As we know, Faker is one of the rare players in the professional LoL scene who seldom uses top-tier skins. Even in regular ranked matches, he prefers to play with the default skins. As Faker has explained before, he focuses solely on his performance and does not pay much attention to the champions’ appearance. Additionally, Faker is known for his frugal lifestyle, always spending wisely. Therefore, apart from gifted skins or those on sale, Faker has never spent money to purchase skins in LoL. This has also been a point that the community criticized about Riot’s expensive Hall of Legends skins.
With this HoL skin line, Faker and the T1 members do not need to spend money to acquire them. However, as always, he has not used them until recently. Although Faker did not actually wear it in real matches (including ranked or tournament), he has been seen taking a look at the HoL Ahri skin and has used it twice—once in a practice match against bots and once in the Arena mode. Perhaps Faker wants to see what special effects his honoring skin has.
This incident has delighted many viewers. However, some opinions suggest that Faker might just be using it for fun and has no intention of bringing these skins into official matches, even if he plays Ahri or LeBlanc.
Faker himself has always promoted a frugal lifestyle and has never encouraged his fans to buy his skins. Therefore, with this HoL skin, it might be similar. Faker has expressed gratitude to those willing to “open their wallets” to own the HoL collection, but it seems he will still refuse to use them, both now and in the future.