LoL: Korean becomes the best player in the USA and is released 2 weeks later – after the high came the crash
At League of Legends, South Korean Park “Summit” Woo-tae (23) was voted the best player in the US LCS league. But two weeks later, the top laner left his team Cloud9 again. He was only there 6 months. Nobody really understands why he’s leaving – but somehow it didn’t fit. While the regular season was fantastic, the playoffs proved a disaster for Cloud9.
Which player is it about?
- Before 2021, the Toplaner Summit was only known to hardcore LoL fans in the West. He played for South Korean LoL teams like SanBox Gaming, which are not as popular as the internationally known Korean teams T1 or DAMWON Gaming.
- As part of a “Korea” experiment, Summit ended up at Cloud9, who went full “Korea” with a new coach and conquered the US league with an innovative, slightly crazy style. There has already been talk of Cloud9 becoming the LCK’s US branch.
- Voted the best player in the league after the regular season, Summit was Cloud 9’s “win condition” and seemed superior to all other top laners in the US. Viewers raved about the spectacle Summit put on with heroes like Gnar, Camille or Tryndamere.
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Cloud9 was great in the regular season with Summit as a “win condition”
Here’s how the regular season went: A crack appeared early on at Cloud9: The coach LS, who was supposed to manage the Koreans and is considered a revolutionary thinker in LoL, left the topic early on without really knowing what went wrong.
Even without the LS thought leader, Cloud9 continued to look like a championship favorite. The end of the season wasn’t as brilliant as it was at the start, but they finished 13-5 in second place after the regular season. Mainly because of Summit, who was subsequently crowned the “Most Valuable Player in the USA”, MVP.
Cloud9 totally drowns in the playoffs because everyone is picking on Summit
This went wrong: But Cloud9’s weaknesses became apparent in the playoffs. Because Summit was actually Cloud9’s “only win condition”.
It was enough for opposing teams in the playoffs to focus fully on Toplaner Summit and take him out early to knock out Cloud9. Playoff opponents 100 Thieves and Evil Geniuses start multiple top lane ganks early in their games to keep Summit down.
Summit, the team’s strength in the regular season, was now proving to be an Achilles’ heel. In the playoffs, Cloud 9 was knocked out 0-3 and 0-3 without winning a single game.
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Summit is leaving Cloud9 – Team promises to explain more later
This is the result now: Cloud9 announced that Summit is leaving the team after only 6 months. This is not even 2 weeks after he was voted America’s Most Valuable Player.
Midlaner Fudge will switch back to top lane. There is talk that Jensen, who was sorted out at Team Liquid, will switch to Cloud9 and move into the middle.
The Korean thanks the team for being so well received. He expressly thanks the management of Cloud9, who took care of him even “after we ended the contract”.
It is not known exactly why the “Summit” experiment ended so abruptly after six months. It sounds as if both sides are now in agreement with the solution.
From Cloud9 it almost sounds like you know how disappointed the fans are and promises “later explanations”.
Fans don’t seem to be disappointed with Summit’s performance, but that the Korean only wore their colors for 6 months. He was just an exciting player whether it worked or not.
Cloud9 is a complete mystery at the moment. The departure of the star coach also fascinates League of Legends fans:
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