The NLC is back! Competitive League of Legends returned to the UK, Ireland and Nordics this week as the first Division 1 Spring 2022 games kicked off.
After a long off-season, which got the NLC community talking, saw prizing revealed and the NLC 2022 casters announced, Megalodontus rounds up all the teams and players in NLC Division 1 and 2.
NLC Division 1 teams and rosters
After Freaks 4U Gaming took on NLC organising duties from DreamHack, it ran a calibration tournament to determine which ten teams would reach Division 1, which has a single group.
Many teams from last summer have gone, notably Fnatic Rising, Godsent, Galaxy Racer, KOVA Esports, Nordavind (now 00 Nation), Tricked Esport (NLC summer champions), Resolve and Granit Gaming. However, some newcomers have joined, like X7 and Astralis Talent.
The NLC also recently announced Kit Kat will be returning as an official partner of the ERL.
These are the 10 teams that will be in Division 1 for Spring 2022:
Astralis Talent
- Top lane: Carlsen
- Jungler: Taxer
- Mid lane: Chres
- Bot lane: Chrisberg
- Support: Wendelbo
- Head Coach: Donby
JD Excel
JD Excel really made headlines when Kikis, a veteran top laner/jungler in the European scene, was rumoured to roleswap to support. The NLC stream also revealed that the team are going by the name JD Excel now (instead of BT XL), despite no official announcement just yet.
- Top lane: Kryze
- Jungler: Dan
- Mid lane: EMENES
- Bot lane: Zamulek
- Support: Kikis
- Head Coach: Torok
Dusty
- Top lane: Eyliph
- Jungler: Viking
- Mid lane: Backlund
- Bot lane: Venzer
- Support: FGG
- Head Coach: Zen
Bifrost
- Top lane: Shikari
- Jungler: Cboi
- Mid lane: Furuy
- Bot lane: Odi11
- Support: DuaLL
- Head Coach: D2K
MNM Gaming
They left it late, they left it great – MNM announced their roster earlier today:
- Top lane: Bobista
- Jungler: Kanna
- Mid lane: RoyalKanin
- Bot lane: Mishigu
- Support: DrChaos
- Head Coach: ikkine
X7 Esports
X7’s LoL roster turned heads – it features two Korean import players including jungler Haru, who was part of the 2017 Samsung Galaxy Worlds winning roster.
- Top lane: Jaeger
- Jungler: Haru
- Mid lane: Tempt
- Bot lane: Nata
- Support: Kasing
- Head Coach: Nias
Team Singularity
Singularity are fielding a student-only team this season.
- Top lane: Tatuy
- Jungler: pawp
- Mid lane: Muter (benched as of Feb 14th)
- Bot lane: Zpkiee
- Support: JeppeHou
- Head Coach: Rai
Vanir
Vanir initially had a cheeky joke announcement before their official one embedded below.
- Top lane: Nille
- Jungler: Noodle
- Mid lane: Sahira
- Bot lane: Kehvo
- Support: Quixeth
- Head Coach: Flash
NYYRIKKI
- Top lane: Petoska
- Jungler: de sidere
- Mid lane: Eyhro
- Bot lane: Azitor
- Support: Abagnale
- Head Coach: Sotze
Riddle Esports
- Top lane: Kektz
- Jungler: MC
- Mid lane: SlowQ
- Bot lane: FatihCan
- Support: Nukes
- Head Coach: Dont Ban Nida
NLC Division 2 teams and rosters
Teams that didn’t make the cut in the Division 1 calibration tournament also got to try their hand at qualifying for Division 2, since the Telia Leagues and the UKLC system have been revamped/combined into Division 2.
While Nox Esports have recently announced they will be ceasing all operations and we have yet to see who takes over (and several team rosters are to be confirmed), these are the current teams for Division 2. We’ll update this article when the confirmed rosters are announced.
And of course, we are also very excited about the teams in Division 2: @LDNUTD @DominoEsports @Verdant_gg @NoxEsportsUK @NativzGG @MunsterRGaming @LightsideSWE @Floengesports @Lucent_Esports @AaBesport pic.twitter.com/UFB0LTfmw7
— NLC (@NLClol) December 21, 2021
Lundqvist Lightside
- Top lane: Zvene
- Jungler: Svikter
- Mid lane: Tjockpung
- Bot lane: Sayna
- Support: Touch
- Head Coach: wicked
Verdant
- Top lane: Valkyrie
- Jungler: I am Kees
- Mid lane: Erixen
- Bot lane: Draconium
- Support: Winter
- Head Coach: Surza
Munster Rugby Gaming
- Top lane: Stumpy
- Jungler: Gaboesh
- Mid lane: Chemera
- Bot lane: Mirbs
- Support: Baloo
- Sub: Riron
- Head Coach: Number99
Domino esports
- Top lane: RIPPED
- Jungler: Sidon
- Mid lane: Shaolin
- Bot lane: Kris
- Support: Denden
- Head Coach: Blodsteel
Lucent Esports
Lucent Esports announced their arrival in Division 2 by taking over Alpha Pack Esports’ spot.
- Top lane: Kastrullen
- Jungler: Fantasii
- Mid lane: Sintax
- Bot lane: Fuyu
- Support: Zimba
Nativz
- Top lane: Lunddorf
- Jungler: Sn1lle
- Mid lane: Rylle
- Bot lane: Jopa
- Support: Cl0x
- Head Coach: Demb
LDN UTD
LDN UTD’s situation was delicate after LDN UTD announced their future in UK League of Legends was up in the air.
On January 20th 2022 however they announced their roster, retaining their top, jungle and mid players who won the now defunct UKEL with LDN UTD, with a new bot lane:
- Top lane: IcyGale
- Jungler: Dunlosi
- Mid lane: Koussay3
- Bot lane: Kzed
- Support: Divinuss
- Coach: Sama
AaB Esport
- Top lane: Gunkus
- Jungler: Bobas
- Mid lane: Bueben
- Bot lane: Khanh
- Support: Tun
(Nox’s replacement)
Nox Esports have ceased operations but it seems their roster is sticking together. However, they are entering the Division 2 matches without an team or sponsor at this point of time.
Fløng Esports Elite
Fløng Esports Elite have not announced their roster yet, but sources close to Esports News UK say this is the roster they will most likely field:
- Top lane: Vangsted
- Jungler: Shafty
- Mid lane: Erolle
- Bot lane: Guffe
- Support: RottenBengi
- Head Coach: Munkholm
NLC Division 3, 4 and 5 teams and rosters
While we aren’t listing every single team in this article in division 3 and below, as there will be so many rosters for one article, we’d be happy to consider adding your roster to the article if you get in touch.
Endangered
Endangered have also put together a google sheet for divisions 3 to 5.
Belfast Storm
Viperio
Espergærde eSport
Pendragon Esports
- Top: Rhael
- Jungle: Seal
- Mid: Insidious
- ADC: Hawkeye
- Support: Techy
- Sub support: Hycelot
- Sub mid/jungle: Dench Rabbit
Read more: Caster switches to player following closure of third-party leagues: Interview with Pendragon Esports on their all-UK NLC Division 3 LoL roster
Venomcrest Esports
Nativz Talent
nDurance Gaming
NLC’s Division 1 began this week and Division 2 starts on January 25th. You can catch the action on the NLC Twitch channel.
Megalodontus is a miraculous survivor from the mass extinction and somehow learnt how to use his stubby fins to operate complicated mechanical equipment and drink tea. Worryingly for cryptozoologists, he’s been writing League of Legends articles too.
A self-taught writer who’s had the privilege to work with good editors who aren’t terrified of his pearly whites, Megalodontus is often seen writing either independently or for various websites such as this one. When not writing, he usually runs it down mid in real life and is fascinated with watching paint dry.
