CoreJJ
Starting his career as an AD Carry, CoreJJ wandered through many tier 2 teams in South Korea’s League of Legends, even spending nearly a year in North America with Dignitas. However, it wasn’t until he returned to South Korea and switched to the Support role in May 2016 that CoreJJ found his true calling.
He paired well with Ruler, becoming an incredibly fearsome bot lane duo, and just looking at their results as Runners-up at Worlds 2016 and Champions at Worlds 2017 shows how correct CoreJJ’s choice was. Even after a disappointing year in 2018 and his move to North America, CoreJJ still elevated Team Liquid and demonstrated immense value in the team’s play.
Ambition
If you are familiar with Ambition as a jungler, remember that he was once a true superstar in the mid lane, even being the mid laner for the “Korean All-Star” team in 2012. However, with the rise of several strong names in the mid lane, especially Faker, Ambition shifted to the jungle role at the end of 2014.
Naturally, transitioning from a star position to a supportive role is never easy, and Ambition took a lot of time to adapt and perform in this new position. Success did not turn its back on Ambition; he and his teammates at Samsung Galaxy performed exceptionally well, peaking with the 2017 World Championship title. After that, Ambition retired at the end of 2018 and became a very famous streamer.
Impact
For SKT T1 fans, they often remember Impact as a resilient top laner who brought home the 2013 World Championship title. However, the truth is that he started as a Support player for a tier 2 team in South Korea called Xenics Storm. It wasn’t until he joined SKT T1 that success came to Impact, and the pinnacle was undoubtedly the first world championship title for a Korean player in 2013.
He then continued to stay with SKT until the end of 2014 before moving to North America. Although he is no longer young and his skills may not be what they once were, Impact’s experience and resilience remain, helping him secure the official top lane position at Team Liquid.
Perkz
This Croatian player has an incredibly strong personality with many shocking statements. However, what made people doubt their ears the most from Perkz was the news of his switch to the AD Carry role and giving the mid lane to Caps at the beginning of 2019. Many believed that G2 Esports made a mistake by having two mid laners in one team.
However, the competition results reflected the opposite; G2 still dominated Europe in 2019, followed by a convincing MSI 2019 championship. They even defeated the mighty SKT T1 not just once, but twice in the semifinals of MSI and Worlds 2019 before being taken down by FunPlus Phoenix and sadly accepting the Runner-up position. It can be said that G2 Esports with Perkz as AD Carry is the strongest lineup Europe has ever produced.
