Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok is the most famous LoL player in the world. He started his career in early 2013 with the Korean team SK Telecom T1, which he is still loyal to today. But recently they surprisingly lost a duel against the currently worst team in the league. Faker then explained that he was struggling with an injury.
What is his injury exactly? Faker said in a press conference that he has been having problems with his arms lately. These are “not in good condition” and that has “a major impact”. However, the professional is already being treated.
The LoL professional has been struggling with pain for around two weeks. During this time, T1 also lost a match against KT Rolster 2-0 and narrowly managed a 2-1 win over NongShim REDFORCE, the last-place team. Faker didn’t look good against his opponent FIESTA in the midlane.
It is unclear whether he will continue to play in the coming weeks or whether he will be on pause for the time being. T1 still has two replacement midlaners on the team, but they haven’t been convincing lately.
Arm injuries are not uncommon for LoL players:
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“People forget that T1 has played in practically every playoff and international tournament”
What has Faker achieved in the last 10 years? Faker has been playing in the top Korean league since 2013, with a short break in 2021. There are also many international titles.
Alongside their World Cup successes, however, T1 and Faker have gone on to secure other titles, including two wins and two second places at the MSI and nine league championships in Korea. The Korean league also has more games per season because they always play a best-of-three in regular play.
How are the fans reacting to the injury? They show concern. After all, Faker is one of the oldest still active LoL professionals at 27 and he has had few breaks in his career. User Jozoz writes on Reddit:
Unfortunately, that’s no surprise with such a long career and very few breaks. People forget that T1 has been in virtually every playoff and an insane number of international tournaments. And Faker was there pretty much the whole time.
He had very few opportunities to take long breaks. That eventually takes its toll.
However, user forestcandle24 is far more concerned. Because Faker usually keeps private things private, so the violation could be more serious:
Faker has such a professional attitude that he usually tries to keep things like this to himself. The fact that he’s spoken about it publicly (and also the fact that it’s continued since the BRO game, which is almost 20 days ago) probably means it actually affected him. I’m really hoping for optimistic results at next week’s game, but whatever it is I hope T1 can be transparent with the fans. I’m sure everyone cares more about Faker’s health than anything else.
However, there is positive news for the professional Uzi, who stopped in 2019 and celebrated his comeback this year: LoL: Team gets a discarded professional in an emergency – but the old man (26) can still do it