03-05 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and PapaSmithy | VOD | 202m | In-depth discussion of LPL as a whole and WE in IEM. |
| 37 | 2015-02-27 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Crumbzz | VOD | 214m | Crumbzz' history with Dignitas, Koreans coming to NA, and regional overviews. |
| 36 | 2015-02-13 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Nyph | VOD | 186m | Elements' set-up, Rekkles and contrasting NA and EU. |
| 35 | 2015-02-08 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Clement Chu | VOD | 266m | Historical discussion of Taipei Assassins and World Elite's glory days. NA, EU and KR regions. |
| 34 | 2015-01-18 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and xPeke | VOD | 148m | xPeke creating Origen, Alex Ich joining Team 8 & BrawL.NA, Riot taking over the LPL broadcast. |
| 33 | 2015-01-09 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Chobra | VOD | 184m | IEM Cologne, CLG poaching ZionSpartan, Riot taking over the LPL broadcast and the new LCK season. |
| 2014 | |||||
| 32 | 2014-12-13 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and LS | VOD | 169m | IEM San Jose, Uzi to OMG and OGN pre-season |
| 31 | 2014-12-03 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Krepo | VOD | 209m | Rekkles to Alliance, Coaches and Coaching, Evil Geniuses, EU Expansion, Joe & Deman |
| 30 | 2014-11-24 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Xpecial | VOD | 195m | Xpecial's time in Team SoloMid and Curse Gaming |
| 29 | 2014-11-14 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 132m | Expansion and IEM San Jose tournaments, disappearance of top level Korean line-ups |
| 28 | 2014-11-14 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and FORG1VEN | VOD | 137m | The off-season continues |
| 27 | 2014-11-03 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 141m | After-effects of Worlds and the busy off-season |
| 26 | 2014-10-03 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Freeze | VOD | 147m | Worlds groups C and D and the playoffs |
| 25 | 2014-09-25 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 139m | Worlds groups A and B |
| 24 | 2014-09-17 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Drexxin | VOD | 193m | The 20 best players at Worlds |
| 23 | 2014-09-09 | Thorin, MonteCristo, Alex Ich, Nukeduck, Crumbzz, IWillDominate, NintendudeX, LS and Kelsey Moser | VOD | 279m | Worlds group predictions |
| 22 | 2014-09-02 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and nRated | VOD | 237m | SK Gaming in 2014, Western teams at Worlds, LCS NA playoffs and Korean Regional Qualifier results |
| 21 | 2014-08-26 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and PR0LLY | VOD | 282m | LCS NA playoff quarter-finals, Reginald's comments about Monte, LPL final and Korean Regional qualifier |
| 20 | 2014-08-19 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Froskurinn | VOD | 226m | LPL playoffs, Chinese LoL vs. Korea and the West, EU LCS playoffs, OGN Summer final (KT Arrows vs. Samsung Blue) |
| 19 | 2014-08-12 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Saintvicious | VOD | 249m | Curse, Voyboy vs. Shiphtur, NA LCS playoffs, Worlds group format and Faker 1v9ing in SK Telecom T1 |
| 18 | 2014-08-06 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Edward | VOD | 148m | Gambit Gaming, Edward's career and CLG going to Korea |
| 17 | 2014-07-22 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Tabzz | VOD | 191m | Alliance, LCS EU, Lustboy to Team SoloMid |
| 16 | 2014-07-15 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Crumbzz | VOD | 195m | Team Dignitas, NA Worlds prospects, trinket changes and current jungle meta |
| 15 | 2014-07-08 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and sOAZ | VOD | 212m | sOAZ's approach to the game, Fnatic's dedication, Riot not hosting all of Worlds in Korea |
| 14 | 2014-07-03 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Kelsey | VOD | 139m | Chinese LoL, LCS NA and the Lustboy potentially joining Team SoloMid |
| 13 | 2014-06-24 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 187m | Team SoloMid's record aganst the top 5, Gambit Gaming's Visa situation, the OGN Caster tier list, buff timers |
| 12 | 2014-06-09 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Candy Panda | VOD | 170m | SK Gaming, LCS NA and LCS EU. |
| 11 | 2014-06-02 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and ZionSpartan | VOD | 75m | Coast's Spring split, Team Dignitas in the Summer split and LCS NA. |
| 10 | 2014-05-27 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Locodoco | VOD | 190m | OGN Spring final results, LCS NA and EU Summer predictions and Gleebglarbu's potential |
| 9 | 2014-05-20 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and mithy | VOD | 184m | NA and EU transfers, OGN results |
| 8 | 2014-05-13 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and IWillDominate | VOD | 161m | All-Stars and the need for coaching and analysis in the West |
| 7 | 2014-05-05 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Locodoco | VOD | 218m | NA and EU transfers, OGN Champions Spring semi-final results |
| 6 | 2014-04-29 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and dexter | VOD | 164m | TheOddOne as a modern day jungler, Cloud 9 as the best NA team, OGN semi-finals match-ups |
| 5 | 2014-04-22 | Thorin, MonteCristo, and Froggen | VOD | 188m | LCS NA and EU playoffs, Alliance as a team (their Spring split, shot-calling and line-up), Bjergsen vs. Faker |
| 4 | 2014-04-15 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 165m | OGN, LCS NA and LCS EU play-off series predictions. |
| 3 | 2014-03-24 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 78m | IEM World Championship breakdown (KT B, Gambit, fnatic, Cloud9) and SKT K vs. NaJin Shield from Masters. |
| 2 | 2014-03-14 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 100m | All-Star Invitational and an in-depth discussion of ROCCAT. |
| 1 | 2014-02-07 | Thorin and MonteCristo | VOD | 84m | fnatic's struggles, nRated's influence on SK, KT B's fall and EDG as China's new hope. |
Guests by Number of Appearance[]
| Appearances | Guests |
| 5 | Kelsey Moser13 |
| 4 | Clement Chu, Crumbz12,Locodoco3, LS123 |
| 3 | dexter2, Froskurinn, IWillDominate12, pr0lly |
| 2 | Edward, Emily Rand3, FORG1VEN, Freeze, Froggen, Krepo3, SoaZ3 |
| 1 | Alex Ich1, Amazing, Candy Panda, Chobra, Deficio3, dentist, DoA, Drexxin, Jankos, Leviathan, lilsusie, LiQuiD112, MarkZ, mithy, NintendudeX1, nRated, Nukeduck1, Nyph, PapaSmithy, Razleplasm, Saintvicious, Shakarez, Shaunz, Sneaky, Tabzz, VandeR, xGoomiho3, Xpecial, xPeke, ZionSpartan, Zirene, Dylan Falco |
1: These Guests appeared as a part of the 2014 Worlds Group Stage predictions (Ep 23).
2: These Guests appeared as a part of the 2015 Worlds Predictions Bonanza (Ep 59).
3: These Guests appeared as a part of the 2016 Worlds Predictions Orgy (Ep 77).
Highlight Videos[]
- 2015
- April 25th, Best of Summoning Insight- Highlight Reel 1
- May 2nd, Best of Summoning Insight- Highlight Reel 2
- May 13th, Best of Summoning Insight- Highlight Reel 3
- May 31st, Best of Summoning Insight- Highlight Reel 4
- June 27th, Summoning Insight: Highlight Reel 5- Finale!