100 Thieves LoL Update: We're testing various roster line-ups for both our LCS & Academy teams. For our Academy matches this week vs. FLYA & FOXA, @huhi will be our starting mid-laner. More updates on LCS roster to come. pic.twitter.com/690xzCSQqB — 100 Thieves (@100Thieves) March 7, 2019

After a disastrous 6 weeks, 100 Thieves have decided to start Huhi in their Academy games this week. While this doesn’t guarantee it, it’s certainly implied that he won’t be playing in the LCS for the foreseeable future. This image should be enough to explain why he was benched:

The image quality isn’t great, but it’s clear to see how Huhi has been performing. All three analysts put Huhi as the worst mid laner in LCS. This is an unfortunate position that Huhi has been in for the past few years. He never quite was the mid laner that CLG once hyped him up to be.

Assuming he gets replaced, which he likely will, 100 Thieves Academy’s mid laner Soligo will step in. This is a quick call up on a player who hadn’t played professionally before this year. Soligo was first seen at Scouting Grounds in 2018, to which his performance earned him a spot on the 100T Academy roster. If he’s playing, he’ll have no easy task. 100 Thieves is set to face TSM and Cloud 9 this coming weekend. That’s Bjergsen and Nisqy, two of the top three mid laners in the LCS. If he succeeds, it’ll be a true showing how his ability and potential. If he fails, nobody would be surprised. It’s how he bounces back from the failures that needs to be seen.

This is the first roster move of the season for 100 Thieves, but it may not be the last. With the team performing well below expectations, AnDa and Aphromoo have been target to a lot of criticism. The potential AnDa seemed to have has all fallen away. His synergy with Ssumday is bad, which is the worst thing possible since he only ganks top. Aphro seems mentally checked out. I don’t know if he needs a mental reset or if he just wants to retire. Either way, getting him corrected is vital to the success of the Thieves this season. If neither show improvements soon, it’s likely that more Academy players are to come. Luckily for 100T, their Academy jungler and support, Fragas and Stunt, look to be bright spots. Fragas is another player that was first seen at Scouting Grounds, and looks to be close to LCS level. Stunt has played in the LCS before and could likely fit right in with an LCS roster.

Whether more moves are made is yet to be seen. 100 Thieves is currently sitting 1 game out of a playoff spot, but they’re very likely to miss. They only play 2 teams that are under .500 for the rest of the season. If they want to turn it around, it has to start this weekend. My guess is that they’re testing out their options for next split in hopes of improvement.