League of Legends 2019 professional season – who will be playing?
By Richelle Lau
LCK (South Korea)
Start Date
- January 16th, 2019
Format
- Ten teams compete against each other in a double round robin format, with best of three matches
Teams & Rosters
Afreeca Freecs:
- Brook (Top), Kiin (Top), Dread (Jungle), Spirit (Jungle), SSUN (Mid), Ucal (Mid), Aiming (Bot), SSol (Bot), Jelly (Support), Proud (Support)
DAMWON Gaming:
- Nuguri (Top), Canyon (Jungle), Punch (Jungle), ShowMaker (Mid), Calm (Bot), Nuclear (Bot), BeryL (Support), Hoit (Support)
Gen.G:
- CuVee (Top), Roach (Top), Peanut (Jungle), Fly (Mid), Ruler (Bot), Life (Support)
Griffin:
- Sword (Top), Tarzan (Jungle), Chovy (Mid), Viper (Bot), Kabbie (Support), Lehends (Support)
Hanwha Life:
- SoHwan (Top), Thal (Top), Bono (Jungle), Moojin (Jungle), Lava (Mid), Tempt (Mid), Clever (Bot), Sangyoon (Bot), Asper (Support), Key (Support)
Jin Air Green Wings:
- Lindarang (Top), TaNa (Top), Malrang (Jungle), Seize (Jungle), CheonGo (Mid), Grace (Mid), Stitch (Bot), Route (Bot), Kellin (Support), Nova (Support)
Kingzone DragonX:
- Rascal (Top), Cuzz (Jungle), PawN (Mid), Deft (Bot), TusiN (Support)
KT Rolster:
- Kingen (Top), Smeb (Top), Score (Jungle), UmTi (Jungle), Bdd (Mid), Gango (Bot), Zenit (Bot), Mia (Support), SnowFlower (Support)
SANDBOX Gaming:
- Summit (Top), Wizer (Top), Crush (Jungle), OnFleek (Jungle), Dove (Mid), Ghost (Bot), Hollow (Bot), DoRaoN (Support), joker (Support), Totoro (Support)
SK Telecom T1
- Crazy (Top), Khan (Top), Clid (Jungle), Haru (Jungle), Faker (Mid), Gori (Mid), Leo (Bot), Teddy (Bot), Effort (Support), Mata (Support)
LPL (China)
Start Date
- January 14th, 2019
Format
- Best of three matches with 16 teams playing matches within their own drawn groups and against their opposing group.
Teams & Rosters
Bilibili Gaming:
- ADD (Top), Chieftain (Jungle), Meteor (Jungle), Kuro (Mid), Jinjiao (Bot), Kine (Support), Mni (Support)
EDward Gaming:
- Ray (Top), Clearlove (Jungle), Haro (Jungle), Scout (Mid), iBoy (Bot), Meiko (Support)
FunPlus Phoenix:
- GimGoon (Top), Tian (Jungle), Xinyi (Jungle), Doinb (Mid), Lwx (Bot), Crisp (Support)
Invictus Gaming:
- Duke (Top), TheShy (Top), Ning (Jungle), Rookie (Mid), JackeyLove (Bot), Baolan (Support)
JD Gaming:
- Zoom (Top), Flawless (Jungle), Levi (Jungle), YaGao (Mid), Bvoy (Bot), imp (Bot), LvMao (Support)
LGD Gaming:
- Lies (Top), Condi (Jungle), Eimy (Jungle), Ian (Mid), Yuuki (Mid), Kramer (Bot), RD (Bot), Pyl (Support)
Oh My God:
- Xiyang (Top), Ale (Top), I3est16 (Jungle), Mountain (Jungle), Penguin (Jungle), icon (Mid), Chelly (Bot), Five (Support), Xuan (Support)
Rogue Warriors:
- Jiangqiao (Top), Zhaoyun (Top), Xuzhu (Jungle), HuaTian (Mid), Jingtian (Mid), KongMing (Mid), ZWuJi (Bot), Killua (Support)
RNG:
- AmazingJ (Top), Karsa (Jungle), Mlxg (Jungle), Xiaohu (Mid), Uzi (Bot), Able (Bot), Ming (Support)
SinoDragon:
- Changhong (Top), Xiaopeng (Jungle), Twila (Mid), Gala (Bot), Mark (Support), Mitsuki (Support)
Snake Esports:
- Flandre (Top), SofM (Jungle), Andy (Mid), Mala (Mid), Asura (Bot), Maestro (Support)
Suning:
- XiaoAL (Top), H4cker (Jungle), Maple (Mid), Smlz (Bot), SwordArT (Support)
Team WE:
- 957 (Top), Poss (Top), beishang (Jungle), Magic (Jungle), chen9 (Mid), xiye (Mid), GENTLE (Bot), Mystic (Bot), Missing (Support), Sun (Support)
Topsports Gaming:
- 369 (Top), Moyu (Top), Xx (Jungle), Knight (Mid), LokeN (Bot), QiuQiu (Bot), Ben (Support), Cat (Support)
Vici Gaming:
- Aodi (Top), Chelizi (Top), Aix (Jungle), Youdang (Jungle), FireRain (Mid), Jay (Mid), Puff (Bot), Snow (Bot), Caveman (Support), Southwind (Support)
Victory Five:
- Jinoo (Top), Ben4 (Jungle), Pepper (Jungle), Corn (Mid), Y4 (Bot), Ley (Support), Road (Support)
And there we have it, the formats and teams playing for each of the major regions for this year’s League of Legends professional scene! Which professional region will you be watching and what teams are you most excited to see in action in 2019? Let us know down in the comments below!