LoL Worlds 2023 Casters and On-Air Expertise

Except for the followers and the gang on the venues, the League of Legends (LoL) Worlds Championship wouldn’t really feel the identical with out the joy and the hype introduced by the casters.

Riot Video games lastly introduced the official on-air expertise for Worlds 2023, let’s check out the most well-liked abilities that may cowl League this 12 months. Right here is the breakdown of all of them by area.

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LoL Worlds Casters – Full listing

Let’s break down all the on-air English broadcast expertise lineup at Worlds 2023. Loads of huge names are returning to the printed, with a number of additions to the lineup this 12 months. Except for the English casters, there might be many others commentating the video games in different languages to ensure essentially the most immersive watching expertise.

English

• Eefje ‘Sjokz’ Depoortere – LEC
• Maxwell ‘Atlus’ Anderson – LCK
• Laure Valée – LEC
• Trevor ‘Quickshot’ Henry – LEC
• Samuel ‘Kobe’ Hartman-Kenzler – LCS
• Andrew ‘Vedius’ Day – LEC
• Clayton ‘CaptainFlowers’ Raines – LCS
• Daniel ‘Drakos’ Drakos – LEC
• Barento ‘Raz’ Mohammed – LCS
• Joseph ‘Munchables’ Fenny – LPL
• Christy ‘Ender’ Frierson – LEC
• Oisín Molloy – LPL
• Mikkel ‘Guldborg’ Nielsen – LEC
• Isaac ‘Azael’ Cummings-Bentley – LCS
• Mark ‘MarkZ’ Zimmerman – LCS
• Emily Rand – LCS
• Maurits ‘Chronicler’ Jan Meeusen – LCK
• Robert ‘Dagda’ Worth – LEC
• Wolf Schröder – LCK
• Joshua ‘Jatt’ Leesman – LCS
• Aaron ‘Medic’ Chamberlain – LEC
• Brendan ‘Valdes’ Valdes – LCK
• Jake ‘Hysterics’ Osypenko – LPL

Korean

• Yong June ‘Caster Jun’ Jeon
• Seungheon ‘SeongCa’ Seong
• Hyun Woo ‘CloudTemplar’ Lee
• Nocheor ‘NoFe’ Jeong
• Juwan ‘Pony’ Lim
• Sujin ‘Ggoggo’ Ko
• Seunghoon ‘Huni’ Heo
• Hyung Woo ‘Cpt Jack’ Kang
• Dong Jin ‘Helios’ Shin
• Jeesun Park
• Soobin Youn
• Hye Ji Bae
• Yejin Ham

Mandarin

• Millie 米勒
• Teddy 泽元
• wAwa
• QianYuan 王多多
• 957 TXQQ 瞳夕
• MaoMao 毛毛
• Rita
• PYL
• MacT
• San 小伞
• Fireloli 赵志铭
• Gugu 鼓鼓
• Jun 俊日
• Jack 彭彭
• ShuoShuo 硕硕
• Mage
• Kris
• Sam 怀南
• Suki
• CF2 乘风儿
• Track 王淞
• TianShu 天舒
• Zonic
• Mi 小米
• KinKo
• Candice 余霜
• Hold 刘航
• Yu 小钰
• Iris 希然
• Luo 骆歆
• Wendy 夏安
• Christina 松琪

Spanish

• Ainhoa ‘Noa’ Campos
• Victor ‘Wolk’ Fernández
• Sergio ‘Tesh’ Cerdán
• David ‘Champi’ Pérez
• Carlos ‘Bebé’ Bahlsen
• Jaime ‘Mellado’ Mellado
• Fernando Cardenete
• Javier ‘Toad’ Cepero

Spanish LATAM

• Magalí ‘Magui Sunshine’ Sanyán
• Daniel ‘Jirall’ Del Castillo
• Abdiel ‘Abdiel Tyrone’ Estrada
• Ignacio ‘Nachittus’ Santamarina
• Oscar ‘Corsario’ Aliste
• Rafael ‘Rafamaik’ Jert
• Juliana ‘Lenore’ Ardila
• Lauriane ‘LauAgnolin’ Agnolin
• Andrés ‘AndresX’ Jamit

Portuguese

• Brunno ‘Colosimus’ Colosimo
• Hugo ‘Dioud’ Padioleau
• Eduardo ‘Dudu’ Souza
• Gustavo ‘GSTV’ Cima
• Diniz ‘Gruntar’ Albieri
• Maria ‘Fogueta’ Junqueira
• Layze ‘Lahgolas’ Brandão
• Caio ‘Loop’ Almeida
• Carlos ‘Nappon’ Rucker
• Matheus ‘Professor’ Leirião
• Tácio ‘Schaeppi’ Schaeppi
• Alexandre ‘Skeat’ Trevisan
• Tábata ‘Tabs’ Gomes
• Murilo ‘Takeshi’ Alves
• Rafaela ‘Rafa’ Tomasi
• Arthur ‘Vecet’ Nogueira
• Ravena ‘Ravena’ Dutra

Japanese

• Kota ‘Jaeger’ Horie
• Tatsuya ‘katsudion’ Yamamoto
• Wataru ‘Wataneko’ Kaneko
• Koji ‘eyes’ Mitarai
• Ryosuke ‘Revol’ Kakizaki
• Keisuke ‘Nemoh’ Koresawa
• Satoshi ‘Recruit’ Horikawa

Vietnamese

• Linh ‘Remind’ Du Phong
• Mai ‘Mai Dora’ Truong Vu Quynh
• Nghi ‘Minh Nghi’ Tran Nguyen Minh
• Tri ‘YoungDK’ Pham Nguyen Minh
• Thien ‘Ngoc Thien’ Dang Ngoc
• Lam ‘Tung Lam’ Hoang Tung
• Hao ‘Minh Hao’ Nguyen Minh
• Duong ‘HD’ Nguyen Hai
• Trung ‘Huu Trung’ Bui Huu
• Dien ‘Dexni’ Nguyen Ba
• Tung ‘Van Tung’ Le Van
• Luan ‘Hoang Luan’ Huynh Hai Hoang

German

• David ‘Kernus’ Kratz
• Anika ‘Ryxcales’ Wolter
• Bastian ‘Basti’ Lilienthal
• Nico ‘Pixavis’ Timmermann
• René ‘Masterplay’ Geigenberger
• Oskar ‘Alanio’ van Elsberg
• Maurice ‘Mori’ Lange
• Christian ‘EisOhneWaffel’ Thamm
• Lothar ‘KXNG’ Schadrin
• Christoph ‘Mositing’ Würger
• Tom ‘Rulfchen’ Ruckh
• Fabian ‘Sheepy’ Mallant

Italian:

• Roberto ‘Kenrhen’ Prampolini
• Emiliano ‘Moonboy’ Marini
• Andrea ‘Juannetti’ Giovannetti
• Carlotta ‘Charlie_Yay’ de Simon
• Gabriele ‘Wolcat’ Catterin

Turkish

• Aykut ‘Euphony’ Özgan
• Caner ‘Jhonnie’ Güngörür
• Oğuz ‘NoelDayı’ Avcı
• Can ‘Scarlet’ Çaldıran
• Bahadır ‘Japone’ Çolak
• Berk ‘Farfetch’ Badur
• Tankut ‘Hoca’ Eraslan
• Sinan ‘Mehitra’ Süsler
• Alican ‘Karahan’ Karahan
• Ahmet ‘Nova’ Yılmaz
• Ali ‘Midali’ Tekel
• Bahadır ‘GeneralBaho’ Van
• Baturhan ‘Zetsu’ Bahadır
• Reha ‘Rehaer’ Domaniç

Polish

• Mikołaj ‘Silv4n’ Sinacki
• Tomasz ‘Magvayer’ Filipino
• Tomasz ‘TheFakeOne’ Milaniuk
• Wojciech ‘Bezi’ Wróbel
• Piotr ‘CzarnyPiotruś’ Barański
• Piotr ‘DevilPiotr’ Zaborowski
• Michał ‘Myha’ Francuz
• Michał ‘Bialito’ Biały
• Kasper ‘Kaspersky’ Gutkowski

Greek

• Kosmas ‘LivingDead’ Baxevanidis
• Konstantinos ‘Ner0’ Perperidis
• Antonis ‘TonyB’ Baladimas
• Antonis ‘Rev’ Stepchenko
• Labros ‘Labokop’ Tegos
• Vasilis ‘TheRock7’ Voltis
• Dimitris “IceBreaker” Hatzitsompanis

Serbian

• Miloš ‘Sa1na’ Šainović
• Nikola ‘Scarhead’ Milićević
• Rastko ‘Ralla’ Kojić
• Ognjen ‘Ogee’ Pejić
• Aleksa ‘Redulj’ Radojković
• Aleksa ‘Ljuba’ Šurlan
• Minja ‘Njami’ Kefer
• Nemanja ‘Glisha’ Glišić

Hungarian

• Máté ‘Livius’ Koncz
• Bence ‘Atreus’ Loksa
• Márk ‘Makaria’ Makaria
• Zalán ‘Mentsvar’ Mihály
• Márton ‘AsdElek’ Nagy
• Ákos ‘Pierce’ Német
• Márton ‘Darcigh’ Zelenik
• Balogh ‘Rka’ Réka
• Huzsvári ‘Anniewhere’ Patrik

Czech

• Tomáš ‘Mortsche’ Anděl
• Jan ‘Kangae’ Sekanina
• Filip ‘Fortanu’ Růžička
• Petr ‘Xnapy’ Jirák
• Dominik ‘Murde’ Dvořák

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LEC expertise at Worlds ’23

• Eefje ‘Sjokz’ Depoortere – Arguably essentially the most infamous presenter/caster in League of Legends historical past. Many followers must be accustomed to Sjokz as she has been on the printed desk because the begin of the EU LCS again in 2013. As one of many longest-serving members, Sjokz began out as an interviewer and journalist in European competitions, however her nice character and abilities made her one if not crucial hosts within the esports scene. Not solely did she host among the main worldwide tournaments inside the League ecosystem (comparable to Worlds and MSI), however she additionally labored for different esports competitions. Sjokz’s recognition and nice casting allowed her to win the “Greatest Esports Host” award for 3 consecutive years, from 2018 to 2020.

• Laure Valée – Laure began working because the interviewer for the EU LCS 2017 Summer time Playoffs earlier than turning into formally a part of the broadcasting group for the next 12 months. Earlier than she started her broadcasting profession, Laure hosted numerous occasions and was additionally a author for Lolesports.com’s french web page. She’s thought of one of the well-known french specialists on the planet of gaming and esports, as she has appeared on numerous tv applications comparable to Canal Esports Membership. Her following enormously elevated over time and he or she’s now internet hosting additionally independently on her personal Youtube and Twitch channels.
• Trevor “Quickshot” Henry – In the event you observe the League of Legends scene for lengthy, you’ll probably bear in mind Quickshot’s “Flash, Bear, Slap” and “Are you not entartained?”. He’s at present a play-by-play commentator for the European League and has been working for Riot since 2013 when he joined as a Neighborhood Coordinator. Shortly after, he began casting full-time, collaborating at yearly’s Worlds till 2021, when he determined to take a break because of burnout which impacted his private {and professional} life. After searching for psychological professionals and getting into a psychological well being program, he returned to the broadcasting desk this 12 months and might be among the many LEC casters for this 12 months’s Worlds.

• Daniel ‘Drakos’ Drakos Beforehand often called ‘Tsepha’, Drakos took half in numerous League occasions each as a play-by-play and coloration caster, together with overlaying the LMS Summer time Playoffs, the LoL KeSPA Cup, and IEM San Jose in 2015. He then joined the EU broadcast group in 2016 and has by no means left the LEC since then. Except for his nice and energetic casting, Drakos loves music and writing content material. These two passions have mixed with the esports world, as he and Vedius (which we are going to see subsequent) have pulled off numerous rap battles across the LEC groups. Evidently that these have been tremendous profitable and have grow to be a ‘custom’ for each LEC playoffs.
• Andrew ‘Vedius’ Day – Working as a coloration caster for the LEC, Vedius can be the opposite ‘rap god’. Andrew rose to recognition for creating a number of alter egos which have appeared on broadcast. (‘Flexius, Foldius, Chefius and Explainius’) As a Welsh native, Vedius has tremendous fluent communication abilities as he began novice casting for tournaments within the UK. What’s spectacular about him is that he’s tremendous educated concerning the recreation, having reached Grasp tier in Season 5. Vedius can be recognized for being a giant Nocturne fanatic in solo lanes and his personal sequence referred to as Vedius’ Picks to Watch, the place he defined which champions he thought would grow to be meta on a given patch.
• Robert ‘Dagda’ Worth – The LPL doesn’t have just one Irish man. Dagda additionally comes from the Republic of Eire and is at present working with Oisín for the Chinese language League as a coloration caster. And similar to him, Dagda can be a part of the EU Masters broadcast line-up. The 2 have additionally labored collectively prior to now on different broadcasts, which makes them a really satisfying casting duo with nice synergy.
• Mikkel ‘Guldborg’ Nielsen
• Aaron ‘Medic’ Chamberlain – UK has many casting personalities inside the esports scene, certainly one of which is Medic. Aaron started casting full-time in the summertime of 2016 and earned himself a casting provide for the 2017 EU Challenger Collection. In lower than a 12 months, Medic made his strategy to the LEC broadcast desk due to his spirited and hyped casting type. What’s spectacular about him is that he went to medical faculty and even labored as a health care provider for one 12 months, earlier than turning into a play-by-play caster. To not point out that he additionally performs League at a fairly excessive degree, as you’ll be able to most likely discover him in Diamond elo.
• Christy ‘Ender’ Frierson – 

LPL and LCK casters at LoL Worlds 2022

• Oisín ‘Oisín’ Molloy – Beforehand often called Penguin and BP, Molloy comes from the Republic of Eire. He’s a play-by-play caster for the English LPL and the LEC broadcast. He’s additionally on the printed desk of the Amazon EU Masters which he began in 2019. Earlier than becoming a member of the LPL, he solid within the ESL Premiership and the previous Forge of Champions by LVP.
• Maurits ‘Chronicler’ Jan Meeusen – Initially from the Netherlands, Chronicler began casting League of Legends for the Dutch and Belgian Leagues in 2020. He additionally did the play-by-play for the EU Masters in the identical 12 months and plenty of different ERL tournaments, together with the NLC, UKLC, NUEL and others. Now, Chronicler is in South Korea, working for the English broadcast of the LCK.
• Max ‘Atlus’ Anderson – began commentating League of Legends in 2013 in Australia, as quickly because the Oceanic server was launched. He started with native tournaments and have become a commentator in 2014 for Riot Oceania. Within the following years, Atlus has solid all kinds of competitions, together with the LPL, MSI and Worlds. That was till 2017 when he moved to South Korea to hitch the printed group of the LCK. He has additionally hosted “the Pog State”, a podcast only for the Korean league, just like the EUphoria model for the LEC.

• Brendan ‘Valdes’ Valdes – He received his first alternative to solid in 2012 by profitable a raffle run by Azubu (the sponsor of seasons 1+2 of the Champions) to come back to Korea for OGN the Champions season 1 finals, beginning to work for Azubu, after which being requested by OGN to fill in as an evaluation caster for season 2 of The Champions. He centered on studying Korean in 2013, and returned to full time casting Starcraft 2 Proleague in 2014. He started casting League of Legends as soon as once more in 2017 for SPOTV LCK. He’s at present casting the LCK for Riot Video games.
• Wolf Schröder – He’s a coloration commentator who at present works on the LCK broadcast. He has lived in Korea since transferring there in 2011 to commentate StarCraft II. He has since commentated prime Korean esports leagues in Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch and most lately labored on the Overwatch League.
• Joseph ‘Munchables’ Fenny – Munchables is likely one of the newest additions to the Worlds 2023 lineup, collaborating for the primary time this 12 months. He started casting full time in July of 2015 when he joined the ESL UK crew as a full-time caster, engaged on primarily LoL within the UK scene casting with different well-known casters comparable to Medic and Excoundrel. After spending three years at ESL, he started engaged on the cell recreation Vainglory because the desk host of the VG8 from the California workplace. In 2019, Munchables moved to Las Vegas to hitch ESP Gaming to work primarily as a produce whereas nonetheless casting and internet hosting cell gaming productions. After that, he need again to the UK and began casting UKLC and EU Masters, earlier than becoming a member of the English broadcast for the LPL. Since then, he has grow to be a Play by Play caster for the Chinese language league.
• Jake ‘Hysterics’ Osypenko – Present LPL Caster. He has been working full-time because the begin of 2019, practically 5 years in complete. Earlier than that, he labored as a caster within the Oceanic Challenger Collection. He additionally occurs to be a efficiency coach and assistant coach for PCS group Vertex Esports Membership. It is going to be the primary look at Worlds for him as nicely, alongside his colleague Munchables.

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Checklist of all of the LCS expertise that may solid at Worlds

• David ‘Phreak’ Turley – One of the common faces of League of Legends casting, Phreak is likely one of the most beloved personalities inside the League group. In the event you ever questioned, he’s additionally the voice behind the Champion Spotlights and Patch Previews you see pop round Youtube. Not solely that, however he additionally goes over the patches on his personal Youtube channel and analyses the nerfs and buffs on a numerical foundation, supplying you with an ideal concept of how impactful a change may be.
• Isaac ‘Azael’ Cummings Bentley – Whereas a few of you won’t know, however Azael was world champion materials when he performed World of Warcraft professionally for Evil Geniuses in 2007. After his gaming profession, he transitioned to casting for numerous Blizzard titles, together with Starcraft 2 and Hearthstone. He joined Riot Video games in 2015 as a play tester, earlier than turning into a part of the casting crew within the following 12 months. Since then, he has taken each the roles of coloration caster and analyst on the printed desk. He’s now one of many primary coloration casters of the LCS.
• James ‘Sprint’ Patterson – began off in 2014 as an esports coordinator and joined the group because the desk host a number of months later. James has additionally earned a Bachelor of Superb Arts in Drama from NYU, and you may clearly see that based mostly on how good he’s capable of create interplay and hold followers engaged. In 2021, he has additionally hosted the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Masters, making him an ideal all-rounder in terms of internet hosting tournaments.
• Mark ‘MarkZ’ Zimmerman was the unique analyst and recreation guru, somewhat than a caster. He began his analyst profession on Staff Curse, which rebranded later to Staff Liquid, earlier than working with Delta Fox in the summertime of 2017. Since then, MarkZ has moved to the on-air expertise group for the academy leagues in addition to the principle broadcast. He has appeared a number of instances on the LCS official podcast “The DIVE”.
• Sam ‘Kobe’ Hartman-Kenzler – Beforehand often called Kobe24, an omage to the nice Kobe Bryant, Sam has been working with Riot Video games for greater than 10 years. He began enjoying League when it first got here out. That’s when he first met HotShotGG, who later helped Kobe climb the ladder and take him in because the beginning jungler for Counter Logic Gaming. Whereas his skilled profession as a participant ended prematurely because of him specializing in his research and pursuing a profession in engineering, he returned to the esports scene in 2012 as a shoutcaster for on-line tournaments and was later employed by Riot for the NA LCS. Like Phreak, he’s been with the LCS since its early days and continues to be a mainstay for each the American League and worldwide occasions.

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• Barento ‘Raz’ Mohammed – was a part of the teaching workers in skilled groups. He first joined Chiefs Esports Membership in OCE, earlier than switching to Dignitas first as an analyst after which as the pinnacle coach. In June 2016, although, Raz left Dignitas and have become a commentator for the English broadcast of the LPL. Since then, he labored his manner by means of the ranks, representing and telling the world about LPL groups at huge worldwide occasions. He had a small stint because the Head Coach for Golden Guardians Academy for the 2020 season, earlier than becoming a member of the LCS broadcast as a coloration caster.
• Julian ‘Pastrytime’ Carr is an Australian League of Legends caster and a really acquainted face on the LCS broadcast. Earlier than beginning in 2010, he used to commentate and write technique articles for the Warcraft 3 esports scene. He labored with a number of organizations, together with ESL Australia and Gamestah. He has additionally solid the OPL (Oceanic Professional League) in addition to the LPL. At the moment, he seems often on the printed desk of the LCS as a play-by-play, primarily working with MarkZ and Jatt.
• Joshua “Jatt” Leesman – Alongside Phreak and Kobe, Jatt is likely one of the most well-known esports personalities on the planet. Joshua started his casting profession in 2012, a place he maintained for nearly 7 years. He had a small stint engaged on the steadiness group in 2019, earlier than returning to the casting group till mid-2020, when he acquired a head coach provide from Staff Liquid. Jatt maintained the place for greater than a 12 months earlier than he returned to the analyst desk. He’s now casting the LCS and we are going to probably see him on the worldwide occasions.
• Emily Rand – Analyst for the LCS. Emily Rand has been a key addition to the North American broadcasting expertise, bringing insightful details about the sport. This might be her third consecutive look at Worlds, after becoming a member of first again in 2021. She has been a gentle presence within the LCS lineup prior to now two years.
• Barento ‘Raz’ Mohammed – Raz is a Canadian caster and analyst for the LCS. Earlier than this 12 months, Raz was a caster for the LPL. The man, who was beforehand often called Razleplasm, began by becoming a member of The Chiefs eSports Membership as a coach, again in 2015, earlier than becoming a member of Staff Dignitas as an analyst. In 2016, Raz moved from analyst to the pinnacle coach function for Staff Dignitas previous to the 2016 NA LCS Spring Season, however later grew to become a commentator for the English-language solid of the Chinese language LPL. That was till the beginning of 2020 when he grew to become the brand new Head Coach for Golden Guardians Academy for the 2020 season. His stint was quick, nonetheless, and he solely lasted a 12 months. Since then, he returned to the casting function and is now engaged on the LCS desk.

Whereas the ultimate lineup for Worlds is about, now we have not but absolutely confirmed all of the expertise current or if any cancellations happen. Keep watch over your favorites and hope that they get to attend the largest match of the 12 months.

Casters not attending Worlds ’23 as a part of the on-air group

• Marc Robert ‘Caedrel’ Lamont – After casting Worlds final 12 months, this 12 months followers gained’t be capable to see Caedrel on the desk, as he determined to retire from casting to pursue streaming full-time. He lately made the announcement, as he’s “making an attempt to steadiness and determine issues out outdoors of League of Legends”. Caedrel talked about how the brand new LEC break up has tousled his schedule and he didn’t have time for something, citing private well being points throughout 2023. For many who should not accustomed to him, Caedrel was a former LEC professional participant who performed for H2k and XL Esports. He retired from aggressive on the finish of 2020 and have become an analyst, gaining recognition because of his nice recreation information and talent to dive deep into gamers’ minds and share essential insights on how groups work together internally. This 12 months, he has been working each as a content material creator and caster for the LEC. Now that he’s going streaming full-time, we gained’t see Caedrel pop up as typically on the analyst desk. Fortunately for followers, Caedrel will nonetheless be co-streaming Worlds.

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