First, let us talk about the news everyone has been freaking out about in the Vainglory twitter universe. Immortals has decided to step back from Vainglory, or at least from the team they had acquired from Hammers a few seasons back. Not sure what exactly happened, but if I had to guess, Immortals sold the contracts to Tribe Gaming. Who knows, maybe they will still be involved in Vainglory. It would be nice having an organization with that much recognition stick around to see the future growth of Vainglory. No matter what we call them, DNzio and crew will still be an extremely exciting team to watch.

First, let us break down the few roster changes that took place after summer. Hollywood Hammers have had a few roster changes over the past seasons with only StartingAllOver being that dependable player. PlayboiAfro and Arkaik seemed to perform well, with synergy getting better between Starting and what looked like a play maker in the jungle from Arkaik. Nonetheless, these players were let go. Chicken is brought back in the captain position after leaving the team at the end of Spring season. Status is picked up to play that jungle position with hope of meshing well with Starting. He most recently played for Tribe Gaming and as well for Gankstars in past seasons.

Next, we see Gankstars veteran laner, IraqiZorro, stepping down from professional play. He has had some successful seasons in the past, but it was time for him to try something new. The Vainglory community is lucky to have him on the desk this season with TastyBacon and Munchables. Coming in to fill his shoes is LuluXiu. I do not have much information on this player. I have seen him playing with XenoTex on his streams, but no past knowledge on competitive history.

Lastly, the biggest news at the end of summer was the possibility of Flashx stepping down as Team Solo Mid’s (TSM) captain. I am sure they received a lot of interesting candidates, but they decided to stick with sub LuckyBread. We may see LuckyBread coming in to play some weeks, but for week one, it was Flashx getting the start. Flash did mention that him and Lucky will be competing each week for that starting position with VONC and BestChuck deciding who will get the start. This season is particularly important for TSM since they have not secured a spot at Worlds. They may be waiting to make a drastic roster change after Worlds.