After signing toucouille and aphromoo, FlyQuest has welcomed back top laner Colin "Kumo" Zhao, jungler Brandon Joel "Josedeodo" Villegas, and AD carry Johnson "Johnsun" Nguyen to round out their 2022 LCS roster.
Jiizuke was a vital part of EG's success last season, but the 2021 LCS Summer Split All-Pro mid laner has been unable to find a new home for 2022.
Golden Guardians have retained all members of their coaching staff this off-season, but aside from Inero remaining in the head coach position, the LCS staff structure looks very different from last year's Golden Guardians, and frankly, different from any other LCS team.
Inven Global had the chance to talk with Kobe, and discuss his thoughts on NA, his perspective on casting, and why he loves Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Chinese esports organization LNG Esports has announced the departure of mid laner Xie "icon" Tian-Yu.
Svenskeren's contract with Evil Geniuses expires on November 15, 2022, but following the acquisition of Rogue jungler Kacper "Inspired" Słoma, it looks as though Svenskeren is without a job for the 2022 LCS Spring Split unless a team wants to buy him out.
After signing Tactical for their LCS squad, TSM has competed their Academy roster ahead of the 2022 season.
The signings were announced by MAD Lions shortly after the departure of Carzzy, who has reportedly signed a 3-year deal to be the new AD carry of Team Vitality.
Inspired will be taking over the starting position previously platooned by Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen and Juan "Contractz" Garcia, the latter of whom has been signed by Counter Logic Gaming.
The information was made public by Riot Games' President of Sports John Needham, who oversees the ecosystem and circuit of League of Legends esports as well as the global VALORANT Champions Tour.
UPDATE Nov. 21: Following Alphari's return to the LEC and Tactical joining TSM, as well as the confirmed retaining of Santorin, Team Liquid also confirmed CoreJJ as the team's starting support for the 2022 LCS season.
After trying the cumulative experiment over 2021’s LCS season, the league will be back to a format that separates the two splits.
In the preview post regarding format updates to the LCS, it explains the move is a response to the criticisms leveled by pro and amateur players.
Vulcan debuted in the LCS with Clutch Gaming in 2018 and has played for Cloud9 for the past two seasons.
Nisqy took to Twitter himself to state that the buyout negotiations were not the only factor in what has resulted in his teamlessness regarding competitive play for the 2022 season.
UPDATE Nov. 15: During the Dot Esports League of Legends Free Agency Show, Jacob Wolf stated that the clause in Perkz's buyout contract from G2 Esports to Cloud9 that prohibits Fnatic from signing Perkz through 2023 was signed by both G2 & C9, but not Perkz himself.
Rekkles is one of the most decorated players in European League of Legends history, but found himself without any offers in the LEC after being benched and put up for buyout by G2 Esports after the organization missed the World Championship for the first time ever in the 2021 season.
It has been just over a month since G2 Esports announced they were benching Martin "Rekkles" Larsson and putting up his contract for a potential buyout, but it seems that the team is having trouble moving the elite AD carry.
UPDATE Nov. 12: Following Doublelift's streams regarding Reginald's treatment of TSM members past and present, some former members of TSM such as Cloud9 CEO Jack Etienne have spoken positively about Reginald, often sharing anecdotes from their pasts with TSM CEO that paint a far more pleasant picture than Doublelift's accusations towards Reginald on his streams earlier this week.
The report states that multiple teams from both the LCK and the LCS are interested in acquiring Teddy from T1.
