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No extra Rogues within the Rift.
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Natus Vincere has formally joined the LEC, taking on Rogue’s slot and marking the entry of one in every of esports’ most embellished organizations into the League of Legends ecosystem.
Beginning the 2025 League’s European Championship Summer time Break up, NAVI is about to compete with the identical roster of Adam, Malrang, Larssen, Patrik, and Execute, together with head coach fredy122, because the transition section between the 2 organizations occurs.
Whereas esports workforce swaps don’t change in the course of the season, Riot explains of their weblog that it occurred due to “a number of distinctive components.” NAVI is already an enormous identify on the planet of esports as a result of their robust performances in Counter Strike and Dota 2, and the developer is “assured” of the organziation’s infrastructure and the flexibility to compete with the opposite squads in the summertime.
Rogue was one of many 10 chosen founding members of the franchised LEC in 2019, alongside different groups. Whereas their six-year legacy consists of three consecutive Worlds appearances, the top of their journey got here in 2022. They misplaced within the finals to G2 Esports within the Spring cut up that 12 months, however made a comeback by defeating the identical workforce within the Summer time cut up to clinch their first-ever LEC title.
In recent times, Rogue’s efficiency has been going downhill and so they’ve repeatedly completed final within the factors desk. In addition they haven’t certified for a global occasion since 2022. With a brand new org within the combine, issues may take a flip for the higher.
“Again in 2018, when LEC was about to be created, the league slot was one thing NAVI needed however couldn’t afford. Nonetheless, we at all times felt like League of Legends was the lacking puzzle piece for our membership and the dream of becoming a member of the LEC at some point has stayed alive ever since,” Yevhen Zolotarov, NAVI CEO, stated within the official announcement.
Zolotarov additionally acknowledged that the present roster “clearly requires modifications,” and so they may occur instantly to hopefully flip the workforce’s destiny.
In the meantime, LEC representatives Movistar KOI and G2 Esports might be travelling to play within the 2025 Mid-Season Invitational and check out convey the glory again to Europe.
