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 thrill 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 preferred abilities that can cowl League this yr. Right here is the breakdown of all of them by area.

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LoL Worlds Casters – Full checklist

Let’s break down your entire on-air English broadcast expertise lineup at Worlds 2023. Loads of large names are returning to the printed, with a couple of additions to the lineup this yr. Except for the English casters, there might be many others commentating the video games in different languages to ensure probably 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
Dangle 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 probably 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 for the reason that 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 expertise made her one if not an important hosts within the esports scene. Not solely did she host a few of the main worldwide tournaments inside the League ecosystem (similar 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 staff for the next yr. Earlier than she started her broadcasting profession, Laure hosted varied occasions and was additionally a author for Lolesports.com’s french web page. She’s thought of one of the vital well-known french specialists on the planet of gaming and esports, as she has appeared on varied tv applications similar to Canal Esports Membership. Her following significantly elevated over time and he or she’s now internet hosting additionally independently on her personal Youtube and Twitch channels.
Trevor “Quickshot” Henry – When you comply with the League of Legends scene for lengthy, you’ll doubtless bear in mind Quickshot’s “Flash, Bear, Slap” and “Are you not entartained?”. He’s presently 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 as a consequence of burnout which impacted his private {and professional} life. After looking for psychological professionals and getting into a psychological well being program, he returned to the broadcasting desk this yr and might be among the many LEC casters for this yr’s Worlds.

Daniel ‘Drakos’ Drakos Beforehand often known as ‘Tsepha’, Drakos took half in varied 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 staff 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 varied 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 expertise as he began novice casting for tournaments within the UK. What’s spectacular about him is that he’s tremendous educated in regards to 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 presently working with Oisín for the Chinese language League as a coloration caster. And identical to him, Dagda can be a part of the EU Masters broadcast line-up. The 2 have additionally labored collectively up to now on different broadcasts, which makes them a really gratifying casting duo with nice synergy.
Mikkel ‘Guldborg’ Nielsen
Aaron ‘Medic’ Chamberlain – UK has many casting personalities inside the esports scene, one in all which is Medic. Aaron started casting full-time in the summertime of 2016 and earned himself a casting supply for the 2017 EU Challenger Sequence. In lower than a yr, Medic made his strategy to the LEC broadcast desk due to his spirited and hyped casting model. What’s spectacular about him is that he went to medical faculty and even labored as a health care provider for one yr, earlier than turning into a play-by-play caster. To not point out that he additionally performs League at a fairly excessive stage, as you may most likely discover him in Diamond elo.
Christy ‘Ender’ Frierson – 

LPL and LCK casters at LoL Worlds 2022

Oisín ‘Oisín’ Molloy – Beforehand often known as 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 outdated 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 yr and lots 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 affix the printed staff 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 successful 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 targeted 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 presently casting the LCK for Riot Video games.
Wolf Schröder – He’s a coloration commentator who presently works on the LCK broadcast. He has lived in Korea since shifting 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 among the newest additions to the Worlds 2023 lineup, collaborating for the primary time this yr. 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 similar 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 affix 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 for the reason that begin of 2019, practically 5 years in complete. Earlier than that, he labored as a caster within the Oceanic Challenger Sequence. He additionally occurs to be a efficiency coach and assistant coach for PCS staff Vertex Esports Membership. Will probably be the primary look at Worlds for him as effectively, alongside his colleague Munchables.

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

David ‘Phreak’ Turley – Probably the most standard faces of League of Legends casting, Phreak is among the most beloved personalities inside the League group. When 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 awesome 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 varied 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 yr. Since then, he has taken each the roles of coloration caster and analyst on the printed desk. He’s now one of many essential coloration casters of the LCS.
James ‘Sprint’ Patterson – began off in 2014 as an esports coordinator and joined the staff because the desk host a couple of months later. James has additionally earned a Bachelor of Effective Arts in Drama from NYU, and you’ll clearly see that primarily based on how good he’s capable of create interplay and preserve followers engaged. In 2021, he has additionally hosted the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Masters, making him an awesome all-rounder in terms of internet hosting tournaments.
Mark ‘MarkZ’ Zimmerman was the unique analyst and recreation guru, reasonably than a caster. He began his analyst profession on Workforce Curse, which rebranded later to Workforce Liquid, earlier than working with Delta Fox in the summertime of 2017. Since then, MarkZ has moved to the on-air expertise staff 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 known as Kobe24, an omage to the good 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 as a consequence 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.

LCS has a few of longest serving LoL Worlds Casters

Barento ‘Raz’ Mohammed – was a part of the teaching employees 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 method by way of the ranks, representing and telling the world about LPL groups at large 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. Presently, 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 among 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 staff in 2019, earlier than returning to the casting staff till mid-2020, when he acquired a head coach supply from Workforce Liquid. Jatt maintained the place for greater than a yr earlier than he returned to the analyst desk. He’s now casting the LCS and we are going to doubtless 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 up to now two years.
Barento ‘Raz’ Mohammed – Raz is a Canadian caster and analyst for the LCS. Earlier than this yr, Raz was a caster for the LPL. The man, who was beforehand often known as Razleplasm, began by becoming a member of The Chiefs eSports Membership as a coach, again in 2015, earlier than becoming a member of Workforce Dignitas as an analyst. In 2016, Raz moved from analyst to the pinnacle coach position for Workforce 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 brief, nevertheless, and he solely lasted a yr. Since then, he returned to the casting position and is now engaged on the LCS desk.

Whereas the ultimate lineup for Worlds is ready, we’ve not but absolutely confirmed all of the expertise current or if any cancellations happen. Control your favorites and hope that they get to attend the largest event of the yr.

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

Marc Robert ‘Caedrel’ Lamont – After casting Worlds final yr, this yr 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 “attempting to steadiness and determine issues out outdoors of League of Legends”. Caedrel talked about how the brand new LEC cut up has tousled his schedule and he didn’t have time for something, citing private well being points throughout 2023. For many who are usually 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 as a consequence of his nice recreation information and talent to dive deep into gamers’ minds and share necessary insights on how groups work together internally. This yr, 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 usually on the analyst desk. Fortunately for followers, Caedrel will nonetheless be co-streaming Worlds.

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