This year’s League Worlds won’t have either MonteCristo or DoA

Your excitement might start to wear off after hearing that two of the most significant casters around won’t be present at the next League World Champion this year, as Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykkles and Erik “DoA” Lonnquist aren’t a part of the broadcast team.

Montecristo is considered to be the leading expert in South Korean League of Legends. The former CLG head coach has never been shy to publicly criticize Riot, and his involvement with the now banned Renegades may have put an end to his relationship with the game developer. DoA on his side won’t be appearing because of a schedule conflict which will prevent him from attending as a prt of the team this year.

In their place, Riot has brought in Chris “Papasmithy” Smith, and Nick “LastShadow” De Cesare to represent South Korea. Papasmithy is a caster for OGN, while LastShadow covers the SPOTV broadcast. The invited casters include some usual suspects from North America: David “Phreak” Turley, Joshua “Jatt” Leesman, Sam “Kobe” Hartman-Kenzler, and the other regular NA LCS talent. Newcomer Isaac “Azael” Cummings-Bentley will also join the team.

Mitch “Krepo” Voorspoels and Martin “Deficio” Lynge, Trevor “Quickshot” Henry, and Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere also join from the EU LCS. Challenger Series regulars James “Stress” O’Leary and Richard “Kam” Pulse also make the flight to the U.S.

Indiana “Frostkurinn” Black and Jake “Spawn” Tiberi are amongst the representatives from China’s LPL, while popular analyst Clement Chu joins the broadcast from the LMS. You can see the full list here.