Description
Thorin, Nymaera, and Peter Dun build the best team from talent that never left home, argue over the one match that makes a new viewer a League fan, and count down the game's greatest individual rivalries.
Episode 8 opens with a fan-submitted question: build a roster from players who have not gone international since 2025. Each host drafts across LEC, LCK, and LPL, comparing ceiling versus floor at every position. The resulting teams are more credible than they have any right to be. Then Thorin's question: which all-time match do you show someone who has never watched League of Legends to turn them into a fan? The picks include the DRX vs T1 Worlds 2022 five-game final, ROX vs KT 2016 LCK Summer, and the JDG vs BLG upper bracket from MSI 2023. The episode closes with Peter Dun's topic: the top three individual rivalries in competitive League history. Jensen vs Bjergsen makes the list. The show works back through the Imp vs Piglet era, the Doublelift question, and whether Chovy vs Faker is a rivalry yet or just a chase.
Topics covered:
⦁ Build the best team from players who have not gone international since 2025: LEC, LCK, and LPL drafts compared across every position
⦁ The one all-time match to show a new viewer and turn them into a League fan: DRX vs T1 Worlds 2022, ROX vs KT LCK Summer 2016, JDG vs BLG MSI 2023
⦁ The greatest individual rivalries in competitive League of Legends history: Jensen vs Bjergsen, Imp vs Piglet, the Doublelift question, and Chovy vs Faker
Shut Up and Scale is a League of Legends podcast hosted by Thorin, Nymaera, and Peter Dun. Each episode, the crew tackles questions about competitive history, player rankings, and the defining moments of professional League of Legends. The debates that never have easy answers.
Shut Up and Scale Episode 8 was filmed on June 19, 2026.
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Editing: Light
Art: Atantalas
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0:00 Build the best team from non-international players since 2025
1:04:29 The one all-time match to turn a new viewer into a League fan
1:26:45 Greatest individual rivalries in competitive League history.
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