Cloud9 is seemingly making a shock coup during the LCS offseason by signing Team Liquid’s League of Legends bot lane duo.
According to Sheep Esports’ report, Cloud9 are signing both Sean ‘Yeon’ Sung and Jo ‘CoreJJ’ Yong-in.
This means C9’s own impressive duo, Edward ‘Tactical’ Ra and Philippe ‘Vulcan’ Laflamme, will both leave.
However, according to Riot’s global contract database, Vulcan just extended his Cloud9 contract until November 2029.
Yeon and CoreJJ Head to Cloud9
This is the first time that Yeon will have played in Tier 1 on a team other than Team Liquid.
However, CoreJJ leaving Team Liquid is an especially seismic move for the LCS scene considering his time spent on the team.
A year after winning LoL Worlds 2017 with Samsung Galaxy, CoreJJ joined Team Liquid and has been with the team for eight years now.
In that time, he won seven LCS titles – including the most recent Summer Split, putting him one behind Peter ‘Doublelift’ Peng’s record.
The report suggests CoreJJ’s shotcalling will help jungler Robert ‘Blaber’ Huang, who will remain with Cloud9.
These moves come after both Team Liquid and Cloud9 disappointed at Worlds 2026.
Both LCS and LEC champions, Team Liquid and G2 Esports, were surprisingly eliminated from the Worlds Swiss Stage.
Meanwhile, Cloud9 was the first team eliminated from the Worlds Play-Ins, after losses to Karmine Corp, MVK Esports, and FURIA.
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Vulcan’s Surprising Exit
It’s also a surprising move considering Vulcan extended his Cloud9 contract to 2029 just last month.
Despite the team’s poor Play-Ins performance, the Canadian support impressed and is possibly North America’s best homegrown player in the role.
Cloud9 hasn’t won an LCS title since Spring 2023. Vulcan won two titles with the team in Spring 2020 and Summer 2021 during his first stint.
It’s unclear where Vulcan will move now, but Sheep Esports reports that Shopify Rebellion is interested.
LYON have also been rumoured to be looking for a support to replace Jonah ‘Isles’ Rosario.
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