LEC displays on-air ability lineup for 2021 League of Legends season

The League of Legends European Championship has unveiled its lineup of on-air talent for the 2021 season's broadcasts. while it is generally unchanged from 2020's lineup, former professional player Marc 'Caedrel' Lamont and European Masters caster Dan 'Foxdrop' Wyatt be part of the team. As pronounced final week, Indiana 'Froskurinn' Black will now not function after declining to re-signal her contract with the LEC.

With staple names like Eefje 'Sjokz' Depoortere and Trevor 'Quickshot' Henry returning, fanatics can expect lots of the identical in terms of this season's coverage of European LoL. however, many are excited on the new additions of Caedral and Foxdrop.

Caedral is available in off the back of a five-12 months competitive career within the European League of Legends scene, having played jungler for the likes of H2K, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and Excel. He first dipped his toes into broadcasting right through the 2020 LEC summer time Playoffs, the place he looked as an analyst, earlier than casting at the European Masters. He impressed ample to land himself a role on the ability crew for LoL Worlds a couple of weeks later.

Foxdrop returns for his 2nd stint on the LEC broadcast group after previously appearing as a caster during the 2018 and 2019 seasons. He makes his comeback after spending over a year commentating for ecu Masters, the league sitting beneath the LEC.

Meet the onair ability for #LEC 2021!

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— LEC (@LEC) January 18, 2021

while both Caedral and Foxdrop have certainly merited getting full-time gigs with the LEC, some have commented on the lack of range on the crew, with host Sjokz and interviewer Laure 'Bulii' Valée now the handiest feminine members. whereas she describes the team as "miraculous", the outgoing Froskurrin also points out the lack of ethnic diversity, calling the lineup "blindingly white".

The 2021 LEC Spring split gets underway this week on Friday, January 22 with reigning champion G2 taking on MAD Lions.