Faker is unarguably the best player in League of Legends history. He has become an icon in the world of eSports. With his terrifying mechanical ability, and his extensive champion pool - it 's possible that we 'll never see a player as good as him. Even when his team isn 't doing well, Faker has been known to carry his whole team to victory. There isn 't only one aspect in his gameplay that makes him the best- it 's the many small variables that help contribute to his greatness. With his accomplishments and his unparalleled level of dominance, he 's often considered the Michael Jordan of League.
His Beginning- Two years ago, as League of Legends popularity started increasing rapidly, there was a mysterious Korean player on the online servers dominating everyone. He quickly rose to the top rankings in the Korean Server. This caused many professional teams to scout him out. In the spring time of 2013, SK Telecom, announced that they 're recruiting this rising star for the Mid Lane position. This is where Faker started his professional
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Faker 's debut match would be against the popular Korean organization, CJ Blaze. The favors were stacked against SK Telecom. In his first game, he chose Nidalee. He was facing one of Korea 's star mid laners, Ambition, who chose Kha 'zix. After 6 minutes into the game, Faker made a play that shocked many. As Ambition went back under a tower to farm and evolve his ability, Faker landed a sequence of abilities that was so unexpected that it shocked the crowd. Montecristo, a Korean caster said, "I 've never seen Ambition die like that in lane". Soon after that the camera zoomed to the bot lane, as Faker came through the lush forest to ambush. Faker transformed from his cougar self, back into human form and used his abilities, securing three more kills. In less than 40 secs, he killed more than half the team. This was quite a statement he left for his