100 Thieves announced today that they have acquired Amazing to be their new starting jungler.

Welcome @Amazingx as our starting jungler this #LCS Summer Split! Amazing has played LoL competitively for the past 7 years across NA & EU, with two World Championship appearances. We're excited to bring his veteran experience, leadership, and voice to the team! #100T pic.twitter.com/2p42StVn0n — 100 Thieves (@100Thieves) May 13, 2019

This move comes after a disappointing Spring Split, which saw 100 Thieves perform well below their expectations. After acquiring Huhi and Bang last offseason, the expectation was a top 3 finish for 100 Thieves once again. Instead, they finished last with a record of 4-14. The team never showed any signs of improvement. Every game they’d have a decent early game and completely throw due to lack of coordination. They were never on the same page, and it showed in just just gameplay, but also their comms.

Huhi was the first to be replaced. He was easily the worst performing mid laner in the LCS. With that in mind, 100 Thieves sought a replacement. They’d bring Soligo up from their Academy roster. He’d perform about the same as Huhi, not really an improvement at all.

The player seen as the biggest problem since Huhi’s replacement was AnDa. His coordination with Ssumday was often very poor. I mention only Ssumday because AnDa very rarely ganked any lane but top. While his early pathing can be great, he failed to convert his lead in the jungle into a lead for his laners. The straw that broke the camels back for many people was during a game against TSM. 100 Thieves had a somewhat commanding lead over TSM and were attempting to take baron. TSM went to contest. The baron got close to 2000 health remaining, and AnDa said to pull off, where as Aphromoo wanted to finish it. Due to their inability to commit, baron was stolen by Akaadian. This was a huge turning point in a game 100 Thieves would later lose.

Amazing comes in as a North American resident, meaning neither Ssumday nor Bang have to be benched. He’s had a very long career, and has played with many different teams. His brief stint NA came on Team Solo Mid back in 2014. In Europe, he played for multiple teams, with stints on Copenhagen Wolves, Fnatic, and Origen. 100 Thieves will look for him to bring better communication and consistency into the jungle.

100T also announced their finalized starting roster, with no surprises after Amazing was announced.