LYON has introduced the addition of Niship ‘Dhokla’ Doshi to its League of Legends roster following the visa problems with Frankie ‘Zamudo‘ Lin.
The North American veteran will take over because the group’s prime laner heading into the LCS 2026 Lock-In event.
With Dhokla’s signing, right here is the complete lively roster for LYON:
- Niship ‘Dhokla’ Doshi (Prime-laner)
- Kacper ‘Impressed’ Słoma (Jungler)
- Kang ‘Saint’ Seong-in (Mid-laner)
- Kim ‘Berserker’ Min-cheol (Bot-laner)
- Jonah ‘Isles’ Rosario (Help)
- Kim ‘Reignover’ Yeu-jin (Head Coach)
- Han ‘Rigby’ Earl (Coach)
Dhokla is among the many most skilled gamers within the North American League of Legends esports scene. He started his skilled profession in 2016 and has since represented a number of reputed organisations equivalent to OpTic Gaming, NRG, and 100 Thieves.
The highest laner has an LCS 2023 Spring trophy below his belt and has made two appearances on the League of Legends World Championship thus far, most just lately with 100 Thieves in 2025.
Dhokla initially joined the North American organisation as a positional coach forward of LTA North 2025 Break up 3. Nonetheless, he later changed Rayan ‘Sniper’ Shoura within the beginning line-up for the LTA 2025 Championship, the place 100 Thieves secured a top-three end.
Together with his assist, 100 Thieves additionally pulled off one of many greatest upsets at Worlds in China, defeating the 2024 runner-up Bilibili Gaming within the opening spherical of the Swiss Stage.
LCS 2026 Lock-In
The 2026 LCS season will kick off with the LCS Lock-In, which is able to see eight groups competing on the Riot Video games Area in Los Angeles from January twenty fourth to March 1st.
The occasion will start with a Swiss Stage that includes the next opening matchups:
- Cloud9 vs Workforce Liquid
- Sentinels vs Disguised
- FlyQuest vs Shopify Riot
- LYON vs Dignitas
The highest 4 groups will then advance to the Playoffs to battle in a double-elimination bracket. The winner of the LCS Lock-In will qualify for First Stand, whereas the runner-up and third-place finisher will compete at Americas Cup.
All of the matches can be streamed reside on LCS’ official Twitch and YouTube channels.
