Source from Sheep Esports revealed Jojopyun negotiated with Mad Lions Koi to switch to playing for this LEC team. If the above information is authenticated, Jojopyun will be the replacement of Fresskowy, the player has received a lot of criticism after the good performance at the World Final 2024. It can be said that this rumor is creating a lot of attention in the League of Legends North American and Europe.
It is known that Jojopyun is one of the biggest young talents of North America over the years. Launched for the first time with Evil Geniuses in 2022, the player born in 2004 won the LCS title of the Spring, and showed very impressive at the MID-SEASON INVITATION that year.
However, Jojopyun was unable to win any more championship since then. In 2024, Jojopyun left Evil Geniuses to play at Cloud9. However, Cloud9 could not help the player to win the LCS, not even attending the 2024 World finals when it was lost 1-3 to 100 Thieves in the semi-final match of LCS 2024 Championship.
Meanwhile, Mad Lions Koi also experienced a difficult World Championship when soon overcome the play-in but was soon eliminated from the Swiss round with a performance of 0-3. Immediately after returning from the World Championship, this team began to reform the squad with the first change in the middle. In addition to Jojopyun, Mad Lions Koi also considered many other mid lines such as Kang “Saint” Sung-in, šimon “Omon” řiháček and Kamil “Kamiloo” Haudegegon.
If you play at Lec, Jojopyun will be the first North American player to play here. So far, European players will often go to North America to play like Bjergsen, Froggen or Jensen almost no opposite. This also shows that the LCS area is very rare and now, the LCS ability is preparing to lose Jojopyun talent in LEC's hands.
