Team Liquid’s new jungle star Broxah may miss the opening match of the LCS 2020

Team North American Champion 4 times Team Liquid there was a change to the jungler position before the 2020 season, replacing Xmithie with superstar Fnatic Broxah in an attempt to boost their international shares.

Now, it looks like the start of Team Liquid’s new campaign could be delayed a bit, with Steve revealing Broxahas well as new coach Cain and Australian backup jungler Shernfire, may not be able to get a visa in time to be in the games. LCS The first in 2020, will be broadcast on January 25.

Arhancet revealed just three weeks before the first round of the LCS: “So this sucks, there are delays in visa processing for Cain, Broxah and Shernfire. We hope they can all play at the start of the season, but that may not happen.”

Team Liquid’s CEO also revealed the visa delay has affected the team’s early preparations after Christmas, putting them in a difficult position as they want to defend their fourth consecutive title in the tournament. North America.

Steve added that the team will have backup plans in place, in case both Broxah and Shernfire run into long-term issues with administrative delays.

Although there is no official statement on who could be the jungle pair yet, former Liquid mid laner Pobelter, who joined the org as a coach after missing the duck The starting position for the upcoming season, having played the jungle position, according to his OP.GG profile.

The three-time LCS champion hasn’t had the best results at Summoner Rift so far – 35% win rate with Lee Sin, 27% with Rek’Sai, 47% with Qiyana – but there’s still time for it. until the LCS starts.

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Voyboy could take the spot, with former Team Curse soloist suggesting he could switch to jungle in 2020, and adding that he’s already on the plane so Steve doesn’t have to wait.

This is probably not how Broxah or Shernfire imagined how their NA careers began, but it’s not really surprising, given the US difficulty with P-1, O-1 visa applications and EB-1A, all related to professional sports.

Team Liquid’s current situation isn’t the only time stars in the LCS have struggled, as Team SoloMid Treatz support was forced to play the 2019 Spring Finals from Canada.

While Pobelter may be ready to take on the jungle role at the start of the LCS, Team Liquid fans hopefully Broxah’s matter will be sorted out ASAP.
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