Sheep Esports – Sources: SK Gaming’s accomplished 2025 Summer Split LEC roster

SK Gaming is the LEC group that has made probably the most roster modifications heading into the Summer Split, in response to strikes reported by Sheep Esports. The development already began between Winter and Spring, after they swapped out Ismaïl “ISMA” Boualem for Mehdi “Boukada” Lahlou within the jungle, and Cho “Rahel” Min-seong for Tim “Keduii” Willers within the botlane.

Now, SK are going even additional with three new modifications. Korean toplaner Park “DnDn” Geun-woo replaces Janik “JNX” Bartels, who joined Vitality.Bee within the LFL. In the jungle, Duncan “Skeanz” Marquet is available in from the TCL, taking on for Boukada, who was purchased by Team BDS for €200,000. Finally, Felix “Abbedagge” Braun returns to Europe after a brief LTA stint and takes over midlane duties from Steven “RKR” Chen. After two ninth-place finishes, SK are reshaping their roster in hopes of reaching the playoffs this Summer.

When greater than half of the roster modifications—particularly on the topside with each the jungle and midlane—the playing cards are fully reshuffled. Only the botlane, with Keduii and Loopy, has any pre-existing synergy, having performed collectively over the past break up. Toplaner DnDn arrives from the TCL, the place he performed for Eternal Fire and had a strong Winter Split that noticed the group attain the grand closing, earlier than the roster collapsed in Spring and completed final. The group has since disbanded.

In the jungle, negotiations between SK and BDS dragged on and initially appeared unlikely to succeed. After Sheep Esports reported the arrival of the solo laners, the 2 organizations reached an settlement on Boukada’s switch charge. SK then turned their consideration to discovering a brand new jungler and signed Skeanz, who value them €15,000 in buyout. In the midlane, Abbedagge returns to Europe after two underwhelming splits with Disguised in LTA North. Loopy is now the one participant to have remained with SK all through all the season, as each different place has modified not less than as soon as.

Even with the modifications made, it is clear that SK Gaming aren’t seen as contenders for the title—and even favorites to achieve the playoffs. The LEC teams for Summer have been revealed, and SK will play their common season towards Fnatic, G2 Esports, BDS, and Team Heretics—4 groups that, on paper, look considerably stronger and every have not less than three or 4 gamers who already performed collectively final break up, if not all 5 within the case of G2 and Heretics.

SK should defy expectations and pull off so

me upsets if they need a shot at playoffs. Crucially, they’ll have to beat each Heretics and BDS, their most direct competitors, as G2 and Fnatic seem a lot stronger on paper and are broadly anticipated to take the highest spots within the group.