After a wacky 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:League of Legends offseason, former Team SoloMid jungler Joshua "Dardoch" Hartnett will be joining Dignitas for the upcoming 2020 LCS S꧑ummer Split, the team announced on Tuesday.
The jungler position for Dignitas was somewhat of a vulnerability for the team during the Spring Split, benching Jonathan "Grig" Armao in favor of Matthew "Akaadian" Higginbotham seven weeks into the season. After winning just five out twelve possible matches with Grig, Dignitas improved with Akaadian, going 3-3, just narrowly missing playoffs. On the flip side, Dardoch with TSM finished the Spring Split in fourth place, losing to Flyquest in a tight playoff ma💛tchup.
While it was assumed that Akaadian would be the team's starting jungler for the upcoming split, the acquisition of Dardoch throws a wrench into situation. While livestreaming on Twitch, Akaadian that Dignitas would be holding a "tryout week," where every player on the roster will compete in scrims, and from there 🐬the Dignitas brass would "build the best team for LCS."
This seems like more of the same for the two junglers, who have both bounced around from team to team for the majority of their careers. Dardoch, who is now joining his fourteenth professional League of Legends squad, has yet to play for a team for more than a year and a half. The jungler's longest stint with a single team was wit𒅌h Team Liquid, where he alternated between the LCS and Academy rosters from August 2015 to November 2016. He even rejoined Team Liquid for another brief, four month stint with the team in July 2017.
Akaadian's career seems to be defined by him having to constantly prove himself to his organization's management. Th♍e twenty-three-year-old jungler joined Dignitas at the end of 2019, after his now infamous split with TSM where he was forced to share and compete for time with fellow jungler Grig. Akaadian has been very vocal about his displeasure for the situation, saying he would much rather have a confirmed spot, whether that be Academy or LCS, than have to constantly battle for his joꦅb, not knowing where he'd wind up.
In his Twitch stream, Akaadian made it clear that this would not be another TSM situation, and that either him or Dardoch would have the starting job, and the other will be in Academy. He also expressed that he's not "upset about it," explaining how "it's just one week... I'm not🉐 bothered by it. It's really fine."
In joining Dignitas, Dardoch hopes to find stability after an offseason characterized by drama and even more drama. Back on May 11th, TSM president Leena Xu was overheard on Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng's Twitch stream (who just happens to be TSM's attack-damage carry as well as Leena's boyfriend) saying on a phone call that "no one wants to pick up" Dardoch. The news devoured espor🌱ts outlets, many pointing out the conflict of interest created by the two. Dardoch, who received plenty of support from the community, looks to put the entire situation behind him in his future with Dignitas.
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