Sources: GIANTX set to promote Flakked to their LEC roster

GIANTX are changing their AD Carry in the LEC with the promotion of their academy player Flakked and Noah being benched.

GIANTX also considered Carzzy

GIANTX

are set to make a second change to their League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) roster. After Óscar “

Oscarinin

” Muñoz Jiménez, Víctor "

Flakked

" Lirola is set to be promoted to the main roster from the Academy team, sources tell Sheep Esports on Tuesday. Per sources, GX also considered

Team Vitality

’s current AD Carry, Matyáš "

Carzzy

" Orság.

Flakked is set to return to the LEC after just two splits in the Liga Española de League of Legends (LES), with the move effectively meaning the benching of Korean AD Carry Oh "

Noah

" Hyeon-taek, who is placed on the sidelines after five splits with the Spanish organization. Flakked is expected to form the botlane with Yoon "

Jun

" Se-jun as GIANTX look to take a step forward with their roster.

Back in the LEC for Flakked

Flakked spent two and a half consecutive years in the LEC with Team Heretics, achieving a best result of a top 4 before being benched. It was not the first time this has happened, as he struggled to find a team after his stint with G2 Esports in 2022 in the LEC, where he won the Spring Split.

During the Winter and Spring 2026 splits, he played for GIANTX iTero, where results were mixed, finishing 5th–6th in the first tournament, followed by a 5th place in Spring, without ever really coming close to qualifying for EMEA Masters. Flakked will now join a roster alongside players he has not previously shared the stage with.

A return to Korea for Noah?

During an interview given to Sheep Esports in early February, Noah spoke about the possibility of having to return to Korea due to his age and military service obligations: "We cannot play anymore in Europe because we can’t leave Korea. Because if you didn’t do military service and are 25 years old I think you cannot leave Korea."

This bench could therefore signal a break in Noah’s career, unless he finds a team for the Summer Split or a Korean organization decides to pick him up, either in the LCK or within the academy system. He will have spent four years in the EMEA region between Zero Tenacity, Fnatic, and GIANTX. Despite reaching four LEC finals with Fnatic, Noah has never won the EMEA championship.

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