After publishing the League of Legends Championship Series changes for the fast-approaching 2022 LCS season, Riot made it clear that the preseason Lock-In tournament was a must-have.
After a wildly successful maiden voyage in 2021, the unique regional tournament will make a return early next year. Starting on January 14th, the LCS’ ten teams will go head-to-head in a multi-stage tournament for a $150,000 cash prize.
While the event will showcase all of the 2021 post-season roster changes, it has no bearing on the 2022 season. Winning the tournament will not yield any special privileges in the 2022 Spring Split, but it will show the LCS community who to keep their eyes on when the split begins on February 5th.
Lock-In Format and Groupings
Like last season, the 2022 Lock-In tournament consists of two five-team groups labeled Group A and Group B. Group A was drafted by the 2021 Summer Split champions 100 Thieves, and Group B was selected by the 2021 Summer Split runner-ups Team Liquid.
100 Thieves won the 2021 League of Legends Championship Series title.Unlike tournaments later in the season, the Lock-In tournament will include all 10 LCS teams: 100 Thieves, Cloud9, Counter Logic Gaming, Team Liquid, FlyQuest, Golden Guardians, Dignitas, TSM, Immortals, and Evil Geniuses.
The tournament’s group stage will follow the same round robin format as last season; all five teams in each group will play against the other four teams in their group once in a best-of-one format.
After every team has matched up against all of the other teams in their group, the top four teams from each group will transition to the knockout stage.
The quarterfinals will be held in the traditional best-of-three format. Just like last year, both the semi-finals and finals will be best-of-five. The finals winner will bring home 100 percent of the $150,000 cash prize and bragging rights until the Spring Split opens early March. The drafted groupings are as follows:
Group A
- 100 Thieves
- Cloud9
- TSM
- Golden Guardians
- FlyQuest
Group B
- Team Liquid
- CLG
- Dignitas
- Evil Geniuses
- Immortals
New Rosters and Debuts
After a wild 2021 season and a disappointing LCS showing in the LWC (League of Legends World Championship), almost every LCS team has made some significant roster changes. While each roster change will be covered in greater detail at a later date, here are all ten rosters for the 2022 LCS season.
100 Thieves
- Top: Ssumday, Tenacity
- Jungle: Closer
- Mid: Abbedagge
- ADC: FBI
- Support: huhi
Team Liquid
- Top: Bwipo
- Jungle: Santorin
- Mid: Bjergsen
- ADC: Hans sama
- Support: CoreJJ
Cloud9
- Top: Summit
- Jungle: Blaber
- Mid: Fudge
- ADC: Berserker
- Support: Isles
TSM
- Top: Huni
- Jungle: Spica
- Mid: Keaiduo
- ADC: Tactical
- Support: Shenyi
FlyQuest
- Top: Kumo
- Jungle: Josedeodo
- Mid: toucouille
- ADC: Johnsun
- Support: aphromoo
Dignitas
- Top: FakeGod
- Jungle: River
- Mid: Blue
- ADC: Neo
- Support: Biofrost
CLG
- Top: Jenkinz
- Jungle: Contractz
- Mid: Palafox
- ADC: Luger
- Support: Poome
Golden Guardians
- Top: Licorice
- Jungle: Pridestalkr
- Mid: Ablazeolive
- ADC: Lost
- Support: Olleh
Evil Geniuses
- Top: Impact
- Jungle: Inspired
- Mid: Jojopyun
- ADC: Danny
- Support: Vulcan
Immortals
- Top: Revenge
- Jungle: Xerxe
- Mid: PowerOfEvil
- ADC: Wild Turtle
- Support: Destiny
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