Rostermania is in full swing for Apex Legends execs. The famed chaos of the ALGS switch window necessitates an Apex Roster Tracker to observe who’s shifting the place.
Ordered by date, this text always updates with main roster information. Observe alongside and see which groups stay collectively and the brand new groups that can type in summer season 2025!
LFT, LFO, LF1… decoding Apex professional’s rostermania lingo
For these new to the sport, understanding the language used throughout roster season will be difficult. Abbreviations are sometimes used to explain what gamers are on the lookout for and their respective standing.
One of many core motivations for roster modifications is CP, often known as Championship Factors. Gamers maintain particular person CP, so by altering groups, they’ll enhance the variety of CP they’ve collectively. CPs are essential to qualifying for the 12 months 5 ALGS Championship in Sapporo, Japan.
“FA” stands for “Free Agent.” That is when gamers are launched from their contract or roster and usually search a brand new crew to hitch. They’re free to discover their choices and take part in trial durations with new groups. FA may also be used to consult with gamers who’re competing in a crew, however the crew is just not signed to an organisation.
“LFT” is without doubt one of the most often used abbreviations. This phrase stands for “Wanting For Workforce.” It’s mostly utilized by FA gamers and coaches in search of a brand new roster to signal with.
“LFO” signifies that a full roster (normally three gamers and a coach) is on the lookout for an organisation to signify. Organisations are official firms {that a} crew can signal to, reminiscent of TSM, Workforce Liquid, Alliance, or VK Gaming. Unsigned gamers will usually search an organisation to signify, because it helps with self-promotion and might present constant salaries.
“LF1” is a time period used when two gamers are in search of a 3rd participant to finish their crew. In Apex Legends, three gamers should compete on every crew. Gamers posting that they’re LF1 are normally seeking to have FA gamers check out on their crew earlier than becoming a member of the roster.
Apex Roster Tracker: Following main LFT, LFO, and LF1 bulletins
This timeline can be up to date no less than as soon as per day to mirror new roster bulletins. For retweets of LFT/LF1/LFO posts and fast updates on main modifications, comply with Writer @hannahmariezt and Apex Roster Tracker @ApexRostermania on X (previously Twitter).
02/08/2025
The crew of Mark ‘Dropped’Thees, Logan ‘Knoqs’ Layou, and Keon ‘Keon’ Berghout are LFO with coach Jamison ‘Jxmo’ Moore.
Dropped final performed for All Avid gamers World on the Esports World Cup. Each Keon and Knoqd have been taking part in collectively on the now-disbanded FURIA roster, with Jxmo as their coach.
The truth that they’re LFO means that FURIA will both be seeking to signal a brand new crew completely or probably withdraw from investing in Apex Legends esports in the intervening time, as Ryan ‘ImMadness’ Schlieve left the roster in July.
01/08/2025
NoezFoxx components methods with Syuya ‘4rufa’ Kizaki. He’s assumed LFT
31/07/2025
Brayden ‘Vodery’ Thompson proclaims that he’s LFT for Break up 1
Gonzales ‘iknivezi’ Nathan joins DAX Esports as a coach
29/07/2025
Gaimin Gladiators half methods with their complete Apex Legends roster. Jamie ‘Blasts’ Levine, Pawel ‘lighT’ Haratyk, Nicholas ‘Fuhhnq’ Wall, and coach Luca ‘Liuq’ Andenna are assumed to be both LFT or LFO.
Gaimin Gladiators signed the roster in Could 2024. The trio carried out properly on the ALGS Break up 2 Playoffs in August and September 2024, ending the match in 2nd place. Nonetheless, they struggled to realize the identical ends in 2025, with no top-five finishes in ALGS tournaments.
Burke proclaims that they’re LFT as a coach, ideally for a Break up 2 Professional League crew. He nonetheless has the choice to stick with his present crew, Fusion (FS).
28/07/2025
Casper ‘Gnaske’ Præstensgaard and Francisco ‘k4shera’ Alves verify that they’ve picked up Adam ‘AdaM_zZ’ Fekkari as their third participant. The trio additionally announce that they’re LFO.
Gnaske, K4shera, and AdaM_zZ can be taking part in underneath the identify “o7” in the intervening time—a crew identify that Gnaske has used prior to now as a FA crew.
In his submit on X (previously Twitter) saying the addition of AdaM_zZ to their crew, Gnaske defined that they’re “maintaining the o7 sag alive with this triple MNK god roster.” All three gamers on the crew play on Mouse and Keyboard quite than a controller.
The MNK/controller supremacy debate continues to rage in aggressive Apex. Nonetheless, latest high-profile wins from triple MNK groups present that, whereas the controller briefly reigned supreme, conventional enter is regaining its earlier standing. VK Gaming’s ALGS Midseason Playoffs win is the newest demonstration of this shift.
He additionally defined the thought behind the brand new crew’s dynamic:
“For the individuals who don’t know Adam, he’s a MNK prodigy and would possibly simply have essentially the most insane MNK mechanics of all time […] K4shera and I are clearly veteran gamers and resulting from our expertise, we predict we’re the proper match to assist Adam attain his full potential!”
Gnaske and K4shera want a demon-like fragger to finish their crew. AdaM_zZ’s uncooked expertise as an 18-year-old upcoming participant will be the excellent addition to push his two skilled teammates again to the highest.
This trio will definitely be one to observe.
Manuel ‘Nail’ Dhaene confirms that he’s LFT for professional league as a fragger/anchor
Federico ‘Shex’ Trevisan and Alessandro ‘Eccio’ D’Avino conform they’re LF1, prefarably on the lookout for an IGL
25/07/2025
Brendan ‘Onmuu’ Pode confirms that he has retired from Aggressive Apex Legends
Onmuu has competed within the ALGS since its launch yr, 2019. He defined in his farewell submit that though he holds good recollections of his time competing, he’s “extra joyful not competing in Apex anymore.” He additionally talked about the state of the sport in his submit, which, in his opinion, “is actual dangerous,” which has affected his enjoyment.
He additionally revealed that he has just lately accomplished an EMT certification and is planning to turn out to be a paramedic. Different skilled gamers, retired gamers, streamers, and followers alike congratulated him on his new profession path, and the group needs him the perfect shifting ahead.
24/07/2025
Jason ‘Vudo’ Melton proclaims that he’s LFT for Professional League Qualifiers or Professional League
22/07/2025
Phillip ‘ImperialHal’ Dosen confirms that Workforce Falcons plan to stay a roster, with no modifications deliberate.
The announcement that Workforce Falcons will stay collectively comes as a shock to many ALGS viewers who speculated that the crew might change after their failure to win the ALGS Midseason Playoffs on the Esports World Cup.
Throughout follow video games forward of the match, IGL Rhys ‘Zer0’ Perry may very well be heard shouting at his teammate Ben ‘Wxltzy’ Walton and seemingly breaking objects within the background of ImperialHal’s livestream, suggesting that crew relations might have turned bitter.
21/07/2025
Daniel ‘Luxford’ Castellano proclaims that he’s LFT
Luxford performed for Workforce Orchid on the ALGS Midseason Playoffs (held on the Esports World Cup). His potential departure from Workforce Orchid, mixed with Hambino’s confirmed departure introduced on July twentieth, means that the roster might disband completely.
Maksym ‘Max-Strafe’ Stadniuk proclaims that he’s LFT
Nijolaj ‘N1ks’ Baarts shares that he’s LFT
20/07/2025
Hambino confirms that he has left Workforce Orchid and is now LFT
Lately, Hambino hit the headlines for not attending the Esports World Cup resulting from his id as a member of the LGBTQ+ group, re-sparking EWC controversy within the ALGS. This prevented them from buying essential CP, which might negatively impression the opposite Workforce Orchid gamers in the event that they have been to stay on the roster. Due to this fact, they’re in search of a brand new crew.
Additionally they confirmed that they’re open to teaching alternatives.
Tyler ‘Dezignful’ Gardner proclaims that after taking a break from aggressive Apex Legends, he’s LFT
19/07/2025
Vladimir ‘7ozzzus’ Vorotilov is confirmed as scrimming (taking part in follow video games) with Taylor ‘arctic’ McNeil and Emil ‘sherb’ Andren.
Relating to their follow video games with 7ozzzus, arctic said that “Once I was a noob and I simply began taking part in this sport I seemed on Twitch to see who was primary ranked and it was 7ozzzus on a regular basis. I used to be an enormous fan.” They confirmed that the primary scrim video games “went good”.
Each arctic and sherb confirmed they have been LFT/LF1 on July thirteenth.
Rodrigo ‘Chik1s’ Alquicira, Luis ‘Gyozey’ Mejia, Julian David ‘Buxtz’ Carreño Rojas, and coach ‘InZaneyy’ are LFO
Retired professional Timothy ‘iiTzTimmy’ An makes a quick reappearance as a professional participant for 100 Thieves within the “SoaR – For These Who Dare” Apex Legends match. He’s assumed to be nonetheless retired total.
18/07/2025
LFT coach Payton ‘Talmadge’ Koski proclaims that he’s providing paid teaching providers to groups eager to compete within the upcoming PLQs (Professional League Qualifiers)
LF1 participant Elwin ‘KSWINNIE’ Echeveria proclaims that he’s additionally LFT for teaching alternatives.
Retired professional participant Mikkel ‘Mande’ Hestbek states on-stream that he’s contemplating popping out of retirement
In a clip on Twitch, Mande talked about that they’re contemplating scrimming (taking part in in follow video games) and probably becoming a member of Casper ‘Gnaske’ Præstensgaard and Francisco ‘k4shera’ Alves, who’re presently LF1. Mande famously performed for Alliance as an alternative within the 2023 ALGS Break up 1 Playoffs in London.
The All Avid gamers World Esports roster disbands (Mark ‘Dropped’ Thees, Nelson ‘zap’ Bangs, and William ‘SkittleCakes’ August)
Dropped introduced in a submit on X (previously Twitter) that he’s now FA and exploring his choices shifting ahead. SkittleCakes and zap are probably LF1 to create a brand new trio, however are additionally LFT and open to splitting up and shifting to new groups.
Alexis ‘zona’ proclaims that they’re LFT as a coach
James ‘AfrO4E’ Ofori proclaims that they’re LFT as a coach
Movistar KOI verify that they’ve dropped their complete Apex Legends roster. (Miguel ‘Blinkzr’ Quiles, Firdaws ‘yJely’ Abadi, Brandon ‘FunFPS’ Groombridge)
Miguel ‘Blinkzr’ Quiles confirms that they’re LFT. Alternatively, they’re LF1 with Brandon ‘FunFPS’ Groombridge
Firdaws ‘yJely’ Abadi proclaims that he’s LFT following the cut up along with his fellow Movistar KOI gamers.
Ben ‘vasate’ Hagen proclaims that he’s LFT
17/07/2025
Andrea ‘Colo’ Colombo proclaims that he’s LFT as a coach
Colwyn ‘Darkside’ King proclaims that he’s LFT as a coach
16/07/2025
Coach Payton ‘Talmadge’ Koski proclaims that he’s LFT
Most just lately, Talmadge coached for All Avid gamers World on the Esports World Cup. Nonetheless, he has additionally coached for TSM and ENVY thus far in 2025.
Coach Colwyn ‘Darkside’ King proclaims that he’s LFT
Analyst Jonathan ‘Wait I’m Trash’ Naftzger proclaims that his is LFT
Former professional participant Aidan ‘aidanthedestroye’ Macmilan proclaims that he’s LFT as a coach
15/07/2025
Furia participant Ryan ‘ImMadness’ Schlieve formally confirms that he’s LFT
In his submit saying LFT standing on X (previously Twitter), ImMadness defined that the organisation is permitting him to discover different roster choices.
He additionally defined concerning the crew fracturing, “We simply really feel a contemporary begin would make everybody happier, this isn’t my name however I simply need the boys to be joyful.”
B4mbino is seeking to coach an LCQ (Final Probability Qualifier) crew for the Championship as he doesn’t presently have Championship factors to contribute.
Participant Aayan ‘Yanzz’ Shah is LFT
Yanzz got here 18th within the ALGS 2025 Break up 1 EMEA Professional League and thirty ninth within the ALGS Open LAN. He additionally competed within the BLGS in December 2024.
The younger British participant got here underneath scrutiny in 2024 for competing in a number of collegiate Apex Legends matches underneath a distinct identify, thereby violating the foundations.
14/07/2025
Casper ‘Gnaske’ Præstensgaard and Francisco ‘k4shera’ Alves are LF1
Gnaske hit the headlines throughout the Break up One EMEA Regional Circuit after getting dropped from his crew mid-season. Since then, he has teamed up with k4shera to compete.
Initially, the duo have been taking part in with Rafael PostKiLL Jesus underneath the identify 10k Membership. Now, they’ve moved PostKiLL to a substitute place and are on the lookout for a brand new participant to finish their primary roster.
Cybercats are LF1
Keon ‘Keon’ Berghout proclaims in Discord that he’s uncertain if he’ll stay with Furia, hinting on the crew probably disbanding.
13/07/2025
Emil ‘sherb’ Andren proclaims that he’s LFT
Alex ‘scuwry’ Scala proclaims that he’s LFT, popping out of retirement
Bowen ‘Monsoon’ Fuller proclaims that he’s LFT, popping out of non permanent retirement
Monsoon final performed for Complexity earlier than the organisation exited aggressive Apex Legends after Break up One. His reappearance within the scene is an thrilling addition to the Apex Roster Tracker resulting from his beloved standing locally.
Taylor ‘arctic’ McNeil proclaims that he’s both LFT or LF1, relying on circumstance
10/07/2025
Brandon ‘Dutch’ Bridy indicators to Workforce Orchid as a coach
09/07/2025
Timothy ‘iiTzTimmy’ An proclaims his pending retirement from aggressive Apex Legends
Widespread streamer {and professional} participant iiTzTimmy introduced forward of competing underneath NRG for the Esports World Cup that, whatever the match’s end result, he’ll retire as soon as he has completed competing.
He defined in a video that he’s refocusing on streaming as his precedence.
04/07/2025
Keenan ‘Tax’ Mackey and ‘Calamitous’ announce that they’re LF1
Tax can be LFT, which means that if the chance arose, he would separate from Calamitous to compete elsewhere.
The organisation RiddleOrder components methods with coach Mihiro ‘1tappy’ Iseki and participant Shotaro ‘saku’ Sakata. Each people are FA
The organisation REJECT components methods with Ryo ‘MiaK’ Inagaki and ‘Raygh’, who are actually FA and LFT
03/07/2025
Adam ‘AdaM_zZ’ Fekkari proclaims he’s parting methods with Keenan ‘Tax’ Mackey and ‘Calamitous’ and can be LFT shifting ahead
30/06/2025
Contracts expire for the complete REIGNITE roster. Yuta ‘Curihara’ Sato, Miki ‘Pinotr’ Tsurumaki, Yuta ‘mo-mon’ Oshima, and coach Kota ‘Kontyan’ Nakamura are all LFT
28/06/2025
EVOS Esports signal ‘MGClutch’, Lewis ‘Hoody’ O’Rourke, and Manuel ‘Naid’ Dhaene to their organisation
24/06/2025
Former Exo Clan gamers Elwin ‘KSWINNIE’ Echeveria and Nathan ‘ChaoricMuch’ Gajkiewicz are LF1.
The 2 gamers are presently signed to Dragons Esports. They have been pressured to drop their third participant, Tyler ‘Tyler’ Wooden, resulting from his Twitch ban.
Hannah is a author specialising within the esports, gaming, and know-how sectors. Working for shops reminiscent of Dot Esports, Esports Insider, and naturally ENUK, she has developed a love for wider esports and Apex Legends, though it might by no means surpass her drive to passionately beat her buddies in each sport of Mariokart. You might have seen her at varied esports and gaming occasions, together with ESI London, EGX, Uncover: Esports and lots of League of Legends watch events.
