Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok of T1 became the first player to reach 700 victories at LCK, even reaching this milestone before anyone else could reach 600 wins.
This historical achievement until T1 easily defeats KT Rolster with a score of 2-0, following their impressive performance chain at the summer LCK.
Up to now, T1 has only lost 3 games after 7 matches in this period, all before Gen.G. Notably, they ended Gen.G's victory in LCK with a 2-1 victory at the “return home” event, before losing 1-2 at week 12-the match to help Gen.G strengthen the position of candidate for the World Championship 2025 according to the eSports bookmakers.
With the current form, T1 certainly participates in the play-offs, although it is impossible to catch up with Gen.G (with a record 23-1). However, they can still surpass Hanwha Life Esports (HLE), the next opponent on August 15. The main season of LCK ended on August 31, with the play-offs round will start from 10/9.
Faker's outstanding records:
- The only player won the World Championship.
- Only 2 times to win MVP Worlds
- Only 10 times of LCK champion
- The only person 2 times to successfully protect the World Worlds (2015/16 & 2023/24)
- Many times to participate in the final Worlds (7 times)
- The longest attachment to an organization (currently 12 years 6 months)
- The most winning LCK (700)
Faker was also the first to win 600 wins in February 2024. At that time, Kim “Deft” Hyuk-Kyu ranked second with 442 wins, but now dropped to 484.
Currently, “Peanut” Wang-ho (HLE) has 531 wins and Jeong “Chevy” Ji-Hoon (Gen.G) has 488, all surpassed Deft. Deft left KT Rolster in November last year and is currently performing military service.
ChoVy is currently less than Faker 222 winning but younger than 4 years old. Can Midlaner of Gen.G be able to catch up with a record? Maybe ChoVy will be a competitor someday, but Faker's persistence is unprecedented, and he has not shown signs of slowing down.
Another record? Faker is the oldest player of World Championship: 28 years old, 5 months, 27 days. Can you and T1 continue that record at Worlds 2025 in Chengdu? With “Immortal Demon King”, nothing is impossible.
Perhaps Faker also has more motivation to win the 10th championship in the game, after the information he will receive Yone and Sylas branded thanks to the World Championship 2024. Total, Faker has 6 skins from World Worlds, and 3 skins from becoming the first honored person at Hall of Fame.