Suppose they DL/Forgiven were born in Korea playing, breathing and eating LoL for breakfast. How good do you think they would be?
Do you think they’d be much better than they are now? GOAT-tier status? Middle of the pack in LCK? How good do you think they’d be?
I don’t think people understand why Koreans had an edge in League of Legends on early seasons.
It’s not because of food, school or culture.
It’s because the kids from Faker, Deft generation were molded in a game called Star Craft, specially SC1.It has nothing to do with country, most korean pro players from S3~5 were molded in a game that required high APM to play in ranked before going to league, so they had a mechanical edge.
That’s why if you watch a Faker stream you will see him switching screens the entire time, it’s macro developed from his times in SC.
So rather than “what if” it’s just that these players didn’t play starcraft which is the main reason why Korea had so many good pro players in early seasons.
Doublelift was close, didnt accept SKT invite to be their ADC cause he chose to do it for NA. Else he would have two worlds trophies easily.
Forgiven is too disrespectful a person to play in Asia, a region that preach respect. No way hes able to play there more than 1 season without getting kicked bck to Europe.