Counter Logic Gaming is changing things up for week 5 of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split. CLG Academy Top Laner Alexey "Deus" Zatorski will be making his LCS debut in place of Kim "Ruin" Hyeong-min.
Sources close to Inven Global reported visa issues for a number of players, including Crown, the starting mid for CLG, but they've now confirmed he has arrived in NA. Read more here:
CLG and Crown haven't been able to finalize the star Korean mid's visa, and CLG Academy mid, Tuesday, will be starting in the opening LCS weekend. Read more on the situation here:
Support Philippe "Vulcan" Laflamme joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie after Clutch Gaming's victory over CLG to reflect on his experience in Detroit, preventing another reverse sweep, and give his thoughts on the upcoming match against TSM.
CLG addressed the media in a post-match conference that featured Top Laner Kim "Ruin" Hyeong-min, Jungler Raymond "Wiggily" Griffin, Mid Laner Tristan "PowerOfEvil" Schrage, AD Carry Trevor "Stixxay" Hayes, Support Vincent "Biofrost" Wang, Head Coach Weldon Green, and Strategic Coach Heo "Irean" Yeong-cheol to discuss the series against CG and look ahead towards potential Worlds qualification.