The League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) has revealed the integrated rosters for the 2026 LCK and LCK Challengers League (LCK CL) regular season, alongside a handful of team name and staff changes ahead of the competition’s April 1st start date.

According to a release, the 2026 LCK regular season will begin on April 1st at LoL Park in Seoul, South Korea, opening with a match between Hanwha Life Esports and Hanjin Brion. The season’s opening two rounds will run across nine weeks, with two matches per day scheduled from Wednesday to Sunday.

The biggest off-server changes involved Brion and DRX, which both secured naming sponsorship deals ahead of the regular season. As a result, Brion has rebranded to Hanjin Brion, while DRX will now compete as Kiwoom DRX.

According to the release, Hanjin Brion will retain its existing tri-code, BRO. Kiwoom DRX, meanwhile, has changed its tri-code to KRX. The release also noted that the LCK CL affiliate tri-codes for Gen.G and T1 have changed to GGA and T1A, respectively.

Although most of the league’s ten teams kept the line-ups they used during the LCK Cup earlier this year, T1 made one notable coaching adjustment. The organisation removed Kim ‘Kkoma’ Jeong-gyun, Head Coach of T1, from its registered roster, with Lim ‘Tom’ Jae-hyun, Coach for T1, set to serve as acting head coach for the regular season.

Hanjin Brion makes mid lane change

Hanjin Brion also made a roster move ahead of the regular season by replacing mid laner Lee ‘Fisher’ Jung-tae with Lee Sang-min, who was previously a starter for North American organisation Cloud9 during the 2025 season. According to the release, Lee is known for an aggressive, playmaking-focused style and is expected to build a competitive pairing with Hanjin Brion’s ‘Roamer’ Jo Woo-jin.

The LCK did not undergo sweeping roster changes overall, largely because teams had already debuted their 2026 line-ups during the LCK Cup, which ran from January to March. The regular season will be broadcast on online platforms including SOOP and CHZZK, while in-person tickets will go on sale through NOL Ticket nine days before each match.

Since shifting to a single-season format in 2025, the LCK has continued to position itself as one of the biggest regional ecosystems in League of Legends esports. The league features ten teams and runs from April to September, feeding into Riot Games’ international calendar, which now includes First Stand, the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) and the League of Legends World Championship.