A few days ago, the League of Legends community was surprised to discover that Nuguri had returned to try hard ranking after a break following the 2021 World Championship. Although he had played a few games before, the frequency of Nuguri’s try hard efforts recently has been truly staggering. According to calculations, the former FunPlus Phoenix star has played over 139 matches in about a week, averaging around 20 ranked games per day.
Additionally, according to fans of DWG KIA who “investigated,” just before the clash with Gen.G Esports, Canyon took time out to solo 1v1 with Nuguri. The result of this solo match was Nuguri winning 2 games in a row.
However, recently, many people have noticed that Nuguri has once again entered a state of inactivity. Specifically, this player’s last ranked match was 6 days ago. And for those who find it coincidental, that was also when Nuguri’s former team DK faced Gen.G in the second semifinal of the LCK Spring 2022. The result was a disappointing 3-2 defeat for DK.
Many discussions started to arise when fans noticed that Nuguri had stopped try hard ranking in Korea at the same time as DK’s defeat. One of the opinions was the suspicion that Nuguri might return to DK in the near future. The reason is that Nuguri’s break from ranked games coincides with DK’s break. According to the League of Legends community, it is very likely that Nuguri will only return to try hard when the DK players resume training for the Summer 2022 season, and his recent ranked climbing was to regain his gaming feeling as well as to be prepared in case DK requests a trial again.
But of course, these opinions are still just speculations. Both Nuguri and DK have not made any new moves. However, if “Niu Bao” regains his best competitive feeling and returns to the “old home” DK with his two close teammates Canyon and ShowMaker, DK in the Summer 2022 season will be incredibly formidable, ready to reclaim their glory after a completely failed Spring season.