NA LCS 2019 season: Roster changes, free agents and more

You already know that it’s the offseason, which means players are moving from their teams to find new homes. While a lot of players may have long contracts and they’ll be with their orgs for years to come, that is certainly not the case for everyone.

To keep things organized, we’re putting all of the North American roster changes in one post. We’re only including things that have been officially announced by the organizations or players, which means we’re not talking about leaks or vague hinting emoji tweets that some players might make.

We have all the teams organized, though if the position on the team isn’t filled, we’ll leave it blank. This might make some teams look overstuffed and some teams look really barren, but rest assured, it’ll all flesh out before the season starts. A list at the bottom will also show all the players who were starters for NA LCS teams in 2018 who are currently free agents. We’ll also include any information about where these players came from or if their contract was extended further.

100 Thieves

• Top: Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho (extended contract until 2020)
• Jungle: Andy “AnDa” Hoang
• Mid: Choi “Huhi” Jae-hyun (from CLG)
• ADC: Bae “Bang” Jun-sik (from LCK’s SKT)
• Support: Zaqueri “Aphromoo” Black
• Coach: Neil “pr0lly” Hammand

Team Liquid

• Top: Jung “Impact” Eon-yeong
• Jungle: Jake “Xmithie” Puchero
• Mid: Nicolaj Jensen (From Cloud9)
• ADC: Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng
• Support: Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in (From LCK’s Gen. G)
• Coach: Jang “Cain” Nu-ri

TSM

• Top: Sergen “Broken Blade” Çelik (From TR’s Royal Youth)
• Jungle: Jonathan “Grig” Armao
• Jungle: Matthew “Akaadian” Higginbotham (From Optic Gaming)
• Mid: Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg
• ADC: Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen
• Support: Andy “Smoothie” Ta (From Echo Fox)
• Coach: Tony “Zikz” Gray (From Counter Logic Gaming)

Cloud9

• Top: Eric “Licorice” Ritchie
• Jungle: Robert “Blaber” Huang
• Jungle: Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen
• Mid: Greyson “Goldenglue” Gilmer
• Mid: Yasin “Nisqy” Dinçer (from EU’s Splyce)
• ADC: Zachary “Sneaky” Scuderi
• Support: Tristan “Zeyzal” Stidam
• Coach: Bok “Reapered” Hang-gyu

Counter Logic Gaming

• Top: Darshan Upadhyaya
• Jungle: Raymond “Wiggly” Griffin
• Mid: Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage (From Optic)
• ADC: Trevor “Stixxay” Hayes
• Support: Vincent “Biofrost” Wang
• Coach: Weldon Green (From EU’s G2 Esports)

FlyQuest

• Top: Omran “V1per” Shoura (From Team Liquid Academy)
• Jungle: Lucas “Santorin” Tao Kilmer Larsen
• Mid: Eugene “Pobelter” Park (From Team Liquid)
• ADC: Jason “WildTurtle” Tran
• Support: Juan “JayJ” Guibert
• Coach: Gabriel “Invert” Zoltan-Johan

Echo Fox

• Top: Colin “Solo” Earnest (from Clutch Gaming)
• Jungle: Lee “Rush” Yoon-jae
• Mid: Kim “Fenix” Jae-hun
• ADC: Apollo Price (from Clutch Gaming)
• Support: Nickolas “Hakuho” Surgent (from Clutch Gaming)
• Coach: Kim “Ssong” Sang-soo (From TSM)

Clutch Gaming

• Top: Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon (From Echo Fox)
• Jungle: Nam “Lira” Tae-yoo
• Mid: Tanner Damonte
• ADC: Chae “Piglet” Gwang-jin
• Support: Philippe “Vulcan” Laflamme
• Coach: Brendan “mcscrag” McGee

Golden Guardians

• Top: Kevin “Hauntzer” Yarnell
• Jungle: Juan “Contractz” Arturo Garcia
• Mid: Henrik “Froggen” Hansen
• ADC: Matthew “Deftly” Chen
• Support: Kim “Olleh” Joo-sung
• Coach: Nick “Inero” Smith

Optic Gaming

• Top: Niship “Dhokla” Doshi
• Jungle: William “Meteos” Hartman (From FlyQuest Academy)
• Mid: Lee “Crown” Min-ho (From LCK’s Gen. G)
• ADC: Noh “Arrow” Dong-hyeon
• Support: Terry “Big” Chuong
• Coach: Thomas “Zaboutine” Si-Hassen

Free Agents

• Top: Lee “Flame” Ho-jong
• Mid: Jang “Keane” Lae-young
• Jungle: Kim “Reignover” Yeu-jin
• ADC: Richard “Rikara” Samuel Oh