BIG to field five former LEC players in ERLs following 113 signing

Doğukan “” Balcı is joining for the Prime League Summer Split playoffs, as announced by the organization. He will be replacing German jungler Seyit “Habubu” Cüce. The move marks 113’s first step into a new league, as he lines up in the Prime League for the first time in his career, slotting into an all-experienced roster made up of former LEC players. He reunites with a few ex-colleagues, as the new BIG lineup reads:

113 started the year on a high note, joining Misa Esports in the TCL. The team, widely regarded as a super roster within the ERLs, managed to win the Turkish ERL but fell short of lifting the EMEA Masters trophy.

Due to the roster’s high costs, Misa Esports overhauled the lineup for the Spring Split, allowing 113 to explore his options while keeping him on the roster. In the Summer, the organization announced its departure from League of Legends.

According to sources who spoke with Sheep Esports, both Joblife and Heretics Academy considered signing the jungler during the offseason, but neither deal materialized. 113 now joins BIG midway through the season, just ahead of the playoffs.

For BIG, this is the second roster change of the year after bringing in Patrik on the botlane ahead of the Spring Split. The organization won the Winter title in its regional league but finished only fourth in Spring, missing out on EMEA Masters. They did, however, top their group in the Prime League Summer regular season and now head into an all-best-of-five playoff bracket starting this Wednesday, August 19, with a new jungler at the helm.

Fortunately, 113 is no stranger to high-pressure environments. His résumé includes a rough LEC stint with BDS in 2025 and a complicated spell at Barça Esports, but he rebounded strongly in the TCL with MISA Esports, where he became a two-time Turkish champion in dominant fashion. He now joins a BIG lineup just as experienced as he is, with enough individual pedigree to become one of the most intriguing stories of the ERL Summer.

The caveat is that the last team to assemble this kind of profile in a regional league was French Flair in the LFL. That squad, stacked with former LEC names, never managed to win a title in France or at EMEA Masters, a reminder that star power alone does not always translate into trophies. The organized has now benched its two players that never competed in the LEC from its initial 2026 roster.