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LCS and Challenger offseason changes PART III

Alex is the name·11/19/2015, 5:26:14 PM·3 votes·1,680 views

LCS

Dignitas

  • Head coach Rico steps down Brokenshard named new Dig Head Coach. -Apollo, Smithyj, and Kirei join Dig

Current roster

Smithyj top Kirei jg Shiphtur mid Apollo adc Kiwikid support

Team Liquid

  • Xpecial steps down as starting support Smoothie of former Team Dragon Knights joins as starting support
  • Peter Zhang steps down as Team Liquid's head coach

-Xpecial announces his free agency

Team 8 now Immortals Current Roster

GoldenGlue Mid Nien Adc

-Dodo8 moves from support to team manager and CalliTrollz steps down from top PorpoisePops leaves team

Counter Logic Gaming -Doublelift released from the team -Huhi moved to starting roster as mid laner, no word if Pobelter will stay with the team or leave.

Team Solo Mid

  • Dyrus, Santorin, Lust boy all stepping down from their stating roles, TSM is holding tryouts for Top, Jg, and Support. The team will now have two open foreign roster spots to fill if they so desire.

Current Roster

Hauntser top Svenscaren jg Bjergson mid Doublelift adc KaSing support

As of 10/16/15 TSM head coach Locodoco via twitter announces he will step down as head coach but will still be staying with the team. TSM has added a search for a new head coach and other coaches to the formation of their new team.

-Doublelift joins TSM no word yet if Wildturtle will stay on the team or leave -Hauntser and KaSing join TSM for IEM tryouts -TSM add head coach Woodbuck and strategy coach Jarge

Gambit Gaming

  • Forg1ven moved from starting roster to sub and open discussions for his transfer to a new team. -Support Gosupepper leaves team -Top Caboshard leaves team

Current roster

Diamonprox jg Betsy mid

H2K -Loulex leaves H2K -KaSing leaves H2K for TSM -Head coach Prolly leaves -BetongJocke joins as new jg

Current roster

Odoamne top BetongJocke jg Ryu mid Harjan adc

Natus Vincere

  • Well know eSports organisation have announced their entry into competitive LoL.

Clound 9 -LemonNation retires announced tryouts for Jg and support with Hai moving to support role or staying as jg. -Rush and Bunnyfufu join

Current roster

Balls top Rush jg Incarnation mid Sneaky adc Bunnyfufu support

Team Impulse -Tip announces its brand and LCS spot are for sale. -All members of team Impulse leave the team -Impact leaves team to join NRG -Rush leaves joins C9

Renegades

  • Maplestreet announces his stepping down from starting adc role on the team but hopes to find a new team to play for. Renegades to hold open tryouts for adc role and have stated they will have a "worldwide" search for their new adc, with only Alex Ich as the teams foreign player RNG could look to other regions for a new adc.

Unicorns of Love

  • Held tryouts for adc role in November no news on roster change or Vardags leaving the team. -Horo and Power of Evil leave UOL -Vardags leaves team --Steelback, Fox, Gilius join team

Current roster

Vizicsacsi top Gilius jg Fox mid Steelback adc Hylissang support

NRG -Team Coast sells their LCS spot to NRG -NRG sign Impact, konkwon, Altec, Moon, and GBM -Coaching staff is HistoryTeacher, Charlie, and Hermit -Investors of NRG are Andy Miller a former Apple executive and Mark Mastrov founder of U.S. gym chain 24 Hour Fitness and both men are minority owners of the NBA Sacramento Kings team. -All former Team Coast players and coaches (other than Konkwon) have been let go, including Saintvicious.

Current Roster

Impact top Moon jg GBM mid Altec adc KonKwon support

Gravity -Gravity announces its LCS sport is up for sale. -Altec leaves and joins NRG

Origen -Power of Evil joins team, expected to split mid lane role with Xpeke -Coach Hermit leaves to join NRG coaching staff.

Roccat -Steve and MrRallez leave team

Current roster

Jankos jg Nukeduck mid Vander support

Giants -Worlyb and Fredrick leave team

Current roster

Pepiinaro mid Adryh adc Godfred support

Elements -Jwaow, Dexter, Tabbz, and Nyph leave team

Current Roster

Froggen mid

Challenger

SK Gaming -Nothing yet has been heard if they will be bosting a roster for the 2016 EU challenger series -Freddy122 leaves team -Svenskaren leaves team and joins TSM

Against All Authority -Team announces they will make a run to qualify for EU challenger seiries

-Current Roster Flaxxish top Amin Jg Polyokov Mid Yuuki60 Adc Lounet Support

Team Dragon Knights now Team Arena Online

  • Current Roster

Seraph Top Kez Jg Ninja Mid

Emperor may return as adc but Smoothie has left as starting support to replace Xpecial on Team Liquid. If Emperor does return to play adc the team will need to find a North American support player as both Ninja and Emperor would take up the teams two foreign roster spots.

Dignitas EU purchased by Follow Esports -Obvious leaves the team -Trashy joins as new jg

Cloud 9 Challenger team (no name as of yet)

  • Current Roster

Meteos Jg KEITHMCBRIEF adc

C9 has announced they will be sporting an NA challenger team with Meteos as captain of the team and a recently signed (10/19/15) KEITHMCBRIEF at adc.

Enemy Esports now partnered with Fusion renamed to just Enemy

-Young Buck former Copenhagen Wolves top laner is the new head coach for the team and it seems the team will be making a go at 2016 NA challenger tournament. -Flaresz leaves as Enemy's top announces as free agent

Copenhagen Wolves

  • je suis kaas and Lenny both leave the team

-Current Roster

Soren Mid Freeze Adc

unknown yet if the team will try for 2016 EU challenger series or disband (my guess is disband)

Reason Gaming

EU challenger team disbands after failing to qualify for LCS

Notable Free Agents/Possible Free Agents

-Freddy122 (former SK Gaming) -Xpecial (former Team Liquid) -Flaresz (former Enemy) -WildTurtle (replaced by Doublelift on TSM) -Forg1ven (currently benched on Gambit) -Pobelter (currently benched on CLG) -Freeze (may look to leave Copenhagen Wolves) -Wickd (former Denial Esports) -Vardags (former UOL) -GosuPepper (former Gambit) -Goldenglue (former Immortals) -Porpoisepops (former Immortals) -Apollo (former Impulse) -Gate (former Impulse) -Rush (former Impulse) -Adrian (former Impulse) -Cris (former Coast) -Mash (former Coast) -Pekin Wolf (former Coast) -Dexter (former Elements) -Nymph (former Elements) -Tabbz (former Elements) -Shock (former CW) -Cabochard (former Gambit) -MrRallez (former Roccat)

That's all, feel free to tell me anything I may have left out or your own thoughts on possible off-season roster changes.

5 Comments

MegaManYYZ11/19/2015, 6:22:52 PM1 votes

Locodoco has joined team Liquid as a content web creator, that also means he has left TSM

OblivionsMight11/19/2015, 6:30:34 PM1 votes

@Slim Shaddies rush was never on gravity you are thinking of move

TurquoiseYoshi11/19/2015, 8:27:54 PM1 votes

A few of those free agents found teams.

Cabochard has also been hinted at joining the ROCCAT team (nothing confirmed yet).

Ale non è male11/19/2015, 11:49:19 PM1 votes

Team 8 now Immortals are actually without signed players given that also goldenglue and Nien were let go as free agents

Hanutzer is not dong tryouts, he is confirmed for TSM

betonjocke was yet sub/jungle for h2k last Summer, there is no official news he is going to be h2k jungler next season though

aAa is probably going to disband, since Amin was playing as sub for Gamers 2 in a minor Eu tournament and there were news of players having clasehes each other

Meteos has left the C9 Challenger team he should have captained, which future is now uncertain (probably they are going to have only 1 Challenger team)

Maplestreet is actually on Team Imagine

Stixxay is going to play AD for CLG at IEM

There's no offical news on MrRallez leaving Roccat yet, it is still unknown if ROCCAT has found an ADC replacement for him (Forg1VEN?) or not