After spending three years away from the skilled League of Legends scene, North America may be witnessing an OG LCS mid laner returning to the stage.
Kim “Fenix” Jae-hun has been noticed in the competitive LoL esports global contract database underneath the TSM model, marked down as a mid laner for the group and never a coach. This might imply that Fenix will likely be becoming a member of TSM instead participant, particularly after the group reportedly added Lee “Ruby” Sol-min from Crew Heretics for the 2023 Summer time Break up.
If Fenix is enjoying for TSM subsequent season, he’ll both be a full-time substitute or share time with Ruby for the reason that group additionally dropped its NA Challengers League roster. Because of this, he received’t be capable to get some video games in away from the principle stage, which is essential for his return since he hasn’t performed in entrance of a stay viewers at an LCS degree since 2020.
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The 27-year-old final performed for Crew Dignitas through the 2020 Summer time Break up, the place he competed alongside acquainted LCS mainstays like Zaqueri “aphromoo” Black and Joshua “Dardoch” Hartnett. The group completed in seventh place after getting eradicated from the playoffs by the hands of TSM.
Fenix is most-known, nevertheless, for his time with Crew Liquid, the place he was caught up in the entire behind-the-scenes debacle known as the Breaking Level period. In 2015, Fenix and the remainder of the Liquid roster have been featured in an exclusive tell-all vlog launched by the group, which dove into the dysfunctional nature of the roster and the way poisonous some gamers had turn out to be over the course of the yr.
Fenix received into a number of arguments on-camera with the teaching workers and fellow teammates, resulting in his departure the next yr. He discovered properties with just a few different groups afterward, together with Gold Coin United and Echo Fox, earlier than stepping away from the professional scene in 2020. Now, he could also be making a triumphant return in an period the place expectations are at their lowest for TSM as a corporation.
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