After failing to seize a single trophy this yr, Group Liquid has torn down a majority of its League of Legends division to make room for sweeping modifications throughout its roster and training. The staff is kicking off free company by bringing on one-time Summoner’s Cup winner Jang “MaRin” Gyeong-hwan because the squad’s new head coach, Liquid introduced at the moment.
The 31-year-old veteran will likely be making his teaching debut with the group after retiring from aggressive play again in 2018. “I need to grow to be the toughest working coach to create one of the best staff,” MaRin stated on social media. “I’ll give my all for the staff, the group, and the followers.”
Though MaRin competed with a number of organizations all through his profession, he’s most identified for his time with SK Telecom T1 in 2015, the place he helped win back-to-back LCK championships on the best way to the staff’s second World Championship.
With legendary teammates like Bengi, Wolf, Bang, and Faker, the gifted prime laner racked up the fourth-most kills at Worlds 2015, together with the best early-game stats in his position, in accordance with Oracle’s Elixir. After that yr, nonetheless, MaRin determined to go away the LCK and take his abilities over to the LPL with LGD Gaming.
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From 2016 to 2018, MaRin shifted between the LCK and LPL on groups like Afreeca Freecs and Topsports Gaming however was by no means capable of replicate the identical quantity of success he had with SKT. He retired from professional play after being changed on Topsports’ roster and hadn’t returned to the scene till at the moment.
This ought to be some excellent news for Liquid followers, particularly after the staff introduced the departures of a handful of stars over the previous couple of months, like Bjergsen and Hans Sama. It’s reported that CoreJJ will remain with the roster subsequent yr, however the remainder of the slots are nonetheless up within the air.
