Daniele Jiizuke di Mauro - AKA the Italian Stallion - has come to the LCS in perhaps the most on-brand signing of the entire off-season, joining Evil Geniuses. Read more about the EU mid laner and how he fits in the team here:
The League of Legends European Championship welcomes a new team, the MAD Lions. The Canadian ownership group OverActive Media, who is behind the Toronto Defiant (Overwatch), has revealed a new logo today for the Spanish brand that once was known as Splyce.
Top Laner Finn "Finn" Wiestål has signed a new deal with Rogue, extending his contract with the LEC organization through 2022.
According to a report by Spanish publication Esportmaníacos, OverActive Media will rebrand and rebuild Splyce's League of Legends team to MAD Lions ahead of the 2020 LEC Season. The roster will feature entirely young domestic talent built around Mid Laner Marek "Humanoid" Brázda, who just finished his rookie season with Splyce.
Schalke 04 Esports announced earlier today that Konstantinos-Napoleon "FORG1VEN" Tzortziou will be their starting AD in the 2020 League of Legends European Championship season, pending Riot approval. "The King is back."
Maurice "Amazing" Stückenschneider played for FC Schalke 04 in the 2018 EU LCS Summer Split, and it looks like there is a chance of the two parties re-uniting. The German Jungler was seen in a photo with fellow countryman Finn-Lukas "Don Arts" Salomon, who currently is the Jungler for German esports organization Berlin International Gaming; also known as BIGCLAN.gg.
According to a report by ESPN Esports' Jacob Wolf, Misfits Gaming has acquired two players from Vodafone Giants.Spain. The Spanish League of Legends champion will bid farewell to its Jungler, Iván "Razork" Martín, and Support, Petr "denyk" Haramach will be joining MSF for the 2020 season.
The first day of Free Agency has been quite a roller-coaster, and there are now reports of Xerxe, Upset, and Destiny signing with Origen. They have supposedly finalized their roster, but others will have plenty of changes to come.
Cloud9 is one of the most decorated orgs in the LCS, but hasn't actually won a title in numerous years. They've already shaken up their roster a bunch, here is what has been rumored so far.
TSM failed to make Worlds for a second year in a row, and after re-signing Bjergsen this October, they've looked to rebuild their roster for a stronger 2020 season. TSM has already made some big moves, here is their current roster:
FlyQuest has had plenty of ups and downs in the recent years, performing very well this Spring, but falling flat in the Summer Split. They've started off with a bang, signing support IgNar! Here is what all they're doing:
ESPN reported FNC is making moves this off-season. Along with Mithy joining as new head coach, they've signed SK jungler Selfmade to fill their jungler role, hinting at a departure from Broxah.
Rogue will extend its contract with veteran Support Oskar "Vander" Bogdan, and also, will sign former Misfits Bot Laner Steven "Hans Sama" Liv to partner with Vander.
LCS and LEC teams are really shaking up the scene this off-season, and Alfonso "Mithy" Aguirre Rodriguez has joined in the fun, switching to a coaching role for Fnatic! Read more here:
After a long break from social media following TSM's loss in the Regional Finals, Jesper "Zven" Svenningsen has finally spoken out about his plans. He is a free agent looking for a team in EU or NA! Where will he go?
Sports/esports organization FC Schalke 04 has made a change to its League of Legends roster. Star AD Carry Elias "Upset" Lipp is vacating the Bot Lane for the LEC squad as the org decided not to renew the 19-year old's contract past the originally agreed-upon period.
Before Match Korean Fans ATM: *China's best mid laner Doinb!!!! FunPlus of Teamfights! FPX Jiayou! We can't allow G2rand Slam!!! ㄴ But G2 should win for LCK's reputation. If FPX wins, LCK just becomes
On the 10th, FunPlus Phoenix took down G2 Esports in the grand finals of the 2019 LoL World Championship. With an aggression FPX stood proudly as world champions on stage, as FPX's Mid laner, Kim &lsq
Despite both Norskeren and Splyce agreeing that the former's conduct was completely out of line, the League of Legends community discourse continues to split down the middle on the issue even nearly two days after the controversy came to light.
On Sunday, November 10th at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France, the 2019 League of Legends World Championship will conclude with the Grand Finals match between FunPlus Phoenix and G2 Esports. At 1:00pm local time, FPX will fight to keep the World Championship trophy in China and deny G2 the first grand slam in LoL Esports history.
