Hours after announcing their entrance in the North American LCS along with their first four roster members, NRG eSports have confirmed to theScore eSports that former Gravity AD Carry Johnny “Altec” Ru will be joining the team as their starting AD Carry.

"We decided we wanted Altec for our organization because we've seen his ability to perform highly in a variety of different situations throughout his League career,” said Chad "History Teacher" Smeltz, NRG’s General Manager. “With Altec being in the ADC spot, we're confident that we've created a team that meshes well both on and off the Rift. We're looking forward to having him work with the rest of the roster in the coming days."

A team built on the ideology of fusion, Altec will be the second primary English speaker on the team alongside jungler Galen “Moon” Holgate. Two members of NRG’s team are from South Korea, as Lee “GBM” Chang-seok and Jung “Impact” Eon-yeong are taking up the two non-residential spots on the starting roster. In the middle will be their rookie linchpin in the support role, as Kevin “KonKwon” Kwon, who was born and lived in South Korea/Japan before moving to the eastern United States as a child, is fluent in both English and Korean. The inexperienced but heralded support will be key in uniting the two different sides of NRG.

“I'm excited to take part in a team that has a roster that I can continue to grow and learn from. Between the roster, the coaching staff, and my determination, I think we'll be able to go far,” Altec told theScore eSports.

Altec is no stranger to playing on teams with Korean imports as he started the 2015 spring split on Winterfox, a team that had more native Korean speakers than English ones at one point. After Winterfox was relegated from the LCS, the young Canadian AD Carry moved over to Gravity, signing with another squad that would start two Korean imports in their starting five. Unlike on Winterfox, Altec thrived in his new surroundings and became one of the best AD Carries of the 2015 summer split. He was regarded as a possible MVP candidate until Gravity’s collapse at the end of the season.

Gravity made the postseason and the North American Regional Finals, but were eliminated without a victory in either, first losing to Team SoloMid in the playoffs and then experiencing a reverse sweep against Cloud9. Not too long after, it was announced that Gravity were in the process of selling their spot in the NA LCS like various other teams in the competition.

Altec led all AD Carries in DMG% during last season’s North American LCS split, playing the ace role for his former Gravity team.

NRG's roster is as follows:

Top: Jung “Impact” Eon-yeong

Jungle: Galen “Moon” Holgate

Mid: Lee “GBM” Chang-seok

AD Carry: Johnny “Altec” Ru

Support: Kevin “KonKwon” Kwon

Tyler "Fionn" Erzberger is a staff writer for theScore eSports who covers the North American LCS and Korea's Champions. You can follow him on Twitter.