Let's take a look at the biggest winners of the League of Legends esports off-season in the LPL, the LCK, the LEC, and the LCS leading up to the 2022 season.
UPDATE Dec. 20: Team BDS have finalized their 2022 LEC roster after signing GrabbZ and Duffman as head coach and head analyst.
UPDATE Dec. 19: 100 Thieves has made a few more moves before the end of the year, giving 100 Thieves Academy head coach Greyson "Goldenglue" Gilmer an extra pair of helping hands in the form of new assistant coach Danny "Dan Dan" Le Comte, who was signed on December 16, then shortly after finished the 2022 100 Thieves Next roster around General Sniper, who has rebranded to Sniper following his announcement as the new top laner for 100 Thieves Next.
After finalizing their LCS roster and staff, Immortals has completed the IMT Academy roster and staff for the 2022 season.
Let's take a look at the starting rosters for the ten LCS teams heading into the 2022 season.
Fnatic have confirmed the signings of former G2 Esports top laner Wunder and former Misfits jungler Razork following reports.
After completing their 2022 LCS roster and staff for both the Team Liquid LCS team and Team Liquid Academy, the organization had one more signing left to complete their offseason.
The laning trio will join support Labrov and jungler Selfmade, the latter of whom was acquired by VIT from Fnatic before the start of the 2021 LEC Summer Split.
After former PSG Talon jungler Kim "River" Dong-woo joined Dignitas last month, another member of the PCS champion squad has departed.
G2 Esports have confirmed that their roster will be rounded out with top laner Sergen "Broken Blade" Çelik, AD carry Victor "Flakked" Lirola and support Raphaël "Targamas" Crabbé.
After signing toucouille and aphromoo, FlyQuest has welcomed back top laner Colin "Kumo" Zhao, jungler Brandon Joel "Josedeodo" Villegas, and AD carry Johnson "Johnsun" Nguyen to round out their 2022 LCS roster.
Golden Guardians have retained all members of their coaching staff this off-season, but aside from Inero remaining in the head coach position, the LCS staff structure looks very different from last year's Golden Guardians, and frankly, different from any other LCS team.
Inven Global had the chance to talk with Kobe, and discuss his thoughts on NA, his perspective on casting, and why he loves Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Chinese esports organization LNG Esports has announced the departure of mid laner Xie "icon" Tian-Yu.
Svenskeren's contract with Evil Geniuses expires on November 15, 2022, but following the acquisition of Rogue jungler Kacper "Inspired" Słoma, it looks as though Svenskeren is without a job for the 2022 LCS Spring Split unless a team wants to buy him out.
After signing Tactical for their LCS squad, TSM has competed their Academy roster ahead of the 2022 season.
The signings were announced by MAD Lions shortly after the departure of Carzzy, who has reportedly signed a 3-year deal to be the new AD carry of Team Vitality.
Inspired will be taking over the starting position previously platooned by Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen and Juan "Contractz" Garcia, the latter of whom has been signed by Counter Logic Gaming.
The information was made public by Riot Games' President of Sports John Needham, who oversees the ecosystem and circuit of League of Legends esports as well as the global VALORANT Champions Tour.
UPDATE Nov. 21: Following Alphari's return to the LEC and Tactical joining TSM, as well as the confirmed retaining of Santorin, Team Liquid also confirmed CoreJJ as the team's starting support for the 2022 LCS season.