After what the Royal Club weibo describes as a "friendly consultation" with King ownership, both teams released their lineups. The Royal Club team will move to King, and many King members will move to the newly branded Royal Never Give Up. Both teams also acquired players from the disbanded Gamtee roster.

Here is the new King lineup:

Top: Jiang "Cola" Na (ex-Star Horn Royal Club)

Jungle: Choi "inSec" Inseok (ex-Star Horn Royal Club)

Jungle: Lei "hu1" Huiguo (ex-Gamtee)

Mid: Lei "corn" Wen (ex-Star Horn Royal Club)

ADC: Zhu "NaMei" Jiawen (ex-Star Horn Royal Club)

ADC: Xue "Ao" Changjun

Support: Yoon "Zero" Kyungsup (ex-Star Horn Royal Club)

Support: Dong "SinkDream" Shichun (ex-Gamtee)



Here is the new Royal Never Give Up lineup:

Top: Yan "letme" Junze (ex-Gamtee)

Top: Xiao "Godlike" Wang (ex-Star Horn Royal Club)

Top: Fan "Skye" Qifang (ex-King)

Jungle: Liu "Mlxg" Shiyu (ex-King)

Mid: Li "xiaohu" Yuanhao (ex-Gamtee)

ADC: Wang "NoHeart" Chen (ex-King)

Support: Le "LeY" Yi (ex-King)

No details in the announcement mentioned previous King mid laner, Zhou "Assassin" Yixiang. The statement also mentions that the new members of the Star Horn Royal Club LSPL teams have been screened and will be announced soon.

It should be noted that King earned 50 circuit points for their placement in 2015 LPL Spring quarterfinals. The Top 5 teams with the most circuit points at the end of Summer playoffs will advance to the Regional qualifier that determines which three LPL teams will be invited to the World Championships in Europe.

EDIT: King listed their roster on their own weibo, including players from Gamtee, and the lineup has been updated accordingly.

Kelsey Moser is a staff writer for the Score eSports. You can follow her on Twitter.