League of Legends LCS Summer Split 2023 Viewer Guide

The LCS is the North American professional League of Legends league. It currently includes 10 teams that play 18 Bo1s over 6 weeks. The LCS is currently running its Summer Split, having begun on the 14th of June, and will run until the 21st of July. The top 8 teams will advance for the LCS Championship. The top 6 will begin in the upper bracket of the Championship and the 7th and 8th seed will begin in the lower bracket.

This comprehensive viewer guide will list each team’s placement at the latest Worlds (in lieu of absence, it will be noted), placement in their domestic league for the previous split and any roster changes done during the off-season.

 

Where to Watch?

The LCS live-streams all the games and can be watched on Twitch and YouTube in English.

 

The LCS Teams/Rosters

100 Thieves

Finished 3rd place in the Spring Split and 5th-6th place in the Spring Playoffs. Lim “Quid” Hyeon-seung comes in to replace Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg, who retired after Spring Split. Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho comes in to replace Milan “Tenacity” Oleksij, who retired into content creation. Placed 11th-14th place at Worlds 2022.

• Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho [김찬호] (Top)
• Can “Closer” Çelik (Jungler)
• Lim “Quid” Hyeon-seung [임현승] (Mid)
• Yiliang “Doublelift” Peter Peng [彭亦亮] (Bot)
• Alan “Busio” Cwalina (Support)

 

Cloud9

Finished 1st place in the Spring Split and 1st place in the Spring Playoffs. No roster changes in the off-season. Placed 15th-16th at Worlds 2022.

• Ibrahim “Fudge” Allami (Top)
• Robert “Blaber” Huang (Jungler)
• Jang “EMENES” Min-soo [장민수] (Mid)
• Kim “Berserker” Min-cheol [김민철] (Bot)
• Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen (Support)

 

Dignitas

Finished 10th place in the Spring Split. Did not qualify for Spring Playoffs. İrfan “Armut” Berk Tükek is removed and replaced with Lee “Rich” Jae-won. David “Diamond” Bérubé comes in to replace Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun, who departed. Did not attend Worlds 2022.

• Lee “Rich” Jae-won [이재원] (Top)
• Lucas “Santorin” Tao Kilmer Larsen (Jungler)
• Nicolaj “Jensen” Jensen (Mid)
• Frank “Tomo” Lam (Bot)
• David “Diamond” Bérubé (Support)

 

Evil Geniuses

Finished 5th place in the Spring Split and 4th place in the Spring Playoffs. Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho, Kacper “Inspired” Słoma, Ian “FBI” Victor Huang, and Phillipe “Vulcan” Laflamme leave. Mohamed “Revenge” Kaddoura, Jonathan “Armao” Armao, Jade “Sheiden” Libut, William “UNFORGIVEN” Nieminen, and Bill “Eyla” Nguyen joins the roster. Placed 11th-14th at Worlds 2022.

• Mohamed “Revenge” Kaddoura (Top)
• Jonathan “Armao” Armao (Jungler)
• Jade “Sheiden” Libut (Jungler)
• Joseph “jojopyun” Joon Pyun (Mid)
• William “UNFORGIVEN” Nieminen (Bot)
• Bill “Eyla” Nguyen (Support)

 

FlyQuest

Finished 2nd place in the Spring Split and 3rd place in the Spring Playoffs. Kim “Winsome” Dong-keon briefly rejoins the roster before being replaced by Philippe “Vulcan” Laflamme. Bill “Elya” Nguyen also leaves. Did not attend Worlds 2022.

• Jeong “Impact” Eon-young [정언영] (Top)
• Mingyi “Spica” Lu (Jungler)
• Lee “VicLa” Dae-kwang [이대광] (Mid)
• Lee “Prince” Chae-hwan [이채환] (Bot)
• Philippe “Vulcan” Laflamme (Support)

 

Golden Guardians

Finished 6th place in the Spring Split and 2nd place in the Spring Playoffs. No roster changes in the off-season. Did not attend Worlds 2022.

• Eric “Licorice” Ritchie (Top)
• Kim “River” Dong-woo [김동우] (Jungler)
• Kim “Gori” Tae-woo [김태우] (Mid)
• Trevor “Stixxay” Hayes (Bot)
• Choi “huhi” Jae-hyun [최재현] (Support)

 

Immortals

Finished 6th place in the Spring Split and 2nd place in the Spring Playoffs. Mohamed “Revenge” Kaddoura leaves the roster and Colin “Solo” Earnest joins to replace. Nicholas “Ablazeolive” Antonio Abbott retires and Onur “Bolulu” Can Demirol replaces him on the roster. Did not attend Worlds 2022.

• Colin “Solo” Earnest (Top)
• Shane “Kenvi” Kenneth Espinoza (Jungler)
• Onur “Bolulu” Can Demirol (Mid)
• Edward “Tactical” Ra [나문용] (Bot)
• Erik “Treatz” Wessén (Support)

 

NRG

Acquired the CLG roster and Summer slot in April. As CLG, placed 4th in Spring Split and 5th-6th in Spring Playoffs. Ian “FBI” Victor Huang joins the roster to replace Fatih “Luger” Güven. Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun comes into the roster. Did not attend Worlds 2022.

• Niship “Dhokla” Doshi (Top)
• Juan “Contractz” Arturo Garcia (Jungler)
• Cristian “Palafox” Palafox (Mid)
• Ian “FBI” Victor Huang (Bot)
• Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun [이동근] (Support)
• Philippe “Poome” Lavoie-Giguere (Support)

 

Team Liquid

Finished 8th place in the Spring Split. Did not qualify for Spring Playoffs. No roster changes in the off-season. Did not attend Worlds 2022.

• Park “Summit” Woo-tae [박우태] (Top)
• Hong “Pyosik” Chang-hyeon [홍창현] (Jungler)
• Harry “Haeri” Kang (Mid)
• Sean “Yeon” Sung (Bot)
• Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in [조용인] (Support)

 

TSM

Finished 7th place in the Spring Split. Did not qualify for Spring Playoffs. Colin “Solo” Earnest left the roster, was replaced by Kevin “Hauntzer” Yarnell. Huang “Maple” Yi-Tang leaves the roster and is replaced by David “Insanity” Challe. Kim “Fenix” Jae-hun briefly joins the roster before departing once more. Lee “Ruby” Sol-min joins the roster. Did not attend Worlds 2022.

• Kevin “Hauntzer” Yarnell (Top)
• Lee “Bugi” Seong-yeop (Jungler)
• David “Insanity” Challe (Mid)
• Lee “Ruby” Sol-min (Mid)

 

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