On the evening of November 19, T1 officially announced the breakup of Zeus to recruit Doran. Later on November 20, Zeus officially joined Hanwha Life Esports to become the top line of the team in the 2025. Zeus season was also the first player in the team that had just won the world championship of T1 announcing the leaving the team.
However, a series of information appeared around this transfer. Many rumors say that T1 still prioritizes the squad that has won the world championship twice, but Zeus has considered the issue of leaving the team to find new challenges. Initially, rumors revealed that Zeus wanted to sign a long -term contract with T1, then Zeus's representative company requested a higher salary.
However, T1 only accepts a salary increase if Zeus signs a short contract of 1 year + automatically renewed 1 year. After that, both sides were T1 and Zeus's representative company that did not reach an negotiation agreement, which led to Zeus's acceptance of another team, Hanwha Life Esports.
With the joining Hanwha Life Esports, this team has officially finalized two members of the 2025 season squad, Zeus and Viper. Earlier, Viper agreed to extend the contract and stayed until the end of the 2025 season. According to the current contract information, both Peanut, Zeka and Delight have contracts to 2025 and the possibility of all three players will stay in the next season.
