The four-time EMEA Masters champions enter the LEC with big ambitions. Although they did not rush to form the most expensive possible squad, they decided to form a strong team made up of players who played for KC in the French league with reinforcements directly from the LEC.
The biggest and somewhat least expected reinforcement is ADC Elias "Upset" Lipp. Upset came under tremendous fire from French fans who besieged him on social media after an incident in 2022 when Upset suddenly left Fnatic during the 2022 World Championship for personal reasons.
The team's top laner Adam "Adam" Maanane was extremely angry with him then, behind whom the French fans stood and gave him full support in the verbal "wars" that followed. In the end, the situation calmed down over time, Upset spent 2023 playing for Vitality, but after a solid start, the team experienced a complete debacle, ending the summer season at the bottom of the table with only one win.
Despite the weak games provided by Upset, he will get a chance to prove himself once again, among other things, because Riot raised the minimum age of LEC players to 18 for the next year, which is why the current ADC Karmine Corpa Caliste "Caliste" Henry-Henneber will not to be able to perform for the team.
Jungler Zou "Bo" Yangbo is coming to KC from Vitality, a Korean player who got a lot of hype at the beginning of the year, but who in the end didn't show much in the league, which is why he was replaced in the summer.
The SheepEsports portal also obtained information that the team will be coached by Jakob "YamatoCannon" Mebdi, who already worked with KC during the Winter Cup.
If all information is confirmed, Karmine Corp will start in LEC with:
Top lane: Lucas "Cabochard" Simon-Meslet
Jungle: Zhou "Bo" Yangbo
Mid lane: Lucas "Saken" Fayard
ADC: Elias "Upset" Lipp
Support: Raphael "Targamas" Crabble
Coach: Jakob "YamatoCannon" Mebdi
