Licorice (gamer)

Licorice
Ritchie in 2019
Current team
TeamLyon
RoleTop laner
GameLeague of Legends
LeagueLTA North
Personal information
NameEric Ritchie
Born1997 or 1998 (age 27–28)
NationalityCanadian
Team history
2016Cloud9 Challenger
2016–2017Team eUnited
20182020Cloud9
2020FlyQuest
20212023Golden Guardians
2024Dignitas
2025–presentLyon
Career highlights and awards
  • LCS champion (2020 Spring)
  • LCS Rookie of the Split (2018 Spring)
  • 4× LCS First-Team All Pro
  • 2× LCS Second-Team All Pro
  • 1× LCS Most Improved Player

Eric Ritchie, better known as Licorice, is a Canadian professional League of Legends player currently playing for Lyon in the League of Legends Championship of The Americas (LTA) North Conference. Prior to competing in the League Championship Series (LCS), the predecessor to the LTA, Ritchie played for LCS Challenger teams, such as Cloud9 Challenger and Team eUnited. Ritchie signed with Cloud9 ahead of the 2018 NA LCS season; in his rookie season, he was won the league's Rookie of the Split award and reached the semifinals at the 2018 League of Legends World Championship. He made his second World Championship appearance in 2019, and in 2020, he won the LCS championship. After six splits with the team, ahead of the 2021 season, Ritchie was traded to FlyQuest. He was transferred to the Golden Guardians in the middle of the 2021 Summer split, before moving to Dignitas (in the Summer 2024 split) after Golden Guardians dissolved at the end of 2023. Upon the LCS becoming the LTA North, Ritchie moved to Lyon, the only Latin America-based team in the conference.