there's the other narrative here. the role of a sub/secondary team is partly to develop young players. i don't see easyhoon having as much upside as some of the young players passed over to field him.

if this was a sport with some kind of injury factor, then okay, easyhoon can sub for faker when he gets hurt. but it's really hard to see that scenario.

ConnorLizerd

United States20 Posts

January 09 2015 16:54 GMT

#83

Interesting profile on Easyhoon. I agree that he is among the top mids after the exodus and could potentially shine as a star of his own team.

In my opinion, Easyhoon has the stuff to become the next great Korean mid, specializing in champs that faker played throughout his career, such as Orianna, Ahri, and more recently, Xerath. One thing, however, that Eazyhoon will need to change is his aggression. Eazyhoon, in order to fix his previous years-worth of problems concerning his ability to mesh with Marin will need to play farther up with his waveclear mids.

StimiLant

United States534 Posts

January 09 2015 17:05 GMT

#84

really nice article! glad we have cool/new content like this frequently <3

McTaters

United States115 Posts

January 09 2015 17:30 GMT

#85

I think the experiment is going to work out very well for SKT. It gives them two players with a very different playstyle. I'd like to think of it like offense in American football. You have your running game, and the passing game. If you do extremely well with one area, the defense will adjust accordingly and thus creating a weakness against the other style. Likewise, if you are doing poor in say passing, you aren't going to keep passing or start running with your QB, you are going to go to the running game. Of course, this comparison could very well fall flat on it's face since football and League of Legends are two very different creatures, but that's just how I think of it.

AlterKot

Poland7525 Posts

January 09 2015 17:33 GMT

#86

The obvious drawback is that enemies will be able to predict drafts easier based on which player is in the booth, unless T1 decide to play mindgames ("You expect some farming mage now that Easyhoon is in booth? Well take that leblanc to your face!"). Interesting stuff nevetherless, I always like seeing teams play with the traditional 5-man setup with each player's role defined by the lane he goes to.

Nos-

Canada12016 Posts

January 09 2015 17:56 GMT

#87

well Faker in the booth is always a mindgame, Easyhoon less so, at least in competitive games. Easyman plays a pretty monstrous syndra in soloq

Blind loves you

Canada13 Posts

January 09 2015 20:10 GMT

#88

Great article, I've loved all of the former GSG guys for years now. I hope this helps Easy get the recognition he deserves.

Funeral Parlor

United States2 Posts

January 09 2015 20:19 GMT

#89

Is Marin no longer swapping with Impact?

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21243 Posts

January 09 2015 20:24 GMT

#90

On January 10 2015 05:19 Funeral Parlor wrote:
Is Marin no longer swapping with Impact?

Impact left SKT, he will be playing in NA LCS for Team Impulse (Former LMQ, now XWX and Friends).

AlterKot

Poland7525 Posts

January 09 2015 20:24 GMT

#91

Impact left SKT and went to TiP (former LMQ, now chinese-korean-american team).

Sol-Invictus

Tunisia1 Post

January 09 2015 22:05 GMT

#92

Great article! Really enjoyed it, keep up the good work guys =)

HoMM

Estonia635 Posts

January 09 2015 23:07 GMT

#93

I loved the little KDA guessing game, sat an entire minute on that thinking about it before reading any further.

Good stuff, enjoyed the read.

Alaric

France45622 Posts

January 10 2015 00:26 GMT

#94

On January 09 2015 14:32 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:

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The number of the assists was the giveaway for me, knew it was Dade the moment Fionn posted those stats and I saw one guy with a bunch more assists.

On the other hand, considering EasyHoon spams PvE-master Ziggs, I was certain he'd be the guy with the least deaths, and considering his picks him having a great KDA didn't impress me either, because he can just never die and rack assists through AoE spells.

Don't pick Ziggs, guys.

DevotioN_00

United States27 Posts

January 10 2015 02:28 GMT

#95

Great article. I would love to see more like this in the future. Since I only really followed one team in Korea (SKT K) up until recently, I did not know much about Easyhoon. I would love to see more informative and historical articles like this in the future!

Kazragore

United States369 Posts

January 10 2015 04:04 GMT

#96

On January 09 2015 14:16 Fionn wrote:

We want to bring more character/story building articles to the League of Legends community. I hope you enjoy it!

Yes please! The character stories make it so much more interesting to watch league. Now every time I see easyhoon i'll have so much more back story and interest in the games. For every one of these you write, that's one more person / team I can look forward to watching

KissBlade

United States5718 Posts

January 10 2015 04:59 GMT

#97

Amazing article as always Fionn

DMH

United States1 Post

January 10 2015 05:24 GMT

#98

I think any spectator sport always pays less attention to the "boring" methodical players and always focuses on people making flashy plays.

Fionn

United States23455 Posts

January 10 2015 07:00 GMT

#99

Thanks everyone for the kind words! Next up from me -- Faker? Flame? A breakdown of the potential that CTU had? RYU!?

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

January 10 2015 07:24 GMT

#100

On January 10 2015 16:00 Fionn wrote:
Thanks everyone for the kind words! Next up from me -- Faker? Flame? A breakdown of the potential that CTU had? RYU!?

CTU plz, easily my favorite when they first came on the scene.