Lee "Wolf" Jae-Wan
| Wolf | |
|---|---|
| Lee Jae-Wan | |
| Born | September 9, 1996 |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Current team | Bahçeşehir SuperMassive |
| Role | Support |
| Games | League of Legends |
| Championships | 2x Mid-Season Invitational: 2016 2017 2x League of Legends World Championship: 2015, 2016 4x League of Legends Champions Korea |
| Professional career | |
| Dec 2012 - Jun 2013 | NaJin Shield |
| Jun 2013 - Oct 2013 | Chunnam Techno University |
| Oct 2013 - Nov 2014 | SK Telecom T1 S |
| Nov 2014 - Nov 2018 | SK Telecom T1 |
| Dec 2018 - | Bahçeşehir SuperMassive |
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Lee "Wolf" Jae-Wan (Hangul: 이재완) is a South Korean professional League of Legends player. He is currently the support for Bahçeşehir SuperMassive. He started playing League of Legends professionally in 2012.[1]
In 2014, he was picked up by the SK Telecom organization, which competes in the League of Legends Champions Korea. In November 2014, he joined the main team of SK Telecom T1, where he played as a support up until November 2018. During his time with SK Telecom T1, he was not often regarded as one of the star players of the lineup, but he was an essential aspect of their success.[2]
His most notable achievements are winning the 2015 World Championship and the 2016 World Championship. He also won the Mid-Season Invitational tournament in 2016 and 2017.
Wolf is one of only five players who have won at least two World Championship titles. In doing so, he has earned a total of $913,084.70 in prize money playing League. This makes him the second highest earning League player of all time in terms of prize money.[3]
Career[edit]
Season 3[edit]
Wolf was picked up by NaJin Shield on December 21st, 2012 as their support. At the time, he went by the name "a Wolf". During his time with NaJin shield, he competed in the Champions Spring 2013. This would be his first time competing in the league. NaJin shield was able to make it out of the group stages but was eliminated by SK Telecom T1 2 in the quarterfinals. Afterwards, Wolf left the team to join Chunnam Techno University. The team qualified for Champions Summer 2013. where the team was once again eliminated in the quarterfinals. Shortly after, Wolf left the team and joined the newly formed team SK Telecom T1 S.
Season 4[edit]
The SK Telecom T1 S roster participated in Champions Winter 2013-2014 where they failed to make it out of the group stages. In the Champions Spring 2014 they once again failed to make it out of the group stages. During the Champions Summer 2014 they were able to reach the semifinals, where they were eliminated in a 3-2 series by the KT Arrows.
Season 5[edit]
Due to rule changes by OGN (TV channel) (hosts of the Champions Korea league at the time), the SK Telecom T1 organization was no longer allowed to field two teams in the league. As a result of this, the SKT T1 S and SKT T1 K rosters were merged. Due to the departure of Lee "PoohManDu" Jeong-hyeon from the main roster, Wolf was the starting support going into Champions Spring 2015. During Champions Spring 2015, the merged SK Telecom T1 roster advanced to the playoffs and beat the GE Tigers 3-0 in the grand finals, qualifying them for the 2015 Mid-Season Invitational. The team put up a strong performance during the Mid-Season Invitational, making it to the grand finals where they fell short and lost 2-3 to Chinese team Edward Gaming.[4]
Wolf himself, on the other hand, did not perform as expected in his international debut. His statistics at the tournament compared to other support players were not what was expected of a finalist.[5] His performance at the tournament caused mixed reactions, with some questioning his ability to play at the same level as his renowned teammates. [6]
During the 2015 Champions Summer, SK Telecom T1 swept the regular season, losing a single series and advancing to the playoffs. They beat KT Rolster 3-0 in the grand finals to qualify for the 2015 World Championship. SKT T1 went undefeated all the way up to the finals in the World Championship, dropping a single game to the KOO Tigers in the grand final. They boasted a 15-1 record over the tournament. This marked the moment Wolf won his first international title.[7]
To commemorate his (and SKT's) winning of the championship, the in-game skin SKT T1 Alistar was dedicated to Wolf, with some of the animations of the skin being visualized by Wolf.[8]
Season 6[edit]
Wolf and SKT T1 started the 2016 season by winning Champions Spring 2016, directly qualifying them to the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational. As Wolf and his team had previously won the 2015 World Championship, MSI was the only major tournament left to win. Despite losing several games in the group stages of the tournament, Wolf and his team prevailed in the elimination bracket, beating North American team Counter Logic Gaming 3-0 in the finals.[9]
In the summer split, things went downhill for SKT. They placed 3rd place in the 2016 Summer League of Legends Champions Korea. They managed to qualify for the 2016 League of Legends World Championship on circuit points. During the tournament, they swept their group stage. Their playoff bracket proved more difficult than the previous year. SKT managed to reach the grand finals by beating ROX Tigers in the semifinals in a close 3-2 series[10]. In the grand finals, they faced Samsung Galaxy (esports) and once again managed to overcome their opponents in a close 3-2 series. This was Wolf's second World Championship win in a row. This made him part of the first lineup to ever win consecutive World Championships. [11]
For his participation in the championship win, the in-game skin SKT T1 Nami was dedicated to Wolf. Riot Games collaborated with Wolf to make a design choice and visualize the animations for the skin.[12]
Season 7[edit]
Wolf and SKT went into the 2017 season as heavy favorites for lifting the trophy. SKT won the 2017 LoL Champions Korea spring split to qualify for the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational. Leading up to MSI, Wolf was the only player of his team not considered the best at his respective in-game role.[13] Despite that, SKT managed to win the Mid-Season Invitational convincingly, beating European team G2 Esports 3-0 in the final off the back of an outstanding performance from Wolf [14]. For this, he was able to pick up the MVP award for the tournament, proving that he himself was capable of a strong individual performance. [15]
Following a turbulent 2017 Champions Summer season, SKT managed to finish 2nd and qualify to the 2017 League of Legends World Championship. Wolf and SKT were unable to repeat their previous success, winning close 3-2 series against Misfits Gaming and Royal Never Give Up in the quarterfinals and semifinals. They were eventually knocked out 3-0 in the grand finals by Samsung Galaxy.[16] [17]
Season 8[edit]
Having lost two of their starting members[18], SKT entered the 2018 Spring Split having Wolf fill in temporarily for the jungle role, which provided undesirable results. [19] Wolf switched back to the support role for the rest of the split, the team finished 4th in the playoffs. In the 2018 Summer Split, SKT opted to play Lee "Effort" Sang-ho over Wolf for the majority of games [20]. SKT failed to qualify to the 2018 League of Legends World Championship. [21]
Despite rumors of retirement, Wolf announced that he would be leaving his home of 5 years, SK Telecom T1, but would continue playing professionally[22] [23]. On the 2nd of December, 2018 it was announced that Wolf would join Bahçeşehir SuperMassive Esports as their starting support. [24]
Achievements[edit]
SK Telecom T1 S[edit]
- 4th, HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014
SK Telecom T1[edit]
- 1st, SBENU Champions Korea Spring Playoffs 2015
- 2nd, League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational 2015
- 1st, SBENU Champions Korea Summer Playoffs 2015
- 1st, Season 5 World Championship
- 1st, Intel Extreme Masters Season X - World Championship
- 1st, League of Legends Champions Korea Spring 2016
- 1st, League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational 2016
- 3rd, Coca-Cola Zero League of Legends Korea Summer Playoffs 2016
- 1st, Season 6 World Championship
- 1st, League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational 2017
- 2nd, Season 7 World Championship
Individual[edit]
Awards[edit]
- 2017 Mid-Season Invitational Most Valuable Player Award[25]
- Ranked 7th best player of 2017 by Riot Games[26]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Wolf - Age, Career and Stats - LoL Esports Wiki - Esportspedia". lol.esportspedia.com. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "SKT T1 Wolf: an Underrated Player Who Became a World Class Support". Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "League of Legends Prize Pools & Top Players - eSports Profile :: e-Sports Earnings". www.esportsearnings.com. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "Edward Gaming Beats SKT in Mid-Season Invitational". Red Bull. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "2015 Mid-Season Invitational Player Statistics". Oracle's Elixir. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ↑ "Wolf, the Discredited Support of MSI". Dot Esports. 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ↑ "SKT wins League of Legends World Championship". SBNation.com. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "Rise up with SKT T1 championship skins | League of Legends". na.leagueoflegends.com. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ↑ "Korea's SK Telecom T1 wins the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational". www.lolesports.com. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "Worlds: SKT defeats ROX in five games". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "SK Telecom T1 defends World Championship title". LoL Esports. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "Riot Games collaborates with SKT T1 for World Championship skins".
- ↑ "MSI Power Rankings 2017 - An underrated support". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "SK Telecom T1 defend MSI title after dominant run". www.lolesports.com. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "Crowned As The MSI MVP, SKT Wolf Establishes The Top-Tier Support Status He Craved". The Versed. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "Samsung dethrones SKT to win League of Legends World Championship". The Daily Californian. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "Samsung Galaxy Ends The SKT Dynasty to Become Your Worlds 2017 Champions". Akshon Esports. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ Machiavelli, Athene (2018-03-06). "Huni and Peanut left SKT T1 – Now They're on Top of the World". eSportsRanks. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "Wolf lost in the jungle - SKT's role swap isn't inspiring confidence". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "SKT bench Faker, Bang, Wolf start Pirean, Leo and Effort". Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "The three-time League of Legends world champions will not play at this year's tournament". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "ex-SKT Wolf: "I'm planning to look for another team...I'm not retiring, so do not worry" - Korizon". Korizon. 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "SKT parts with Bang and Wolf - Daily Esports". Daily Esports. 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "Former SKT support Wolf joins SuperMassive Esports | Dot Esports". Dot Esports. 2018-12-02. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "[MSI2017] SKT Jaewan "Wolf" Lee earned his first MSI MVP award". Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "World Championship 2017 - Top 20". na.leagueoflegends.com. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
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