He credits it as a factor to his easy transition to play League of Legends.ĥ. Faker signed on with SKT Telecom TI in 2013 when he was only 17 years old.Ħ. He dropped out of high school to go play for SKT, but did say he wants to continue his education when he retires.ħ. Faker has often been praised as a god or the Demon King of League of Legends.
It was an amazing performance from Trick and PerkZ and something they should be able to build upon.1. Faker was born on in Seoul, South Korea.Ģ. He was raised by his grandparents and father, Lee Kyung-joon, in Gangseo District, Seoul.ģ. Faker began playing games at the age of 12 and when he discovered League of Legends in 2011, he quickly became a great player.Ĥ. Faker got his introduction into MOBA’s with a game called 'Chaos', also a MOBA. They stood toe to toe with the best team in the World, against the best player in the world, and struck first. But that shouldn’t take away from this moment. Unfortunately for G2, SKT would go on to take the game off superior side lanes and macro control. For the first time in the tournament, maybe for years, someone had made God bleed. It was one of the shocking deficits we’ve ever seen Faker and SK Telecom face. But he underestimated the damage from Daisy as well as how fast Ki “ Expect” Dae-han could roam down from the top lane:Īt that point Faker was 0/4/0, a complete non-factor, while PerkZ was running away from the game. The next time Trick came around, Faker hung around confidently, knowing he had the ult in his back pocket.
But as angry as he was, there wasn’t much he could do about a two-level deficit, which meant that PerkZ and Trick had access to their ultimates first:įaker’s ult finally came up at the very end of the play-but he had been knocked up by Daisy, unable to use it. Most have come to regret it as Faker tends to play better when angry.
Other players have killed Faker in his lane before. Faker isn’t even pushed up here, but Trick flashed in and the slippery snake was unable to slither her way out of the gank. Having burned Faker’s flash, PerkZ and Trick went right back at it shortly after the broadcast replay ended. With a level lead PerkZ went all-in at the perfect time, starting a snowball that would not stopped. G2 jungler Kim “ Trick” Gang-yun, another player who’s been criticized for his international appearances, was timely on his ganks all series.įaker is known for his aggressive, trade-heavy style, and PerkZ punished him beautifully. The first couple kills required jungle assistance. PerkZ did more than bully the lane-he made God bleed.
Jayce is known as a lane bully due to his ability to fire from range. With confidence surging, G2 picked Jayce for him in game one into Faker’s Cassiopeia. And going against Faker, no one expected much.īut PerkZ had just come off a victory against China’s Team WE in which he played a nearly immaculate series. He’s been heavily criticized for his brash mistakes on the international stage. Meanwhile, G2 mid laner Luka “PerkZ” Perković has been lauded for his play as a rookie in the European LCS, but seems to have peaked since then.
He has won half of the World Championships every contested and has never lost a best-of series against an LCS team. Since arriving on the scene in 2013 Faker has made competitive League of Legends his personal playground, racking up victory after victory at every major tournament in he’s participated in. Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok is known to League fans as God.