born on May 7 1996 and raised in Seoul South Korea
Faker was raised by a single
parent his father who believed that Faker was born to be a pro gamer as a
as a child Faker played the Moba Chaos but moved on
to League of Legends in December 2011 when he found the game while browsing
the web it didn't take long for him to become sought after by several Korean
teams however having just entered high school at the time the decision to turn
pro was a tough one in the end a Faker would drop out and join SK Telecom's T1
secondary squad a team which was specifically built around his prodigious
talents the team immediately performed topping their group during the og and
Olympus Champions Spring in 2013
SK Telecom will win a 52 minute game they
to get the duo and come out of the group stages at champions winter with a
perfect score
and eventually finishing third in the playoffs
Faker quickly made a name for himself his solo kills against Ambition and a
dominant game on Leblanc against MVP Blue gained him significant attention is
wow wow Ambition what Faker just
execute Ambition in that mid lane
but it wasn't until 2013
Summer Finals where Faker were truly shocked the world
you have just make are nightmares you wake up in a cold sweat
your like Faker behind me
I know right
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SK Telecom T1 K won their first Og title that day earning
them a spot in the 2013 World Championship and giving Faker a chance
to prove who the medal internationally
SK Telecom T1 K carved a trail through
the event sweeping Royal Club 3-0 in the grand finals to claim their first Worlds tittle
potentially gonna go down this could be a 20 minute game for SK Telecome
they will be the season 3 World Champion
here at the Staples Center
as if it were possible his dominant performance on the world stage even
further increased the buzz around Faker
and he was looked to as the best in the world
most impressive victory at the end SKT is the team
Faker and his team returned home
on top of the league of legends world and continued his nearly unhindered success
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the path seemed set to another world appearance however Faker and his team
which faced their first stumbling block with back-to-back disappointments in the
spring and summer season of 2014
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with one last shot at worlds through the regional qualifiers SKT T1 K came up
short to NaJin White Shield 3-1
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the disappointing finish to the year called for a change Impact and Piglet
left the team and due to the removal of sister teams in OGN leaves SK Telecom's
two squads were merged into one bringing in the fresh talent of MaRin Easyhoon
Bang and Wolf into the picture
for the first time Faker had competition for his
starting role and he and Easyhoon would split the duties throughout the season
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despite the changes to their roster SKT went 11 and 3 and were able to punch it
to get to MSI
there they swept through the group stage however during the
finals against EDward Gaming
SKT decided to start Easyhoon against Pawn
a player against whom Fake had famously struggle
right now imported to know that Easyhoon will be starting in game 1
as sad as I am to not see Faker couple game 1
I think it's the preferable choices yes
Easyhoon played the first three
games and SKT went down 1-2
whatever they want at this point
SKT forced to surrender there was no way they're coming back their
back against the wall Faker would swap back in for the fourth game with the set two-on-one
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for SKT Calvary here Goro is trying to take everything he goes down to bang now
4:02 SKT very low and this is going to be the
pawn cleanup ships over the wall that stops it goes over the wall these deaf
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SKT won forcing a deciding game 5
during the draft EDG
decided to leave LeBlanc open
a champion on whom Faker had never lost a competitive game
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it was a decision that would go down in history
as the decision proved to be a bait
so Morgana is actually a lane count for match up to
Leblanc Faker would have to find other ways of
winning this game whether it's to banking or to roaming
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while Faker tried his best playing well despite the counterpick
EBG would win the game and the MSI title
handing Faker this first ever lost
on Leblanc
the lost left Faker distraught
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after their loss at MSI SKT bounce back
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Faker was returning to his dominant form and now had the opportunity to win his
second world championship
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no matter this teammate
no matter the opposition that rose
against him Taker and SKT proved to be all but unstoppable
so with two world championships under this belt
Faker set this sights on the
only international tournament he had yet to win MSI
welcome ladies and gentlemen
to the League of Legends midseason Invitational Finals
after the disappointment of MSI 2015
this was Fakers chance to redeem him self
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the MSI coupled with SKT's triumph at
IEM Katowice earlier in the year
meant that SKT and Faker could complete the
international grand slam with a victory that worlds
and that right there makes it
all worth it
but nothing worthwhile comes without a fight
welcome to the 2016 League of Legends World Championship final live from
LosAngeles California
I'm games I think this is going to be
one for the record books SKT best of all time
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despite a very close match SKT came out victorious
solidifying back-to-back
World Championship wins to go along with completing the international grand slam
we have to highlight our world's MVP who did some serious serious work over the
last month competition to bring SK Telecom T1 to their third championship
and no surprise it's the man himself Faker
and you doubted him
you talk you know this is a guy honestly he's had such an impressive
world run this guy is a he deserves it
he's the best plan to ever pick up a mouse and keyboard in League of Legends
this also marks Faker's third world championship
making him and his teammate Bengi the only two players in League of Legends
history to complete the feat
SKT and Faker returned home to Korea as world
champions once again
with an even bigger target on their back but despite super
teams forming to challenge them and significant roster changes along the way
Faker finds himself once again back at MSI set to add another championship to
his already stocked cabinet of trophies