Fusion to start new Support "Trance," and Top laner "Chunk…

Hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia, Lawrence “Trance” Amador will be joining Team Fusion’s starting roster in the Support position. Amador is a veteran of the challenger scene and brings a potent combination of decisive shotcalling and aggressive playmaking to the team. His roots lie with Canadian eSports organization Y So eSports where he was picked up as the team’s starting jungler under the handle “LGhunter.” From there he joined Team Solo Kill, formed by former Final 5 jungler Ryan “ShorterACE” Nget, whose roster was acquired in July 2014 by COGnitive Gaming.

Amador has been playing with the rest of the Fusion roster for several weeks in practice and scrims, and has performed excellently. His mechanical skill and vision control are exceptionally strong and compliment the team’s existing strengths well. His impact on the team’s performance has been immediate and has helped carry the team to a 4-1 record so far in the recent ESL Pro Series. Furthermore, during Amador’s trial period, Zach “Nien” Malhas described him as “a nicolas cage” during their time playing SoloQ together. Amador is vocally excited about playing with Nien, and had this to say on their future together:

“The way I see it is if I help him get to the top he will carry me with him, which means I’ll get to the top too. I just need to help nurture his ability to get there, to get to his goal.”

Support for Amador doesn’t stop with Nien however. In addition to the rest of the roster enjoying their games playing with their new teammate, coach Magic “Magic” Swedin, responsible for scouting Amador, has nothing but praise for the new recruit. When asked to comment on Amador’s tryout success, Swedin replied “It was a very clear decision […] the second we started tryouts I was very confident that he was going to be the one.” Despite the praise, Amador is humble in his self-evaluation, and knows that a strong work-ethic is a must if he wants to do well in the future.

“I feel very lucky that I got onto Fusion because I know they’re a very strong team with very capable players. I’m very happy and grateful that they considered me for the position. I’m very excited to tear up the scene with them.”

Amador will be joining the rest of the Fusion roster in the gaming house in the near future, and is expected to play in all upcoming tournaments as well as the North American Challenger Series.

Following Yoon “MakNooN” Ha-woon’s departure from Team Fusion, tryouts were held to scout new top lane talent in order to fill the void left by the OGN veteran. After searching far and wide for an un-scouted talent or compatible free agent, Fusion’s coaching staff reached an interesting conclusion: their #1 pick was already signed to the team. Substitute player Josh “Chunkyfresh” Kesrawani, originally picked up as a mechanically gifted understudy, proved not only to be an exceptional mid laner, but also a very strong top laner. His performance during practice and scrims has been described in no uncertain terms as dominating by his teammates and coaches. Further solidifying this assessment, Kesrawani proved that he has what it takes to perform well under pressure and delivered a strong performance in the ESL Pro Series. Despite losing game 1 of the series against LCS veteran Zach “mandatorycloud” Hoschar and his Team Storm, Kesrawani drew a target ban immediately before proceeding to have a dominating Irelia performance. Team Fusion went on to win the series 2-1 thanks in no small part to Kesrawani’s Irelia and Lissandra play.

When asked to comment on his performance, Kesrawani was humble and emphasized that he felt like he still had “a lot to work on.” Coach Magic “Magic” Swedin stepped in to talk up his new top laner, echoing the positive description from the rest of the team and added “I brought him to the house initially because I knew wherever we needed a player he would be our guy.”

Kesrawani will no longer be fulfilling the duties of a substitute and will be added to the starting roster for the foreseeable future. He will play for Team Fusion in all upcoming tournaments as well as in the North American Challenger Series.