Latin America League team, All Knights, announced they were signing Korean support, Wadid, to start for their team in 2021. Wadid is replacing former All Knights support, Newbie, who will play for the LCS team, Golden Guardians. Read more on his move here:
It's no secret that the League Championship Series production wasn't up to par this Summer Split, or really, the entirety of the 2020 season. Take a deeper look into how they failed and what they need to focus on for 2021 here:
After a decade of professional League of Legends, North American mid laner Greyson "Goldenglue" Gilmer is hanging up his mouse and keyboard.
G2 Esports Head Coach Fabian "GrabbZ" Lohmann joined Inven Global’s Lara Lunardi to discuss the team’s journey in 2020, the new roster, Perkz’s departure, World of Warcraft with Wunder, and more.
About a month after Bjergsen announced his retirement from professional League of Legends, Doublelift announced his own retirement as well. Read more about his career and retirement here:
In 2021, Schalke is looking to continue its momentum by getting members of the miracle run back together, but the squad will certainly look different than it did last year.
With the 2021 preseason in full swing, Golden Guardians will need to make big moves to improve on their recurring status of a middle-of-the-pack LCS team. They've finally announced their whole squad, check the 2021 roster here:
CLG has had a rough few years since their 2016 MSI Finals appearance. They performed well in NA in 2017, but barring a 2019 Summer Split third-place finish, they've been seventh or lower for the other five splits. In 2020, CLG finished 10th in spring and ninth in summer. With that in mind, the org is in need of some rejuvenation to find their return to glory. They've officially signed three new pl
Among Liquid's off-season changes was the addition of Kold to the LCS coaching staff. Kold spoke with us about his time with Liquid at Worlds and how he hopes to power up the team in 2021. Read his interview here:
According to a recent report by ESPN's Jacob Wolf, 100 Thieves is in conversation with their AD Carry, Cody sun, that would have him exit the team before the 2021 season, halfway through his contract. Read more on the report here:
UPDATE 11/14: Immortals has confirmed that mid laner David "Insanity" Challe will remain with the team for the 2021 League of Legends Championship Series season. Insanity was signed as the mid laner for IMT Academy but spent the majority of the 2020 LCS Summer Split starting over Jérémy :"Eika" Valdenaire and in doing so put together an impressive debut at the top level of competition.
UPDATE 11/16: Rogue has confirmed both top laner Andrei "Odoamne" Paschu and support Adrian "Trymbi" Trybus will be joining the organization's main squad for the 2021 League of Legends European Championship season. Trymbi is being promoted from Ultraliga squad AGO Rogue, and Odoamne is donning a new jersey for the first time since joining FC Schalke 04 Esports before the start of the 2019 season. Rogue has confirmed these moves are pending approval from Riot Games.
UPDATED 11/16: Cloud9 has announced it has parted ways with mid laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dincer as well as C9 Academy mid laner Cristian "Palafox'" Palafox and support David "Diamond" Bérubé. Nisay is expected to go to Fnatic to replace Tim "Nemesis" Lipovšek.
UPDATED 11/14: Travis Gafford reported via Twitter that Lucas "Santorin" Larsen has verbally agreed to a one year contract with Team Liquid.
UPDATE 11/14: Evil Geniuses has announced it is parting ways with three of its players. AD carry Bae "Bang" Jun-sik, mid laner Greyson "Goldenglue" Gilmer and top laner Colin "Kumo" Zhao will all be wearing a different jersey in 2021.
Take a look at the first actions Riot is taking to improve Academy and Amateur - they won't be their last. Over the long term, Riot will continue listening to the community's feedback and adapting, but check out all of the upcoming plans for developing NA talent here:
After the 2020 season, Team Liquid announced the departure of much of their coaching staff. Now they're announcing two new members to their staff, Spawn and Kold, with Yaltz moving up to head analyst. Check out their completed staff here:
UPDATE 11/12: Cloud9 has reportedly agreed to buyout G2 Esports mid laner Luka "Perkz" Perković. The agreement is only verbal as a deal cannot be finalized in writing until the start of the free agency window on Monday, November 16th at 7:00pm ET. G2 Esports will now look for a new AD carry to replace Perkz, and since Perkz will be returning to the mid lane with C9 should the report hold true, it would mean current C9 mid laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dincer would be placed on a buyout.
According to a report by Jacob Wolf, Counter Logic Gaming is working on a buyout agreement with Rogue for Finn “Finn” Wiestål. The deal will not be completed until November 16, 7 PM
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