100 Thieves Sign Bang from SKT, Create New Roster for 2019
By Zac Cameron ·
100 Thieves have well and truly bounced back from their disappointing 2018 World Championship run, with a new roster for 2019 looking to once again capture fans support.
After a fairly well received 2018 season in the NA LCS, followed by a very disappointing 2018 World Championship run, 100 Thieves have today unveiled the final piece of their new roster as they once again look to capture fan support and reinvigorate their supporters. With the news that mid laner Ryu "Ryu" Sang-wook would be moving to a coaching role and his replacement would be former CLG mid laner Choi "Huhi" Jae-hyun, many fans wondered if this was the beginning of a new chapter for the franchise. Now it seems the chapter is complete with the signing of new AD Carry Bae "Bang" Jun-sik from DK Telecom T1.
Please welcome Bang @JunSikJjang123 to 100 Thieves.
— 100 Thieves (@100Thieves) November 22, 2018
Bang has been competing under SK Telecom T1 for the past 5 years, winning 2 League of Legends World Championships. He will be joining us on a 2-year deal as our ADC. #100T pic.twitter.com/tnyhISXIs2
In a separate tweet from his personal account, Bang was quick to reach out to fans in North America, already eager to get to work with his new team. “I just wanted to say that it is [a] great honor to join 100 Thieves and [am] already very excited to meet fans within NA very soon. Having the chance to talk with 100 Thieves and its teammates several times, I saw the team’s fire in winning and their eagerness to succeed, which I thought would be a great fit for me and led to [the] great honor of joining 100 Thieves in the end.”
I'm yours NA fans pic.twitter.com/bHfaLmOLkA
— 100T Bang 배준식 (@JunSikJjang123) November 22, 2018
This does mean that current AD Carry Cody “Cody Sun” Sun has been let go from the team, though many fans anticipated this to be coming due to apparent clashes between Cody Sun and the rest of the team for several months now. With the new roster consisting of top laner Kim "Ssumday" Chan-ho, jungler Andy "AnDa" Hoang, mid laner Huhi, AD Carry Bang, and support Zaqueri "aphromoo" Black, 100 Thieves are well and truly on track to once again show their strength in the NA LCS.