25
August
League of Legends
TSM submits support “Biofrost” for approval
After tryouts in South Korea for the
support position, TSM has submitted Vincent "Biofrost" Wang to Riot
Games for approval to fill the role, sources close to Riot and the team tell.
Biofrost will replace previous support Bora "YellOwStaR" Kim, who
recently rejoined his former team, Fnatic, in Europe.
Biofrost trialed for the team in Korea alongside a handful of players, but most
notably two other supports, former KT Rolster support Lee "IgNar"
Dong-geun and former G2 Esports support Glenn "Hybrid" Doornenbal.
The latter received an offer from the team of roughly $250,000, according to
sources. However, he chose to continue playing in Europe with Origen. The
former is still in communication with TSM but his current status is unknown.
Prior to signing on with the SoloMid organization, Biofrost was a member of
Challenger squad Dream Team. After the split ended and it became apparent that
YellOwStaR would depart, Biofrost was contacted by TSM interim head coach Parth
Naidu before the organization spoke to Dream Team.
Nonetheless, the drama between the two broke out on Twitter, causing most of
the community to find out about Biofrost trying out for the position. TSM then
released an announcement saying it would try out the support in South Korea
during its boot camp.
The boot camp took place over the month of April and early May, with Biofrost
becoming the choice for the squad. Adding a rookie to the roster lined up with
the philosophy of what the organization stated in a recent interview.
Owner Andy "Reginald" Dinh admitted it was better to train talent
than buy the best talent.
With the addition of Biofrost, TSM joins the list of the teams that have
completed their rosters in the North American League Championship Series.