Faker debuted in 2013 and won worlds that same year. Since then there has never been anyone more impressive and dominant as a rookie player, not to mention as a player in general. He then won in 2015, 2016, and now 2023. His single Zed play against Ryu in 2013 started and fueled a generation of not just league gamers but gamers in general. Faker is not just league, he IS Esports. Faker is the most influential gaming athlete not just in terms of how good he was but of how much he did for the sport. He put Esports on the map, on the big stage. He IS the Michael Jordan of Esports and imo top 5 best athlete to ever lived when it's all said and done with his career. You ask who's next? Who can top faker? Well honestly, no one. No one after Faker has done what he has done especially in league specifically. There are many great players left to add, but none has gotten close to what he has done. There's a reason why everyone in Korea knows about him, people who don't play games at all, has heard of him. We cannot say the same for other player as their fandom and accolades have never reached people outside of the sport, let alone the whole country.
Chovy has won every lck consecutively since 2022 summer, 4 in a row something faker never did, will almost definetly be 5 in a row after this upcomming lck. Since they won MSI, GenG will be the first Golden Road winners in history if they win worlds this year. which looks even more likely by looking at the state of LPL teams. Chovy is also just 23 years old, 5 years younger than faker. Chovy has also won Gold for Korea at the asian games, meaning he never has to enlist in the military. unless Chovy falls off massively its looking very likely he will equal faker one day. (looking at ingame dominance only) i agree its likely no one will ever rival Faker in Cultural impact and popularity if Faker is MJ, Chovy is Lebron
@@Kim-ki4jf one thing he hasn't done is win worlds which is much harder to do due to changing metas and strategy from different regions clashing. He has consistently not been able to carry his team in those situations. Although I agree he is really good due to that I don't think I can compare him to even LeBron. I would rather compare him to someone like James Harden in his prime, one of the best offensive players ever but has never won a ring. There's very little chance he can win 4 world's like Faker and Faker did it in his rookie season and had already won 3 before he was 23, not to mention he was the MVP for every single world's he won. Although the game was much easier than it is now back then, Faker played the game like it was 2020 in 2013, it's like he was a challenger playing in plat lobbies. So that argument doesnt work, he was way too ahead of his time. Even just talking overall pure game dominance stats chovy is not close to Faker if you really look at it. Everyone agrees Chovy or individually some players may be insanely good but track record wise dominance and all, no one has done what Faker has done or will do. Not even close, hence there's no lebron or even a kobe yet.
@@xerodight2057 I kind of don’t regard his first worlds wins the same as recent ones because of how much improvement in gameplay has been made in under a decade. And i don’t expect chovy to win 4 worlds to rival faker in dominance. The same way no one thinks MJ is a bum for “only” winning 6 rings when Bill russel won 11. They were easier to win back then and I think that comparison applies to league of legends. Not to mention playing on T1 in 2014 is like being on the prime gs warriors if they didn’t have any salary cap. The E-sport org economy is way more balanced since the esports boom when institutional investors flowed in. Making rosters more competitive over time. Sure the Lebron analogy doesn’t work yet when you compare current accolades, however Chovy still looks like faker kryptonite when they play against each other. Chovy and notably Doran had a tendency to choke at internationals in the past but in the lck chovy almost Always beats faker, if they don’t break up this GenG roster chovy will easily breeze past 10 lck titles. Winning worlds this year is obviously a big hypothetical, but if they win the first Golden road the same year they completed a world first 4x back to back lck championships I think it’s a strong argument to call him a close option. I guess what I meant was if faker is MJ, chovy could become Lebron, granted he wins a golden road or 2-3x worlds in the 6 or so years he has left if he plays as long as faker, also why I mentioned he has military service pardon from south koreas government for his gold medal
@@Kim-ki4jf i don't think you realize that since Chovy's debut (2017), he has gotten one MSI title and four LCK titles, while out of prime Faker since 2017 has five LCK titles, one MSI, and one World. This is not a comparison between MJ and Lebron because Faker has both MJ prime and Lebron longevity.
side note on Bengi, he was called The Right Hand of God, or The Jungle, he is an excellent contender for being next, the only other player to win 3 worlds titles
Unfortunately I think he's too tied to Faker to have enough of his own legacy. I doubt any other of the SKT members aside from kkoma makes it in for quite a while because of that.
I agree with that. Based on worlds history and contribution the 2 best fitting candidates would be Ruler and Beryl imo. However it would be challenging to make an interesting video about Beryl, since his contribution doesn't come from insane montage plays.
@@DNeonLamp usally hall of fames are reserved for retired players, Faker being the exception because who else would u start the whole thing with besides him. If it follows over HoF then i can see Bengi getting in next with what he accomplished
I think the next one will be Uzi, for a long time, he was the only one that had the same prestige as Faker, not as victorius. But there are a lot of good names: Mata, Madlife, The Shy, peanut, jackeylove, ambition, gala, ruler. They will probably add some west players like xpeke, caps, bjergsen, doublelift
I don't think he really understood why Faker started playing ranked. He was so good that the game didn't find opponents in his skill range (MMR) in "Normal Games" so his queue times were absurdly long. He was practically forced to play ranked in order to actually play the game.
The little Mercedes "ad" near the end is most likely the Mercedes Maybach they gifted Faker for his induction. It was personalized just for him, so it's possible that was a small "ad" mixed with their gift to him in one scene.
He's the only world champion i've heard say "This isn't fun" when stomping their world finals opponent. The man wanted to win while having a fun challenge, not just stomp the opposition.
The greatest 1v9 performance throughout an entire worlds tournament not just in league of legends, but arguably in the world of e-sports as a whole. Or at the very least, one of the greatest 1v9 performances in e-sports as a whole.
I discovered League through Faker, back in 2014. I don't even know HOW, but I stumbled upon some korean guy streaming. I didn't understand aaanything about the gameplay nor the language ! But I could feel how impressive he was. I kept watching... I installed league... I followed him. 10 years. He is not only extremely good at the game, he is so humble, always nice. It is an honor for the whole community that our icon is such a beautiful human being. Such a hardworking, respectful, loyal guy. So yeah, even if it's supposedly easy to support such a victorious team, before anything I am a Faker fan, and by extension a T1 fan. I will keep supporting him and his teammates, even through their hard times. It goes way back ! They deserve it.
His wrist injury is "managed" but will never heal. He's certainly having problems so we never know when he will stop playing due to his injury. We should enjoy it while he stays in form.
If you want some more absolutely hype Faker videos, you should check out some of the pre-match teaser/hype videos Riot put out for the 2023 Worlds finals: * T1 vs JDG | LEGENDS NEVER DIE | Semifinals Day 2 Tease | Worlds 2023 * T1 vs WBG | THE GLORY | Finals Tease | Worlds 2023
I want to add the tease for Worlds first as it shows all the teams and goes over what every single one of them are fighting for. Its a great introduction into the two videos recommended here
Next person is probably Uzi, a retired Chinese League player. One of the most mechanically gifted player to ever touch the game. The great tragedy was that he was in his prime when Faker was in his prime. In a time line when Faker never played, Uzi might have won several Worlds and would be in the conversation for GOAT status.
Honestly it's kinda crazy to think how many all time greats never got their chip because they peaked at the same time Faker and SKT did. Like Peanut and Smeb for instance.
Faker is just the greatest player in this game, an innovative professional player, someone who has always evolved over the years even through those dark years. A mastermind that I am glad that I was able to fall in love with lol esports and witness the rise of this absolute unit of a player
Faker's born in 1996 and has roughly 6(Oner, Gumayusi, Keria all born in 2002) and 8(Zeus 2004) year age gap from the current members. I also recommend checking out Faker: The Numbers and Faker: The Plays! One thing that I know with teams in league is that the roster constantly changes, it's quite unusual to see the same roster re-signing for more than a year. T1's current roster has been the same since 2022, and actually there were heavy speculations that 2023 would be the last year that roster might stay together especially if they failed to win Worlds 2023. As much as their 2023 worlds run was exhilarating, it was also emotional. I also think that the next inductee should be Ruler, he has been sooo consistent throughout the years and continues to be one of The Best ADC up to this day.
Technically, the ZOFGK roster has been together since 2021 (2020 if you count Keria's signing to the team in November 2020), but oddly enough, they have not all played together in an official game (you had one job, Daeny!). Oner and Gumayusi started out as subs but eventually moved to the starter position, while Zeus remained as Canna's sub in 2021 and didn't become the starter toplaner until Canna left the team. So yeah... while ZOFGK played their first game together as a team in 2022 and became T1's main and only roster for their tier 1 LOL team, the players themselves have been together in the same team since 2021. It's truly unprecedented for a LOL team to stay this long together.
@@jagonz70580 agreed! it's only in 2022 they really played together as the main roster. i had hoped that they would've played in an official match back in 2021 but well...at least we're here now. i really do hope they will stay together for long, i've gotten attached to them 😭but only time will tell i guess 😭😭😭
about you thinking faker's current t1 roster will be dominant... they have the potential. so much of it. imo they're the most talented on paper if everyone got to play the best version of themself all the time. but they somehow almost always fall at the final hurdle. this roster - zeus (2004), oner (2002), faker (1996), gumayusi (2002), keria (2002) - since they started playing together in spring 2022, have went to 9 finals (out of a possible 11 that have been played in pro play so far) and the other 2 times they've reached the semi-finals, aka they have never finished below 3rd place in neither regional or international competition. that's absolutely wild. the sad thing is, they have a 2nd place curse on them.... (2022 - spring 1st, msi 2nd, summer 2nd, worlds 2nd; 2023 - spring 2nd, msi 3rd, summer 2nd, worlds 1st; 2024 - spring 2nd, msi 3rd) they are probably one of the most consistent rosters of all time, and one of the most longstanding rosters of all time too, because the same 5 players staying together for 3 years is almost, if not completely unheard of in league of legends pro play. i just wish they could get more rewarded for their efforts. there is a team in korea called gen g, who keeps beating them regionally. i call them the anti t1 because honestly, if they weren't there, t1 would sweep their region every year. however, that team is like the antithesis of t1 - gen g is stable, insane macro, robotic almost in their approach and very straightforward going for the win, "by the book" is their best description, they will take objectives 1 by 1, won't really take many instinctual risks to end early, but just run by the book; on the other hand, t1 is more erratic, domineering, hunting for your mistakes and using them to snowball the game out of your control until they crush you; t1 stomps if you're weaker than them are as famous as they're fun to watch because they can be that good; a coach from another team in their league said recently that t1 is harder to play against than gen g because with gen g, they just dominate you and that's it, but with t1, they violate your human rights, and if you don't fight back, they completely violate you to the very end. t1 hunt mistakes... the issue is, gen g don't make many of those. they counter t1's playstyle almost perfectly. fate is just not allowing t1 to win more for some reason, even though everyone knows they deserve it. they are not only really good, but one of the most fun teams to watch playstyle wise in the world too (for me, the most fun). i hope they stay together for even longer. 1 year contracts are common in league, but they did re-sign last year when the odds were they wouldn't, so i hope they keep denying those odds and that it eventually pays off for them with some titles. you also asked if faker is quitting any time soon, i think probably not. the only thing messing with him is his injury, also mentioned in this video, it's something called cubital tunnel i think, and it's not really curable, just manageable, but it flares up from time to time (it did again this year at msi - some people say one of faker's worst overall performances at an international - t1 still came in 3rd and faker still had incredible plays). faker keeps getting asked when he plans on retiring, and his most common response is that it's when he stops learning, so not anytime soon because he always learns something new and keeps on working on improving every game, and every tournament. very admirable. so hopefully, it will still be many years before he retires. he is still one of the best players in the world in his 11th year and his team is constantly challenging for titles at every tournament, his gameplay definitely does not call for retirement like it usually would for older players hahah.
There is this commentry during a worlds game, it was T1 vs G2 or I'm not sure which LEC/LCS team it was, it was definitely a western team. T1 crushed them, and was moving in to finish the game and the caster just goes: 'When you're in this dire a situation, you can only pray to god. But he is playing for the enemy team'. And that literally sent chills down my spine. In hindsight, the expectations on Faker are like, either win a Worlds trophy or you are washed. He has consistently been the top 4 in the world for 11 years!!! That's absolutely mind blowing considering how quickly and often league as an esports change. From the mechanics, to macro, everything is ever changing and to be able to keep up and still consistently be at the top and you're still only expected to win.
The Unkillable Demon King thing I remember being an article about Faker from ESPN that called him that. It was a pretty big thing in the Western Community because it was the first time big new or sports covered anything League related. There was also a movement going on at the time where a lot of people wanted to start viewing pro gamers more like athletes because they do physically and mentally push themselves for top level competition. TBH I remember people mostly using it as bit of a joke at first, but after years of him staying on top the name just becomes more and more fitting.
about the game being boring: the thing is, there is constantly changes and new things, so it can be rly refreshing - especially comparing it to traditional sports, where the only thing that changes are players and locations about the next, one, prolly another Korean or chinese. i personally think Froggen deserves one, but i doubt they will do 2 mid laners right one after another. so we will prolly see a rotation of the positions, i imagine
pls react to Keria. He is the support of T1(the faker's team) he is a genius and he was the first support player to win the title of best player of the season, it's incredible
you asked if he might quit anytime soon, it might not be that far away. I don't think repetitive stress wrist injuries just go away with treatment. He was showing some pretty obvious signs of being in a lot of pain through a lotta the games this year at MSI and you have to wonder how long someone can power through the pain when they've already achieved so much. It's even more special and important to honor him while he's here because the game wouldnt be the same without him.
Regardless of a World Championship, I believe former Chinese ADC ‘Uzi’ regarded as the greatest ADC of all time deserves the next spot in the Hall of Legends.
Well, Ruler is also goated. As for me, he should be the next inductee cuz of his consistency being the goat AD carry throughout the years. This man ended SKT T1 legacy in 2017 and yet still plays insanely good. Looking forward to see him in Hall of Legends as well!
nice reaction, and also good documentary. but i am accually a bit disappointed they didnt show more of fakers personal background. and his achievements aside from elague, and which kind of person he is more. also they didnt realy get much into the emotional side, team meeting work ethic. And stuff like explaining where his nicknames came from. or how he sigle handely kept the korean Esport togetehr even when korean financies stopped supporting it.
This is a feature for his induction into the HoL, not a documentary on Faker. They're focusing on the five criteria why he was chosen. There are plenty of other videos out there that give good background on Faker as a player and person.
@@McTerrox You can check more about that on T1's official channel. They post a lot of behind the scenes kinda content which helps you understand T1, ZOFGK when they're offstage. I guess you already know about this😅
since you said you played starcraft 2, thought i'd throw in here that faker is also really good at starcraft 2 (which is kinda why he can multitask and oversee so many lanes so quickly in league). also, gumayusi's brother, innovation, is one of the greatest starcraft 2 pro players of all time from what i've heard.
Currently, there are many great mid laners that have surpassed him mechanically, but no one will ever come close to challenging his titles and achievements. He is now the face of league of legends.
Please react to all the Worlds 2023 teasers from prelims to the finals- they are epic. There was a teaser for this docu too, check out the teaser numbers,😊
If you want a single player even close to Faker Overall at Mastery, Skill, Insane Plays. The closest ive ever seen especially Midlane. Would be the Korean Solo Queue player Dopa or Apdo as he was called. Sadly don't think he plays anymore. Think he was banned for some reason. Think it was for Boosting Other Accounts or Something. He was one of the Few people would agree especially for not being an Esports Player could Rival him in Skill, Versatility, and possibly Creativity. I know for a fact he has beaten him in Lane with more consistency then any other Queue Player could boast in High Elo. I think just like Faker if I remember correctly he wasn't just Flexible Mid Lane but could Lane Anywhere with Practically Anyone. He just chose his Best Stuff to Climb. But would BS around with Off Meta stuff too if I remember correctly.
to clarify the reason that he started to play ranked is because his Normal mode MMR was so high that he was unable to find games at all so he was forced to join the ranked ladder essentially lol
T1 had a lot of losses but instead of looking at it that way they have mostly been second and placed 3rd this year at msi and last year I think they were 4th but everything else second oh and won spring 22 and then worlds 2023
Never heard of faker until now. I was in the era of HotshotGG, and I still consider him to be the most influential of all time. He may not have been top dog 24/7 like some players, but he was the most fun to watch. League has deteriorated into a more serious "esport" of sorts and I don't like it. I don't even watch league anymore.
"is 2016 the first time he won worlds ?" So you are not watching the video and absorbing all information being given to you. I can not tell you how frustrating this is. And even after that, when faker won in 2016, the commentator said it was his third worlds win, YOU STILL DIDNT PICK UP ON IT because you were talking. I turned the vid off after that, fucking unwatchable.
Faker debuted in 2013 and won worlds that same year. Since then there has never been anyone more impressive and dominant as a rookie player, not to mention as a player in general. He then won in 2015, 2016, and now 2023. His single Zed play against Ryu in 2013 started and fueled a generation of not just league gamers but gamers in general. Faker is not just league, he IS Esports. Faker is the most influential gaming athlete not just in terms of how good he was but of how much he did for the sport. He put Esports on the map, on the big stage. He IS the Michael Jordan of Esports and imo top 5 best athlete to ever lived when it's all said and done with his career. You ask who's next? Who can top faker? Well honestly, no one. No one after Faker has done what he has done especially in league specifically. There are many great players left to add, but none has gotten close to what he has done. There's a reason why everyone in Korea knows about him, people who don't play games at all, has heard of him. We cannot say the same for other player as their fandom and accolades have never reached people outside of the sport, let alone the whole country.
Chovy has won every lck consecutively since 2022 summer, 4 in a row something faker never did, will almost definetly be 5 in a row after this upcomming lck.
Since they won MSI, GenG will be the first Golden Road winners in history if they win worlds this year. which looks even more likely by looking at the state of LPL teams.
Chovy is also just 23 years old, 5 years younger than faker. Chovy has also won Gold for Korea at the asian games, meaning he never has to enlist in the military.
unless Chovy falls off massively its looking very likely he will equal faker one day. (looking at ingame dominance only) i agree its likely no one will ever rival Faker in Cultural impact and popularity
if Faker is MJ, Chovy is Lebron
@@Kim-ki4jf one thing he hasn't done is win worlds which is much harder to do due to changing metas and strategy from different regions clashing. He has consistently not been able to carry his team in those situations. Although I agree he is really good due to that I don't think I can compare him to even LeBron. I would rather compare him to someone like James Harden in his prime, one of the best offensive players ever but has never won a ring. There's very little chance he can win 4 world's like Faker and Faker did it in his rookie season and had already won 3 before he was 23, not to mention he was the MVP for every single world's he won. Although the game was much easier than it is now back then, Faker played the game like it was 2020 in 2013, it's like he was a challenger playing in plat lobbies. So that argument doesnt work, he was way too ahead of his time. Even just talking overall pure game dominance stats chovy is not close to Faker if you really look at it. Everyone agrees Chovy or individually some players may be insanely good but track record wise dominance and all, no one has done what Faker has done or will do. Not even close, hence there's no lebron or even a kobe yet.
@@xerodight2057 I kind of don’t regard his first worlds wins the same as recent ones because of how much improvement in gameplay has been made in under a decade. And i don’t expect chovy to win 4 worlds to rival faker in dominance. The same way no one thinks MJ is a bum for “only” winning 6 rings when Bill russel won 11. They were easier to win back then and I think that comparison applies to league of legends.
Not to mention playing on T1 in 2014 is like being on the prime gs warriors if they didn’t have any salary cap. The E-sport org economy is way more balanced since the esports boom when institutional investors flowed in. Making rosters more competitive over time.
Sure the Lebron analogy doesn’t work yet when you compare current accolades, however Chovy still looks like faker kryptonite when they play against each other. Chovy and notably Doran had a tendency to choke at internationals in the past but in the lck chovy almost Always beats faker, if they don’t break up this GenG roster chovy will easily breeze past 10 lck titles.
Winning worlds this year is obviously a big hypothetical, but if they win the first Golden road the same year they completed a world first 4x back to back lck championships I think it’s a strong argument to call him a close option.
I guess what I meant was if faker is MJ, chovy could become Lebron, granted he wins a golden road or 2-3x worlds in the 6 or so years he has left if he plays as long as faker, also why I mentioned he has military service pardon from south koreas government for his gold medal
@@xerodight2057 this game is much more easier than the past bro...
@@Kim-ki4jf i don't think you realize that since Chovy's debut (2017), he has gotten one MSI title and four LCK titles, while out of prime Faker since 2017 has five LCK titles, one MSI, and one World. This is not a comparison between MJ and Lebron because Faker has both MJ prime and Lebron longevity.
Unkillable Demon King, as i recall, came from during practices between teams. The Chinese pros couldn’t kill him, couldn’t stop dying to him.
It came from Chinese MVP Cool at faker's first worlds
side note on Bengi, he was called The Right Hand of God, or The Jungle, he is an excellent contender for being next, the only other player to win 3 worlds titles
Unfortunately I think he's too tied to Faker to have enough of his own legacy. I doubt any other of the SKT members aside from kkoma makes it in for quite a while because of that.
I agree with that. Based on worlds history and contribution the 2 best fitting candidates would be Ruler and Beryl imo. However it would be challenging to make an interesting video about Beryl, since his contribution doesn't come from insane montage plays.
@@DNeonLamp usally hall of fames are reserved for retired players, Faker being the exception because who else would u start the whole thing with besides him. If it follows over HoF then i can see Bengi getting in next with what he accomplished
I think the next one will be Uzi, for a long time, he was the only one that had the same prestige as Faker, not as victorius. But there are a lot of good names: Mata, Madlife, The Shy, peanut, jackeylove, ambition, gala, ruler. They will probably add some west players like xpeke, caps, bjergsen, doublelift
I don't think he really understood why Faker started playing ranked. He was so good that the game didn't find opponents in his skill range (MMR) in "Normal Games" so his queue times were absurdly long. He was practically forced to play ranked in order to actually play the game.
and 10 minutes ago he won worlds once again, 2 years in a row 👑
And today
Faker is the winner of
Esport World Cup 2024
T1 is EWC 2024 champions
The little Mercedes "ad" near the end is most likely the Mercedes Maybach they gifted Faker for his induction. It was personalized just for him, so it's possible that was a small "ad" mixed with their gift to him in one scene.
He's the only world champion i've heard say "This isn't fun" when stomping their world finals opponent. The man wanted to win while having a fun challenge, not just stomp the opposition.
2017 broke him because he was playing out of his mind.
Litteraly 1v9'ed the semi's
It was insane.
And he still lost.
The greatest 1v9 performance throughout an entire worlds tournament not just in league of legends, but arguably in the world of e-sports as a whole. Or at the very least, one of the greatest 1v9 performances in e-sports as a whole.
I discovered League through Faker, back in 2014.
I don't even know HOW, but I stumbled upon some korean guy streaming. I didn't understand aaanything about the gameplay nor the language ! But I could feel how impressive he was.
I kept watching... I installed league... I followed him. 10 years.
He is not only extremely good at the game, he is so humble, always nice. It is an honor for the whole community that our icon is such a beautiful human being. Such a hardworking, respectful, loyal guy.
So yeah, even if it's supposedly easy to support such a victorious team, before anything I am a Faker fan, and by extension a T1 fan. I will keep supporting him and his teammates, even through their hard times. It goes way back ! They deserve it.
Demon King is what Japanese and Chinese gamers call the final boss in games.
His wrist injury is "managed" but will never heal. He's certainly having problems so we never know when he will stop playing due to his injury. We should enjoy it while he stays in form.
If you want some more absolutely hype Faker videos, you should check out some of the pre-match teaser/hype videos Riot put out for the 2023 Worlds finals:
* T1 vs JDG | LEGENDS NEVER DIE | Semifinals Day 2 Tease | Worlds 2023
* T1 vs WBG | THE GLORY | Finals Tease | Worlds 2023
I want to add the tease for Worlds first as it shows all the teams and goes over what every single one of them are fighting for. Its a great introduction into the two videos recommended here
22:37 I really cried at that moment when I saw Keria cry.
Me too :'(
form is temporary, faker is forever
Next person is probably Uzi, a retired Chinese League player. One of the most mechanically gifted player to ever touch the game. The great tragedy was that he was in his prime when Faker was in his prime. In a time line when Faker never played, Uzi might have won several Worlds and would be in the conversation for GOAT status.
Honestly it's kinda crazy to think how many all time greats never got their chip because they peaked at the same time Faker and SKT did. Like Peanut and Smeb for instance.
Faker is just the greatest player in this game, an innovative professional player, someone who has always evolved over the years even through those dark years. A mastermind that I am glad that I was able to fall in love with lol esports and witness the rise of this absolute unit of a player
You should watch the numbers video on Fakers Hall of legends induction. It will give you a perspective on how mutch better he was than his competition
Faker's born in 1996 and has roughly 6(Oner, Gumayusi, Keria all born in 2002) and 8(Zeus 2004) year age gap from the current members. I also recommend checking out Faker: The Numbers and Faker: The Plays! One thing that I know with teams in league is that the roster constantly changes, it's quite unusual to see the same roster re-signing for more than a year. T1's current roster has been the same since 2022, and actually there were heavy speculations that 2023 would be the last year that roster might stay together especially if they failed to win Worlds 2023. As much as their 2023 worlds run was exhilarating, it was also emotional.
I also think that the next inductee should be Ruler, he has been sooo consistent throughout the years and continues to be one of The Best ADC up to this day.
Technically, the ZOFGK roster has been together since 2021 (2020 if you count Keria's signing to the team in November 2020), but oddly enough, they have not all played together in an official game (you had one job, Daeny!). Oner and Gumayusi started out as subs but eventually moved to the starter position, while Zeus remained as Canna's sub in 2021 and didn't become the starter toplaner until Canna left the team.
So yeah... while ZOFGK played their first game together as a team in 2022 and became T1's main and only roster for their tier 1 LOL team, the players themselves have been together in the same team since 2021. It's truly unprecedented for a LOL team to stay this long together.
@@jagonz70580 agreed! it's only in 2022 they really played together as the main roster. i had hoped that they would've played in an official match back in 2021 but well...at least we're here now. i really do hope they will stay together for long, i've gotten attached to them 😭but only time will tell i guess 😭😭😭
about you thinking faker's current t1 roster will be dominant... they have the potential. so much of it. imo they're the most talented on paper if everyone got to play the best version of themself all the time. but they somehow almost always fall at the final hurdle. this roster - zeus (2004), oner (2002), faker (1996), gumayusi (2002), keria (2002) - since they started playing together in spring 2022, have went to 9 finals (out of a possible 11 that have been played in pro play so far) and the other 2 times they've reached the semi-finals, aka they have never finished below 3rd place in neither regional or international competition. that's absolutely wild. the sad thing is, they have a 2nd place curse on them....
(2022 - spring 1st, msi 2nd, summer 2nd, worlds 2nd;
2023 - spring 2nd, msi 3rd, summer 2nd, worlds 1st;
2024 - spring 2nd, msi 3rd)
they are probably one of the most consistent rosters of all time, and one of the most longstanding rosters of all time too, because the same 5 players staying together for 3 years is almost, if not completely unheard of in league of legends pro play. i just wish they could get more rewarded for their efforts. there is a team in korea called gen g, who keeps beating them regionally. i call them the anti t1 because honestly, if they weren't there, t1 would sweep their region every year. however, that team is like the antithesis of t1 - gen g is stable, insane macro, robotic almost in their approach and very straightforward going for the win, "by the book" is their best description, they will take objectives 1 by 1, won't really take many instinctual risks to end early, but just run by the book; on the other hand, t1 is more erratic, domineering, hunting for your mistakes and using them to snowball the game out of your control until they crush you; t1 stomps if you're weaker than them are as famous as they're fun to watch because they can be that good; a coach from another team in their league said recently that t1 is harder to play against than gen g because with gen g, they just dominate you and that's it, but with t1, they violate your human rights, and if you don't fight back, they completely violate you to the very end. t1 hunt mistakes... the issue is, gen g don't make many of those. they counter t1's playstyle almost perfectly. fate is just not allowing t1 to win more for some reason, even though everyone knows they deserve it. they are not only really good, but one of the most fun teams to watch playstyle wise in the world too (for me, the most fun). i hope they stay together for even longer. 1 year contracts are common in league, but they did re-sign last year when the odds were they wouldn't, so i hope they keep denying those odds and that it eventually pays off for them with some titles.
you also asked if faker is quitting any time soon, i think probably not. the only thing messing with him is his injury, also mentioned in this video, it's something called cubital tunnel i think, and it's not really curable, just manageable, but it flares up from time to time (it did again this year at msi - some people say one of faker's worst overall performances at an international - t1 still came in 3rd and faker still had incredible plays). faker keeps getting asked when he plans on retiring, and his most common response is that it's when he stops learning, so not anytime soon because he always learns something new and keeps on working on improving every game, and every tournament. very admirable. so hopefully, it will still be many years before he retires. he is still one of the best players in the world in his 11th year and his team is constantly challenging for titles at every tournament, his gameplay definitely does not call for retirement like it usually would for older players hahah.
There is this commentry during a worlds game, it was T1 vs G2 or I'm not sure which LEC/LCS team it was, it was definitely a western team. T1 crushed them, and was moving in to finish the game and the caster just goes: 'When you're in this dire a situation, you can only pray to god. But he is playing for the enemy team'. And that literally sent chills down my spine.
In hindsight, the expectations on Faker are like, either win a Worlds trophy or you are washed. He has consistently been the top 4 in the world for 11 years!!! That's absolutely mind blowing considering how quickly and often league as an esports change. From the mechanics, to macro, everything is ever changing and to be able to keep up and still consistently be at the top and you're still only expected to win.
This video was a masterpiece! The ending lmao 😂👍🏻
The Unkillable Demon King thing I remember being an article about Faker from ESPN that called him that. It was a pretty big thing in the Western Community because it was the first time big new or sports covered anything League related. There was also a movement going on at the time where a lot of people wanted to start viewing pro gamers more like athletes because they do physically and mentally push themselves for top level competition. TBH I remember people mostly using it as bit of a joke at first, but after years of him staying on top the name just becomes more and more fitting.
and now he've just got his fifth trophy. truely Legend
Great Reaction man. Keep it up
Great performance from the Mercedes Benz, real MVP
3:36 Ambition is also the world champion
about the game being boring: the thing is, there is constantly changes and new things, so it can be rly refreshing - especially comparing it to traditional sports, where the only thing that changes are players and locations
about the next, one, prolly another Korean or chinese.
i personally think Froggen deserves one, but i doubt they will do 2 mid laners right one after another. so we will prolly see a rotation of the positions, i imagine
pls react to Keria. He is the support of T1(the faker's team) he is a genius and he was the first support player to win the title of best player of the season, it's incredible
you asked if he might quit anytime soon, it might not be that far away. I don't think repetitive stress wrist injuries just go away with treatment. He was showing some pretty obvious signs of being in a lot of pain through a lotta the games this year at MSI and you have to wonder how long someone can power through the pain when they've already achieved so much. It's even more special and important to honor him while he's here because the game wouldnt be the same without him.
You should watch the documentary about faker by “EGO” it’s in French but with English subtitles and there are 2 episodes
2013 worlds champion 2015 worlds champion 2016 worlds champion 2017 finalist 2022 finalist 2023 worlds champion 2024 worlds champion
THE GOAT
faker is playing in worlds next week if you want to watch
'faker plays' and 'faker numbers' are good vids to look at.
THE GOAT FAKER
Regardless of a World Championship, I believe former Chinese ADC ‘Uzi’ regarded as the greatest ADC of all time deserves the next spot in the Hall of Legends.
You can look up his stats and some of his plays from hall of legends content videos as well if you'd like
League’s All Might.
Well, Ruler is also goated. As for me, he should be the next inductee cuz of his consistency being the goat AD carry throughout the years. This man ended SKT T1 legacy in 2017 and yet still plays insanely good. Looking forward to see him in Hall of Legends as well!
The next one is probably Bengi. He is the second most decorated player right behind Faker.
@@BiNguyen-jy1zh I don't think Bengi is that good. But I understand why ppl are thinking about him and won't be so mad if he actually is
The faker thumb Up is one of his signature after matches so is a reference at the end of the documentary 👍
You should watch the worlds this year, it would come full circle
There is nobody actually, Faker is the GOAT of ESPORT not only LoL
nice reaction, and also good documentary.
but i am accually a bit disappointed they didnt show more of fakers personal background.
and his achievements aside from elague, and which kind of person he is more.
also they didnt realy get much into the emotional side, team meeting work ethic.
And stuff like explaining where his nicknames came from.
or how he sigle handely kept the korean Esport togetehr even when korean financies stopped supporting it.
This is a feature for his induction into the HoL, not a documentary on Faker. They're focusing on the five criteria why he was chosen. There are plenty of other videos out there that give good background on Faker as a player and person.
@@chubipowerI get that but I still would have liked that it.
As sort of a showoff for his legacy
@@McTerrox You can check more about that on T1's official channel. They post a lot of behind the scenes kinda content which helps you understand T1, ZOFGK when they're offstage. I guess you already know about this😅
since you said you played starcraft 2, thought i'd throw in here that faker is also really good at starcraft 2 (which is kinda why he can multitask and oversee so many lanes so quickly in league). also, gumayusi's brother, innovation, is one of the greatest starcraft 2 pro players of all time from what i've heard.
Currently, there are many great mid laners that have surpassed him mechanically, but no one will ever come close to challenging his titles and achievements. He is now the face of league of legends.
The only one who could be considered tp have surpassed faker mechanically is chovy nobody else hahaha what are you talking about.
Final Bosses in RPGs and Animes are almost always Demon King. That's why he got the Monicker
Please react to all the Worlds 2023 teasers from prelims to the finals- they are epic. There was a teaser for this docu too, check out the teaser numbers,😊
If you want a single player even close to Faker Overall at Mastery, Skill, Insane Plays. The closest ive ever seen especially Midlane. Would be the Korean Solo Queue player Dopa or Apdo as he was called. Sadly don't think he plays anymore. Think he was banned for some reason. Think it was for Boosting Other Accounts or Something.
He was one of the Few people would agree especially for not being an Esports Player could Rival him in Skill, Versatility, and possibly Creativity. I know for a fact he has beaten him in Lane with more consistency then any other Queue Player could boast in High Elo. I think just like Faker if I remember correctly he wasn't just Flexible Mid Lane but could Lane Anywhere with Practically Anyone. He just chose his Best Stuff to Climb. But would BS around with Off Meta stuff too if I remember correctly.
2016 was indeed their 3rd world championship win, not the 1st
I think RIOT should add a few persone in hall of legends at once next time. I personally waiting for Xpeke
to clarify the reason that he started to play ranked is because his Normal mode MMR was so high that he was unable to find games at all so he was forced to join the ranked ladder essentially lol
The 2nd inductee IMO is gonna be Ambition, legendary Mid laner, then Jungler with the team that ended SKT dynasty
I myself am rooting for Khan, Uzi or Mata.
@@drakesacrum8445 theres many good options yeah
I bet it is going to be Deft
Please react to Fake: the Numbers. Its and official video about all of his statisticks during the 13 years of his career.
You can react to the 2023 worlds teasers (vs lng, jdg and wbg) you'll really feel the hype!
T1 had a lot of losses but instead of looking at it that way they have mostly been second and placed 3rd this year at msi and last year I think they were 4th but everything else second oh and won spring 22 and then worlds 2023
I was rushing this but 2022 worlds they also got second so they have been to so many finals :)
You should really watch LCK Global's tribute to Faker. It's Three Parts but you should watch "The Numbers: Faker" 🍀🌸
Spoiler alert : He won 2024 worlds as well
He is the G.O.A.T
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he got 2024!
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Never heard of faker until now. I was in the era of HotshotGG, and I still consider him to be the most influential of all time. He may not have been top dog 24/7 like some players, but he was the most fun to watch. League has deteriorated into a more serious "esport" of sorts and I don't like it. I don't even watch league anymore.
"is 2016 the first time he won worlds ?" So you are not watching the video and absorbing all information being given to you. I can not tell you how frustrating this is. And even after that, when faker won in 2016, the commentator said it was his third worlds win, YOU STILL DIDNT PICK UP ON IT because you were talking. I turned the vid off after that, fucking unwatchable.
I think Faker is like 29
You laugh on his thumbs up. Because every selfie on his fans he do that and half heart on the fans, except to he's support teammate
Koreans are true word smiths. super powerful quotes
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Gbay99 this channel has videos about pro players
you are weird bro