4 SWINES & A BUM

Forsen's NLC team.

4 Challengers & A Challenged

Statistics and team history available at Liquipedia.

Background

In November 15, 2025 forsen announced that NLC offered him to have a team playing in their pro league. NLC had initially asked forsen to "coach" a team of pro players but he had insisted that he'd have to play on the team as a jungler. Riot Games states that NLC local teams have no hard requirement for ranks however forsen's team is not playing locally within a nation and is instead playing on the ERL tier.

The ERL rulebook for 2026 states the following:

1.7.1 All Players on a Team Roster must have held a peak rating of Diamond 3 or above in 5v5 Summoner’s Rift Ranked Solo/Duo or Ranked Flex at least once in the current ranked split or in one of the two previous ranked splits.

To make sure forsen is able to play, the fan theory is that NLC seems to have reduced his requirement down to only needing to gain Emerald rank before the league starts January 15, 2026.

In anticipation of this, forsen spent latter half of December 2025 to gain a higher rank and because he is team captain he has to do all of the 1v1 NLC qualifications.

NLC has this to say about forsen:

Despite widespread debate over his Platinum/Emerald rank compared to his Challenger teammates, Forsen aims to prove his "God Gamer" status by competing in the official EMEA regional circuit alongside veterans like Pobelter and Drututt.

Drututt commentary

“He said that jungle is the easiest role to be carried in when competing, because all he needs to do is clear camps [...] Forsen is our captain. The NLC bent the rules so he could play.”

Drututt itemization incident

Bro I just beat a challenger in mid 1v1, for NLC , and you are talking about my fucking itemization.
I might just fucking kill you

Teammates

Other teams

There are several other teams competing in the NLC Winter 2026 split. All teams have a locked in roster as of the deadline on January 6, 2026.

Scrim results

January 12th, La BOMBAS

The week before start, @drututt got banned for inappropriate use of tags. This prompted forsen to ask Twitch Support if he's allowed to have @drututt on voice chat as he is a temporarily banned streamer. Before scrim started, forsen played sponsored PUBG segment.

Team results

All matches will be livestreamed by forsen and his teammates, you can also find the official livestream at @nlclol. Full statistics available at Liquipedia.

References

• X, Drututt, "The pro leagues are not ready for us." Jan 5, 2026 (archive)
• Riot Games, "Sign ups open now for 2026 National Leagues!" Dec 15, 2025 (archive)
• Riot Games - EMEA Competitive Operations, "ERL Rulebook (Version 2.3_17/11/2025).pdf" Retrieved January 6 2026
• Sheep Esports, "Forsen joins the NLC [...]" Jan 5, 2026 (archive)
• Liquipedia, NLC Winter 2026, Retrieved January 6 2026
• Leagues.gg, NLC Winter 2026, Retrieved January 6 2026
• X, SloppyWalrusX, "The pro leagues are FOR SURE ready for us." Jan 6, 2026 (archive)
• Pandas.gg, "Meet the roster", Retrieved January 6 2026 (archive)
• X, DumbsYT, "I AM MAKING MY OWN ESPORTS TEAM", Retrieved January 7
• X, _BulldogEsports, "Bulldog @NLClol Winter 2026 Roster", Retrieved January 10
• X, LightsideSWE, "Follow them on socials to keep up with the League team!", Retrieved January 11
• Leagues.gg, "Forsen", Retrieved January 11
• Leagues.gg, "4 Swines & A Bum", Retrieved January 11