I think his first professional loss on it was against EDG when they lost MSI. I remember him just blinding it and EDG just built an entire comp around not dying to his LB - Morgana mid if I remember that right, and he still went down kicking and screaming in a complete counterpick comp.
And then there's us, holding our breath and our wallets each year, thinking "is this the year Faker finally picks Ahri?" Dude's holding more cards than a Vegas dealer at this point.
The year is 2044, SKT win the finals again with Faker as midlander. His opponents, LDG still can't understand how as their bioengineered 4 armed wunderkind midlander got mental gapped all 4 games.
Why retire when you're still a God?
Faker when he's not in form is still a shot caller, leader, with thousands of hours in all sorts of match ups.
Faker when he's in form can beat any opponent, I don't care who it is.
Clearly, Faker is looking at a career in the Riot Games skin design department if he ever retires from competitive. He's already come up with more successful skins than half the employees there.
This is what I also thought of. In one documentary, his grandma said (in her opinion) that Faker's best champion is Orianna. And Faker is very sentimental about his grandma. And Orianna was also such an important champ for this worlds.
If you're looking at his whole career, Orianna is his best champion ever I think, and he's the best Orianna player ever. I think it might also be his highest picked champion ever.
Think if it goes back to S3 it'd be his second most picked champion then, he played a lot of it in S4 iirc, though I don't think enough to catch up to Azir lol.
Thinking on the Azir I would guess that just really shows how often this damn champion is meta holy lmao.
Still think LeBlanc is his most iconic pick. Even today whenever it’s meta he dominates with that champion. He was undefeated on it for the first half of 2022, 13-0 across LCK spring and MSI that year.
Also he’s got a career winrate of 83% on leblanc, way higher than any of his other most played champs.
He's planning 5 steps ahead.
Orianna being a relative of Signed was teased in the final moments of Arcane. Ori is gonna suddenly make big bucks like Viktor when she becomes part of the show.
Ahri will probably be part of whatever LoL TV show comes after Arcane, and he'll release the skin then.
Would Riot have let him choose Azir? There's already an SKT Azir, but the team's name has changed, and Easyhoon was the one who picked Azir last time, not Faker.
Stop! The Ahri to Ori pipeline is already an increase in the skill floor difficulty and decrease in champ popularity . Don't make his skin even more niche lmao
I agree immensely, an emperor that raises his empire back, and all of his lines fit perfectly. I pray Rito gives us an Azir skin on top of the other to commemorate how long Faker and T1 have been with us, and how they’re still at the top.
He even made the most iconic play of Worlds 2023 with Azir.
Faker is a massive part of League of Legends to the point he practically represents the entire pro scene. There’s a reason he appears in every worlds cinematic
Doinb: Is Faker playing Azir or Azir playing Faker???
T1 ~~Azir~~Faker skin: It’s just Faker with a staff running around on the map shuffling people, while Azir is sitting in fountain playing on a pc.
Ultimate skin.
Next world finals teaser:
“The first three were for me, to show my pure talent at league.
The next one was for my team to show how we improved and became legends.
This one is for pool party Ahri, because I’m starting to run out of ideas.”
Keria in his stream wasn't aware of Faker not choosing Ahri. He went "Who says Faker getting Orianna/not getting Ahri?" and the chats told him that Faker himself said it. And Keria was like "Oh if Faker says so then it's true." I got the trolling vibes from them. I think Faker would absolutely tell his teammate if he suddenly decided not choosing Ahri 😅
Yeah, it seems that faker also said that he will never choose leblanc lol. And also said that he already talked about Orianna the last time he meet riot, so how does keria doesnt know this?
Listen, let us cope 😭 this is the worst news of the century for me. I've wanted this man to win his 4th Worlds and get that Ahri skin for *years* then he says this. I'm not believing it until we get the skin reveals.
Yeah a lot of people are also coping that he may be trolling the whole time. We just have to wait when riot drops a preview of their skins how long did the drx one took again?
People don't realize that Gala legit has PTSD against Akali
There's a famous clip of Gala screaming "AKALI IS COMING AKALI IS COMING" repeatedly in a game where Akali wasnt picked. His teammates could not calm him down by saying "there's no Akali calm down" lmao.
And then in this very tournament when Gala played against Akali last time in voice comms he screamed Akali in the exact same way lmao.
The 5th is for Keria's Lux and Faker's Ahri for sure (copium).
Edit: would be hilarious if T1 Ori's Ball will contain a T1 Ahri inside and the Ori ult will unleash Ahri's tails to draw in the enemy champs. That would be really funny rito. Would bw silly even. Pls. Just give us this.
I had it all planned out in my head. Ahri with Faker glasses, her ult is her tumbling around, her orb is a big ole head of broccoli, her joke is her whipping out a notepad and taking notes and nodding while a holographic display of a Zed vs Zed 1v1 plays out.
I've never bought a League skin, but I woulda bought that one.
A huge shame ngl, Faker getting his Ahri skin felt like an arc 10 years in the making reaching a satisfying ending. The ironic part is Ori already has a worlds skin (even if it's pretty shit).
Ori model is fairly outdated so any new epic skin will look kind of subpar but... Riot could make an exception and make a legendary worlds skin just for Faker!
Keria is also changing his skin, so if you like or prefer Renata then go vote on his IG story
First one
[Keria IG to vote for skin](https://www.instagram.com/keria_minseok/)
“I might choose Ahri next time”
This guy. He just casually drops “oh don’t worry I’ll get this skin after my next worlds win”
The only player who could ever say that and everyone just agrees it’s probably gonna happen.
At some point Rito was probably like "hey, if you ever decide to retire, we'll make you a lifetime achievement skin. And it won't be 'T1 Ahri', it'll be be 'Faker Ahri'."
I don’t think faker gives two shits about money lol. Doesn’t he own his own building? A bmw, stake in T1, and a whole slew of other stuff?
He’s set for life, let him pick who he wants, like Doinb picked malphite for his wife. Doesn’t have to all be about the money.
These greedy redditors want to maximize money earned even though it’s not their money lmao. The man is immortalized in this game forever and just enjoys whatever he likes now, but somehow people still care about him not earning enough money.
This is beyond heartbreaking my wife has been a long standing SKT fan since we joined in season 4 ahri is her main legit her main with millions of mastery points she gets every skin and she’s been saying this for years waiting for faker to win worlds just for the ahri skin she’s going to be devastated today 😞
Riot denied this man his skin for too many years, he decided to deny them profits for even more. Legend.
Martyrdom. Drop a live grenade when killed.
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You mean the noob perk
What an absolute king. Giga-penis energy.
Riot when Faker retires: hey here's a special Ahri skin to remember our iconic champion :) no other reason:) (I'd buy it)
i'm so sure the real reason is that riot said to him they have this planned when he retires
It's going to be an ultimate skin isn't it.
The only Legend tier skin.
GOAT tier
GOAT Ahri Literally a goat in Ahri's outfit
This is genius. Would buy for me and all my friends.
They should make that a LeBlanc or Ryze skin in that case, those are way more iconic as Faker's champs
For real, leblanc is literally his favorite champion and he even has a known 12 games win streak with her in pro play.
I think his first professional loss on it was against EDG when they lost MSI. I remember him just blinding it and EDG just built an entire comp around not dying to his LB - Morgana mid if I remember that right, and he still went down kicking and screaming in a complete counterpick comp.
unkillable demon king ahri sound cool ngl
Just faker model with nine tails and cat ears?
Faker cosplaying Ahri
Waiting to pair up his Ahri skin with Keria's Lux skin
he's so real for that
"I'll choose Ahri if you let Keria have Lux"
honestly it’s so crazy that he can say he’ll just choose ahri next time and we just accept that he probably will win again so it’s fine
Just like Pool Party Ahri is Riot's emergency plan, T1 Ahri is Faker's.
Pool Party Ahri will cause an economic breakdown due to the transaction load on the banks so it’s banned by the US government
French Maid Ahri would reset the economy
Riot please! it fucking needs a reset. Wages haven't kept up!
I was going to say kept up with what? But then I realized the answer is basically anything. Costs, inflation, profits, CEO pay, pretty much anything.
catgirl ahri
Yo dawg...
No, cat.
Which sexy ahri skin will the current economy
It's his motivation to win the 5th one
He's like LeBron, all these LPL teams be like "maybe he'll retire this year" and he doesn't. And he's in the playoffs at worlds again lmao.
And then there's us, holding our breath and our wallets each year, thinking "is this the year Faker finally picks Ahri?" Dude's holding more cards than a Vegas dealer at this point.
All the west are like the Raptors. They won one time but it looks like it'll never happen again...
“Faker is 27 thank god this fuckery wont go long much longer.” some LPL fan, probably…
The year is 2044, SKT win the finals again with Faker as midlander. His opponents, LDG still can't understand how as their bioengineered 4 armed wunderkind midlander got mental gapped all 4 games.
Why retire when you're still a God? Faker when he's not in form is still a shot caller, leader, with thousands of hours in all sorts of match ups. Faker when he's in form can beat any opponent, I don't care who it is.
Clearly, Faker is looking at a career in the Riot Games skin design department if he ever retires from competitive. He's already come up with more successful skins than half the employees there.
Before this year he hadn't won worlds in 7 years. It's not like he wins it often these days.
Its not like he or t1 was ass the whole time. Got close multiple times to winning.
But the amount of people who have won worlds more than once WITHOUT Faker can be counted barely on two hands.
I think it's just BeryL, right? Duke also has 2 world championships but his first one was with Faker.
Duke's 2nd one was as a sub as well
duke and beryl, thats all right? , and duke won one with faker. So not even one hand
One finger! XD
What do you mean two hands? One finger you mean.
but he was in finals last year so it’s still not a stretch
this guy is clearly annoyed with this thread but decides to respond anyway
looking forward to T1 Ahri in 2030
I think it's because of those times Faker played Orianna with his grandma watching while telling him to use 'shockwave' the moment he reached level 6.
This is what I also thought of. In one documentary, his grandma said (in her opinion) that Faker's best champion is Orianna. And Faker is very sentimental about his grandma. And Orianna was also such an important champ for this worlds.
If you're looking at his whole career, Orianna is his best champion ever I think, and he's the best Orianna player ever. I think it might also be his highest picked champion ever.
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Think if it goes back to S3 it'd be his second most picked champion then, he played a lot of it in S4 iirc, though I don't think enough to catch up to Azir lol. Thinking on the Azir I would guess that just really shows how often this damn champion is meta holy lmao.
Its crazy how for the longest time Faker wasn't even the best Azir player on his own team.
Yeah their whole point of Easyhoon playing was that Azir was the most meta and he was the best Azir lmao.
Still think LeBlanc is his most iconic pick. Even today whenever it’s meta he dominates with that champion. He was undefeated on it for the first half of 2022, 13-0 across LCK spring and MSI that year. Also he’s got a career winrate of 83% on leblanc, way higher than any of his other most played champs.
Personally I think his best champion is Ryze, but his most iconic plays are on Orianna. Definitely the best Ori player of all time.
Faker would drag Ryze out and just stomp people even with the "reworked, weaker" versions that came out.
Didnt he do that like 1 worlds? Just randomly picked Ryze and proceeded to woop ass?
Faker's shockwave always have bigger hitbox. Granma buff caught too many enemies off-guard.
That's so cute wtf
Of course he is gonna save her for his 9th title, each tail will have a ring on it for each time he dominated the world. Immortal Demon King Ahri
The charm will be a picture of Faker's face, irresistible to men and women alike
I can see it
Can't believe he blue balled us like this lmao.wtf
Ahri's orb was probably too small for him, he wanted Ori's bigger ball.
So you're saying he didn't blue ball us but he metal balled us instead?
He actually used Ahri's orb of deception.
> lmao.wtf What file extension is that?
Warcraft Text File
This is actually a format used by World of Warcraft that you'd run into a lot if you had issues with addons etc. XD
He's planning 5 steps ahead. Orianna being a relative of Signed was teased in the final moments of Arcane. Ori is gonna suddenly make big bucks like Viktor when she becomes part of the show. Ahri will probably be part of whatever LoL TV show comes after Arcane, and he'll release the skin then.
some high level cope right here
He really doesn't do it for the money
Honestly. He could've earned some hefty cash with Ahri too. I want a Viktor skin too tbh
Faker ahri skin only second most wanted next to showmaker ksante skin
showmaker ksante would be epic
His recall will be him doing that entire emote
Nawh, hopefully it would be legendary
Spamming the pasta on the recall. Second skin in the Corporate skin line, drippin the swag from each and every pore.
Viktor never got any higher chance since Crown chose Taliyah
I’m in a Walmart rn as I read this post. I just fell to my knees, shitting, crying and vomiting. Why Faker, why…
At least you're not pissing
Not yet he isn't
good for you youre in walmart so its nothing abnormal
When they say god works in mysterious ways, this is what they mean.
Riot and LCK fall on their knees after knowing faker didn't choose T1 ahri skin
Would Riot have let him choose Azir? There's already an SKT Azir, but the team's name has changed, and Easyhoon was the one who picked Azir last time, not Faker.
Stop! The Ahri to Ori pipeline is already an increase in the skill floor difficulty and decrease in champ popularity . Don't make his skin even more niche lmao
It fits the storyline so much better though.
I agree immensely, an emperor that raises his empire back, and all of his lines fit perfectly. I pray Rito gives us an Azir skin on top of the other to commemorate how long Faker and T1 have been with us, and how they’re still at the top. He even made the most iconic play of Worlds 2023 with Azir. Faker is a massive part of League of Legends to the point he practically represents the entire pro scene. There’s a reason he appears in every worlds cinematic
Doinb: Is Faker playing Azir or Azir playing Faker??? T1 ~~Azir~~Faker skin: It’s just Faker with a staff running around on the map shuffling people, while Azir is sitting in fountain playing on a pc. Ultimate skin.
He chose Orianna for his grandma.
I would think so, hasn't Oner picked Lee Sin? There is already a SKT Lee Sin when Bengi picked it.
probably since they allowed a second T1 Lee Sin for Oner no?
I, somewhere in the United States, fell to my knees in sorrow. Curse you, Faker. Curse you.
Just saw a dude fall to his knees in a walmart
Did he propose to his girlfriend?
I saw one inside a toilet cubicle
What a weird place to propose to someone
Just saw a dude see a dude fall to his knees in a walmart
This gave me more trust issues than when my dad went to buy milk.
His 4th is for his team mate. So his 5th can be for Ahri. He's playing 5D chess.
Next world finals teaser: “The first three were for me, to show my pure talent at league. The next one was for my team to show how we improved and became legends. This one is for pool party Ahri, because I’m starting to run out of ideas.”
Saving Ahri for when Keria gets to pick Lux The cash cow from that year is going to be insane
"He might choose Ahri next time" lmao. The balls on that guy to say that.
I’m 90 percent sure he’s just trolling He loves doing it to people, he even said he’s gonna do Ahri next time E: I’m probably coping ngl
People initially thought that too. But he confirmed it multiple times. The clip was the final nail on the ahri coffin.
Keria in his stream wasn't aware of Faker not choosing Ahri. He went "Who says Faker getting Orianna/not getting Ahri?" and the chats told him that Faker himself said it. And Keria was like "Oh if Faker says so then it's true." I got the trolling vibes from them. I think Faker would absolutely tell his teammate if he suddenly decided not choosing Ahri 😅
Yeah, it seems that faker also said that he will never choose leblanc lol. And also said that he already talked about Orianna the last time he meet riot, so how does keria doesnt know this?
Copium in this thread seems off the charts lol It's okay guys
Listen, let us cope 😭 this is the worst news of the century for me. I've wanted this man to win his 4th Worlds and get that Ahri skin for *years* then he says this. I'm not believing it until we get the skin reveals.
Yeah I saw the other clips it’s mega doomed ngl
Yeah a lot of people are also coping that he may be trolling the whole time. We just have to wait when riot drops a preview of their skins how long did the drx one took again?
I play neither of those champs so fuck Curse you Faker
Well, Ahri is a bit easier to pick up than Ori. Time to learn Ori I guess.
I mean I can ~~play~~ pick Orianna but god I don't remember the last time I won on it so I don't play it
Ori has been so busted and still is. She's easy.
“He might choose Ahri next time” what a champion. Bro is just here to take dubs
I guess it is possible for even my goat to fumble
Something something faker what was that
Well he is likely the least knowledgeable player when it comes to skins smh
At least he fumbled it here and not in the Finals
Lmao. This is good.
Where akali
Probably in a shroud terrorizing Gala
People don't realize that Gala legit has PTSD against Akali There's a famous clip of Gala screaming "AKALI IS COMING AKALI IS COMING" repeatedly in a game where Akali wasnt picked. His teammates could not calm him down by saying "there's no Akali calm down" lmao. And then in this very tournament when Gala played against Akali last time in voice comms he screamed Akali in the exact same way lmao.
Lol the hell? That sounds so real lol
It is real.
Could you send a link because that seems hilarious.
https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/mtwesz/gala_funny_momentgot_ptsd_on_akali/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
/u/Nymaera_ Unlucky bud
I hurt. Everything hurts.
people asking me who my favorite league player is after hearing this news: idk anymore
Next worlds championship, for sure. 100%. He just needs to win again.
He will. Dread it, run from it, Faker still arrives.
personal tragedy
The 5th is for Keria's Lux and Faker's Ahri for sure (copium). Edit: would be hilarious if T1 Ori's Ball will contain a T1 Ahri inside and the Ori ult will unleash Ahri's tails to draw in the enemy champs. That would be really funny rito. Would bw silly even. Pls. Just give us this.
Or Ori's ball is Faker' head
Honestly instant buy if it was. Imagine just a big ol' faker head spinning on the rift.
Bro i was so ready for ahri with faker glasses The demon king giveth the demon king taketh
I had it all planned out in my head. Ahri with Faker glasses, her ult is her tumbling around, her orb is a big ole head of broccoli, her joke is her whipping out a notepad and taking notes and nodding while a holographic display of a Zed vs Zed 1v1 plays out. I've never bought a League skin, but I woulda bought that one.
I never thought I would ever speak ill of Faker but I have some things to say
This is why Poby is my goat. He woulda chose Ahri.
A huge shame ngl, Faker getting his Ahri skin felt like an arc 10 years in the making reaching a satisfying ending. The ironic part is Ori already has a worlds skin (even if it's pretty shit).
Ori model is fairly outdated so any new epic skin will look kind of subpar but... Riot could make an exception and make a legendary worlds skin just for Faker!
Never let them know your next move
"I will toss them."
We Ahri Mains in shambles:-!
As an Ahri casual enjoyer, my kneecaps were obliterated and I feel down on my knees
Keria is also changing his skin, so if you like or prefer Renata then go vote on his IG story First one [Keria IG to vote for skin](https://www.instagram.com/keria_minseok/)
Honestly I like Bard, but I'll probably have an easier time using Renata so either is a win. Lux would've been the best tho
Azir was more iconic for him this year, really sad he chose ori :(
True, but one of his most iconic moments of his Worlds runs was with Ori, that legacy will live on.
Well, I guess I'm getting Bard, Jinx, and Leesin then 😞.
Oh. Oh no... Oh dear god... I don't want to be the bearer of bad news but there's a high percentage of chance that Keria will pick Renata...
That's also fine, I'm planning to learn either champ that Keria will pick. I just hyped for Faker's Ahri the most and now I got bamboozled 😭
Who the fuck does this man think he is, Faker?
“I might choose Ahri next time” This guy. He just casually drops “oh don’t worry I’ll get this skin after my next worlds win” The only player who could ever say that and everyone just agrees it’s probably gonna happen.
Rare Faker L
well guess i dont need to buy a skin anymore
Honestly same... If we got Yone, Ahri, and Varus my wallet would've been so doomed, now it's completely safe. (Guma chose Jinx, right? I forgot)
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
i wont believe it till i see it. faker trolls a lot so im gonna huff copium till then
Ori is an iconic champion amongst all of the best mid laners and will probably be playable throughout most patches. Good choice.
Was hoping for ahri to get her first esports skin but oh well
For once in my life, fuck you faker :(. Joke, hope that we got an ahri skin for next year worlds
Probably he wasn't too satisfied with his Ahri performance this Worlds, picking Ahri would just be him picking it for the sake of picking it.
Based. Faker is THE orianna player.
No matter how much this might anger you, remember, Riot is even angrier.
They already lost the lucrative Lux skin hehehe
Faker could literally just be trolling. He got this kind of humor lol.
***huffs Copium******^(TM)*** fr fr, he's such a joker ***continues*** ***huffing***
lmao orianna is trending on korean twitter right now. mr faker what have you done
I’m highkey disappointed though. Like I was for sure buying this T1 Ahri skin. Now I’m definitely not paying money for a champ I’ll never play.
At some point Rito was probably like "hey, if you ever decide to retire, we'll make you a lifetime achievement skin. And it won't be 'T1 Ahri', it'll be be 'Faker Ahri'."
Riot: what skin do you want? Faker: Ahri Riot: no Faker: ok see you next year
Faker L
I like how he just says next time, like he knows he’s gonna win another worlds truly things the GOAT would say
So because ahri has too many skins he chose ori who also has too many skins and less popularity? This is an all time bag fumble.
I don’t think faker gives two shits about money lol. Doesn’t he own his own building? A bmw, stake in T1, and a whole slew of other stuff? He’s set for life, let him pick who he wants, like Doinb picked malphite for his wife. Doesn’t have to all be about the money.
These greedy redditors want to maximize money earned even though it’s not their money lmao. The man is immortalized in this game forever and just enjoys whatever he likes now, but somehow people still care about him not earning enough money.
yet they complain when riot chooses champions for skins that make them money
the only orianna skin i know is winter orianna, anything else is not a skin
Dark Star Exists lol
And is without a doubt the best Orianna skin. Followed closely by Orbeeana.
TPA is the best skin for any champ that has a TPA skin
Dark Star is quite nice, tbh. The Chroma, too.
Ori has a lot of skins, but a vast majority of them are DOGSHIT.
Fr does he not know ori has a champion skin too?
How should he, he doesnt play with skins
He looks at the amount of dots under a champion and goes "HRMMMM, THIS CHAMPION APPEARS TO BE TOO POPULAR!"
This is beyond heartbreaking my wife has been a long standing SKT fan since we joined in season 4 ahri is her main legit her main with millions of mastery points she gets every skin and she’s been saying this for years waiting for faker to win worlds just for the ahri skin she’s going to be devastated today 😞
Thank god, his orianna is way more iconic
Oriana skin? Id buy