Let's take look at every change that has occurred in the mid-season break.
It was difficult to decipher who ranked the highest amongst all LPL players at this position, but these five players stood above the rest and are the players you need to keep an eye out for in the top lane this split.
Gori was the third member to part ways with LPL team FunPlus Phoenix following the conclusion of the 2022 LPL Spring Playoffs after Yang "Beichuan" Ling and Luo "jiang" Bai-Jiang — the jungler and AD carry for FunPlus Phoenix Blaze, respectively — parted ways with the organization.
UPDATE Jun. 2: Three more teams have announced their 2022 LPL Summer Split rosters for a total of eight.
Let's break down why the mid lane matchup between G2 Esports and T1 is the most fascinating aspect of the MSI 2022 semifinals bout to see who will face Royal Never Give Up in the finals.
A Twitlonger by Reginald on the morning of May 27 confirmed that TSM's internal investigation of him had concluded and that the investigation had found no evidence of inappropriate or unlawful behavior by the CEO.
A report by Dexerto states that TSM claim to have found former League of Legends esports coach Zhang "Peter Zhang" Yi guilty of financial irregularities, specifically regarding the allegations of inappropriate behavior regarding player salaries.
RNG will face either G2 Esports or T1, who play on the other side of the semifinals bracket this evening.
After winning the 2022 VCS Spring Playoffs, GAM Esports passed on representing Vietnam at the 2022 Mid-Season Invitational to represent their country in the League of Legends competition at the 31st SEA Games.
UPDATE May. 20: Immortals have confirmed their signing of jungler Kenvi, who will round out their 2022 LCS Summer Split roster with top laner Revenge, mid laner PowerOfEvil, AD carry Lost, and support IgNar.
Gamsu played for Dignitas in the LCS back in 2015 before pursuing a career in competitive Overwatch, and has spent his competitive return to League of Legends in the amateur and Academy systems with 100 Thieves up until his reunion with DIG.
UPDATE May. 18: Golden Guardians only had one change on their LCS roster with Stixxay taking the place of Lost as starting AD carry, but GG Academy's mid-season has been much more active.
UPDATE May. 15: One game after Team Aze's mathematical elimination from Rumble Stage contention at the 2022 Mid-Season Invitational, LJL representative DetonatioN FocusMe was eliminated after their 4th loss of the tournament to VCS representative Saigon Buffalo.
UPDATE May. 14, 2022: Smash Summit 13 has been postponed after one of the attendees tested positive for COVID-19.
After ORDER dropped their first two games of MSI 2022, BioPanther spoke to Inven Global about the differences in facing off against G2 Esports and Evil Geniuses, gaining international acclaim for his level of play, and what ORDER needs to improve on to secure a win.
Royal Never Give Up was 3-0 before their games were struck from the record, and after day 4 of MSI 2022, members of the team shared their thoughts on the situation.
After Royal Never Give Up's second victory of MSI 2022, mid laner Li "Xiaohu" Yuan-Hao spoke to Inven Global with the help of translator Wendi Shi about his team's performance at the tournament thus far, what he learned as a top laner in 2021, and who he thinks round out the top 3 teams at MSI alongside RNG and LCK champion T1.
UPDATE May. 11: Cloud9 have confirmed the signing of Jensen hours after Fudge confirmed to Dexerto that he would be returning to the top lane.
Let's dive in.
Here are Inven Global's top 5 bot laners competing at the 2022 Mid-Season Invitational.
