League of Legends: How every LCS team can upgrade their roster
By Josh Tyler
8. OpTic
Out: Niship “Dhokla” Doshi
In: Impact
If Liquid does the right thing and dumps Impact after the spring split, there is no better landing spot for him than OpTic. They’re a young, struggling organization backed by some deep pockets and one of the proudest esports legacies out there. Adding a former World Champion who can provide a steadying influence and will be looking to bounce back is exactly what they need.
There would also be the added benefit of having three Koreans on the team (along with Arrow and Crown, Impact has NA residency and would not take up an import slot) who can share the language, and it would make OpTic a team with two World Champions on their roster.
Does this move magically make them a top-tier team? Not at all, but it does free them from the anchor that was Dhokla.
Because, with all due respect to Dhokla, he was flat-out the worst top laner in the LCS in spring, and may have even been the worst player in the LCS. He died more than any other top laner not named Huni, beat out only Darshan in terms of gold per minute, was the only starting LCS top with a kill participation below 50%, and had the highest share of his team’s deaths. Oh, and he was down nearly 500 gold at 15 minutes on average.
As bad as Impact performed last year, he was at least better than Dhokla.