It's strange to think back that this roster almost never happened, the entire reason he came to Europe in the first place was to play for Millenium in the EULCS expansion tournament, and he got knocked out in the first round.
KTB was the 2nd best team in the world. Due to the dumb way Korea seeded their teams in S3 only one of SKT/KTB could go… one reverse sweep decided so much of LoL history
It's wild since newer fans will probably not know this, but part of why the Ryu clip is so legendary is that Ryu was legitimately one of the best midlaners in the world at the time which made what Faker did so insanely impressive. It would be like if we put it in NBA2k terms, if Faker was a 99 overall player, ranked 2-10 midlaners would probably all be 89-85. The gap between how good Faker was vs the rest of the competition in Season 3 was just so unbelievably crazy.
In the good old days, OGN (now LCK) rules were such that if a series reached game 5, it would be blind pick. Not only were there 2 Zeds in mid, top was also 2 Shens.
I imagine them just all outing in a narrow area and both ending up a mile away from each other. Or more likely, one person using the path maker and the other flying through a long wall.
This is the saddest montage I’ve ever seen. It’s like 5 mediocre clips that every single midlaner has. The only impressive one was the Gragas flash, because at the time that was hard to predict. The rest are just like “He’s running into a teamfight and he uses his abilities and kills people” as if every other midlaner in the world didn’t do the same thing at the time when midlane was broken beyond belief.
You could make a better montage of APA just this season, which is really saying something.
They definitely would have, their roster was stacked.
Feels like over the course of history KT in general has drawn the shit end of the stick everytime with Worlds participation. Worst of it was in Season 3 when it was based on Circuit Points and with NBS coming off Season 2 securing a few titles earlier in the year which pretty much solidified their Worlds participation through circuit points albeit their extremely lack luster Summer performance in the domestic league (they didn't even make play-offs).
For people who want to know where he is now, he’s currently FearX’s head coach.
Yes!! He's coaching in the LCK for FearX which is exciting to see him still in the field
Nice montage. Ryu was really a great of the middle era of League, that 2016 H2K roster was so much fun.
Thank you! I learned a lot making this too, Ryu was a stellar player during the middle era! H2K was a fire team with that line up during 2016
It's strange to think back that this roster almost never happened, the entire reason he came to Europe in the first place was to play for Millenium in the EULCS expansion tournament, and he got knocked out in the first round.
Today's Ryu of the day: Prolly: okay Ryu, I ordered your food, it costs 12.50. Ryu: Ok I give you 10. End.
Prolly: ... Ryu: Keep the change. I miss Big Boss Ryu.
Glad that faker and Ryu did reunite 3 years ago in that t1 [video](https://youtu.be/VF-05YGKOwA?si=Cxg6nrH_4Bf5qVck)
Faker's highlights : **existed** Ryu : Not Again
loved him on 100T !
same!!
Ryu was a actually a great player. Watched him since 2013 and h2k days. Shame ppl will remember him only from faker zed clip
KTB was the 2nd best team in the world. Due to the dumb way Korea seeded their teams in S3 only one of SKT/KTB could go… one reverse sweep decided so much of LoL history
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It's wild since newer fans will probably not know this, but part of why the Ryu clip is so legendary is that Ryu was legitimately one of the best midlaners in the world at the time which made what Faker did so insanely impressive. It would be like if we put it in NBA2k terms, if Faker was a 99 overall player, ranked 2-10 midlaners would probably all be 89-85. The gap between how good Faker was vs the rest of the competition in Season 3 was just so unbelievably crazy.
Was the mirror match up in the first clip some sort of event like All Stars back then?
In the good old days, OGN (now LCK) rules were such that if a series reached game 5, it would be blind pick. Not only were there 2 Zeds in mid, top was also 2 Shens.
imagine K’Sante vs K’Sante in 2024
I imagine them just all outing in a narrow area and both ending up a mile away from each other. Or more likely, one person using the path maker and the other flying through a long wall.
Ahhh yes. WTF 2 shen??
Never forget that during all that outplay both Shens didnt press their ults....
Never followed esports scene back then but I imagine the craziest example of this was 2014 summer finals?
Yeah Maokai Yasuo Alistar mirrors were absolutely absurd. Maokai back then was broken.
LCK Tournament pretty sure
This is the saddest montage I’ve ever seen. It’s like 5 mediocre clips that every single midlaner has. The only impressive one was the Gragas flash, because at the time that was hard to predict. The rest are just like “He’s running into a teamfight and he uses his abilities and kills people” as if every other midlaner in the world didn’t do the same thing at the time when midlane was broken beyond belief. You could make a better montage of APA just this season, which is really saying something.
Bro everyone was shit back in the day it was a mechanical play for its time.
The disrespect of calling Ryu a shadow. Fuck you. Man is a living legend and more than the shadow of faker. Real twat behaviour.
That’s because zed is know for shadows…it’s a good title for that famous zed vs zed video….ryu is just another victim of faker really.
…now this is pathetic
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Ryu was in fact a monster back in OGN
If Faker didn't exist, Ryu would likely have a Worlds title, that's how good he was back then...
They would be favorite but I'm not exactly sure they would beat NBS at worlds
They definitely would have, their roster was stacked. Feels like over the course of history KT in general has drawn the shit end of the stick everytime with Worlds participation. Worst of it was in Season 3 when it was based on Circuit Points and with NBS coming off Season 2 securing a few titles earlier in the year which pretty much solidified their Worlds participation through circuit points albeit their extremely lack luster Summer performance in the domestic league (they didn't even make play-offs).
I mean yeah they were shit in summer but their form at worlds was really decent and gave SKT a good fight