Albus Nox Luna's Kirill "Likkrit" Malofeyev has confirmed that he has chicken pox shortly after the conclusion of the 2016 League of Legends World Championship Group Stage. While he does admit to having chicken pox for the third time, the support player says that he will "most likely" play in the wildcard team's upcoming quarterfinal match against H2k-Gaming.

to all who asked - yes, i have chickenpox. its 3rd time for me, so its expected to be easier than 2nd. most likely i will play in quarters. — Malofeev Kirill (@Likkrit) October 10, 2016

ANX's historic run through the group stage is the first time a wildcard team has made it to the bracket stage of a major international event. They tied with ROX Tigers in Group A, with both teams holding a 4-2 record, but lost the tiebreaker to place second in the group. They will take on H2k-Gaming in a best-of-five quarterfinal match on Oct. 16.

Riot’s FearGorm, who works in the Esports Central League Operations and took part in scheduling the quarterfinals, commented on a Reddit post to explain why H2K’s match against ANX match was poorly timed for LoL’s European audience. In the post, FearGorm said that that match in particular was scheduled for Sunday to allow time for Likkrit to be driven from San Francisco to Chicago in case he is unable to fly due to his illness.



“As a result [of his illness], we'll probably need to drive him from San Francisco to Chicago, which takes several days and severely cuts into his practice time with his team,” FearGorm wrote in the post. “To help accommodate the circumstances, we scheduled H2K vs ANX for Sunday.”

Slingshot esports reported on Likkrit's Chicken Pox on Oct. 9, hours before the player confirmed his condition on social media. An earlier Slingshot esports interview with Michael “Kira” Garmash quoted the Albus Nox player as saying that Likkrit was unwell.

"Especially Likkrit, now he has red circles on his skin," he told Slingshot esports' Vince Nairn. "We don’t know what the fuck is this, we just said to him ‘OK (if) you are dying, just play our game and then die afterwards, please."

Likkrit posted a 1.9 KDA and 1.14 WPM over the course of their group stage matches. He played five different champions over seven games, with only Bard appearing more than once, winning only one of the three games he was picked in.

Annabelle "Abelle" Fischer is a writer for theScore esports with a love for Dota 2, birds and cheese. You can follow her on Twitter.