Recently, the League of Legends community has been buzzing with the official news that Coach KkOma and Faker will reunite at team T1 for the new 2024 season. This has created great expectations from fans, especially when the previous coaching staff helped T1 clinch the championship at the Worlds 2023 and remains unchanged. Many viewers have begun to dream of a truly “Golden Road” with a “Grand Slam of titles” for T1. However, there is one region that is showing immense concern, which is the “arch-rival” of LCK – the LPL.
It is clear that T1 next season will be a combination of two of the greatest legends in League of Legends, one in the player position (Faker) and one in the coaching position (Coach KkOma). No one has more achievements than this master-student duo in their respective roles, and no one understands better what T1 needs to do to reach the pinnacle of glory and defend their throne than they do. After all, Coach KkOma is only one World Championship title behind Faker.
Furthermore, according to LPL media, the frightening aspect of Coach KkOma lies in the fact that he does not revolve around any superstar to achieve success, and his team must be a perfect collective. Anyone who cannot meet his requirements or does not fit his strategy can be completely dismissed. LPL media cites that Coach KkOma had Faker sit on the bench for almost the entire ASIAD tournament, even though Faker could be considered the “darling” of this accomplished coach.
Moreover, LPL media is also worried about “history repeating itself.” In 2013, when Faker and Coach KkOma stepped into the spotlight, they defeated LPL’s pride – Royal Club – in that year’s Worlds final. At that time, the master-student duo, along with other superstar players from SKT T1, established a “Red Dynasty” and helped LCK dominate the League of Legends scene completely from then until 2018. This year, T1 also just defeated an LPL team and won the Worlds championship. They have also retained their entire roster and promise to be even more dangerous than before.
The two individuals in two positions who once built the “SKT T1 Dynasty” have returned to don the same T1 colors. League of Legends fans in general and T1 fans in particular can completely dream of a dominating era like they once had in the past.