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The blue wall is getting equipped with confirmed uncooked expertise.
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Karmine Corp is reportedly including the companies of Alan “Busio” Cwalina to its roster for the upcoming LEC season. The 21-year-old assist, broadly considered one in every of North America’s most promising younger gamers, is anticipated to affix the French group as a part of its offseason rebuild.
The 21-year-old assist is finest recognized for his time with 100 Thieves Academy within the LCS and his standout performances as a assist with FlyQuest this yr, who certified for Worlds 2025 as North America’s first seed. Following a turbulent 2025 cut up, Karmine Corp’s kind fell drastically after profitable the LEC Winter Cut up 2025, the place they did not qualify for MSI and Worlds.
The French group is seeking to strengthen its backside lane by including Busio, who will staff up with Caliste “Caliste” Henry-Hennebert. Caliste emerged as one in every of Karmine Corp’s standout performers in 2025, incomes the LEC Rookie of the Yr award for his spectacular debut season. With Busio becoming a member of forces alongside him, Karmine Corp seems poised to area a formidable bot lane duo able to difficult Europe’s finest groups.
If the transfer turns into last, Busio will reportedly change Raphaël “Targamas” Crabbé, who held the staff’s assist place all through the 2025 season. Although Busio is an import from NA, his Polish citizenship permits him to compete as an EU resident, giving Karmine Corp worthwhile roster flexibility below the LEC’s import guidelines, because the org additionally has gamers from Korea, similar to Canna within the high lane.
As Vladi remains to be exploring his affords from completely different groups, the staff may even have a contemporary new face within the mid lane. A number of sources counsel that Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu, a veteran coach recognized for his teaching expertise in leagues all over the world, such because the LCS, LPL, and LCK, is lined as much as lead Karmine Corp’s new lineup.
If confirmed, Busio would develop into the second North American import to affix the LEC after Jojopyun in simply two years. It’s additionally a transparent assertion of intent from Karmine Corp because it seems to be to solidify its place amongst Europe’s elite heading into 2026.
