“Take over” League of Legends Worlds 2020 song: all the Easter eggs, hidden logos, and more

Nafiu Aziz
By Nafiu Aziz
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Riot Games just revealed their official song for upcoming the League of Legends Worlds 2020 ceremony called “Take Over”.

Just like every year, Riot Games makes a new song featuring their annual Worlds event. And this time around, Riot Games partnered with Jeremy McKinnon(A Day to Remember), MAX, Henrey for this year’s Worlds song.

“Take over” song LOL Worlds 2020:

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As with every year, the animation team at Riot Games did an excellent job capturing the emotions of this year’s Worlds. However, this time around there are just so many references to big-name players in the League of Legends franchise compared to the previous year.

All the Easter eggs found in the Take Over song:

As the name implies, the overall theme of this year’s song was to “take over” from the previous World’s champions. Furthermore, the song starts with Faker taking an aspiring youngster under his umbrella and inspiring him to beat all the previous world champs to be the final winner.

Special mention goes to Reddit user u/Gujasito for collecting all the references and explaining all the meaning behind them.

Take Over LOL Worlds 2020 song Easter eggs
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The character in this frame is wearing a T1 jersey with iconic glasses. And it is undoubtedly a reference to T1 Faker.

Take Over LOL Worlds 2020 song Easter eggs
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The next clip showcased the new character entering “THE DEMON KING” PC bang. This is also a reference to the legendary T1 Faker as his nickname in the League of Legends community is the “Unkillable Demon King“.

Take Over LOL Worlds 2020 song Easter eggs
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2011 FNC xPeke’s Kassadin backdoor

Take Over LOL Worlds 2020 song Easter eggs
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2014 SSW Mata’s Thresh

Take Over LOL Worlds 2020 song Easter eggs
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2017 SSG stone with SSG Crown’s/Cuvee or Fakers Galio.

`Take Over LOL Worlds 2020 song Easter eggs
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2018 IG Jackeylove’s Xayah can be seen under the tree

Take Over LOL Worlds 2020 song Easter eggs
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2012 Taipei Assassins bebe as Caitlyn is referred here with Cait’s gun with the TPA logo.

Take Over LOL Worlds 2020 song Easter eggs
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2017 SSG Ambitions’s Jarvan IV is referred here where he beat T1 tombstone.

Take Over LOL Worlds 2020 song Easter eggs
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2019 FPX Tian’s Lee Sin.

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Nafiu Aziz is an avid gamer and a writer at GameRiv, covering Apex Legends, CS:GO, VALORANT, and plenty of other popular FPS titles in between. He scours the internet daily to get the latest scoop in esports.