Staff Liquid’s LCS roster will play their first video games collectively as a whole roster. Based on the League of Legends International Contract Database, star help participant Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in is now labeled as an LCS resident, that means Staff Liquid will have the ability to begin their full roster for Week 3 of the League Championship Sequence.
Staff Liquid was unable to play their full roster up till this level due to guidelines prohibiting using greater than two imports per group. Going into the season, along with holding onto CoreJJ, Staff Liquid additionally signed Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau and Steven “Hans sama” Liv. As a result of CoreJJ had not obtained his inexperienced card — one thing that may permit him to vary his residency from Korea to North America — the group was pressured to make use of a substitute in his place to abide by LCS guidelines. Regardless of having to as an alternative play with Invoice “Eyla” Nguyen as their help for the 2022 LCS Lock In, Staff Liquid managed to win the event.
Although Staff Liquid has made no announcement on CoreJJ’s eligibility, the group’s Normal Supervisor Jun “Dodo” Kang tweeted an image of Twisted Destiny holding a inexperienced card. The nontraditional card shade pointed to the tweet being a touch that CoreJJ had obtained his inexperienced card approval.
CoreJJ is likely one of the best and most adorned gamers within the historical past of the LCS. His accomplishments embody 5 LCS All-Professional 1st-Staff awards, an LCS Most Useful Participant award, two LCS Championships, and a World Championship. Initially enjoying in Korea for groups reminiscent of Samsung Galaxy and Gen.G, he has competed with Staff Liquid for greater than three years. The International Contract Database now designates his residency standing as NA, that means he’ll now beable to compete with the group as a non-import.