Workforce Heretics has introduced it has agreed to just accept Théo “Sheo” Borile‘s request to be benched from the beginning roster, with academy jungler Kacper “Daglas” Dagie taking his place.
It marks a return for Daglas to the LEC after almost two years since he final performed as a rookie jungler with Vitality’s 2024 roster.
Sheo requested to go away
Sheo is the captain and long-time veteran of the LEC and has been with Heretics since 2025, after changing Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski, who joined an ERL persona mission within the now-deceased NLC ERL. Heretics struggled by way of 2025, with a couple of ups and downs alongside the way in which.
The identical was true in 2026, when the workforce confirmed weak spot, then some robust moments right here and there, together with reaching the playoffs in LEC Versus on the ultimate day.
Nonetheless, the return to Spring has seen Heretics flounder, trying like one of many closest contenders for the underside. Just some freak wins from Fnatic and SK upset that pattern. Shifters seem like a renewed workforce too, regardless of their terrible return to the league of their first play date.
With the outcomes, it looks like Sheo has, as we LoL tilters say, “psychological boomed” and requested depart from the workforce. Workforce Heretics administration agreed to the choice, marking an indefinite benching. It’s unclear if Sheo will return below the Heretics banner anytime quickly. But it surely sounds just like the participant wants a protracted break, given the troubles the org has confronted with outcomes prior to now 16 months.
It was additionally the one workforce to make a roster change heading into this break up. Which is a part of the explanation why the LEC is thrilling.
Daglas returns to the LEC
In excellent news, Daglas is returning after almost two years’ absence from the LEC. He final appeared as a part of the Spring roster for Vitality in 2024, earlier than the workforce took a summer season punt at Linas “Lyncas” Nauncikas, coming from Karmine Corp’s academy roster within the French ERL.
Lyncas had extra pedigree to his expertise, together with his aptitude in ERLs getting the eye of many. It left Daglas, who was largely relegated to Rell jungle responsibility within the face of backup interact instruments with Zdravets “Hylissang” Galabov on the workforce earlier than he exited a yr later from Vitality.
Since these days, Daglas has been with Heretics and even lifted a trophy within the Spanish ERL below the group. The Spanish org clearly acknowledges his capabilities and desires him again within the LEC to switch Sheo on the roster.
Because it stands, Heretics remains to be fielding Daglas for one remaining sequence earlier than the participant migrates to Berlin to compete within the LEC’s remaining Spring classes.
Can Heretics nonetheless make the playoffs?
Because it stands, it’s very probably Workforce Heretics won’t make the playoffs. That is given how Heretics is 1-5 in the intervening time. The league can also be backlogged to the top of the common break up, the place groups like G2, KOI, KC get to play most of their video games.
It means we’ll solely actually know what playoffs seem like in direction of the final week. It’s theoretically doable for among the groups which have a late-heavy schedule to brick their run and miss out on playoffs, particularly if Heretics can clutch a couple of wins earlier than they end their 9 BO3 sequence performed.
It received’t be the primary time {that a} workforce nearly mathematically eradicated managed to clinch the playoffs with a jungle change. This led to the Schalke miracle run a few years in the past. It’s unlikely it’ll occur, however it might be an enormous second for the returning Daglas as he descends upon the German capital as soon as once more.
