With the LAN finals of SL i-League StarSeries S2 just around the corner, StarLadder have announced that OpTic Gaming and Immortals will not make it to the tournament, in addition to SK Gaming. In their places, Cloud9, FlipSid3 Tactics and FaZe Clan will make the journey to Kiev and compete for the $300,000 prize pool.

The news comes on the heels of GODSENT and HellRaisers taking Fnatic and Team Liquid places at the main event, after the location was moved from Nanjing, China to Ukraine.

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While OpTic and Immortals both won their spot in the online NA Qualifiers, Immortals chose to compete in the ELEAGUE Season 2 qualifiers running concurrently to the finals instead. Meanwhile, OpTic are sitting it out to move into a new team house.

SK Gaming said that they would not be able to attend the event earlier this month, after rifler Fernando "fer" Alvarenga had to take a hiatus from the team to undergo ear surgery. While Gustavo "SHOOWTiME" Goncalves is standing in for him for online events, the team refuse to play a LAN until fer has recovered.

We won't play any LAN tournament without Fer. So we won't play a lan tournament until September, 20 - Date that fer will be ready to play. — Epitacio (@TACOCS) August 2, 2016

StarLadder initially gave the free slots to Renegades, FaZe and Cloud9. However, Renegades chose to participate in the Esports Championship Series Season 2 qualifiers instead, leading to FlipSid3 nabbing the final spot.

Presuming no additional switch-outs occur, the following teams will be competing in Kiev on Sept. 7-11.

INVITED QUALIFIED Natus Vincere Team Dignitas Virtus.Pro Heroic Ninjas in Pyjamas Team EnVyUs GODSENT MVP.Phoenix Astralis TyLoo G2 Esports VG.CyberZen Hellraisers Cloud9 FaZe Clan FlipSid3

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