Despite claiming they'd keep their roster together, Cloud9 has made a couple of changes, including promoting Fudge and Reignover. They've also been rumored to sign Perkz. Here is the current roster rumored for Cloud9:
UPDATE 12/4: Fnatic has unveiled the entire roster for Fnatic Rising's 2021 season, which features former FNC mid laner Fabian "FEBIVEN" Diepstraten.
T1, home to the most successful League of Legends team of all time, and Red Bull today announced their long-term partnership. The partnership will span all of T1’s powerhouse rosters, competing in League of Legends, VALORANT, Fortnite, Super Smash Bros., PUBG MOBILE and more. The deal further expands Red Bull’s long history in esports and gaming, which encompasses its own events, pro players, content creators and teams around the globe.
Emerging esports organization Team 33 made its first signing announcement on the afternoon of December 3, 2020. Joseph "33 Gosu" Deen, an eight-year-old Fortnite player, has signed a contract with Team 33 that includes a $5,000 gaming PC setup and a $33,000 signing bonus.
UPDATE 12/2: FlyQuest has announced the signing of top laner Colin "Kumo" Zhao. Kumo, who split time in 2020 between Evil Geniuses and EG Academy, will be the starting top laner for FLY Academy heading into 2021.
In creating the series of posters that features organizations such as Fnatic, 100 Thieves, OpTic Gaming, FAZE Clan, and Sentinels, Roe was looking to broaden his horizons as an esports designer.
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.
Evil Geniuses had a strong first year in the LCS but failed to make it to an NA Finals and to Worlds, however, which was their outspoken goal from the start. They made multiple upgrades this off-season, so here is their current rumored 2021 roster:
The initial founding partners committing to the VALORANT Champions Tour and the First Strike tournament will be Red Bull and Secretlab. Both have been long-time supporters of esports operated by Riot Games and will play a vital role in growing VALORANT from its foundational years.
This off-season, 100 is reportedly keeping only one player, their star top laner, Kim "Ssumday" Chan-ho. Beyond him, they're rumored to fill the rest of the team with the four Golden Guardians players from each role. Here is their current rumored roster, based on reports and official announcements from the team and players.
Wizards of the Coast is releasing a handful of Magic: The Gathering cards featuring artwork by Bob Ross. The "Happy Little Gathering" consists of ten cards — two lands for each of the five mana types — featuring artwork from the late painter and is named in reference to one of his iconic quotes: "We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents." The quote also appears as the flavor text of an Evolving Wilds card featuring Ross' artwork, which comes with the set as a bonus.
After a decade of professional League of Legends, North American mid laner Greyson "Goldenglue" Gilmer is hanging up his mouse and keyboard.
UPDATE 11/30: TSM has confirmed its signing of Huni, which was reported to be complete by Esportmaniacos' Pablo "Bloop" Suárez shortly before the confirmation. TSM is reportedly promoting Academy Lost, which would complete the roster.
Dignitas didn't announce any other roster changes until the start of free agency on November 16. DIG parted ways with top laner Omran "V1per" Shoura, who was acquired from FlyQuest after the 2020 LCS Spring Split, as well as its two mid laners Kim "Fenix" Jae-hoon and Henrik "Froggen" Hansen. It was reported last week that Dignitas was looking to trade AD carry Johnson "Johnsun" Nguyen to FlyQuest, which was officially confirmed by FLY on November 24.
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.
See Immortals official roster for 2021 here:
According to a recent report by ESPN's Jacob Wolf, 100 Thieves is in conversation with their AD Carry, Cody sun, that would have him exit the team before the 2021 season, halfway through his contract. Read more on the report here:
MAD Lions had an incredible first season in the LEC after rebranding from Splyce in 2020. They signed a roster full of rookies and made it to Worlds. Here is what our sources have confirmed for their 2021 roster:
