Faker and T1 set a super record in the LCK Spring 2022: Not only talent and luck, it’s also the law of humanity

End of the group stage LCK Spring 2022, T1 is the team ranked at the top of the rankings. Not only a direct entry to the playoffs semi-finals but also records after records. In particular, with a record of 18 wins – 0 losses, Faker and his teammates are the team with the most perfect group stage record in history League of Legendssurpassing previous Invictus Gaming or Fnatic.

T1 is the “lonely and defeated” of the LoL village at the moment

And Faker is the oldest player in the history of League of Legends to achieve this achievement, counting only the framework of 4 Majors. More specifically, not just a spiritual leader, in many matches, it was the timely shine of “Demon King” that helped T1 overcome difficult opponents. And the results that Faker and T1 achieved, besides talent and luck, it can also be seen that it is the sweet fruit that “Demon King” is reaping.

Faker is the driving force in T1’s magical journey

From the most bitter moments in a glorious career

Back in the 2020 season and until the middle of Summer 2021, Faker has never received so many doubts in his career. Across the forums, many people in the League of Legends community believe that Faker is on the other side of the slope of his career. They mentioned Chovy, ShowMaker… as the successors of “Demon King” to become the new monument of League of Legends. After T1 went empty-handed in the 2020 season, losing tickets to Worlds in the same year, many people still thought that the end of Faker’s glorious career had to end in the most unexpected way.

The 2020 season was a disappointing season for T1 and Faker

The atmosphere in the T1 team is not better either. In the 2020 season, Faker was replaced by Coach Kim in many matches. Perhaps, no one in the village of League of Legends can imagine the day Faker was pushed to the bench. Coach Kim also affirmed: “The atmosphere in the team improved after Clozer played”. In other words, the former IG coach (and probably many LoL fans) believes that Clozer is the future of T1 post-Faker.

Coach Kim was the first to put Faker on the bench and replace it with Clozer

After T1 ended the 2020 season empty-handed, Coach Kim had to lose his seat and his replacement – Coach Daeny was even more “cruel” to Faker. He implemented a policy of constantly rotating the squad and only Keria was always sure. The frequent change of coach Daeny caused T1 to fall into crisis. Not to mention, this coach also hinted at Faker in the media.

T1 under Coach Daeny was a mess and this coach also hinted at Faker in front of the media

To the fairness of the law of cause and effect

It can be said that at that time, many predictions believed that T1 would lose tickets to Worlds 2021 and Faker would retire in regret. Those are very normal actions, especially for a player who has spent his entire career with T1 and won almost all the glory that a professional League of Legends player can dream of. Even if Faker retires when T1 has just gone through the empty season, he will still be an immortal monument of the LoL village.

But Faker didn’t do that. He did not retire, nor publicly protested against Coach Daeny or Coach Kim. What Faker does is simply accept the decisions of the coaches and perform well every time he plays.

After all, Faker only proves it by relentless efforts

As a result, after the T1 BLD made the decision to fire the coach duo Daeny – Zefa right in the middle of the season, Faker and T1 both revived. Quality young players like Oner and Gumayusi have more opportunities to play. T1 then entered the finals of the LCK Summer 2021 and the Semifinals of Worlds 2021. This was the first sweet that Faker received.

After Coach Daeny and Coach Zefa were fired, T1 and Faker himself came back to life

In the final transfer window of the season, it was T1 CEO Joe Marsh who personally flew to Faker’s house to convince his legend. Not only enlisting the affection of Faker’s family, CEO Joe Marsh also confirmed that he discussed the direction of T1 and the changes that Faker proposed. T1 did not bring in any new coaches or new players, but took advantage of “homegrown”: coach Polt and topplaner Zeus.

CEO Joe Marsh not only discussed the contract but also T1’s direction as well as Faker’s proposals

I thought T1 would have a hard time when every team in the LCK had a strong addition while this was the first season that Zeus was primed. But perhaps now it is clear to everyone how accurate T1 and Faker were. And Zeus, not talented seniors like Rascal, Kiin… was the one who was elected to the number 1 typical team of the LCK Spring 2022 group stage.

It was the young player Zeus who, in the first season he entered the official lineup, was always in the typical lineup of the group stage of the LCK Spring 2022.

Faker himself, when he had psychological comfort, as well as had close juniors by his side, he really returned to the “Demon King” that everyone knew. But this is a more seasoned version, many times more brave.

Imagine, if Faker has no talent and good qualities in the past and present, will the juniors have enough respect to fight with him? If Faker gave up after being “buried” by coach Kim and then coach Daeny, there would certainly be no T1 Spring 2022 with a super record of 18-0 in the last group stage.

Faker has officially celebrated the 9th year of his professional League of Legends career

Skill has been shown through the matches, luck has also helped T1 achieve good results. But undeniably, it is from his relentless efforts and hard work in the past that Faker is reaping the sweet fruits of the present. And