On May 3, Cloud9 announced the release of top laner Park “Summit” Woo-tae, Kim “Winsome” Dong-keun, and Jonah “Isles” Rosario. Summit's a top laner who spent most o
While C9 heads home, EG will move on to face Team Liquid in the final match of the post-season's lower bracket to see who meets 100 Thieves in the finals.
The C9 Academy support had only played in the LCS during the Lock In at the beginning of the year when Winsome had visa issues that delayed his arrival to the US, but the Monday night before the Golden Guardians series, Isles got the call.
While 100 Thieves continue on in the upper bracket of the 2022 LCS Spring Playoffs, Cloud9 will drop down to the lower bracket to face 6th seed Golden Guardians next week.
EG's last win of the Spring Split resulted in the LCS Spring Playoffs qualification of themselves as well as FlyQuest and Golden Guardians.
Svenskeren most recently competed in the LCS in 2021 as the starting jungler for Evil Geniuses, and also played for Cloud9 for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.
Let’s take a look at how and why Cloud9 have been able to improve and look even more impressive following the release of LS.
After going undefeated in the first superweek of the 2022 LCS Spring Split, Cloud9 jungler Robert "Blaber" Huang spoke about the growth of his teammates, the team's identity after LS' release, and the strength of Hecarim in the current jungle meta.
Cloud9 has provided Inven Global with a statement regarding the release of LS.
After Cloud9's loss to Team Liquid, Berserker spoke to Inven Global about the differences in the North American competitive environment in comparison to South Korea and his thoughts on facing TL AD carry Steven "Hans sama" Liv.
After his first weekend in the LCS, Cloud9 top laner Park "Summit" Woo-tae spoke to Inven Global about adapting to his new team's unique approach, keeping in touch with his former teammates, and which top laners he is looking forward to facing this season.
After sweeping Cloud9, Evil Geniuses AD carry Kyle "Danny" Sakamaki spoke to Inven Global about EG's form in the 2022 LCS Lock In, the impact of his own success on rookie mid laner Joseph "jojopyun" Joon-pyun's debut, and what he thinks makes EG an organization that can develop North American talent.
After Evil Geniuses' third win in Group B of the 2022 LCS Lock In, support Philippe "Vulcan" Laflamme spoke with Inven Global about his two years on Cloud9, how he ended up joining EG, and his first impressions of his new teammates.
After the first day of the 2022 LCS Lock In, Zven spoke to Inven Global about the inner workings of Cloud9's new system, his position within that system, and his thoughts on the other top teams in the LCS.
UPDATE Jan. 14: Cloud9 have made an announcement regarding the current situation with their LCS roster a few hours before the start of the 2022 LCS Lock In.
UPDATE Jan. 10, 2022: Cloud9 have added two more assistant coaches to that will also be splitting time as translators for the team's South Korean players.
Vulcan debuted in the LCS with Clutch Gaming in 2018 and has played for Cloud9 for the past two seasons.
UPDATE Nov. 15: During the Dot Esports League of Legends Free Agency Show, Jacob Wolf stated that the clause in Perkz's buyout contract from G2 Esports to Cloud9 that prohibits Fnatic from signing Perkz through 2023 was signed by both G2 & C9, but not Perkz himself.
Because of Nisqy’s lasting until Nov 20, 2023, he will need a team to buyout his contract for the remaining years.
After their eliminating loss to Gen.G, Cloud9 spoke to the media in a post-match press conference about the series, Worlds in general, and the 2021 season as a whole.
