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The League of Legends European Championship (LEC) Summer 2022 is about to begin, so here's a quick rundown of the 10 teams competing for the three spots at Worlds 2022.
Last split, G2 Esports were the champions and LEC representatives last Mid-Season Invitational 2022. Rogue was second, failing to get a win against G2 in the finals. Many roster changes occured during the previous off-season, with most of them happening in the teams that placed in the bottom five last season.
The LEC Summer 2022 Split will open up with a Superweek this June 17, scroll down to the end of this article to check out the game schedules.
LEC Summer 2022 Teams
G2 Esports
G2 Esports comes fresh from the Mid-Season Invitational 2022 last month, and has not reported any changes to their roster since. They exited MSI 2022 in the Semifinals after losing 3-0 to T1. This season, they will once again attempt to prove themselves as the best in the region, and perhaps in the world.
- Top Lane: Sergen “Brokenblade” Çelik
- Jungle: Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski
- Mid Lane: Rasmus “caPs” Winther
- Bot Lane: Victor “Flakked” Lirola
- Support: Raphaël “Targamas” Crabbé
Rogue
Rogue was very close to claiming the title of Champion last split, when nobody expected them to reach that far. They finished 2nd, only falling to G2 Esports in the finals. Spring 2022 was perhaps the time for their newly joined jungler and bot laner to meld into the team, and we might see an even more powerful Rogue this split now that their new players have taken more time to be integrated into the team.
- Top Lane: Andrei “Odoamne” Pascu
- Jungle: Kim “Malrang” Geun-seong
- Mid Lane: Emil “Larssen” Larsson
- Bot Lane: Markos “Comp” Stamkopoulos
- Support: Adrian “Trymbi” Trybus
Fnatic
Fnatic couldn't seem to find their groove since the 2021 Worlds incident that caused much controversy. Despite this, they haven't been severely underperforming, and remains as one of the stronger teams in the region. They finished third last split, following two series losses against G2 Esports. For this split, they also reported no starting roster changes. More time for the newly inundated top-jungle duo might do wonders for the team, so many eyes are also on Fnatic this Summer.
- Top Lane: Martin “Wunder” Hansen
- Jungle: Iván Martín “Razork” Díaz
- Mid Lane: Marek “Humanoid” Brázda
- Bot Lane: Elias “Upset” Lipp
- Support: Zdravets “Hylissang” Galabov
Misfits Gaming
Misfits took a big hit when news of their previous toplaner Shin “HiRit” Tae-min not being able to play for them this split broke out. HiRit has been a mainstay of the organization for two splits now, and has been a pillar for many of Misfits' in-game plays. Even if they're only replacing one person, the rest of the MSF squad has to go through an interesting adjustment because of this change.
- Top Lane: Joel Miro “Irrelevant” Scharoll
- Jungle: Lucjan “Shlatan” Ahmad
- Mid Lane: Vincent “Vetheo” Berrié
- Bot Lane: Matúš “Neon” Jakubčík
- Support: Mertai “Mersa” Sari
Team Vitality
Team Vitality had quite the underwhelming split. On paper, their Spring 2022 roster was considered “all-star,” and many expected them to dominate the rest of the teams in the region sans G2 Esports. Unfortunately, five exceptional individuals were not enough to make one exceptional team. This split, they made some changes to the roster, particularly involving the Jungle role.
- Top Lane: Barney “Alphari” Morris
- Jungle: Kang “Haru” Min-seung
- Jungle (Sub): Zhou “Bo” Yang-Bo
- Mid Lane: Luka “Perkz” Perković
- Bot Lane: Matyáš “Carzzy” Orság
- Support: Labros “Labrov” Papoutsakis
Oskar “Selfmade” Boderek, VIT's previous jungler, has been replaced by Haru and Bo. Whether this change will be effective in pulling the team together during in-game plays is yet to be seen, but at least they're trying to remedy the problems they saw in themselves last split.
EXCEL Esports
EXCEL has reported no changes to their roster, but since they replaced their support in the middle of the Spring split, this came as a surprise to noone. The team finished 6th last split, which might not sound like much, but this is the first time the org made it to the LEC playoffs. They only played one match though, as they were promptly kicked out of playoffs by Team Vitality.
- Top Lane: Finn “Finn” Wiestål
- Jungle: Mark “Markoon” van Woensel
- Mid Lane: Erlend “Nukeduck” Holm
- Bot Lane: Patrik “Patrik” Jírů
- Support: Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle
In other news, their previous support, Henk “Advienne” Reijenga, has found a new home in Giants in the Superliga.
MAD Lions
MAD barely didn't make it into playoffs last split, finishing 7th in the Group Stage. Despite having skilled players, they fell short in Spring. One key roster change is being made to increase their chances of success for this Summer.
- Top Lane: İrfan Berk “Armut” Tükek
- Jungle: Javier “Elyoya” Prades
- Mid Lane: Yasin “Nisqy” Dinçer
- Bot Lane: William “UNF0RGIVEN” Nieminen
- Support: Norman “Kaiser” Kaiser
Nisqy is objectively an upgrade from their previous mid laner, Steven “Reeker” Chen. Nisqy was put in many teams' and fans' radars after his year-long stint in Splyce, which was also his debut in the major region. Since then, he spent two years in the LCS as a member of Cloud9, and then went back to LEC as Fnatic's mid laner. Now, he'll bear the flag of the Lions, and lead them to a better result.
Reeker will play for Team BDS Academy this split.
SK Gaming
SK Gaming, despite their 8th place finish, did not report any changes to their roster. This makes them the only team in the bottom 5 that will play the same teams in Spring and Summer. Whether the reason was contract restrictions, budget issues, or simply because they believe in the players or something different is unknown to the public. All SK fans can do right now is watch and see if they have leveled up their play since last split.
- Top Lane: Janik “Jenax” Bartels
- Jungle: Erberl “Gilius” Demir
- Mid Lane: Daniel “Sertuss” Gamani
- Bot Lane: Jean “Jezu” Massol
- Support: Erik “Treatz” Wessén
Team BDS
BDS were one game away from placing last, and the org took this as a signal to make some changes to their starting roster. With changes to either side of the map, BDS hopes that this change will give them stronger side-lanes.
- Top Lane: Tobiasz “Agresivoo” Ciba
- Jungle: Jakub “Cinkrof” Rokicki
- Mid Lane: Ilias “NUCLEARINT” Bizriken
- Bot Lane: Matthew “xMatty” Coombs
- Support: Robert “Erdote” Nowak
Their ex-top laner, Adam “Adam” Maanane will play for Team BDS Academy, while support Dino “LIMIT” Tot has not been reported to play for any team this split.
Astralis
Much like BDS, Astralis has also took it upon themselves to do an almost complete overhaul of their roster after finishing dead last in the previous season.
- Top Lane: Tamás “Vizicsacsi” Kiss
- Jungle: Andre “Xerxe” Dragomir
- Mid Lane: Oliver “Dajor” Ryppa
- Bot Lane: Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup
- Support: Lee “JeongHoon” Jeong-hoon
Two of their previous players now play in the LFL: Nikolay “Zanzarah” Akatov plays for Misfits Premier, while Matti “WhiteKnight” Sormunen plays as the top laner for KOI. Hampus “promisq” Abrahamsson is a member of Rogue's Academy team AGO Rogue.
LEC Summer 2022 Schedule
The LEC Summer 2022 will open with a Superweek, that means three straight days of games! Check out the schedule here.
#LEC returns on 17 June!
Find your schedule for the Superweek here! 👇
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— LEC (@LEC) June 1, 2022
The weekend will open with Team Vitality against MAD Lions, and a total of 15 games will be played throughout the Superweek. The Match of the Week is Rogue vs G2 Esports, the last game on the second day.
The full schedule can be found on lolesports.com.
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