{"id":35933,"date":"2024-05-23T01:30:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T05:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=35933"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T00:01:27","slug":"invictus-gaming-rebuild-lol-roster-with-vampire-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/invictus-gaming-rebuild-lol-roster-with-vampire-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Invictus Gaming rebuild LoL roster with Vampire signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, May 22, <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/\">League of Legends<\/a> team Invictus Gaming announced the signing of support Zhao &#8220;Vampire&#8221; Zhe-Can.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old&#8217;s arrival is part of a significant roster rebuild, which the Chinese team initiated following a concerning run through the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/lpl\/\">LoL Pro League (LPL)<\/a> 2024 Spring.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome Vampire from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EDG_Edward?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EDG_Edward<\/a> to the iG family! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fCPT9QCPZq\">pic.twitter.com\/fCPT9QCPZq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Invictus Gaming (@invgaming) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/invgaming\/status\/1793296268493480046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>As one of the league&#8217;s most successful teams, Invictus Gaming haven&#8217;t accomplished anything since their semifinal appearance at the 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/worlds\/\">LoL World Championship<\/a>. And despite not reaching a single LPL playoff stage in the 2023 season, IG decided to run it back with the same five in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Invictus saw some success and found themselves in the running for a mid-table finish. But they ran out of steam in the latter stages of the regular season, barely clinching a spot in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, their playoff run was rather short-lived, ending in the first round with a 2-3 loss to Weibo Gaming. Two months later, and with the summer season knocking on the doors, Invictus Gaming decided to rebuild. <\/p>\n<p>A day after parting ways with jungler Lu &#8220;Leyan&#8221; Jue, mid-laner Yuan &#8220;Cryin&#8221; Cheng-Wei, and ADC Zhang &#8220;Wink&#8221; Rui, IG promoted top-laner Cheng &#8220;ZUIAN&#8221; Zi-Hao, jungler Li &#8220;glfs&#8221; Hao, and ADC Zhao &#8220;neny&#8221; Zhi-Hao from the academy roster and added Vampire as the new starting support.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the four new arrivals, neny and Vampire are the only players with some experience in China&#8217;s top flight.<\/p>\n<p>Vampire debuted in the LPL with EDward Gaming, who signed him as starting support for the LPL 2024 Spring season. He also attended the pre-season NEST 2023 and Esports Shanghai Masters 2023, which EDward won with a 3-1 victory over Gen.G in the finals.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout LPL 2024 Spring, Vampire played 37 maps but posted somewhat underwhelming numbers. 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