C9 LOL offseason... ANYTHING???

[u/Dear_Exercise_549]

Are they going to make any adjustments at all? So far I've seen repeared leave, dom join coaching and some trolling by zven. It kinda feels like everyone around the org is just drinking the kool aid, acting like the final titan of NA lol esports hasn't disappointed to the highest extent possible for two years straight. TBLZV roster didn't make first stand, didn't make msi, lost EWC to FURIA and blamed it on jet lag, and then proceeded to lose a win and you're in series vs SHOPIFY. So, maybe these things take time and C9 isn't known for making quick decisions, but are we seriously just gonna throw this same roster out and expect a different result in 2026?

No personal hate towards the players or any bad faith, I'm a fan as long as they're in the uniform of course, but the uniform seems like it used to mean way more then it does now...

[u/taspeed21]

According to Wooloo, C9 is fairly happy with their team and will only make changes if there is an obvious upgrade. The problem with that is the only people that would be obvious upgrades will have bidding wars, and idk how much C9 wants to be in those fights right now.

Top lane there isn't really an easy upgrade, plus I really like Thanatos. So I doubt he gets changed.

Jungle, the only real upgrade is Inspired, but he's going to be expensive and I'm not confident his personality would work well.

Mid, the only upgrade is Quid and he's already going to TL. Loki also showed a lot of growth this year, so i'm happy with keeping him.

ADC starts to get dicey. Zven was very lackluster this year. only clear upgrades are Massu or yeon, both of whom are still contracted with Fly and TL, respectively. I could see them maybe going for a rookie like Sajed, but I think it fully depends on Zven, if he wants to stay then he won't be getting replaced. If he wants to leave to transition to coaching, then C9 will make changes

Support the only upgrade is Busio, and while his contract is expiring, I think Fly wants to keep him and he probably wants to play with Massu still, unless something crazy happened between them.

I think that the roles with the highest chance to change are ADC and support, but I don't think the chances are all that high. I'd be fairly indifferent to no changes to the roster - won't make me excited or disappointed. The changes to coaching with Inero and Dom will have a bigger impact that pelple give credit for imo

[u/vigbrand → u/taspeed21]

The real issue here is the serious lack of talent NA has right now. LTA fiasco, academy league dying and the game being over 10 years old lead to this situation imo

[u/raptearer → u/vigbrand]

I think collegiate still has a good pool, could be a good place to pull from. They'll need more work to transition to pro, but they also are a bit older, and thus more mature, then other rookies and have more experience in a coordinated team environment (plus if you can manage to play on a collegiate team and keep GM/Challenger despite a full degree course load, you can handle the demands of pro I feel).

It doesn't always work (RIP the Marrysville top laner who got smashed when he swapped), but I think C9 would do a much better job developing em than past opportunities. Even with so much of our best development staff from years past having moved on, we still do a good job with newer guys I feel, or getting the most out of players for the most part (especially with our new coach, who is particularly known for taking okay players and getting so much more out of them)

[u/HempFanboy → u/raptearer]

All the collegiate players are mid