LEC

S. Samek

An announcement was finally made. The EULCS, that hasbeen covered on the blog is no more.

Now we have the LEC, or League of Legends EuropeanChampionships. A fine name nothing to complain about there.

The LEC is comprised of 10 teams. Six of the 10 wereinvolved in 2018’s LCS in the likes of G2, Team Vitality. Splyce, Misfits,Schalke and Fnatic.

Joining the roster is Rogue, Excel Esports, Origen andSK gaming.

Giants, Roccat, H2K and Unicorns of Love will not bejoining the new league.

The funny thing is that all six teams that got in madethe playoffs during the summer split, while the four team that didn’t finishedin seventh through 10^th place and missed the playoffs.

I think the surprise team that didn’t get in to theLEC was Unicorns of Love. A fan favorite team, even with little success thisseason. Yet the team had success during the 2017 EULCS season, yet missed outon worlds finishing third in the regional qualifier.

SK returns after losing their spot in relegation duringspring promotions 2016. Origen faced a similar fate when they lost a spot witha loss in the 2017 promotion tournament. However, Origen did win the 2018 EUMasters spring tournament, but it was with a different line up than they havenow.

Excel looks to come up from the challenger scene,while Rogue is completely new venture. It makes for an interesting mix of teamsentering the league.

Should also be interesting to see how the new rosters shake down during the free agent period. Either way the coverage of the now LECwill continue in place of the EU LCS. Can’t wait for spring 2019.