C9 Signs NA Newcomer To LCS Roster, Overhauls Challengers Lineup For 2023

In an announcement video, team CEO Jacques Etienne broke down all the big changes to C9's starting roster and explained that after the year ended.

By Shubham Dalal | Nov 25, 2022 | 2 Min Read follow icon Follow Us

Even though the team’s 2022 World Championship run came to an abrupt end last October, cloud9’s League of Legends division sees enough potential in roster development that it will leave behind the majority of the team for next year.In an announcement video, team CEO Jacques Etienne broke down all the big changes to C9’s starting roster and explained that after the year ended, the entire team sat down to discuss how to improve their performance for 2023. What changes do they need to make?If you need more information about C9 Signs NA Newcomer To LCS Roster, Overhauls Challengers Lineup For 2023 then read carefully and share with your friends.

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Cloud9 first started out as a minor League of Legends team. As they qualified for the LCS for the first time, current owner and general manager Jacques Etienne decided to pick up the team and have grown rapidly over the years since then. The team is a 4-time NA LCS champion, 7-time runner-up, and a one-time Worlds semi-finalist. and Assistant coach Seong “Raven” Sang-hyeon will take over as head coach .

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Etienne said, “We had a situation where almost every player was happy with the performance of their teammates.” “Of course, there were things we could improve on, but they really wanted to re-run it. The one change we ended up making was just the mid lane.The team’s new mid laner, Dmitry “diplex” Ponomarev, most recently played in the LFL with Team Vitality’s academy squad, and will be making his LCS debut alongside C9.

Etienne said that the 19-year-old German is a melee specialist who excels in teamfights, and he has excited the team with high mechanical skills and even higher potential.Popular European support-coach Alfonso “Mithi” Aguirre Rodriguez will return as C9’s head coach, while former head coach Max Waldo is moving to top lane position coach.

Finally, C9’s Challenger roster is getting a complete revamp, with Aaron “FakeGod” Lee, Tomio “Tomio” Chan, Lawrence “Lost” Hui, Tristan “ZZL” Stidum, and North American newcomer Jang “Emens” Min-soo. Joining the roster , Assistant coach Seong “Raven” Sang-hyeon will take over as head coach.C9 will be battling against a plethora of different rosters in the new year, but with four-fifths of the defending LCS champions returning, they are looking like strong contenders for the Spring Split.If you like this article then don’t forget to share with your friends ,check more article in our page and keep supporting us.

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