Giants Gaming have replaced two-thirds of their roster, the organization announced Monday.

Joining Giants are jungle Tae-Wan “Wisdom” Kim, top laner Lennart “Smittyj” Warkus and AD carry Seung Ik “S0NSTAR” Son. They will replace Peter “Atom” Thomsen, Joachim “Betongjocke” Rasmussen and Adrián “Adryh” Pérez.

The post on Giants Gaming's website talked about the decision to start a high-potential, youthful roster at the beginning of the season.

During pre-season we decided to include in our lineup players full of youth and potential, even though we knew the risks that move could entail. Unfortunately, those risks became facts and we are now compelled to make several modifications in our lineup which means a restart in our project, in order to maximize our probabilities of keeping our place in the Championship Series as well as to obtain better results in the future.

Giants Gaming’s announcement also addressed previous reports that Smittyj, who joins the Spanish squad following a short stint on Team Dignitas, had been benched for disciplinary issues.

“[The Team] didn’t find any signs of problems on his behavior and we think that the time he was apart from the game was just an isolated case,” the organization said in their press release.

Wisdom and S0NSTAR are both LCK veterans who played together for Incredible Miracle. Wisdom eventually left last February to join KOO Tigers, but left that organization in December.

The release confirmed that the team was flying its new members to the organization’s team house in Berlin and that they would begin practicing as soon as possible.

The post also said goodbye to the members who had been replaced, citing the immediate need for better results.

“It isn’t easy to leave Adryh behind because he is part of the legend of our club, a player who always kept the team together with an exemplary professional attitude on his duties. Also we are sad to say Atom and Betongjocke goodbye as they didn’t have enough time to show what they are capable of,” the post explained.

The moves represent a shift away from a younger, less-experienced roster to one that will potentially be able to retain the organization’s EU LCS spot. With a 2-12 record and few weeks remaining, Giants Gaming will likely be forced to fight for their LCS spot, and these new acquisitions could potentially help them stand a better chance at keeping it.

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