Faker

Lee Sang-hyeok grew up in Seoul's Gangseo District, crushing solo queue matches until SKT signed him at 17 in 2013. He won a world title in his debut year. What followed was a four-year reign—five more domestic championships, back-to-back Worlds in 2015 and 2016, two MSI trophies—that made T1 the first team to win multiple world titles and the first to repeat. From 2018 to 2022 he added four LCK titles but went dry internationally, the gap long enough that people started whispering about decline. Then he won Worlds in 2023, 2024, and 2025, the first three-peat in the game's history, anchoring…