2019 League of Legends free-agency news, rumors and rosters
The League of Legends free-agency period has begun, and players and teams around the world have started the search for their new destination or next big signing.
Rumors of potential roster shuffles have been swirling for days, but we’re here to track them all and analyze the big moves. We’ll make sure you’re up to date with the latest news and rumblings for members of the North American, European, Chinese and South Korean regions of pro League of Legends play.
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Cloud9: Dignitas have verbally agreed to a trade that will send support Vulcan to Cloud9 in return for $1.5 million and a sign-and-trade of Team SoloMid Academy AD carry Johnsun to Dignitas, league sources told ESPN.
TSM: Team SoloMid and Counter Logic Gaming are finalizing a trade that will see the two teams swap supports, with Biofrost returning to TSM in return for Smoothie, league sources told ESPN.
CLG: PowerOfEvil becomes a free agent.
CLG: Team SoloMid trades Biofrost to CLG for Smoothie.
Immortals: Meteos becomes a free agent.
Gen.G: Gen.G announces the contracts of eight players have not been renewed.
T1: Faker’s contract is extended through 2021.
DragonX: Deft’s contract is extended.
Splyce: Vizicsaci retires from League of Legends.
Excel: Sources: Norskeren leaving Splyce for Excel Esports.
Excel: Youngbuck joins Excel as head coach.
Griffin: Cho resigns from Griffin as South Korean lawmakers put eyes on Riot investigation
Dignitas: Star top laner Huni is finalizing negotiations for a two-year contract extension with Dignitas worth approximately $2.3 million in guaranteed money, league sources told ESPN.
100 Thieves: 100 Thieves hire Zikz as new League of Legends head coach
Evil Geniuses/Cloud 9: Sources: Evil Geniuses to acquire Svenskeren, Zeyzal from Cloud9
Team SoloMid: Bjergsen has signed a two-year extension with Team SoloMid the team announced Monday. The 23-year-old Bjergsen, who has been with the North American team since November 2013, also will become part owner, according Team SoloMid’s press release. He is considered one of the top players in the LCS.
100 Thieves
Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho
Maurice “Amazing” Stückenschneider
Yoo “Ryu” Sang-wook
Bae “Bang” Jun-sik
Zaqueri “aphromoo” Black
Cloud9
Eric “Licorice” Ritchie
Robert “Blaber” Huang
Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen — Reportedly headed to Evil Geniuses
Yasin “Nisqy” Dinçer
Zachary “Sneaky” Scuderi
Tristan “Zeyzal” Stidam — Reportedly headed to Evil Geniuses
Counter Logic Gaming
Kim “Ruin” Hyeong-min
Raymond “Wiggly” Griffin
Trevor “Stixxay” Hayes
Vincent “Biofrost” Wang — Reportedly headed to TSM
Dignitas
Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon
Nam “Lira”Tae-yoo
Tanner “Damonte” Damonte
Cody “Cody Sun” Sun
Philippe “Vulcan” Laflamme — Reportedly headed to Cloud9
Evil Geniuses
Roster TBD
FlyQuest
Omran “V1per” Shoura
Lucas “Santorin” Tao Kilmer Larsen
Eugene “Pobelter” Park
Jason “WildTurtle” Tran
Kim “Wadid” Bae-in
Golden Guardians
Kevin “Hauntzer” Yarnell
Juan “Contractz” Garcia
Henrik “Froggen” Hansen
Victor “FBI” Huang
Choi “Huhi” Jae-hyun
Immortals
Niship “Dhokla” Doshi
Lee “Crown” Min-ho
Noh “A rrow”Dong-hyeon
Terry “Big” Chuong
Team Liquid
Jung “Impact” Eon-yeong
Jake “Xmithie” Puchero
Nicolaj “Jensen” Jensen
Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng
Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in
Team SoloMid
Sergen “Broken Blade” Çelik
Mingyi “Spica” Lu
Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg
Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen
Andy “Smoothie” Ta — Reportedly traded to Counter Logic Gaming
Excel Esports
Ki “Expect” Dae-han
Marc “Caedrel” Robert Lamont
Son “Mickey” Young-min
Petter “Hjarnan” Freyschuss
Raymond “kaSing” Tsang
FC Schalke 04
Andrei “Odoamne” Pascu
Kim “Trick” Gang-yun
Felix “Abbedagge” Braun
Elias “Upset” Lipp
Lee “Ignar” Dong-geun
Fnatic
Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau
Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pedersen
Tim “Nemesis” Lipovšek
Martin “Rekkles” Larsson
Zdravets “Hylissang” Iliev Galabov
G2 Esports
Martin “Wunder” Hansen
Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski
Rasmus “Caps” Winther
Luka “Perkz” Perković
Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle
Misfits Gaming
Danny “Dan Dan”Le Comte
Thomas “Kirei” Yuen
Adam “LIDER” Ilyasov
Steven “Hans Sama” Liv
Aleksi “H1IVA” Kaikkonen
Origen
Barney “Alphari” Morris
Nikolay “Zanzarah” Akatov
Erlend “Nukeduck” Våtevik Holm
Patrik “Patrik” Jírů
Alfonso “Mithy” Aguirre Rodríguez
Rogue
Finn “Finn” Wiestål
Kacper “Inspired” Słoma
Emil “Larssen” Larsson
Paweł “Woolite” Pruski
Oskar “Vander” Bogdan
SK Gaming
Toni “Sacre” Sabalić
Oskar “Selfmade” Boderek
Janik “Jenax” Bartels
Juš “Crownshot” Marušič
Han “Dreams” Min-kook
Splyce
Andrei “Xerxe” Dragomir
Marek “Humanoid” Brázda
Kasper Kobbe” Kobberup
Tore “Norskeren” Hoel Eilertsen
Team Vitality
Lucas “Cabochard” Simon-Meslet
Lee “Mowgli” Jae-ha
Daniele “Jizuke” di Mauro
Amadeu “Attila” Carvalho
Jakub “Jactroll” Skurzyński
Afreeca Freecs
Kim “Kiin” Gi-in
Lee “Spirit” Da-yoon
Son “Ucal” Woo-hyeon
Kim “Aiming” Ha-ram
Park “Senan” Hee-seok
APK Prince
Jeon “ikssu” Ik-soo
Lee “KaKAO” Byung-kwon
Kim “Cover” Joo-eon
Park “Secret” Ki-sun
DAMWON Gaming
Jang “Nuguri” Ha-gwon
Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu
Heo “ShowMaker” Su
Sin “Nuclear” Jeong-hyeon
Cho “BeryL” Geon-hee
DragonX
Kim “Rascal” Kwang-hee
Kim “Deft” Hyuk-kyu
Gen.G
Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk
Kim “Life” Jeong-min
Griffin
Choi “Sword” Sung-won
Lee “Tarzan” Seung-yong
Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon
Park “Viper” Do-hyeon
Son “Lehends” Si-woo
Hanwha Life
Kim “SoHwan” Jun-yeong
Kim “Lava” Tae-hoon
Kang “Tempt” Myung-gu
KT Rolster
Song “Smeb” Kyung-ho
Go “Score” Dong-bin
Gwak “Bdd” Bo-seong
Kim “PraY” Jong-in
No “SnowFlower” Hoi-jong
SANDBOX Gaming
Park “Summit” Woo-tae
Kim “OnFleek” Jang-gyeom
Kim “Dove” Jae-yeon
Cho “Joker” Jae-eup
SK Telecom T1
Kim “Khan” Dong-ha
Kim “Clid” Tae-min
Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok
Park “Teddy” Jin-seong
Lee “Effort” Sang-ho
Bilibili Gaming
Kang “ADD” Geon-mo
Zeng “Meteor” Guo-Hao
Lee “Kuro” Seo-haeng
Xie “Jinjiao” Jin-Shan
Li “XinMo” Qian-Xi
Dominus Esports
Hu “Natural” Jia-Le
Wang “Xiaopeng” Peng
Huang “Twila” Ting-Wei
Chen “GALA” Wei
Ling “Mark” Xu
EDward Gaming
Lim “Jinoo” Jin-woo
Ming “Clearlove” Kai
Lee “Scout” Ye-chan
Hu “iBoy” Xian-Zhao
Tian “Meiko” Ye
FunPlus Phoenix
Kim “GimGoon” Han-saem
Gao “Tian” Tian-Liang
Kim “Doinb” Tae-sang
Lin “Lwx” Wei-Xiang
Liu “Crisp” Qing-Song
Invictus Gaming
Kang “TheShy” Seung-lok
Gao “Ning” Zhen-Ning
Song “Rookie” Eui-jin
Yu “JackeyLove” Wen-Bo
Wang “Baolan” Liu-Yi
JD Gaming
Zhang “Zoom” Xing-Ran
Zeng “Yagao” Qi
Gu “imp” Seung-bin
Zuo “LvMao” Ming-Hao
LGD Gaming
Fang “Garvey” Jia-Wei
Xie “Eimy” Dan
Hu “Yuuki” Hao-Ming
Ha “Kramer” Jong-hun
LNG Esports
Li “Flandre” Xuan-Jun
Lê “SofM” Quang Duy
Huang “Fenfen” Chen
Lu “Asura” Qi
Duan “Duan” De-Liang
OMG
Chen “Curse” Chen
Chen “World6” Yu-Tian
Xie “icon” Tian-Yu
Chen “Kane” Hao
Liu “Five” Shi-Yu
Rogue Warriors
Bae “Holder” Jae-cheol
Chen “Haro” Wen-Lin
Tian “HuaTian” Mai
Mei “ZWuJi” Hong-Hui
Xia “Huanggai” Long-Yang
RNG
Xie “Langx” Zhen-Ying
Hung “Karsa” Hao-Hsuan
Li “Xiaohu” Yuan-Hao
Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao
Shi “Ming” Sen-Ming
Suning
Xiang “Angel” Tao
Wei “Weiwei” Bo-Han
Huang “Maple” Yi-Tang
Han “Smlz” Jin
Hu “SwordArt” Shuo-Chieh
Team WE
Kim “Poss” Min-cheol
Jiang “beishang” Zhi-Peng
Su “xiye” Han-Wei
Jin “Mystic” Seong-jun
Lou “Missing” Yun-Feng
Top Esports
Bai “369” Jia-Hao
Xiong “Xx” Yu-Long
Zhuo “Knight9” Ding
Lee “LokeN” Dong-wook
Nam “Ben” Dong-hyun
Vici Gaming
Xia “Chelizi” Han-Xi
Li “Aix” Yang
Chen “Jay” Bo
Ding “Puff” Wang
Su “Southwind” Zhi-Lin
Victory Five
Tao “Windy” Xiang
Tu “Ben4” Xin-Cheng
Li “Mole” Hao-Yan
Wang “y4” Nong-Mo
Li “Max” Xiao-Qiang
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