On Wednesday, September 3, Isurus announced the signing of their new midlaner Kim "Keine" Joon-cheol from Dignitas. As the only guest team in the LTA Sul, while the other seven are partner teams, the Argentine squad will have to defend its spot in the league through the promotion tournament, facing the top two teams from the Circuito Desafiante (CD) and Liga Regional Sur (LRS). For his part, Keine is coming off a difficult year in the LTA North with Dignitas, where results fell short, with his best finish being a short playoffs appearance in Split 2.

The South Korean midlaner began his career in 2020 in his home country with APK Prince in the LCK before joining Afreeca Freecs Challengers in the LCK CL, where he achieved solid results. In 2022, he was spotted by XTEN Esports in the LLA, then went on to join INFINITY and finally Movistar R7, the team where he achieved his greatest success at the end of 2024, participating in the only international competition of his career, the 2024 Worlds in Europe. In 2025, he joined Dignitas in the LTA North but without much success.

Save the year in the promotion tournament

At the start of the year, Isurus played under the Isurus Estral branding as part of a collaboration. They dominated the South league regular season but were eliminated by Team Liquid in the cross-conference playoffs. In Split 2, the team collapsed during the Positioning Phase, finishing 1-6, narrowly surviving the cross-group battle against Fluxo W7M, and then climbed back to the lower bracket final, where they lost to FURIA. For the Summer Split, the partnership with Estral Esports ended, and Isurus exited early in the playoffs against Leviatan, playing only three BO3s and one BO5.

Keine will be the team’s third midlaner this year, after Jeong "Mireu" Jo-bin in the first two splits and then Mexican player Francisco "Leza" Jara. The team will go through the promotion tournament, where they are in the upper bracket. So far, the other qualified teams are Brazil’s Alpha7 Esports and Argentina’s Farenvehn. The Sharks still have their fate in their hands as they try to remain in one of Riot Games’ five major League of Legends leagues.