Fnatic has been granted an emergency roster addition for the beginning of their Worlds 2022 run. The group has known as up Portuguese help Rúben “Rhuckz” Barbosa from its ERL group, Fnatic TQ, based on a press release from Riot Video games.
The information comes on the heels of a positive COVID test for both members of Fnatic’s bottom lane, Upset and Hylissang, on Friday.
In a follow-up tweet, LoL Esports stated that it “look[ed] ahead to seeing them at Worlds,” seemingly leaving the door open for each Upset and Hylissang to rejoin the group ought to they be capable to journey, and offered that Fnatic haven’t been eradicated.
This marks the second yr during which Fnatic has had a member of its roster pull out of the event simply days earlier than the video games began. In 2021, AD carry Upset left Iceland due to a personal matter, leaving then-Fnatic Rising AD carry Louis “BEAN” Schmitz to play all six of the group’s group stage video games. They completed 1-5.
Assist Mauno “beansu” Tälli is listed as an alternative help on Fnatic’s principal roster, together with AD carry BEAN. Though there was no official phrase as of the time of writing on who will take Upset’s spot because the group’s AD carry, it stands to motive that BEAN may once more be obtainable underneath comparable circumstances. He has been Rhuckz’s backside lane accomplice on Fnatic TQ for 2 years, a run that included an LVP Spring title and EU Masters quarterfinal berth earlier this yr.
Fnatic open the Play-In Stage towards each Evil Geniuses, who are also coincidentally fielding a substitute in the bottom lane due to Danny’s absence, and Chiefs Esports Membership on Friday.
