Kryze and Special join Excel Esports’ LEC roster
They will be replacing Expect and Mickey.
League of Legends European Championship’s (LEC)Excel Esportshas just announced the addition of Felix “Kryze” Hellström and Joran “Special” Scheffer to its roster.
Hailing from the German academy squad, Unicorns Of Love Sexy Edition, Kryze will be taking over the role of former member Ki “Expect” Dae-han as the team’s top laner.
Excel coach Joey “YoungBuck” Steltenpool noted that Kryze’s stats were “phenomenal” for a rookie and that he was impressed by Kryze’s very diverse champion pool.
“I think that signing him is one of the most important steps that we could take to make playoffs and qualify for Worlds,” said YoungBuck.
He may be new to the#LECbut don’t let that fool you, he is here to dominate the top lane.Welcome to the team@KryzeLoL????#ThriveTogetherpic.twitter.com/yEhDYoWwG5
Special has been promoted from the academy team BT Excel to Excel Esports as the team’s latest midlaner, replacing Son “Mickey” Young-min.
Special has been professionally playing League of Legends as a midlaner since 2015. He has been with the academy and the LEC in the past as a member of the Misfits Academy (now Misfits Premier) back in 2018 and as a substitute player forFnaticback in 2017.
Welcome@SpecialLoL_as our new#LECmidlaner!Joran has been promoted to our LEC roster and joins the rest of the team ahead of the 2020 Summer Split.#ThriveTogether#XLWINpic.twitter.com/uBLA7H1CwU
Excel Esports ended the LEC 2020 Spring Split in a disappointing 7th place, and missed out on theSpring Playoffs. The team decided to let go of its Korean players Expect andMickeyafter reviewing the roster’s performance.
Statement regarding our#LECroster.pic.twitter.com/WDtNXxJKFp
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