League of Legends: How every LCS team can upgrade their roster
By Josh Tyler
3. Cloud9
Out: Tristan “Zeyzal” Stidam
In: Andy “Smoothie” Ta
A controversial opinion, perhaps, but name me another player on Cloud9 that could be swapped out. Zeyzal had a pretty poor split compared to other supports in the LCS, with one of the lowest vision per minute scores in the league.
Smoothie would be a logical choice to take over, given he and Sneaky were a fairly dominant duo lane a few years earlier. However, it might not be possible for C9 to pry Smoothie away from TSM and Smoothie might not even want to return.
4. FlyQuest
Out: Jason “WildTurtle” Tran
In: Cody “Cody Sun” Sun
FlyQuest was one of the biggest surprise teams of the Spring Split, with multiple players – Santorin and Pobelter in particular – outperforming their expectations. WildTurtle, however, was not one of them.
True to his name, WildTurtle was one of the most reckless AD Carries in the LCS dying more than any ADC in the split. He was also the only AD who accounted for more than 20% of his team’s deaths on the year. All of this was despite the fact that Turtle also had some of the lowest damage and gold numbers in the league, meaning all those deaths weren’t resulting in big net gains for himself or his team.
There are a ton of options who could replace WildTurtle, from young players like Auto or Asta to more experienced players needing a change of scenery like Piglet or Noh “Arrow” Dong-hyeon. One who is being overlooked, though, is Cody Sun.
The former standout for 100 Thieves in 2018, Cody spent the spring on the academy team for Clutch. There, he posted good numbers, among the highest gold per minute, gold share, and kill share numbers among academy ADCs. Giving a young, more cautious ADC a shot over Turtle might be an option worth exploring.