Dardoch Is a Free Agent Again After Dignitas Contract Expires

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11 September 2026 15:54

Dardoch is free agent again.

The 28-year-old jungler's deal ended along with the season.

Dignitas opened the Summer Split with eXyu in the jungle, swapped him for Dardoch after a couple of losses, and finished winless at 0-7. Dardoch took one map win across five series and eXyu has since retired.

He stated "My brief time back in LCS showed me that not only am I still capable of competing at the highest level still but my hunger and motivation to do so hasn't dwindled at all. So with that being said, I want nothing more than to continue competing. I've come a very long way since I had last been in the league and I am extremely confident I can bring a lot of positives to any team."

The five years before

Dardoch's career started in 2015 with Team Liquid and has played for eight LCS organisations. He hadn't started in the league since 2021, also with Dignitas, where he was benched mid-split and then cut, with the org's director of esports citing an incident following a loss without detailing it.

Coverage from previous eras characterised his career as defined by behavioural issues. Teammates at the time were split, some pointing to the pattern across seven organisations, others arguing his competitiveness produced charged moments but drove results. He went to Immortals as an assistant coach afterwards.

The route back was an unual one through NACL, where he finished second in the 2026 Spring Split with CCG Esports and earned the Dignitas call-up.

Where he lands

Per the Global Contract Database, only four of eight LCS teams have junglers whose contracts expire at the end of 2026: Dignitas, Disguised with KryRa, Sentinels with HamBak, and Shopify Rebellion with Contractz.

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