100 Thieves taking pictures for the sky by signing two LCS legends.
100 Thieves are arguably probably the most profitable group in LCS during the last 12 months and a half. They made three straight finals and received the trophy within the 2022 Spring Break up. However the losses within the final two LCS Finals, each sweeps, meant the group was in search of a change. Which began after they parted methods with their Normal Supervisor Christopher “PapaSmithy” Smith and long-time prime laner Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho.
In the course of the offseason after Worlds 2022, many rumors surfaced that former teammates Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng and Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg had been seeking to reunite and their vacation spot can be 100 Thieves. These rumors had been virtually confirmed when Doublelift joined the group on their Korean bootcamp and began scrimming with them. Nonetheless, followers needed to look forward to an official affirmation, which was launched at present. Of their announcement video, 100 Thieves recreated the well-known discovering Doublelift in a trash can scene, however with a twist. The five-man squad of 100 Thieves for the 2023 LCS Spring Break up might be:
- High laner: Milan “Tenacity” Oleksij
- Jungler: Can “Nearer” Çelik
- Mid laner: Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg
Bot laner: Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng - Help: Alan “Busio” Cwalina
Our greatest heist but. #100T
Introducing your 100 Thieves roster for the 2023 LCS season:@Bjergsen@Doublelift1@closerlol@tenacityna@Busio pic.twitter.com/K4xhNAovrV
— 100 Thieves Esports (@100T_Esports) December 9, 2022
Doublelift and Bjergsen beforehand performed on TSM collectively, on two completely different occasions, the place they received a number of LCS trophies. It’s also attention-grabbing that each gamers retired from professional play in 2020. Bjergsen made his return final 12 months with Staff Liquid. 100 Thieves had been additionally in a position to re-sign their star jungler Nearer and spherical out this skilled roster with two thrilling prospects from their Academy group. Each Tenacity and Busio are two of probably the most anticipated prospects within the Academy ecosystem. Tenacity has been ready for a call-up for a very long time. He even declined LCS presents in the beginning of 2022, to have the possibility to make his first full-time LCS cut up debut on 100 Thieves. And Busio is nicknamed “LCS Keria” for his lane dominance and inventive champion pool.
With this reported five-man roster, it should additionally imply that the opposite 100 Thieves signing of the low season, William “UNF0RGIVEN” Nieminen might be a part of the group’s NACL group. This may be seen as insurance coverage in 100 Thieves’ half, in case Doublelift struggles in his return to professional play.
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