Pirean, former mid laner for SKT T1, will perform in the LEC next split. On the 20th of December (KST), Pirean announced that he has joined LEC's SK Gaming. After performing in NA and Korea, now he
On December 20th, bbq Olivers posted an official apology on Inven KR for the racist remark made by their new player, Sebastion ‘Malice' Edholm. The controversy sparked when a post was made within the League of Legends KR community regarding how Malice, the Swedish jungler for bbq Olivers, made a racist remark during his solo ranked games on the KR server prior to joining bbq Olivers. Apart from calling his fellow teammate, "monkey", he also had past experiences of being toxic towards other players, calling out to Pirean, "pire09an", referring to when Pirean scored 0/9/4 with his Orianna in a tournament.
On the 19th of December (CST), RNG announced that they've signed LoL pro, DanDy as their coach for the upcoming split. DanDy was the member for the Samsung dynasty on 2013-2014. As the starting jungle
After a long period of free agency, Matt "Akaadian" Higginbotham has found a home. The North American Jungler will be playing for TSM Academy, per an official announcement from TSM's website. Akaadian
Flash Wolves signed coach Chuco and borrowed Rather. Flash Wolves made an official announcement that Jung-Hee ‘Chunco' Chun will be joining their team as their head coach on December 14th. With most of their players leaving the team, Flash Wolves made the decision of signing a Korean coach and borrowing a Korean player. Coach Chunco was formerly a pro gamer for Warcraft III; afterward, he became a coach for League of Legends, beginning the 2nd part of his gaming life. Chunco has taken over coaching in Jin Air Green Wings in 2014 before transferring to a Chinese team, Young Glory. He then continued his coaching life in LCK's KongDoo Monster in 2018.
LPL Suning Gaming announced two of their Korean coaches on December 14th. Their new coaches include Hye-Sung ‘Comet' Lim and Ji-Hoon ‘Easyhoon' Lee. They live under the same roof as Maple and SwordArt, who has transferred from Flash Wolves. The head coach, Comet, made his debut in the League of Legends esports scene as a support for Xenics Storm.
On the 14th of December (KST), Riot Games announced that the NA LCS will be named without its regional abbreviation, 'NA'; now it will be officially called the 'LCS'. This change is due to the
League of Legends Esports will be featured in an upcoming Netflix series called 7 DAYS OUT. The series -- which will air on Netflix on December 21, 2018 -- offers an intimate look at the excitement an
KT Rolster has finished building their roster for the 2019 LCK Spring Split.On the 13th, KT made an announcement through Facebook that they have signed UmTi and Gango. The newly acquired jungler and A
2018 Spring Split all-NA ADC Cody Sun took a step backward and joined Clutch Gaming Academy.On the 12th of December, Clutch Gaming announced that they have acquired Cody “Cody Sun” Sun for
Brazilian mid laner, Rafael “Rakin” Knittel, is parting ways with CNB e-Sports Club and CBLOL this offseason. He is joining up with Team Liquid, making a career change to become a full-time
Schalke 04 signed Odoamne as their new top laner.On December 12th, Schalke 04 announced through their official Twitter that they have signed Andrei “Odoamne” Pascu to their roster.Odoamne
Afreeca Freecs made an official announcement that Coach No-Chul ‘NoFe' Jung will be joining them via their official social media on December 12th. NoFe was formerly the head coach for EDward Gaming prior to joining Afreeca Freecs; he was himself a pro gamer for 2 years in MVP Blue and NaJin White Sword before he changed his path and became a coach for HUYA TIGERS (former name for ROX Tigers). Under his guidance, the team has become the top team in the LCK, having made it to 1st place several times. They were placed 2nd in the World Championship 2015 and 3rd in 2016 after they lost to SKT T1 by 3-2. Afterward, NoFe joined EDG, which has placed 1st in China Regional Finals 2018 and qualified for World Championship 2018 with him. Now that NoFe has joined Afreeca Freecs, many League of Legends fans are looking forward to seeing how far Afreeca Freecs will make it under NoFe's guidance.
Riot Games has posted a recap in numbers of the 2018 season of League of Legends.The 2018 season has come to an end with Invictus Gaming reigning as the World Champion. At the 2018 World Championship,
IgNar has returned to Europe (LEC) at Schalke 04.On the 11th of December, Schalke 04 announced through their Twitter that they've acquired support Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun.IgNar had played in
On the 11th (KST) APK Prince (owner: Kim Da-nam) announced that they've signed Son "Mickey" Young-min on their LoL team. Mickey debuted in the LCK on 2015 as a member of Rebels Anarchy. On 2017, he
The starting dates for the League of Legends 2019 spring season has been announced.After the 2018 League of Legends All-Stars Event, Riot Games announced the starting dates for each region. Among the
Team Griffin has signed another support to their roster: Kabbie.On the 10th of December (KST), Team Griffin announced through their official Twitter that they've acquired Jeong “Kabbie”
Former spring split MVP Arrow will be again starting in OpTic Gaming's bot lane.On the 10th of December, OpTic Gaming announced that Noh “Arrow” Dong-hyeon will be returning to the bot lan
NA LCS organization FlyQuest announced the resignation of Head Coach Brandon "Saintvicious" DiMarco in a press release on via twitter: Today, we announce the resignation of our League of Legends team
