The event took place just before a Golden State Warriors game at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA, which will be the host location for the finals of the 2022 League of Legends World Championship.
UPDATE Dec. 19: 100 Thieves has made a few more moves before the end of the year, giving 100 Thieves Academy head coach Greyson "Goldenglue" Gilmer an extra pair of helping hands in the form of new assistant coach Danny "Dan Dan" Le Comte, who was signed on December 16, then shortly after finished the 2022 100 Thieves Next roster around General Sniper, who has rebranded to Sniper following his announcement as the new top laner for 100 Thieves Next.
After finalizing their LCS roster and staff, Immortals has completed the IMT Academy roster and staff for the 2022 season.
After finalizing the rosters for the Counter Logic Gaming LCS roster and CLG Academy, as well as the staff for CLG's LCS team, the organization has confirmed the staff for CLG Academy heading into the 2022 season.
Let's take a look at the starting rosters for the ten LCS teams heading into the 2022 season.
After completing their 2022 LCS roster and staff for both the Team Liquid LCS team and Team Liquid Academy, the organization had one more signing left to complete their offseason.
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.
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.
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. 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.
UPDATED 10/28: Team Liquid is reportedly looking to sign Bjergsen for the 2022 LCS season, which would mean current mid laner Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen would roleswap to AD carry, leaving the future of current TL AD carry Edward "Tactical" Ra unknown should the report be true.
According to a report by Upcomer, following announcements that former-star mid laner Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg has left the TSM organization, it appears that rival LCS organization Team Liquid is one of the leading candidates pursuing him.
