It is difficult to find a new path for Faker to take.
Is Faker OK?
Ask anyone who followed League of Legends professionally between 2013 and now and they’ll tell you he’s the best person to ever play the game. Ask anyone who’s even casually glanced at esports at any point in their life and they’ll at least know his name. And for a scene as niche in the larger cultural zeitgeist as League, that’s enough.
Now in his 11th professional League season, Faker remains the standard-bearer for a game that predates his career by just a few years. After claiming his fourth world championship last November, Faker returns to the international stage at this year’s Mid-Season Invitational with the potential to do something the T1 franchise hasn’t done in a decade: establish a new dynasty.
Winning two consecutive international titles in a competitive league is a near impossible feat, and doing it in the same season is even harder. Only one franchise, T1, has ever accomplished it when it won four consecutive international events between 2015 and 2017 under the SK Telecom T1 umbrella.
