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For the second time, Upset will miss Worlds with Fnatic. But this time, the whole botlane is replaced because of the Covid-19.
It’s the slaughter on the side of Fnatic for the Worlds 2022. The team lost two players due to Covid-19 contamination, the Upset botlaner and its Hylissang support. The two players from the English team were obviously due to participate in the League of Legends World Championship in a few weeks, but the period is too short to hope. a recovery before the Play-ins.
Competitive Operations Update: FNATIC Roster
Riot Games has permitted FNATIC an emergency roster addition due to two players contracting COVID. The player Rhuckz, from Fnatic’s ERL team “Fnatic TQ”, has been added as a seventh player to the FNC roster.
— LoL Esports (@lolesports) September 26, 2022
Suddenly, Riot Games announced the special authorization to bring young people from the academy as temporary replacements for the first phase of the competition. Two Fnatic TQ players have been added to the roster: support Ruben “Rhuckz” Barbosaveteran of the LVP and the ADC Louis “BEAN” Schmitz who had already made a replacement freelance for Upset at Worlds 2021.
It is definitely a curse for Upset, who had already missed the last world championship, where Fnatic finished last in their group with a single victory. The European structure will therefore have to leave again with a handicap at the Worlds, and this time will also go through the Play-ins. In the event of qualification and if the two players are restored, they will be able to re-enter the competition.
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