UPDATE May. 7: After Astralis confirmed the signing of Xerxe as their new starting jungler, reports by Upcomer have linked Zanzarah to a deal with Misfits Premier in the LFL.
Astralis have announced another addition to their LEC lineup: jungler Andrei "Xerxe" Dragomir is donning the red-starred jersey. As reported by Alejandro "Anonimotum" Gomis last week, Xerxe is replacing Nikolay "Zanzarah" Akatov.
After failing to win a single game thus far in the 2022 LEC Spring Split, AST secured their first victory against 1st place Rogue, who had not lost a game in 2022 before being taken down by Astralis.
UPDATE Dec. 22: Misfits has confirmed their 2022 LEC roster following reports.
The statement comes in response to multiple members of the European League of Legends community taking online to post screenshots telling other players to 'get cancer' as well as threats to intentionally feed in ranked games from the League of Legends European Championship veteran.
UPDATE 3/17: Following its 9th place finish in the 2021 League of Legends European Championship Spring Split, Astralis has decided to continue playing with MagiFelix and has extended his contract throughout the rest of 2021. This also marks the departure of nukeduck, who first joined the organization to play for Origen in the 2019 LEC Spring Split.
Their latest merchandise drops have been a clear reflection of what the team seeks to accomplish in the upcoming year.
Astralis looking to make more changes to its League of Legends squad after its Origen-retiring rebrand.
Riot Games has fined Danish team organization Astralis for several rules violations, including being "late on multiple payments towards their Team Members" and "conduct unbecoming of an LEC Team Manag
In the wake of OPL's death, Inven Global sat down with one of the region's most successful exports, former Origen/Astralis support Mitchell "Destiny" Shaw.
This change will affect the League of Legends team previously known as Origen and the FIFA roster known as Future FC, who will be operating under the brand of Astralis Group.
During Rift Rivals 2019: NA vs. EU, Douek spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie to discuss the acquisition of Origen for the LEC and the differences between running a CS:GO team when compared to a team in League of Legends esports.
On the second day of the 2019 LEC Spring Split, Origen won its first game after a tense battle with Fnatic. The star of the show was Erlend "Nukeduck" Våtevik Holm, whose Kleptomancy Vayne Mid tore through the tanks of Fnatic's composition.
