LIVE: LoL 2021 off-season rostermania: all roster changes As the final of the 2020 League of Legends World Championships draws ever closer, it’s expected that going into 2021 there will be a reshuffle of rosters. Keep your eye on this page as we here at Dexerto compile all the important roster change news and rumors. [jwplayer dy1EAYho] The 2020 LoL World Championships has certainly seen a wealth of upsets. With behemoths such as Cloud9, T1, and last year’s champions FunPlus Phoenix (FPX) not even making it into the Championship this year, the LoL community has watched as titans were felled and underdogs have risen to the occasion. Some of the most notable moments include TSM’s record breaking 0 -6 streak, making them the first even major reason to lose every game on the Worlds stage. While NA colleagues and fans alike have expressed disappointment, the TSM situation has opened a wider debate on the place of North America in the League of Legends world. If TSM are to represent the best that America has to offer, some future adjustments were clearly necessary; veteran stars Yiliang ‘Doublelift’ Peng and Soren ‘Bjergsen’ Bjerg have retired to be replaced by rookie Lawrence ‘Lost’ Hui and FlyQuest’s Tristan ‘PowerOfEvil’ Schrage respectively. Further upsets included Top Esports’ reverse sweep against European powerhouse Fnatic. While most critics are unanimous that Fnatic’s Worlds performance was sound, questions regarding the performances of Mid Laner Tim ‘Nemesis’ Lipovšek and Support Zdravets ‘Hylissang’ Galabov throughout the regular LEC season have spurred on a lot of debate. While the latter proved his worth during Worlds with outstanding performances on Rakan, the former appeared to have a much more rocky run and has since been replaced by ex-Cloud9 mid Nisqy. With Rekkles’ shock departure to G2, Fnatic brought in Astralis’ Upset as his replacement in what has been a rollercoaster off-season for the seven-time European champions. 2020 certainly was a whirlwind, and if 2021 is in any way similar we expect to see some serious roster switches, especially with so many players ending 2021 as free agents.
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