Free agent signings, academy graduates, and coaches throughout arguably the world’s deepest region will get their first chance to see how their squads mesh in the Demacia Cup, a relatively low-stakes preseason tournament for the LPL.

Whether FunPlus Phoenix’s humbling of G2 Esports at the 2019 World Championships did in fact signal the start of a new region’s reign atop the League of Legends competitive scene remains to be seen. But after a frantic free-agency period that included a head-spinning amount of roster swaps, the Demacia Cup will take up more of the spotlight than in previous years as the 2020 season approaches.

If the LPL was a deck of cards comprised of individual players, then the last month of free agency could be described as 52-card pickup.

FPX did not mess with their winning formula, and they will be trotting out their academy roster for this tournament.LNG Esports poached a new mid laner and jungler, Top Esports look even more deadly after their heartbreaking exit from the regional qualifiers, Uzi has a world-class ADC to compete for playing time with at RNG, and 2018 world champion JackeyLove still doesn’t have a team after leaving Invictus Gaming, despite still being in the conversation of best AD Carry in the region and world.

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