With 115 million users across the world, it is safe to say the League of Legends is one of the biggest events in world eSports. A global phenomenon now, League of Legends tournaments are world events that have huge viewership ratings across the world.
While eSports may not have been as huge as normal sports before the decade started, it is now a massive event. Winners' purses are reaching astronomical sums, and the best players in the world get huge sponsorships and even bigger pay checks.Since 2009, there has been some truly great League of Legends players. Most of them took the world by storm, while some of them changed the way the game itself was played. These players have had a huge impact on the way League of Legends is played today and will be remembered for a long time. Here’s a look at 4 of the best League of Legends players of all time:
1. LEE SANG-HYEOK (FAKER)
Faker was born on the 7th of May, 1996. He is considered to be the greatest League of Legends player of all time, bar none. He started out his career in the competitive league, playing in Season 3. He was very quickly identified to be a prodigious talent.
It was noted that his skills were so advanced that all a team needed was to get a few players who were decent at the game to surround him. He was able to carry his team to victory with absolutely no issues. After just his first tournament, his name began to be spoken across the world.The League of Legends world fan base started to notice that he possessed a flair and a streak of brilliance that allowed him to pull off moves no one else would dream about. He is known to want to enter very specific training sessions to improve minute aspects of his game val boost. He joined T1 in 2020 when they were undergoing a major squad re-haul. With a lot of new faces joining the line-up, he served as their mentor. It is said that any team can be in the running for a win as long as Faker is in the line-up.
Career Prize Money: $1,254,240
2. SONG KYUNG-HO (SMEB)
Born on 30th June 1995, Song Kyung-ho has been a League of Legends player for over 7 years now. He has been know to play varying roles in his League of Legends Teams. This is a rare skill, as most players concentrate on one particular team role.
He joined HUYA tigers in 2014, which then changed their name to GE Tigers. With him in their roster, GE Tigers were one of the very best performers in South Korea in 2015. This earned them a place in the 9th season of the IEM World Championship. They performer admirably, but lost out in the semi-finals. Song Kyung-ho was instrumental in taking his team to the semi final. He was one of the best players in the tournament and was lauded across the world.
GE Tigers’ loss was considered to be one of the biggest upsets in world League of Legends tournaments. He became the 6th player to reach the landmark of 1000 kills in 2018. Although his debut didn’t go as planned, he quickly rose to the top echelons of League of Legends.