This year marked the tenth World Championship in League of Legends competitive history – and it certainly was a memorable one.
GorillA announced his retirement via Twitter, deeming it his final moment as a professional gamer, and his first moment as a man.
UPDATE 12/4: Fnatic has unveiled the entire roster for Fnatic Rising's 2021 season, which features former FNC mid laner Fabian "FEBIVEN" Diepstraten.
C9 can’t just plug Perkz in place of Nisqy and expect to become a better team, and that’s even before accounting for Fudge’s LCS debut this coming spring. New head coach Kim “Reignover” Yeu-jin should help a semi-established roster start fresh, and the execution of the new C9 system being put into place will be crucial for the organization to get the mileage out of Perkz worth the price of admission.
After a decade of professional League of Legends, North American mid laner Greyson "Goldenglue" Gilmer is hanging up his mouse and keyboard.
In 2021, Schalke is looking to continue its momentum by getting members of the miracle run back together, but the squad will certainly look different than it did last year.
League of Legends Pro League organization Suning has announced it is parting ways with its star support Hu "SwordArt" Shuo-Chieh. The move was announced publicly via the team's Twitter account.
Riot Games released League of Legends Patch 10.24 a tad early due to the Thanksgiving holiday this week, so let's waste no time in diving into the first official patch released since the debut of the preseason.
Rekkles might not end up being an individual upgrade to Perkz with G2 Esports, but he doesn’t have to be if the team reaches new heights with him in the backline for 2021.
SK Gaming has completely rebuilt its roster around top laner Janik "Jenax" Bartels, whose contract was extended through November 21, 2022 on October 14, 2021.
Perkz and G2 Esports accomplished many things together, and finding a suitable replacement for the former franchise face is an unenviable task. However, there are a few options that stand out from other available players who are best suited to take Perkz’s place. Let’s take a look at a few of these potential options and evaluate the potential value and likelihood of G2 Esports signing one of these three players.
Astralis looking to make more changes to its League of Legends squad after its Origen-retiring rebrand.
UPDATE 11/14: Immortals has confirmed that mid laner David "Insanity" Challe will remain with the team for the 2021 League of Legends Championship Series season. Insanity was signed as the mid laner for IMT Academy but spent the majority of the 2020 LCS Summer Split starting over Jérémy :"Eika" Valdenaire and in doing so put together an impressive debut at the top level of competition.
UPDATE 11/16: Rogue has confirmed both top laner Andrei "Odoamne" Paschu and support Adrian "Trymbi" Trybus will be joining the organization's main squad for the 2021 League of Legends European Championship season. Trymbi is being promoted from Ultraliga squad AGO Rogue, and Odoamne is donning a new jersey for the first time since joining FC Schalke 04 Esports before the start of the 2019 season. Rogue has confirmed these moves are pending approval from Riot Games.
UPDATED 11/16: Cloud9 has announced it has parted ways with mid laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dincer as well as C9 Academy mid laner Cristian "Palafox'" Palafox and support David "Diamond" Bérubé. Nisay is expected to go to Fnatic to replace Tim "Nemesis" Lipovšek.
KT Rolster has confirmed via its official Facebook page that its League of Legends team has parted ways with seven players. Top laners Song "Smeb" Kyung-ho, Kim "SoHwan" Jun-yeong , and Jeon "Ray" Ji-won, as well as junglers Kim "Malrang" Geun-seong and Kim "BonO" Gi-beom, will be leaving KT alongside mid laner Lee "Kuro" Seo-haeng and support Park "TusiN" Jong-ik.
UPDATED 11/14: Travis Gafford reported via Twitter that Lucas "Santorin" Larsen has verbally agreed to a one year contract with Team Liquid.
UPDATE 11/14: Evil Geniuses has announced it is parting ways with three of its players. AD carry Bae "Bang" Jun-sik, mid laner Greyson "Goldenglue" Gilmer and top laner Colin "Kumo" Zhao will all be wearing a different jersey in 2021.
UPDATE 11/12: Cloud9 has reportedly agreed to buyout G2 Esports mid laner Luka "Perkz" Perković. The agreement is only verbal as a deal cannot be finalized in writing until the start of the free agency window on Monday, November 16th at 7:00pm ET. G2 Esports will now look for a new AD carry to replace Perkz, and since Perkz will be returning to the mid lane with C9 should the report hold true, it would mean current C9 mid laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dincer would be placed on a buyout.
According to a report by ESPN Esports' Jacob Wolf, Fnatic is tapping Jakob "YamatoCannon" Mebdi as its head coach for the 2021 League of Legends European Championship season.
