When it comes to big tournaments, people always default to the name Faker, as an indispensable part of both professional and attractive for the audience. If one day people are no longer called Faker's name in Worlds, it will probably be an irreversible loss. But that day was coming very close, when this 2022 could be the last time we saw Faker playing in the world stage.
The person laying the foundation for the dominance
Before Faker appeared, the Koreans lost in the 2012 final, when the giant Azubu Frost was defeated by TPA from Taiwan. A result that no one can think of, but it has happened, and since Faker opened his throne in 2013, for 4 years later the trophy never escaped from the Korean hands again.
It can be said that during the golden period with that, when the whole world is aimed at the teams from the LCK area, when Worlds has become an extended LCK. Faker is always the most recalled and most iconic name for this area.
3 out of the 5 LCK championships from 2013 to 2017 belonged to Faker, another thing that SKT T1 failed in 2017, since then, after this area, he also lost his dominant position in the hands of LPL.
For more than 4 consecutive years, except for the rare time Damwon could regain the face of LCK in 2020, the LCK was completely lost. It can be said that Faker was the opening of the LCK Dynasty, as well as the one who closed it in a sense. What makes Faker also known as the dominant, because the Demon King's dynasty was sometimes lasting seemingly forever.
The symbol of victory and hope
The king flipped over, Mr. Hoang Bo5 and the team only fought from the playoff, which were familiar phrases that SKT T1 fans use for many years, especially the time when their pet team was unmatched in both domestic and international.
The reason SKT T1 has this love is because they always know how to flip the rafters in any situation. No matter how many times SKT T1 went up from the door of death, winning in the Bo5 matches seemed to have no hope left.
One of the best matches of SKT T1 and Faker, it was the ROX Tiger backward in the semi -finals in 2016.
When ROX Tiger locked the Miss Fortune card support, many members of the SKT T1 side were confused, as evidenced by two consecutive losers to the opponent.
Save Salvation of SKT T1 at that time was none other than the duo Faker and Bengi. If Bengi had the first Nidalee match in his career, and was also the best in his career, then in game 5 decided under the guidance of the Demon King, SKT completely owned the game.
The more ROX lost the loser, the last gamble that the tigers socked that was to catch the Faker position, but the Demon King was really cold at that time, he turned on the speed of Peanut's cocoons, and then history.
You can feel the helplessness of ROX Tiger then, when Gorila bitterly exclaimed, “Just one hit again”, but one hit forever can never be launched, ROX Tiger is forever defeated generals at the hands of SKT T1 or in other words at the hands of Faker.
And also the number of matches, such flips of Faker, he was exactly the hope of SKT T1, an immortal monument in those golden years, as if Faker still stood firmly, SKT T1 would never know about failure.
The last epic of the Demon Vuong
In fact, the burden of age and the top pressure weighed on the two shoulders of the Demon King, so much that you have to wonder why he can still carry it until now.
The entire generation of players who played with Faker, especially the Golden Generation in 2015, has retired. If more about the former people before, the only old man Impact is dedicated to North America in EG color.
It takes a strong motivation and desire to promote Faker always playing in the T1 environment, because most players after leaving SKT do not want to return, because of the terrible pressure of this team.
Faker was also under the same pressure, because every failure of the team, he was always the first targeted, over time, Faker's ability to play with a big question mark, so far the Demon King is no longer the number 1 between Korea.
Faker can completely choose a softer path, which is early retirement, transferred to LPL competition or coach. You must have heard rumors about LPL organizations, ready to spend tens of millions of dollars to recruit Faker.
If not, with 10 -year knowledge of professional competition, 3 world championship trophies, Faker was completely strong enough to be a coach, because in reality he almost gave himself in many matches of T1 at MSI 2022.
After Faker became the co -ownership of T1 or we still call Faker's chairman, it can be said that he has reached his highest peak, but if Faker satisfied himself, people did not love the demon king so.
The saying “Faker will hit League of Legends until it is no longer able to fight”, it is really accurate to each glass for this player, because his career can only be interrupted by a so -called military service.
Worlds 2022 can be considered as the last music for Faker, although he previously left a 20 -year -old legacy with T1, a record that is likely to never be broken.
But the conclusion of every journey, it will never be perfect if it lacks a championship trophy in the world's highest tournament.
It has been 5 years since Faker hugged his face and cried after the defeat against Samsung Galaxy, and since then the Demon King could not raise any world championship trophy.
There is a fairly coincidental point, that all three Faker's trophies are playing beside Bengi, it feels like this is really a charm to help the Demon King win. In 2022, Bengi once again appeared to fight with Faker, would this be accidental or a sign of success?
The failures of T1 in recent years have been very much related to the training and spiritual work. The fact that Bengi was promoted to the coach was less than 1 month ago Worlds really surprised many people.
Bengi's expertise must wait until Worlds took place, but it is certain that Bengi's presence, will help Faker and young T1 players improve a lot, especially the psychological face.
Worlds will never be perfect without Faker, people are too familiar with the appearance of the Demon King for years, but every journey will have to come to an end, including a legend like Faker, it must be time for the boy that year to stop.
Therefore, please enjoy this World Worlds, to witness Faker more burning, more brilliant, and know maybe the miracle will come and T1 engraved a champion star on the chest of his shirt.
