Team Liquid made a few changes to both their LCS and Academy squads this off-season, sending former Academy Bot Laner Tactical to the LCS squad to replace the winningest LCS player of all time, Doublelift. Listen to Tactical's experience and plans for the future here:
In yet another off-season change from Team Liquid, Academy Jungler, Shernfire, was released from the org on May 15th. He played with the team only one Split, starting off on the main TL roster during Broxah's visa delay, and then switching to Academy upon his arrival mid-season. Read more on his story here:
Team Liquid has made an off-season splash ahead of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split by signing Joshua "Jatt" Leesman as its Head Coach. Jatt has spent the majority of the past decade as a caster and an analyst for Riot Games' LCS broadcast.
Riot Games announced their first global TFT tournament, the TFT: Galaxies Championship. However, it left off a few of the main League of Legends regions, including Oceania. But now they're here, uniting with NA for a chance to represent their region in the Grand Finals of the TFT: Galaxies Championship. Read more on their inclusion and the tournament's changes here:
ESPN Esports' Jacob Wolf has reported that Team Liquid AD Carry Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng will be heading back to his former organization TSM. TL put Doublelift on the trading block last week after the team finished in 9th place this spring after four consecutive League of Legends Championship Series championships.
According to a tweet made by Travis Gafford, Team Liquid has placed Doublelift's contract is up for trade. Doublelift had an underwhelming split thsi Spring after winning his fifth title in a row last year from Summer 2017 to Summer 2019. He tweeted his lack of motivation and loss of trust from his teammates earlier this year. Read more on his potential trade here:
TL will host the Liquid ProAm VALORANT Showmatch today, Friday April 10, at 12:00pm PT via https://www.twitch.tv/teamliquid.
Doublelift reached his 1500th kill in the LCS after playing professional League of Legends for the last eight years. He was the first player in the LCS to reach the 1,000 kill mark and the first to reach 1500. He has almost 2800 kills overall. Read more on the LCS kill leader here:
Ashkan "TF Blade" Homayouni's account for KR server was banned. TF Blade revealed his account has been banned by riot games due to bad behavior via twitch streaming. TF Blade was currently challenging
The League of LCS has been leveling up its tailgate in the 2020 season, and this weekend featured cosplayers from around the scene. From streamers like Emiru, to caster Riv, and then even Blue, Team Liquid's new mascot. See the cosplays here:
Due to sickness, Doublelift will not be playing in Team Liquid's Saturday game against TSM. Tactical will take his place on stage, playing against his former org, TSM. Read more on Tactical and Team Liquid here:
Jensen spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie after TL's win over DIG to provide insight on the team's early-split issues, improvements in play since Broxah's arrival, and the team's current form relative to its floor and its ceiling.
Wednesday morning, CLG tweeted out that former mid laner, Pobelter, would be re-joining the team as starting mid laner after a 1-7 start to the season. Pobelter replaces Crown, and will hope to help the team turn around their season. Read more here:
Today's cartoon is about the four major regions of competitive League of Legends, the LCK, LCS, LEC, and the LPL. Despite it's late start and no spectators, the competition in the LCK continues to be
Broxah joined Inven Global for his very first LCS post-game interview, in which he discussed his first impressions of North America, playing with his team on stage for the first time, and what his expectations of Team Liquid are now that he has arrived in the US.
After visa delays for both Broxah and Shernfire, MikeYeung returned to Team Liquid and has rediscovered his passion for competition. Watch our video interview on YouTube, or read the transcription here:
Team Liquid Support Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie to discuss developing synergy with Shern "Shernfire" Cherng Tai in light of Mads "Broxah" Brock-Pedersen's visa issues, the differences between support play in LCS and the League of Legends European Championship, and gave some perspective on Yuri "Keith" Jew's roleswap to support for Golden Guardians.
Team Liquid has had multiple visa problems this year, but the team has kept positive and worked out a solution for the time being. Here's what Pobelter and Broxah have to say about Liquid's current predicament:
Lolesports has finalized the LCS schedule, posting all 90 games of the regular season. The end-of-season run is crucial, see who has the best late season schedule for securing a strong playoff seed.
Dignitas fills in their final Academy spot, signing former IMT, TL, and GG support, Olleh. This completes the DIG Academy squad with 5 former LCS veterans, giving them a stacked roster and a lot of places for substitutions and swap-outs for the LCS.
