Impact joins Team Impulse
Team Impact, previously LMQ, revealed that Jung "Impact" Eon-yeong, ex-SKT T1 K top laner will be joining their LCS roster.
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Today, the number of World Championship winners on LCS teams doubled, as ex-SK Telecom T1 K top laner Jung "Impact" Eon-yeong joined Team Impulse. To make the announcement, Team Impulse released a short 20 second promotional video featuring Impact and the TiP logo.
They also updated their roster on their website and included the following short biography.
The newest member of our young team is none other than Jung “Impact” Eon-yeong. Previously, he was the top laner for the World Champion SK Telecom T1, and played along the likes of Faker, Piglet, and bengi. The wealth of legitimacy and experience this brings to TiP can not be understated. He’s versatile, knowledgeable, and ready to show NA how to play top lane.
Impact recently left SK Telecom T1 when the organization consolidated to a single team. Impact is the second member of SKT T1 World Championship squad to migrate to North America, as Chae "Piglet" Gwangjin became the ADC for Team Liquid at the end of 2014.
The acquisition of Impact finalizes TiP's roster:
Top: Jung "Impact" Eonyeong
Jungle: Lee "Rush" Yoonjae
Mid: Xian "XiaoWeiXiao" Yu
ADC: Apollo "WizFujiin" Price
Support: Adrian "Adrian" Ma
You can watch Team Impulse play in the North American LCS starting the weekend of January 24th.
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