During the first round robin of the 2021 LCS Spring Split, Immortals jungler Andrei "Xerxe" Dragomir spoke to Inven Global about Immortals' current form and fighting through visa issues to join IMT with support Mitchell "Destiny" Shaw and head coach Andre "Guilhoto" Guilhoto after an arduous 2020 season on Origen.
llorim spoke to Inven Global about why he was looking towards playing in Europe in the off-season, his role on the 2021 LCS broadcast, and continuing to compete in the North American amateur League of Legends scene.
Allorim spoke to Inven Global about his experience on Immortals throughout 2020 and making his LCS broadcast debut following the conclusion of IMT's season.
Allorim spoke to Inven Global about his passion for the Smash franchise, playing against other members of the LCS in Super Smash Bros. Melee, and his perspective on Nintendo's strained relationship with the competitive Melee community.
Due to visa issues, Immortals had already started 3/5 of IMT Academy in the first week of the Lock In. Jungler Andrei "Xerxe" Dragomir, AD carry Quin "Raes" Korebrits and support Mitchell "Destiny" Shaw were unavailable for the start of the tournament, so Nicholas James Joseph "Potluck" Pollock, Yuri "Keith" Jew and Joseph "Joey" Haslemann filled in alongside mid laner David "Insanity" Challe and rookie top laner Mo "Revenge" Kaddoura.
2020 was a year where many pro gamers, who dominated an era of LoL esports, retired. Aging hits pro gamers heavily as their careers are quite shorter compared to others. Lee “Flame” Ho-jong
Insanity is the sole returning player for the 2021 Immortals roster, with the other four from 2020 not finding themselves on a starting LCS roster. Though Immortals had a rocky 2020, Insanity is excited and confident for the new year. Read and watch the interview here:
See Immortals official roster for 2021 here:
UPDATE 11/14: Immortals has confirmed that mid laner David "Insanity" Challe will remain with the team for the 2021 League of Legends Championship Series season. Insanity was signed as the mid laner for IMT Academy but spent the majority of the 2020 LCS Summer Split starting over Jérémy :"Eika" Valdenaire and in doing so put together an impressive debut at the top level of competition.
Monday, November 2, Cloud9 officially announced that former pro player, Reignover, would take the helm as the team's head coach going into 2021. Reignover replaces former Cloud9 head coach, Reapered. Read more on the announcement here:
Peter "Asuna" Mazuryk and Quan "dicey" Tran have been transferred to 100 Thieves, the latter of whom has now compelted its rebuilt VALORANT roster around captain Spencer "Hiko" Martin.
After failing to qualify for LCS playoffs in both spring and summer, CLG has parted ways with both of their coaches, SSONG and Weldon. Read more about the change here:
Immortals had a chance to keep its 2020 LCS Summer Playoffs hopes alive with a potential victory over FlyQuest in its final game of the Summer Split, but was unable to succeed.
During Week 6 of the League Championship Series, following a week of heavy upsets and multiple roster changes, we spoke with nine of the LCS teams to hear their opinion on the top teams through the league. Here is who they say leads the league:
This week in both the League Championship Series and LCS Academy, we saw TSM face off against Immortals. TSM got the Academy win, but Immortals secured the LCS victory. While this type of thing happens all the time - since not every Academy team reflects the strength of their LCS squad - the TSM vs Immortals situation brings a bit of nuance to an otherwise mundane conversation. Before the start of the 2020 LCS Summer Split, Immortals announced a few roster changes, sending three of their Spring
After the victory, Xmithie spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie about his success vs Doublelift in 2020, the rise of Ignite Graves in the jungle, and playing with two rookie solo laners in Top Laner Kieran "Allorim" Logue and Mid Laner David "Insanity" Challe.
Last week, Kim “Olleh” Joo-sung announced that he'll be returning to Korea. When I first met Olleh, he was in Immortals. With a bright face, he greeted all the reporters and it seemed that
Late Wednesday, June 24th, Immortals announced they'd released head coach, Thomas "Zaboutine" Si-Hassen, and GM, Keaton Cryer. They've been temporarily replaced by LA Valiant GM, Mike Schwartz, and IMT assistant coach and analyst, GoToOne and Malaclypse, respectively.
Potluck has big shoes to fill, and he hasn't been received by the general community as well as most LCS rookies tend to be. Read here what he has to say about the community's perception of him and his frustration with their misinformation and discontent.
Cloud9 and Vulcan history last Spring with a 17-1 regular season record, followed by a 9-1 playoff run, prompting seven teams to make some roster moves. Here's what Vulcan has to think about the "new" opponents Cloud9 will face this Summer:
