The lead paragraph should answer the reader's question directly: what changed, when it changed, what it means for the next announced event.
What the desk published
On 21 July, a third-party tracker listed an extra seat on the Kestrel roster. The desk had included the entry as L4 (verified social). The desk is correcting that entry today. The original wording stays visible above the corrected line; the date stamp is the date the correction was filed.
What the desk is doing now
The seat has been removed from the team ledger on the team page and the home page. The desk has emailed the team to confirm whether the third-party tracker was correct, late or simply wrong. The article will be updated with the team's response when it crosses the wire.
Continuing coverage
The desk will update this article when the next post-patch meta summary lands. Read it together with the MOBA desk, where the patch is summarised in chapter form.
The desk continues to read paper patch notes alongside the developer's notes; both are linked below for re-checking by the reader.
Related desk reading
Reader questions · this article
Why was this article written now?
The patch crossed the wire at the developer's notes page on 31 July. The desk writes the summary the same week the patch lands so the reader's preparation is current.
What does tier-one actually mean?
Tier-one is signed, dated text from the tournament organiser, the sanctioned league or the developer that publishes the patch. The desk quotes or paraphrases from it directly.
Where can I re-verify the patch numbers?
The developer's notes page is linked in the infobox above. The post-patch meta summary on the broadcast partner is linked as a tier-two source where one is published.
Will the desk update this article?
Yes — when the post-patch meta summary lands on the broadcast partner, the desk reads it and adds the tier-two summary to the article.