In League of Legends, team T1 with Faker has won the world championship for the last two years. Her South Korean rival Gen G. doesn’t like it at all. For 2025, Gen G. has reportedly been able to keep the core of the team, with exceptions like Chovy and Canyon. But there will be more upgrades for 2025: According to reports, Ruler is coming back. He is supposed to replace the super talent Peyz (18) after the young South Korean performed below expectations at the 2024 Worlds.
This is the rivalry between Gen G. and T1: In 2017, the Gen G. team, back then as Samsung Galaxy, was able to stop T1 and Faker in the finals of the Worlds and spoil their 4th World Championship. Faker cried at the time – the pictures went around the world.
This final defeat is still considered the biggest setback in the legend of Faker. T1 had not been able to celebrate great successes for years.
Gen G. has also dominated the Korean LCK league in recent years, having bought exceptional players in LoL with Chovy and Canyon. Gen G. has been champion 4 times in the last 6 seasons, beating T1 4 times.
But Gen G. has been disappointing internationally so far and has been unable to make a mark here. In 2024 they lost 0-3 in the Worlds semifinals against T1. Although the team is considered highly talented, they apparently couldn’t withstand the pressure on the international stage.
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Gen G. can supposedly keep Chovy for 2025 – Build new botlane
This is how Gen G should play in 2025: At Gen G. all player contracts expire on November 18th. has expired and the team currently has no one left in the squad.
However, according to a report from a South Korean site (via sportsseoul), Gen G. is said to have managed to extend the contracts of three players. This is what Sportsseoul reported on November 18th:
They allegedly want to sign the ADC Ruler, one of Faker’s biggest rivals.
The position still open would then be the support player, assuming Lehend’s previous support leaves the club. Apparently they want to bet on the South Korean Duro, a 22-year-old who has not yet made a big name for himself in LoL.
This “2017 Worlds Finals – Ruler” line tormented Faker for years:
Who would go there? If that’s true, 18-year-old Peyz would leave Gen G. He was considered one of the greatest talents in LoL ever. But apparently Gen G. has decided not to rely on youth, but on age. Ruler is 25 and an experienced player. Most recently he played for JDG in China for 2 years.
In addition, Gen G. would separate from fiefdoms.
Support as Gen G.’s Achilles heel?
How is this discussed? On Reddit, players are actually more concerned about popular supporter Lehends leaving than Ruler coming back. With all the stars, Gen G. is probably too expensive to afford a strong support player like Lehends.
There is a fear here that Duro could prove to be a weak point in the team.
But the fans also say soberly: Gen G.’s botlane from Peyz and Lehends was disappointing at the Worlds. And at that level, South Korea is merciless and does not give a second chance.
None of the signings have been confirmed at the moment, but LoL transfer rumors from these sources have proven to be true so often that these rumors are discussed like facts.
If Ruler went back to Gen G. he would be back with his “regular team”. Ruler played for the South Koreans for many years and this is where much of his legendary rivalry with Faker arose. LoL: 2.3 million watch battle between the 2 best teams in the world – viewership record at MSI