EDward Gaming’s Mouse Withdraws from League of Legends World Championship
EDward Gaming’s top laner Chen “Mouse” Yu-hao is withdrawing from the League of Legends World Championship due to a family emergency back in China. This comes just days before the team’s quarterfinal match against ROX Tigers.
Mouse joined the professional League scene in 2014 as a support for EDG, but was replaced a few months later. He returned as a top laner earlier this year and helped EDG place first in the 2016 LPL Summer playoffs.
EDG has chosen to replace Mouse with emergency substitute Yang “Koro1” Tong instead of official sub Lee “Scout” Ye-chan, according to a Riot update.
“It’s our sad duty to confirm that Mouse will be returning to China to address the loss of a family member,” reads the Riot statement. “Per Worlds rules, EDward Gaming is permitted to replace Mouse with a player from their season-ending active roster, and will have Koro1 as that replacement.”
EDG will face off against ROX Tigers on October 15th in Chicago for a spot in the semifinals.
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