The Western League of Legends transfer window has been on fire for several weeks but begins to come to an end in Europe, especially on the LEC side. However, on the other side of the Atlantic, a lot of transfers are still in progress and nothing is really finished. While the first rumors came out, such as the arrival of Dmitri “Diplex” Ponomarev and Jang “EMENES” Min-soo at Cloud9 or the potential return to competition of Yiliang “Peter” “Doublelift” Pengwe take stock of the latest rumours.
To make this point, we turn to LEC_Wooloo and Travis Gafford, an expert on the North American scene. Among the important changes of this transfer window, we find at the top the return of Doublelift which is confirmed within 100 Thieves and alongside another LCS legend, Soren “Bjergsen” Bjerg, with whom he has already evolved at TSM. Among the good surprises of this transfer window in North America, Dignitas would have built an interesting roster with in particular arrivals İrfan Berk “Armut” Tükek, Nicolaj “Jensen” Jensen, Lucas “Santorini” Tao Kilmer Larsen and Lee “Ignar” Dong-geun.
This enticing roster on paper just might play spoilsport in the North American Championship against the behemoths like Team Liquid and Cloud9. Moreover, on the side of TL, the structure had planned to spend less this year following the departure of Steven “Hans sama” Liv, and this is confirmed among the first rumors since two academy rookies will go up to mid and botlane .
On the top/jungle side, two South Koreans should arrive with Park “Summit” Woo-tae who would make his return to the LCS. On the side of the jungler, Travis Gafford evokes the possibility of a South Korean import. Noted that, as announced this Sunday, TL is currently in negotiations with Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok and if the deal were to be concluded, it could upset the plans of the structure.
For the rest of the rosters, besides Evil Geniuses, it seems that it will not be for 2023 where the NA will win the Worlds. However, while usually big transfers take place, nothing has taken place yet and obviously it will not be for this year at except for the return of Summit. However, we must not forget that nothing has been done and we will have to wait a few more weeks before knowing all the players who will officiate in the LCS in 2023.