Are you ready for the 2023 Worlds Finals? As the excitement builds, the LCK teams are gearing up for an explosive offseason. Let’s dive into the confirmed roster moves and most important rumors for the upcoming LCK 2023/2024 season.
The introduction of salary regulations is set to impact some organizations during the roster-building process. Nevertheless, we will still see some fantastic lineups, with new faces from the Challengers League joining the scene.
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LCK 2023/2024 Roster Shuffle Breakdown
Fredit BRION
There are significant changes to the Fredit BRION lineup. All players had their contracts expiring at the end of 2023, with only mid laner Karis and top laner Morgan extending their contracts. Former IG jungler gideon has joined BRO, alongside Envyy after his stint in the LPL, and Effort who extended his contract.
- Top: Morgan (contract re-sign)
- Jng: gideon
- Mid: Karis (contract extension)
- ADC: Envyy
- Supp: Effort
DRX
DRX has been through major changes. Despite being world champions in 2022, they found themselves fighting in the bottom half in 2023. This offseason, the contracts expired for Croco, FATE, and BeryL, leaving only Rascal and Paduck as returning members for 2024. In the other three roles, DRX brought up three rookies from their Challengers team.
- Top: Rascal
- Jng: Sponge
- Mid: SeTab
- ADC: Paduck
- Supp: Pleata
Nongshim RedForce
Nongshim RedForce is one of the few teams with a solid roster as all players are still under contract until next year. ADC Jiwoo’s contract has been extended until 2025.
Unless the team wants to shake things up with a roster move, this should be the 2024 lineup.
- Top: DnDn
- Jng: Sylvie
- Mid: FIESTA
- ADC: Jiwoo
- Supp: Peter
KT Rolster
KT Rolster had a bitter end to their Worlds 2023 run and is now going through major roster changes. Bdd is the only returning member, with Pyosik, BeryL, and Deft reuniting following their 2022 Worlds run. Rookie top laner PerfecT has been promoted from the academy team.
- Top: PerfecT
- Jng: Pyosik
- Mid: Bdd
- ADC: Deft
- Supp: BeryL
Kwangdong Freecs
Similar to Nongshim, Kwangdong Freecs should have most of the roster locked for next season. The organization made headlines when support player Jun was reported to join Fnatic in 2024, and it will continue with the other support player Andil.
- Top: Dudu
- Jng: YoungJae
- Mid: BuLLDoG
- ADC: Taeyoon
- Supp: Andil
Liiv SANDBOX
Liiv SANDBOX is making significant changes to its roster. They brought up top laner Clear from LSB Youth and extended jungler Willer’s contract until 2025.