The first of the four mini tournaments in Riot UK’s new League of Legends tournament – Forge of Champions – kicks off this week on June 22nd. And the eight teams taking part in stage two of the competition have started to announce their player rosters and talent.
Here’s our ongoing roundup so far of the eight former Prem teams who will play in stage 2. Note, this is a work in progress, so there are many TBCs in here. Enclave and exceL look to be the first two orgs who have announced their full rosters.
(please DM us if you want to add your team or make an amendment)
Barrage Esports
Taking Raise Your Governors’ spot from the Prem last split, here’s their line-up so far:
- Top: James “Governor” Gove
- Jungle: TBC
- Mid: Sebastian “Zeb” Vican
- ADC: Jake “Jakamaka” Sampson-Roberts
- Support: Bart “Bartiono” Wessels
Diabolus
Diabolus have yet to reveal their full player roster, but have announced some of their staff:
- Manager: Jake “Jakey” Reynolds
- Head coach: Jake “Mora” Hammond
- League of Legends director: Simon “Sven” Svensson
exceL Esports
exceL have kept the majority of their UK Masters-winning team the same, bringing in Ripi into the mid-lane and Quixeth to the support role.
- Top: Rosendo “Send0o” Fuentes
- Jungle: Christian “Taxer” Jensen
- Mid: Calvin “Ripi” Law
- ADC: Alexander “Venzer” Kostadinov
- Support: August “Quixeth” Skarsfjord
- Sub mid-laner: Corey Beeley
- General manager: Ryan “Barnetto” Barnett
- Head coach: Josh “Furndog” Furneaux
- Player development coach: Jon Ellis
Enclave Gaming
Enclave opt for a mix of experience and newer blood for their line-up:
- Top: Ashley “Rifty” Mayes
- Jungle: Christian “Munckizz” Munck
- Mid: Duc “Eren” Anh Nguyen
- ADC: Andy “Bendy” Forman
- Support: Mantas “Hadow” Sukevičius
- Sub: Serge “Skudzy” Huleani
- Team manager: Richard “Froomie” Froom
- Head coach: Bjørn-Vegar “iHansen” Hansen
- Analyst: Matt “Rtfx” Derby
- Strategic coach: James “FireVortex” Warren
Misfits Academy
It looks like the most recent ESL Prem champions have not yet announced a fully revised line-up, but players like Prosfair still state they play for the side in their Twitter bios.
Special has moved into sub role for their main LCS team, replaced by xKenzuke in the mid-lane.
- Top: Jordan “Shikari” Pointon
- Jungle: Mo “Afflict” Chinoune
- Mid: Serkan “xKenzuke” Atilgan
- ADC: Lars “Chrisberg” Christiansen
- Support: Tom “Prosfair” Willis
MnM Gaming
MnM had a disappointing split in the most recent ESL Prem and will be looking for some better performances in the Forge of Champions.
Their roster has not yet been announced as far as we can tell, so here’s who was with them at the start of the last ESL Prem split (we’ve reached out to them for an update):
- Top: Only Angel (TBC)
- Jungle: Skudzy (now with Enclave)
- Mid: Tivity (TBC)
- ADC: Joekerism (TBC)
- Support: Kamilius (TBC)
- Coach: Fykling (TBC)
Wind and Rain
Wind and Rain’s full roster hasn’t been announced yet, but here’s who’s currently listed on WAR’s League of Legends team roster page:
- Top: Andrei “Orome” Popa (now on another team)
- Jungle: Dan “Dan” Hockley (TBC)
- Mid: Sergi “Lvsyan” Madrigal Gomez (now on another team)
- ADC: Matthew “xMatty” Coombs (now on another team)
- Support: Labros “Labrov” Papoutsakis (TBC)
- Coach: Baltat “AoD” Alin-Ciprian (TBC)
Have we missed anyone? Please DM us on Twitter with your info and we’ll add you to the article
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
