compLexity have disclosed that Rory "dephh" Jackson from the United Kingdom and Josh "shinobi" Abastado, formerly a member of Denial, have joined coL.

Before the end of 2015, it was revealed that Kory "⁠SEMPHIS⁠" Friesen and Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta were not going to be a part of coL in the upcoming year. These two players were sold to TSM and they formed a new lineup which consists of players from Canada and the USA.

Hunter "⁠SicK⁠" Mims and Ronnie "⁠ryx⁠" Bylicki were operating as stand-ins for coL but SicK joined the new TSM lineup and ryx did not end up becoming a permanent member of the roster. The lack of a stable five-man squad forced the team to withdraw from the MLG Americas Minor, passing up on their chance to earn a ticket to the MLG Colombus qualifier.



fRoD will play a pivotal role in this new lineup

The management decided to bring in 24-year-old Rory "⁠dephh⁠" Jackson from the United Kingdom in a suprising move, as dephh has only competed at local LANs and never at a big tournament.

Josh "⁠shinobi⁠" Abastado, the second addition, completes the lineup. He formerly played for teams such as Denial and Mortality. Like dephh, shinobi is also unproven as he has never participated at a big LAN event.

Danny "⁠fRoD⁠" Montaner, the 1.6 legend, has recently returned to the professional CS scene and his experience will be crucial to his teammates' development as they will aim to live up to the organization's reputation.

coL's new roster is:

dephh's former team (CAZ) announced that they will be trialling with various players to replace him.

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