As the final of the 2020 League of Legends World Championships draws ever closer, it’s expected that going into 2021 there will be a reshuffle of rosters. Keep your eye on this page as we here at Dexerto compile all the important roster change news and rumors.
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The 2020 LoL World Championships has certainly seen a wealth of upsets. With behemoths such as Cloud9, T1, and last year’s champions FunPlus Phoenix (FPX) not even making it into the Championship this year, the LoL community has watched as titans were felled and underdogs have risen to the occasion.
Some of the most notable moments include TSM’s record breaking 0 -6 streak , making them the first even major reason to lose every game on the Worlds stage.
Riot Games Bjergsen has moved to a coaching position in the LCS 2021 off-season. While NA colleagues and fans alike have expressed disappointment, the TSM situation has opened a wider debate on the place of North America in the League of Legends world.
If TSM are to represent the best that America has to offer, some future adjustments were clearly necessary; veteran stars Yiliang ‘Doublelift’ Peng and Soren ‘Bjergsen’ Bjerg have retired to be replaced by rookie Lawrence ‘Lost’ Hui and FlyQuest’s Tristan ‘PowerOfEvil’ Schrage respectively.
Further upsets included Top Esports’ reverse sweep against European powerhouse Fnatic . While most critics are unanimous that Fnatic’s Worlds performance was sound, questions regarding the performances of Mid Laner Tim ‘Nemesis’ Lipovšek and Support Zdravets ‘Hylissang’ Galabov throughout the regular LEC season have spurred on a lot of debate.
While the latter proved his worth during Worlds with outstanding performances on Rakan, the former appeared to have a much more rocky run and has since been replaced by ex-Cloud9 mid Nisqy. With Rekkles’ shock departure to G2, Fnatic brought in Astralis’ Upset as his replacement in what has been a rollercoaster off-season for the seven-time European champions.
Michal Konkol for Riot Games The LEC off-season looks just as spicy as the LCS’. 2020 certainly was a whirlwind, and if 2021 is in any way similar we expect to see some serious roster switches, especially with so many players ending 2021 as free agents.
LCS 2021 teams 100 Thieves Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Kim ‘Ssumday ‘ Chan-ho Top 100 Thieves Can ‘Closer ‘ Çelik Jungle Golden Guardians Tanner ‘Damonte ‘ Damonte Mid Golden Guardians Victor ‘FBI ‘ Huang AD Carry Golden Guardians Choi ‘huhi ‘ Jae-hyun Support Golden Guardians
Former Players Player Role New Team Liyu ‘Cody Sun ‘ Sun AD Carry TSM Academy Juan Arturo ‘Contractz ‘ Garcia Jungle Evil Geniuses Academy Tommy ‘Ryoma ‘ Le Mid 100 Thieves Academy Philippe ‘Poome ‘ Lavoie-Giguere Support 100 Thieves Academy
Cloud9 Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Ibrahim ‘Fudge ‘ Allami Top Cloud9 Academy Robert ‘Blaber ‘ Huang Jungle Cloud9 Luka ‘Perkz ‘ Perkovic Mid G2 Esports Jesper ‘Zven ‘ Svenningsen AD Carry Cloud9 Philippe ‘Vulcan ‘ Laflamme Support Cloud9
Former Players Player Role New Team Eric ‘Licorice ‘ Ritchie Top FlyQuest Yasin ‘Nisqy ‘ Dinçer Mid Fnatic
CLG Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Finn ‘Finn ‘ Wiestål Top Rogue Colin ‘Solo ‘ Earnest Top FlyQuest Mads ‘Broxah ‘ Brock-Pedersen Jungle Team Liquid Eugene ‘Pobelter ‘ Park Mid CLG Jason ‘WildTurtle ‘ Tran AD Carry FlyQuest Andy ‘Smoothie ‘ Ta Support CLG
Former Players Player Role New Team Kim ‘Ruin ‘ Hyeong-min Top Free Agent Trevor ‘Stixxay ‘ Hayes AD Carry FlyQuest Raymond ‘Wiggily ‘ Griffin Jungle CLG Academy Kristopher ‘Fragas ‘ Myhal Jungle Free Agent
Dignitas Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Aaron ‘FakeGod ‘ Lee Top 100 Thieves Academy Joshua ‘Dardoch ‘ Hartnett Jungle Dignitas Max ‘Soligo ‘ Soong Mid 100 Thieves Academy Toàn ‘Neo’ Tran AD Carry Dignitas Academy Zaqueri ‘aphromoo ‘ Black Support Dignitas
Former Players Player Role New Team Omran ‘V1per ‘ Shoura Top ANEW Esports Kim ‘Fenix ‘ Jae-hun Mid Free Agent Johnson ‘Johnsun ‘ Nguyen AD Carry FlyQuest
Evil Geniuses Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Jeong ‘Impact ‘ Eon-young Top Team Liquid Dennis ‘Svenskeren ‘ Johnsen Jungle Evil Geniuses Daniele ‘Jiizuke ‘ di Mauro Mid Evil Geniuses Matthew ‘Deftly ‘ Chen AD Carry EG Academy Lee ‘IgNar ‘ Dong-geun Support FlyQuest
Former Players Player Role New Team Colin ‘Kumo ‘ Zhao Top Free Agent Heo ‘Huni ‘ Seung-hoon Top TSM Greyson ‘Goldenglue ‘ Gilmer Mid Free Agent Bae ‘Bang ‘ Jun-sik AD Carry Free Agent Tristan ‘Zeyzal ‘ Stidam Support Free Agent
FlyQuest Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Eric ‘Licorice ‘ Ritchie Top Cloud9 Brandon Joel ‘Josedeodo ‘ Villegas Jungle Rainbow7 Cristian ‘Palafox ‘ Palafox Mid Cloud9 Academy Johnson ‘Johnsun ‘ Nguyen AD Carry Dignitas David ‘Diamond ‘ Berube Support Cloud9 Academy
Former Players Player Role New Team Lucas ‘Santorin ‘ Tao Kilmer Larsen Jungle Team Liquid Tristan ‘PowerOfEvil ‘ Schrage Mid TSM Brandon ‘Mash ‘ Phan AD Carry Evil Geniuses (Coach) Jason ‘WildTurtle ‘ Tran AD Carry CLG Colin ‘Solo ‘ Earnest Top CLG Lee ‘IgNar ‘ Dong-geun Support Evil Geniuses
Golden Guardians Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Aiden ‘Niles ‘ Tidwell Top Golden Guardians Academy Ethan ‘Iconic ‘ Wilkinson Jungle Maryville University Nicholas ‘Ablazeolive ‘ Abbott Mid Golden Guardians Academy Trevor ‘Stixxay ‘ Hayes AD Carry CLG Leandro ‘Newbie ‘ Marcos Support All Knights
Former Players Player Role New Team Kevin ‘Hauntzer ‘ Yarnell Top TSM Academy Can ‘Closer ‘ Çelik Jungle 100 Thieves Tanner ‘Damonte ‘ Damonte Mid 100 Thieves Victor ‘FBI ‘ Huang AD Carry 100 Thieves Choi ‘huhi ‘ Jae-hyun Support 100 Thieves
Immortals Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Mohamed ‘Revenge ‘ Kaddoura Top FlyQuest Academy Andrei ‘Xerxe ‘ Dragomir Jungle Astralis David ‘Insanity ‘ Challe Mid Immortals Quin ‘Raes ‘ Korebrits AD Carry Legacy Esports Mitchell ‘Destiny ‘ Shaw Support Astralis
Former Players Player Role New Team Jake ‘Xmithie ‘ Puchero Jungle Free Agent Kieran ‘Allorim ‘ Logue Top Free Agent Nickolas ‘Hakuho ‘ Surgent Support Free Agent Apollo ‘Apollo ‘ Price AD Carry SolaFide Esports
Team Liquid Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Barney ‘Alphari ‘ Morris Top Astralis Lucas ‘Santorin ‘ Tao Kilmer Larsen Jungle FlyQuest Nicolaj ‘Jensen ‘ Jensen Mid Team Liquid Edward ‘Tactical ‘ Ra AD Carry Team Liquid Jo ‘CoreJJ ‘ Yong-in Support Team Liquid
Former Players Player Role New Team Jung ‘Impact ‘ Eon-yeong Top Free Agent Mads ‘Broxah ‘ Brock-Pedersen Jungler CLG
TSM Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Heo ‘Huni ‘ Seung-hoon Top Evil Geniuses Mingyi ‘Spica ‘ Lu Jungle TSM Tristan ‘PowerOfEvil ‘ Schrage Mid FlyQuest Lawrence ‘Lost ‘ Hui AD Carry TSM Academy Hu ‘SwordArt ‘ Shuo-Chieh Support Suning Gaming
Former Players Player Role New Team Sergen ‘Broken Blade ‘ Çelik Top FC Schalke 04 Søren ‘Bjergsen ‘ Bjerg Mid TSM (coach) Erik ‘Treatz ‘ Wessén Support SK Gaming Yiliang ‘Doublelift ‘ Peng AD Carry Retired Vincent ‘Biofrost ‘ Wang Support F/A
LEC 2021 teams Astralis (formerly Origen) Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Matti ‘WhiteKnight ‘ Sormunen Top BIG (EU Masters) Nikolay ‘Zanzarah ‘ Akatov Jungle AGO Rogue (EU Masters) Erlend ‘Nukeduck ‘ Våtevik Holm Mid Origen Jesper ‘Jeskla ‘ Klarin Stromberg AD Carry mousesports (EU Masters) Hampus ‘promisq ‘ Mikael Abrahamsson Support mousesports (EU Masters)
Former Players Player Role New Team Mitchell ‘Destiny ‘ Shaw Support Immortals Elias ‘Upset ‘ Lipp AD Carry Fnatic Jakub ‘Jactroll ‘ Skurzyński Support Misfits Premier Barney ‘Alphari ‘ Morris Top Team Liquid Andrei ‘Xerxe ‘ Dragomir Jungle Immortals
Excel Esports Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Felix ‘Kryze ‘ Hellström Top Excel Esports Daniel ‘Dan ‘ Hockley Jungle Fnatic Rising Paweł ‘Czekolad ‘ Szczepanik Mid AGO Rogue Patrik ‘Patrik ‘ Jírů AD Carry Excel Esports Tore ‘Tore ‘ Hoel Eilertsen Support Excel Esports
Former Players Player Role New Team Marc ‘Caedrel ‘ Lamont Jungle Retired Joran ‘Special ‘ Scheffer Mid S2V Esports
FC Schalke 04 Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Sergen ‘Broken Blade ‘ Çelik Top TSM Erberk ‘Gilius ‘ Demir Jungle FC Schalke 04 Felix ‘Abbedagge ‘ Braun Mid FC Schalke 04 Matúš ‘Neon ‘ Jakubčík AD Carry FC Schalke 04 Gabriel ‘Kamito ‘ Scholtz (SUB) AD Carry FC Schalke 04 Dino ‘LIMIT ‘ Tot Support SK Gaming
Former Players Player Role New Team Han ‘Dreams ‘ Min-kook Support Free Agent Andrei ‘Odoamne ‘ Pascu Top Rogue Konstantinos-Napoleon ‘FORG1VEN ‘ Tzortziou AD Carry Free Agent
Fnatic Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Gabriël ‘Bwipo ‘ Rau Top Fnatic Oskar ‘Selfmade ‘ Boderek Jungle Fnatic Yasin ‘Nisqy ‘ Dincer Mid Cloud9 Elias ‘Upset ‘ Lipp AD Carry Astralis Zdravets ‘Hylissang ‘ Iliev Galabov Support Fnatic
Former Players Player Role New Team Martin ‘Rekkles ‘ Larsson AD Carry G2 Esports Felix ‘MagiFelix ‘ Boström Mid Free Agent Tim ‘Nemesis ‘ Lipovšek Mid Gen.G (Streamer)
G2 Esports Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Martin ‘Wunder ‘ Nordahl Hansen Top G2 Esports Marcin ‘Jankos ‘ Jankowski Jungle G2 Esports Rasmus ‘Caps ‘ Borregaard Winther Mid G2 Esports Martin ‘Rekkles ‘ Larsson AD Carry Fnatic Mihael ‘Mikyx ‘ Mehle Support G2 Esports
Former Players Player Role New Team Luka ‘Perkz ‘ Perković AD Carry Cloud9 Kristoffer ‘P1noy ‘ Albao Lund Pedersen AD Carry Free Agent
MAD Lions Current Roster Player Role Previous Team İrfan Berk ‘Armut ‘ Tükek Top SuperMassive Esports Javier ‘Elyoya ‘ Prades Jungle Movistar Riders Marek ‘Humanoid ‘ Brázda Mid MAD Lions Matyáš ‘Carzzy ‘ Orság AD Carry MAD Lions Norman ‘Kaiser ‘ Kaiser Support MAD Lions
Former Players Player Role New Team Andrei ‘Orome ‘ Popa Top MAD Lions Madrid Zhiqiang ‘Shad0w ‘ Zhao Jungle Free Agent
Misfits Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Shin ‘HiRit ‘ Tae-min Top 1907 Fenerbahce Tobiasz ‘Agresivoo ‘ Ciba Top Misfits Premier Iván ‘Razork ‘ Martín Díaz Jungle Misfits Vincent ‘Vetheo ‘ Berrie Mid LDLC Kasper ‘Kobbe ‘ Kobberup AD Carry Misfits Petr ‘denyk ‘ Haramach Support Misfits Oskar ‘Vander ‘ Bogdan Support Rogue
Former Players Player Role New Team Danny ‘Dan Dan ‘ Le Comte Top LDLC OL Mads ‘Doss ‘ Schwartz Support Cyberground Gaming Fabian ‘FEBIVEN ‘ Diepstraten Mid Fnatic Rising
Rogue Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Andrei ‘Odoamne ‘ Pascu Top FC Schalke 04 Kacper ‘Inspired ‘ Słoma Jungle Rogue Emil ‘Larsson ‘ Larsson Mid Rogue Steven ‘Hans sama ‘ Liv AD Carry Rogue Adrian ‘Trymbi ‘ Trybus Support AGO Rogue Nico ‘Blueknight ‘ Jannet (SUB) Mid Rogue
Former Players Player Role New Team Finn ‘Finn ‘ Wiestål Top CLG Oskar ‘Vander ‘ Bogdan Support Misfits
SK Gaming Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Janik ‘Jenax ‘ Bartels Top SK Gaming Kristian ‘TynX ‘ Østergaard Hansen Jungle LDLC Ersen ‘Blue ‘ Goeren Mid 1907 Fenerbahce Jean ‘Jezu ‘ Massol AD Carry Misfits Premier Erik ‘Treatz ‘ Wessén Support TSM Marc ‘Canee ‘ Behrend (substitute) Jungle SK Gaming Thomas ‘Bertho ‘ Huber (substitute) Support SK Gaming
Former Players Player Role New Team Juš ‘Crownshot ‘ Marušič AD Carry Gen.G (Streamer) Dino ‘LIMIT ‘ Tot Support FC Schalke 04 Kim ‘Trick ‘ Gang-yun Jungle Free Agent Dirk ‘ZaZee ‘ Mallner Mid Free Agent
Team Vitality Current Roster Player Role Previous Team Lucas ‘Cabochard ‘ Simon-Meslet Top Team Vitality Cantoursna ‘Nji ‘ An Jungle Team Vitality Duncan ‘Skeanz ‘ Marquet Jungle Team Vitality Aljoša ‘Milica ‘ Kovandžić Mid Team Vitality Markos ‘Comp ‘ Stamkopoulos AD Carry Team Vitality Labros ‘Labrov ‘ Papoutsakis Support Team Vitality
Former Players Player Role New Team Lee ‘Mowgli ‘ Jae-ha Jungle T1 Academy
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