League Of Legends Free Agency: latest announcements, changes, swaps and rumours

The offseason for League Of Legends sees pros vie for coveted starter spots on various teams. Some are in the process of becoming finalised, until teams officially announce new additions. The first day kicked off earlier this week, but even more additions are unravelling as we type.  

Below is a breakdown of the teams, players, and possibly coaches making moves across the LCS and LEC, along with already-confirmed free agents for 2020. Updated information will be added for the following few days:  

LEC: 

FNATIC

Alfonso “Mithy” Aguirre Rodriguez, formerly support on Origen, as well as previous history on TSM and G2 Esports, will be finalizing terms to move to coach. Oskar “Selfmade” Boderek from SK Gaming will be moving to the team as their new jungler. 

G2 ESPORTS

EXCEL

Tore “Norskeren” Hoel Eilertsen, formerly of Splyce and FC Schalke 04, will become their new support. Patrik “Patrik” Jírů from Origen will be their AD Carry.

Schalke 04 

It's rumoured Konstantinos-Napoleon “FORG1VEN” Tzortziou will join the team after a forced absence due to mandatory military service. It’s also claimed top laner Andrei “Odoamne” Pascu will also renew his contract.

ROGUE

Oskar “VandeR” Bogdan will be continuing his stay with a two-year extension. Steven “Hans Sama” Liv has moved over from Misfits.

MISFITS

Iván “Razork” Martin and Petr “denyk” Haramach will be coming over from Vodafone Giants.Spain as jungler and support, respectively.

ORIGEN

Acquired three new team members in Elias “Upset” Lipp from FC Schalke 04, Andrei “Xerxe” Dragomir from Splyce, and Mitchell “Destiny” Shaw from Mammoth.

LCS: 

100 THIEVES

100 Thieves sign former OpTic Gaming/Immortals jungler Meteos for the starting roster.  

Tommy “ry0ma” Le will be coming over from Bombers in the OCE. There is no word yet on if he will be on the starting roster.

EVIL GENIUSES

GOLDEN GUARDIANS

Greyson “Goldenglue” Gilmer will be moving from Cloud9 Academy to a starting spot with his new team, replacing Henrik “Froggen” Hansen. From this, GGS has moved their Academy player Cristian “Palafox” Palafox to Cloud 9 Academy.

CLOUD9

The team has paid $1.5 million to acquire Phillippe “Vulcan” Laflamme from Dignitas. They are currently finalizing negotiations with TSM to move Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen to their ADC spot.

Zachary “Sneaky” Scuderi has since spoken out on stream saying he didn't want to fight for his spot if he was not wanted on the team, confirming his departure. 

Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen has confirmed he’ll be move from Cloud9 to Evil Geniuses.

TSM

The team has made a trade of supports with Counter Logic Gaming, moving Andy “Smoothie” Ta to CLG while taking back previous support Vincent “Biofrost” Wang. They have also gotten Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup from Splyce.

COUNTER LOGIC GAMING

Former Team SoloMid coach Kim “SSONG” Sang-soo will be new head coach.  

FLYQUEST

Latest: Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun will be moving across the pond from FC Schalke 04 to the NA team, with both teams finalizing negotiations.

DIGNITAS

Johnson “Johnsun” Nguyen, formerly on TSM Academy, will now be on Dignitas’ Academy roster. Johnsun was bought out by Cloud9 to finalize the deal with Vulcan. The team also agreed to keep Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon for a two-year extension for 2.3 million.

TEAM LIQUID

Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pedersen is moving over from Fnatic to be the team’s starting Jungler.

IMMORTALS

The returning NA team is finalizing agreements to grab Jake “Xmithie” Puchero from Team Liquid. The team has declined to comment.

LPL: 

JD GAMING

Gu “imp” Seung-bin has announced he’s retiring from the game.  

Keep checking back for more updates on the rosters and team switches.