Despite claiming they'd keep their roster together, Cloud9 has made a couple of changes, including promoting Fudge and Reignover. They've also been rumored to sign Perkz. Here is the current roster rumored for Cloud9:
After his recent addition to the Cloud9 team, IWillDominate interviewed the Cloud9 LCS roster about their failure to qualify for Worlds and what it means for the team, confirming they'll be sticking as a five-man unit going into 2021. Read more here:
After two back to back years of TSM missing Worlds, they make their return, climbing through the losers bracket of the LCS playoffs, defeating Cloud9 in four games. Read more on the series and playoffs here:
Cloud9 AD Carry Jesper "Zven" Svenningsen spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie before the start of the post-season to discuss working through C9's mid-summer slump, the importance of experimentation, and which teams he thinks are likely to represent North America at the 2020 League of Legends World Championship.
We've seen plenty of non-traditional strategies in pro play, and especially from Cloud9, who have locked in a brand new pair of champions, Lux and Sona. Get an in-depth look at the strategy here:
Cloud9 and Vulcan history last Spring with a 17-1 regular season record, followed by a 9-1 playoff run, prompting seven teams to make some roster moves. Here's what Vulcan has to think about the "new" opponents Cloud9 will face this Summer:
Cloud9 has spent an unbelievable season. After finishing the regular season with a 17-1 record, they went on and won the LCS championship. Over the whole spring split, including the playoffs, Cloud9
Cloud9 has secured 1st place in the 2020 LCS Spring Split, the 2020 LCS Spring Playoffs championship, the 1st All-Pro Team in all five positions, the Coach of the Split award for Head Coach Bok "Reapered" Han-gyu and the Honda Most Valuable Player award for Jungler Robert "Blaber" Huang. However, one of Zven's accomplishments stands alone: He is the first player to win both a European and North American League of Legends championship.
Dropping only two games in the entirety of the 2020 Spring Split, through both the regular season and the playoffs, Cloud9 have the most dominant season in LCS history, and claim their first title since 2014. Read more on their dominant 3-0 run here:
Blaber is your 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Spring Split Most Valuable Player. All five members of Cloud9 were All Pro first team. Top three came down to Blaber, Nisqy, and Zven with Blaber being crowned MVP. Read more on his acheivements here.
12 and 0. It's an amazing streak. Did you do something special during the offseason? There wasn't anything special. As soon as Zven and Vulcan signed their contracts, we started their bootcamp earlier
The bot laners of each region took their spots as the leaders of KDA in their respective regions. In the LCK, LPL, LCS, and the LEC, there’s an interesting trend in data (gathered up to the 17th), which is similar across all four regions. Bot laners of each region were in 1st place in KDA, and currently, there are two players that have a perfect KDA. In the LCK, All iN, the mid laner for Afreeca Freecs is a player that currently holds a perfect KDA. Previously known as SSUN, he only played two games in the league, so this data may not hold too much meaning. Even still, All iN played Pantheon in both of his games and with a total score of 5/0/13, he holds a perfect KDA.
Zven joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie after Cloud9's win over 100 Thieves to discuss Cloud9's near-flawless beginning of the Spring Split, the team dynamic of the new C9 roster, and his thoughts on the current AD Carry meta.
Vulcan spoke with Inven Global about how he fits in the Cloud9 culture, as well as his goals of winning both splits and changing the NA narrative with the team. He details where he fits in the tier list of supports in NA, but notes how hard branding is for supports.
There is just one week left in the off-season and then the wait is over. Winter has come and gone (metaphorically speaking), and Spring 2020 has finally arrived! Teams are soon to take the Rift and sh
Change can be good, but NA proves change can also be bad. Here is each team's relative strength with their new roster. Who won, and who declined this off-season? And will someone be able to take down Team Liquid? Find out more here:
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:
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?
With every off-season brings Free Agency - a wild scramble after Worlds where players and teams look to upgrade themselves. Here is a list of the best players available this year. Among them fall Uzi and Ming, Faker and Mata, Zven and mithy, Bjergsen and brTT, and many more.
