Former world champion explains the terrible impact of T1’s World Cup victory on China

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In League of Legends, T1 has now won the World Championship twice in a row. The South Korean midlaner Kim “Doinb” Tae-sang (27) predicts that there will be extremely negative effects on the Chinese league LPL. 80% of Chinese professionals will be replaced by newcomers in 2025 because high salaries are no longer possible and the big money is disappearing.

Who is Doinb? The 27-year-old is actually South Korean, but has lived and played in China for so long that many people now consider him Chinese. It is even said that his South Korean now has a Chinese accent. His career was actually over early on, only his wife convinced him to give it another try.

Doinb’s big moment came in 2019 when he dominated the World Championship in LoL, back then with his brilliant jungle partner Tian. Considered a “super carry” at the tournament, Doinb dashed G2’s dreams in the final when he outclassed Europe’s hopes in Paris and showed Caps and Perkz their limits.

But his team FunPlusPhoenix was no longer successful after winning the World Cup, and the team finally collapsed in 2021. Doinb last played for a professional team in 2022 and is now a streamer.

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This is how he comments on T1’s victory: Doinb did live commentary on T1 and Faker’s victory at LoL Worlds 2024, calling Faker the “daddy of the LPL.” You simply have no chance against him.

Doinb believes: In 2025, 80% of the LPL’s players will be new

What impact does Doinb see on winning? Doinb explained why Chinese top team BLG’s defeat against No. 4 South Korea was so bitter:

  • The LPL hasn’t won Worlds for 3 years in a row. For investors, it means that the relevance of LoL in China is decreasing because it is no longer the dominant team in the world
  • Investors would have been waiting for the outcome of these Worlds to decide whether to send new money into the LPL
  • BLG’s defeat has now changed everything
  • For 2025, Doinb sees a significant drop in salaries in the league and many professionals would have to stop playing.
  • Doinb expects to see 80% new players

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    Doinb hints at ending his career

    Will Doinb himself come back? It doesn’t look like it. Doinb says that as of today he no longer has it in his hands. Apparently he figures that no team would pay him enough money to make it worth it again.

    He now wants to organize a tournament himself and is considering retiring afterwards.

    Many experts see LoL e-sports changing in 2025. Salaries are expected to collapse everywhere: in the USA, in China, even in the regional leagues like Germany. Only one team could be spared from the big salary carnage, namely the world champions T1: At T1, the contracts of 4 players expire, will the world champion team stay together in 2025?

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