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This week marks the start of the North American League of Legends season, with a finals rematch of Team SoloMid vs. Counter Logic Gaming kicking things off Friday. We had to wait until this week for the finalized NA LCS rosters, as a competitive ruling by Riot banned both Renegades and Team Impulse from competitive play, forcing the teams to sell their spots.
Buyers have been found, which means there are three new teams in the NA LCS this split: Apex Gaming, which qualified through the Challenger Series; Team Envy, which purchased Renegades' spot and three of its players; and Phoenix1, which purchased Team Impulse's spot and three of its players.
The new teams weren't the only transactions between splits: Cloud9 made a big move by signing former world champion top laner Jung "Impact" Eon-yeong, NRG signed a group of LCS veterans and TSM has a new starting support.
Here are the full rosters for the upcoming NA LCS split (schedule here), with all transactions listed. For the EU rosters, click here.
Apex Gaming
In: Ray (Edward Gaming sub), Diamondprox (Unicorns of Love), Shiphtur (Dignitas), Roar (Free agent), KonKwon (NRG)
Out: Eve (disciplinary)
- Top: Jeon "Ray" Ji-won
- Jungle: Lee "Shrimp" Byeong-hoon
- Mid: Jang "Keane" Lae-young
- ADC: Apollo "Apollo" Price
- Support: Alex "Xpecial" Chu
Subs: Cristian "Cris" Rosales (top), Danil "Diamondprox" Reshetnikov (jungle), Danny "Shiphtur" Le (mid), Oh "Roar" Jang-won (ADC), Kevin "KonKwon" Kwon (support)
Cloud9
In: Impact (NRG), Altec (NRG), Smoothie (Team Liquid)
Out: N/A
- Top: Jeong "Impact" Eon-young
- Jungle: William "Meteos" Hartman
- Mid: Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen
- AD Carry: Zachary "Sneaky" Scuderi
- Support: Michael "Bunny FuFuu" Kurylo
Subs: An "Balls" Le (top), Lee "Rush" Yoon-jae (jungle), Hai "Hai" Lam (mid), Johnny "Altec" Ru (ADC), Andy "Smoothie" Ta (support)
Counter Logic Gaming
In: N/A
Out: N/A
- Top: Darshan "Darshan" Upadhyaya
- Jungle: Jake "Xmithie" Puchero
- Mid: Choi "Huhi" Jae-hyun
- ADC: Trevor "Stixxay" Hayes
- Support: Zaqueri "Aprhomoo" Black
Subs: Orlando "Yoona" Flota
Echo Fox
In: N/A
Out: N/A
- Top: Park "kfo" Jeong-hun
- Jungle: Anthony "Hard" Barkhovtsev
- Mid: Henrik "Froggen" Hansen
- ADC: Yuri "Keith" Jew
- Support: Terry "Big" Chuong
Subs: Kieran "Allorim" Logue (top), Jonathan "Grigne" Armao (jungle), Marcin "Selfie" Wolski (mid), Tanner "Damonte" Damonte (mid)
Team Envy
In: Seraph (Renegades), Procxin (Team Impulse), Ninja (Renegades), LOD (Ember), Hakuho (Renegades), Nien (Free Agent), AlexIch (Team Dragon Knights)
Out: N/A
- Top: Shin "Seraph" Woo-Yeong
- Jungle: Kim "Procxin" Se-young
- Mid: Noh "Ninja" Geon-woo
- ADC: Benjamin "LOD" deMunck
- Support: Nickolas "Hakuho" Surgent
Subs: Alexey "AlexIch" Ichetovkin (Mid), Zach "Nien" Malhas (ADC)
Immortals
In: N/A
Out: N/A
- Top: Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon
- Jungle: Kim "Reignover" Yeu-jin
- Mid: Eugene "Pobelter" Park
- ADC: Jason "WildTurtle" Tran
- Support: Adrian "Adrian" Ma
Subs: Josh "Impactful" Mabrey, Jose "Jummychu" Borromeo
Team Liquid
In: Solo (Echo Fox), Moon (NRG), Goldenglue (Ember), Stunt (Ember)
Out: N/A
- Top: Sam "Lourlo" Jackson
- Jungle: Galen "Moon" Holgate
- Mid: Kim "Fenix" Jae-hoon
- ADC: Chae "Piglet" Gwang-jin
- Support: Matt "Matt" Elento
Subs: Colin "Solo" Earnest (top), Joshua "Dardoch" Hartnett* (jungle), Greyson "Goldenglue" Gilmer (mid), Jovani "fabbbyyy" Guillen (ADC), William "Stunt" Chen (support)
*Dardoch was recently suspended for insubordination, his long-term status with the team is unknown
NRG Esports
In: Quas (free agent), Santorin (Ember), Ohq (Team Dragon Knights), Kiwikid (Dignitas)
Out: Impact (NRG), Moon (Team Liquid), Altec (Cloud9), KonKwon (Apex)
- Top: Diego "Quas" Ruiz
- Jungle: Lucas "Santorin" Larsen
- Mid: Lee "GBM" Chang-suk
- ADC: Oh "Ohq" Gyu-min
- Support: Alan "Kiwikid" Nguyen
Subs: Brian "Otter" Thomas (ADC), Alec "Qwerm" Warren (support)
Phoenix1
In: Zig (Team Liquid), Inori (free agent), Pirean (Team Impulse), Mash (Team Impulse), Gate (Team Impulse), Slooshi (free agent), Zentinel (free agent)
Out: N/A
- Top: Derek "Zig" Shao
- Jungle: Kevin "Zentinel" Pires
- Mid: Chio "Pirean" Jun-sik
- ADC: Brandon "Mash" Phan
- Support: Austin "Gate" Yu
Subs: Rami "Inori" Charagh (jungle), Andrew "Slooshi" Pham (mid)
Team SoloMid
In: Biofrost (Dream Team)
Out: YellowStar (Fnatic)
- Top: Kevin "Hauntzer" Yarnell
- Jungle: Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen
- Mid: Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg
- ADC: Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng
- Support: Vincent "Biofrost" Wang
Subs: Brian "OddOne" Wyllie (jungle), Andy "Reginald" Dinh (mid), Richard "Valkrin" Royer (support)