Crew Vitality has in the end launched its LEC lineup for 2023.
As anticipated based mostly on the offseason leaks, Vitality’s new League of Legends roster is constructed round one participant from the 2022 squad: Perkz. The opposite 4 gamers embrace three newcomers to the group and a participant who has not but made his debut within the European competitors—Matúš “Neon” Jakubčík, Norman Kaiser, Kyeong “Photon” Gyu-tae, and Zhou “Bo” Yang-Bo.
Three of those gamers noticed their contracts run out within the final two months, and all three of them had been already rumored to affix Vitality’s ranks within the LEC. Bo, alternatively, joined Vitality instead in June 2022 and has now been promoted to the primary jungler position. He beforehand was part of FunPlus Phoenix and eStar Younger.
Bo isn’t the one imported participant on Vitality’s 2023 roster, although. Photon joins the squad after a one-year stint with T1 Challengers. He additionally beforehand represented the academy of Liiv SANDBOX and Gen.G.
The 2 European gamers becoming a member of Vitality are Neon and Kaiser. The previous discovered himself teamless after Misfits bid farewell to the LEC this yr and was changed by Crew Heretics. The latter performed beneath MAD Lions’ banner for the previous three years, hoisting two LEC trophies in that point. He left MAD in November regardless of having one other yr on his contract, together with his substitute on the staff being one other famend European assist, Hylissang.
The LEC will return on Jan. 21 with the 2023 Winter Break up, which was introduced on Nov. 18 alongside another adjustments to the competitors’s format.