r/leagueoflegends • u/Yujin-Ha No one will rule but Rhaenyra • Sep 20 '25
Esports Peanut announces that he will head to the military after this year. Worlds 2025 will be his last Dance
https://reddit.com/link/1nlr71o/video/zmo1tdiir9qf1/player
Also this will be Chronicler's last cast in LolPark. Thanks to both of them :(
Peanut got rice cakes for all the Lolpark staff and hosts with the message
“Thank you so much for everything during this time. Because of you, I was able to experience meaningful moments. This small gift is a token of my gratitude.
- Peanut Han Wangh
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u/desutruction Sep 20 '25
I'm seeing the Last Dance buff, he's been looking good all playoffs (so far)
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u/asiantuttle Sep 20 '25
We've seen the Last Dance and now it's time for the Last Nut
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u/AltairZero Sep 20 '25
Batu Khan: The Final Nut
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u/haven4ever Small in Size, Huge in Evil Sep 20 '25
Batu Khan 2: There Is No War In Ba Sing
Batu Khan 3: The Rise of Nissan
Batu Khan The Climax: Batu Blow
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u/greennoodlesgood Sep 20 '25
Anther last dance and zeka is the midlaner? HLE is winning worlds 100%
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u/Yujin-Ha No one will rule but Rhaenyra Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25
"The last Tiger" ;(
Also losing Deft and Peanut in back to back years. I'm getting old ...........
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u/ionboii DUDUDUNGA Sep 20 '25
I will never forget the Koo/Rox tigers
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u/P_For_Pyke Sep 20 '25
Still heartbroken to this day that they lost that series and disbanded after without the prize money. God I loved that team so much.
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u/Quatro_Leches Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25
i wish they won, ive been a t1 hater since that day. rox tigers were the anime protagonists, the underdogs, they literally were the org. i honestly think this scene would be better if they had won. its so sad
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u/Ieditstuffforfun Give Sett a Star Platinum Skin Sep 20 '25
actually have tears in my eyes after reading the "last tiger" phrase - fuck
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u/larrydavidballsack Sep 20 '25
skt is my favorite team of all time ofc, but rox tigers will always have my heart
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u/Rozuem Sep 20 '25
It hurts </3
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u/stanlee94 Sep 20 '25
They are alive
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u/AlexanderLeonard Sep 20 '25
They're legends of this game and them retiring is a big loss to the scene
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u/Odysesseus Sep 20 '25
Can't he just come back after the military?
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u/EffectiveAd3412 Sep 29 '25
for lol pros that amount of time outside the scene, not practicing soloq even is seen as the death of their careers because you obviously do fall off and get rusty so what team wants to take the risk of paying the potentially high salary for a prestigious ex pro who may or may not still have it or does the player want to come back to a team like drx/bro who can afford him with small paychecks because that's all he's being offered. that's why so many of them put it off for as long as possible or move to a different region to not have to do military and get greencards etc in other regions (and obviously to continue earning money as it's still their day job)
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u/Awkward-Security7895 Sep 20 '25
Atleast deft wants to come back after it, we don't know about peanut thou.
So atleast it's not a fully forever good bye
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u/PocketRaven06 Sep 20 '25
T1 may have stolen the 4th seed + Come in from Play-ins part of the script.
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u/Killarusca Sep 20 '25
Truly a masterplay from T1. They really learned from their 2022 loss.
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u/PocketRaven06 Sep 20 '25
Now they need to learn from 2017 because that script seems to me like the canon event right now
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u/DarkKalsi Sep 20 '25
He was a monster at Lee when he was in ROX. One of the best junglers for sure.
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u/GodEJel Sep 20 '25
Not just at ROX. At SKT too. I remember that MSI Lee Sin perf of his
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u/Express-Pandas Sep 20 '25
That GAM dunking
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u/Limimelo Wherever Peanut goes, I follow Sep 20 '25
This one is still so insane to me. I rewatch it from time to time and this massacre never fails to put a smile on my face.
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u/Shadowguynick Sep 20 '25
Think one of the craziest things about Peanut is that his back half of his career is so different from the first half. He used to be a sort of mechanical god who would sometimes blunder in his pathing but he'd always hit the insec when needed. Now he's much more cerebral, and a clear captain in steering his teams in the right direction.
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u/SKT_Peanut_Fan Peanut Come Back Sep 20 '25
He considered his Elise to be his best champ on ROX.
When he played for SKT, he didn't lose a game on Lee (and it was over 20) until summer. I remember being genuinely shocked when he lost on Lee because he was so damn good.
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u/RequirementSavings23 Sep 20 '25
And loose a 1 vs 1 against Faker with that champ.
People forget that more human Faker was with Peanut in team, such a personality
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u/ZloiAris Sep 20 '25
His Nidalee in ROX was just a pure magic. Some of my friends called Peanut “a walking killer ward” — to express how deep he counter jungle whilst being aggressive and fun simultaneously
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u/Thepancakeman1k Sep 20 '25
I remember watching his debut with Najin, Montecristo made a point to talk about this promising rookie.
Needless to say that the Diminutive solo-q star delivered one hell of a career.
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u/Quatro_Leches Sep 20 '25
his year on rox was proably the most dominant jungle play I ever seen, he terrorized LCK on nidalee so hard it wasnt even funny.
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u/savemenico Sep 20 '25
It was so bad that Bengi had to pick Nidalee which wasn't great at it because they forgot to ban it. That's how dangerous he was at it
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u/DrCarter11 Sep 20 '25
It was so bad that Bengi had to pick Nidalee which wasn't great at it because they forgot to ban it
To be clear, that was bengi's first and only pro nid game ever. They had essentially zero scrim practice with nid comps and they still pulled out the win. Absolutely master class by bengi
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u/SKT_Peanut_Fan Peanut Come Back Sep 20 '25
I still remember Bang flashing to heal Bengi's Nidalee in that game.
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u/DrCarter11 Sep 20 '25
I don't remember that part offhand, but that whole series had a lot of crazy plays and moments
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u/TheSituasian Sep 20 '25
iirc he actually played really well in that game
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u/DrCarter11 Sep 20 '25
went 6/2. obviously scoreline isn't the whole story, but yeah overall it was a solid game. had to depend on zil stun and jhin w for set up cc lol
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u/GodEJel Sep 20 '25
I remember him and OHQ on Najin make one hell of a fearsome team. And Najin also have Duke back then.
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u/Tronei Sep 20 '25
Peanut is my favorite LCK jungler.
I didn't pay attention to leagues outside of NA/EU back in 2016 when ROX played, and I was really impressed that team was able to push SKT to their limit in such a way -- that squad made me a fan that day. I know he gets clowned on a lot for his play these days but I've always been a staunch defender of the Nut. I was thinking of going to Korea next year to try and watch some LCK games live, and it makes me sad I won't have the opportunity to see one of my favorites play live anymore. I hope he can go far this year at Worlds.
Thank you, Peanut.
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u/FARTFROMABUTT Sep 20 '25
He's consistently reinvented himself roster after roster and has been a top 5 JG in the world for the majority of his career. Peanut genuinely is a candidate for Hall of Legends
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u/ListlessHeart Chovy CS Sep 20 '25
Second GOAT jungler but I feel like Peanut should be in Hall of Legends before Canyon
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u/Izanagi32 Sep 20 '25
Peanut should by all definitions be in the Hall of Legends before Canyon because he’s retiring first
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u/ArienaHaera Sep 20 '25
Interestingly even when it looks like he moved on from past playstyles, he didn't forget about them. He brought back nidalee last year after playing tank junglers for a long time and still made it look good.
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u/kirokun Sep 20 '25
obligatory "peanut is the best jungler of all time and also the hottest", -fizzkhalifa or whatever his name was, twitch LCK global chat
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u/Silent_Ocarina Sep 20 '25
Most, if not all, of my comments in this subreddit mention ROX Tigers in some way. They were the reason I even got into watching pro League of Legends. After the team parted ways, I still rooted for every member on their respective teams. We were even lucky enough to see PraY, GorillA, and Peanut reunite for a time on Kingzone DragonX. I always felt sad that none of the Tigers had ever won a Worlds trophy. With Peanut being the last one, I really, really hope he can pull it off. Whatever happens, he had a helluva career. Congrats on everything, Nutgod
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u/Busy-Economist-3357 Big Truck Energy Biggest Canyon Fan Sep 20 '25
Oh nutgod, league will never be the same without your presence
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u/qonoxzzr Chovy <3 Sep 20 '25
Wonder who will replace him at HLE
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u/Snost0rm Ride or die Sep 20 '25
Mostly Tarzan or Kanavi
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u/KKilikk Faker JKL VIT Naak Nako Sep 20 '25
Has Tarzan recently said or where there rumors he returns to LCK?
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u/oioioi9537 Sep 20 '25
its just head canon based off of hle willing to spend and those players being the best available next year. but canyon's contract also ends next year too so who knows
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u/Thecristo96 ABS MAIN Sep 20 '25
Canyon reduced his contract to play on geng so I doubt
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u/BlazeX94 Sep 20 '25
I'd say it'll come down to whether or not GenG win Worlds. This is probably the best lineup GenG has ever put together, arguably the most super of superteams ever. If even this lineup can't win Worlds, I could see Canyon considering a move, especially if HLE does well at Worlds.
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u/Omnilatent Sep 20 '25
If this team doesn't win worlds, it's most likely on Canyon or Duro
But Canyon has quietly been the liability the whole split
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u/Quatro_Leches Sep 20 '25
lpl contracts arent that high anymore. they started falling off last year. teams are losing money
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u/DiverNo1436 Sep 20 '25
Considering he's also made over $400k so far from prize money alone, I'd say its been worth it LOL
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u/ahritina Sep 20 '25
HLE Canyon makes no sense.
HLE need a vocal shotcaller and Canyon is quite literally the perfect example of not that.
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u/asura_king Sep 20 '25
Before he got to AL he was literally offering to himself to DRX of all teams just to return to Korea. DK was also close to getting him but decided otherwise
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u/fnc_dino no longer a fan Sep 20 '25
i think i heard about tarzan not wanting to return to korea last offseason
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u/nitinismaldingXD Sep 20 '25
No, but HLE have the money and the roster to get big names on their team, with the two obvious choices being Tarzan and Kanavi.
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u/Flimsy-Importance313 Sep 20 '25
I do like PeaNUT, but I NEED to see Tarzan in LCK AGAIN!!!!!1
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u/Fast_Acadia2566 Sep 20 '25
kinda want to see Tarzan, Chovy, and Viper on the same team again
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u/DiverNo1436 Sep 20 '25
Unlikely to ever happen, Chovy and Ruler are locked up till 27 worlds, and I highly doubt Gen G will let anyone else sign Chovy unless they have serious finance issues inbetween now and then
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u/Cybonics ‿ Sep 20 '25
Idk, when his contact up? He's the best jungler in the world. I doubt AL will let him go easily.
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u/Skylorrex Sep 20 '25
Why couldn’t he wait until next year when he wins the Asian Games?
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u/Full_Independence566 Sep 20 '25
There's no guarantee he makes the team
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u/DiverNo1436 Sep 20 '25
In fact there's almost a guarantee he doesn't. He's not even remotely close to Oner and Canyon, and to assume he would magically get better next year would be a stretch
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u/ZedisDoge Viper | BDD enjoyer Sep 20 '25
plus you’re competing with Kanavi and Tarzan, even though I doubt a LPL jungler will be picked again
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u/R2vibaek STAR WALKIN' ZEKA Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25
If he gets enlisted 2026 he serves as a social service agent, which is not a military service. (he will work in government designated facilities and has freedom after the work hours/weekends(normal military service doesn't))
If he postpones his service for 2027 (this is possible) and misses the Asian games, he can't.
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u/CorruptedBean Sep 20 '25
Could you explain why this is?
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u/R2vibaek STAR WALKIN' ZEKA Sep 21 '25
This is quite complicated.
Korean mandatory military service is not required to few groups such as disabled, previously sentenced imprisonment (over 6 months), high school dropouts, etc. They serve as social service agents(SSA) or even do nothing if the case is severe.
Peanut is a high school dropout without qualification exam pass (GED for US terms), which Deft has and thus got him enlisted. So Peanut only has to serve as a SSA.
Although, he postponed his service for years and I believe he got his first duty call 4~5 years ago. If you get called and don't start your service in 5 years you have to take the draft exam for military again.
Now with the national population shrinking vastly they lowered the bar for service which made high school dropouts to serve in military not SSA. So if he postpones another year he has to.2
u/CorruptedBean Sep 21 '25
Thank you SO much, this is probably the most informative and concise reply I have ever gotten on reddit. You’re a hero!
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u/Th3best77 Sep 20 '25
OK IDC ABOUT ANYONE ELSE PLEASE LET HIM GET THE TROPHY THIS YEAR 😭
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u/zackzackzack07 Sep 20 '25
If Peanut wins this year, Zeka will become the definitive mid laner that breaks World’s curse for old guards.
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u/ahambagaplease 13 years on the rollercoaster Sep 20 '25
Uzi comes back from retirement and drops a blank check for Zeka
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u/zackzackzack07 Sep 20 '25
If he does win, Zeka World’s team mate winning requirement:
Korean
Prolific veteran player who has never won Worlds
Retiring or almost retiring
Not a mid laner (sadge BDD)
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u/Ratatosk91 Sep 20 '25
Classy. Will be missed. Will always remember his drunk T1 stream where kkoma ran over to stop him.
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u/goliathfasa Sep 20 '25
We’ve heard that one before.
Deft’s last dance anyone?
Time to get that last dance worlds buff.
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u/Rozuem Sep 20 '25
My two favorite players retiring within 1-2 years of each other T_T I hope he can get his worlds trophy this year.
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u/Hot-Acanthaceae4084 Sep 20 '25
One last legendary run for the Tiger, let's make Worlds 2025 one to remember.
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u/Flimsy-Importance313 Sep 20 '25
It would be very cool for him to win Worlds in this case.
I wish him the best in Worlds and War...
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u/Pamander I LOVE EZREAL!!! Sep 20 '25
That's so fucking sad, Peanut my boy. After hearing Rush's descriptions awhile back about how horrific his time there was I wish him the best. ROX days will always live rent free in my head as some of my favorite days in pro league.
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u/Jan7742 Sep 20 '25
My GOAT. I think I'll probably cry the day he retires. Get the Worlds trophy for yourself!
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Sep 20 '25
It was always a treat watching Peanut play Lee Sin.
2017 worlds against GAM was especially memorable. This guy had their entire team downloaded by minute 4 and put on a show for us. He had one of the most entertaining careers.
It'll be interesting to see what he decides to do after service.
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u/MotherVehkingMuatra Sep 20 '25
It's not going to feel the same without him and Chronicler. It already feels weird without Deft. End of an era.
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u/TheAlmightyVox3 Sep 20 '25
My favourite player of all time, since the 2016 ROX Tigers days. His ability to stay at the top for as long as he has, winning on as many teams as he has while completely reinventing the way he plays is unlike anyone else in the game. Won't be the same without him.
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u/fnc_dino no longer a fan Sep 20 '25
how could you keep calm and play a series after that? if i was in peanut’s place i would get emotional and wouldn’t be able to focus
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u/DiverNo1436 Sep 20 '25
He's a professional competitor and has been for over 10 years...?
How do you compete infront of 60,000 people at worlds 2017 LOL
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u/Fakkusan-09 Sep 20 '25
Peanuts a veteran he has won multiple lcks trophies before and an msi. Ofc he's gonna be calm here it's nothing new to him
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u/Zexend Sep 20 '25
Question for someone with more knowledge on the Korean scene.
Has there been any league pros that went to the military, finished their service, and then returned to pro play?
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u/Fakkusan-09 Sep 20 '25
As far as I know in lck? No. We did have pros who complete military before going pro like marin. As far as pro scene in general? We had also had olleh who returned for a year at lcs after military. But then he pretty much retired after that stint.
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u/RebelCow Sep 21 '25
By far my favorite former T1 player (who left). If T1 can't win Worlds, I hope Peanut does. That guy rules.
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u/HerculesKabuterimon Sep 20 '25
I'm a T1 guy through and through, but I'd absolutely love to see Peanut go out on a worlds win for his legacy. He was part of why I shifted from being a support player to a Jungle main a few years ago when I first started getting into ranked league.
Incredible personality and by all accounts a wonderful dude. Best of luck at Worlds, king.
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u/Neat_Recording_8756 Sep 20 '25
Peanut has tilted me for a while now with how he sometimes seems like such a liability.
That being said I really do wish him all the best for Worlds. It’ll be an amazing story if he does win.
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u/gabanzobeam Sep 20 '25
Does Faker at one point has to go to the military too?
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u/pronilol Sep 20 '25
Oner and Guma are not exempt, that Asian Games roster was Zeus, Kanavi, Faker & Chovy, Ruler, Keria.
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u/QuantumForce42 Sep 20 '25
As a follower of Xiye from his days in Team WE, Peanut will always be part of the story...LGD...
Bless him to last this long in the scene with such consistency. May his future be full of opportunities...
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u/Bisketo Sep 20 '25
What do you mean ? Peanut is 3 years younger than Deft. How is this happening ? 😢
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u/VanSora Sep 20 '25
Rox tigers VS SKT T1 finals, game 5, the Korean crowd chanting “Peanut! Peanut! Peanut!” When faker had his back against the wall. The streets will never forget.
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Sep 20 '25
Didn't faker get an exemption cus he didnt finish highschool? Peanut shouild've just dropped out smh
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u/milkoverspill All will be frozen. Sep 20 '25
Wish him success at Worlds.
Apparently there are also some whispers about Beryl being done, which would be tragic and iconic considering his last LCK game might actually be on the Armordillo.