A former League of Legends World Champion has reached Challenger once more on the South Korean server 5 years after retiring, proving he can nonetheless be on prime with out taking part in in a aggressive workforce.
Kang “Ambition” Chan-yong reached Challenger in a livestream from Oct. 10, in a clip later shared by a Reddit person. He expressed pure pleasure on the sight, as he had been reportedly caught in Diamond and Grasp for years.
Ambition is a 30-year-old former professional participant for numerous LCK groups, together with Samsung Galaxy, who was topped World champion in 2017. He retired in 2018 following a final season with Gen. G, who ended their Worlds journey within the Group stage.
Ambition remains to be signed with Gen.G, as a League streamer. On Oct. 9, he reached the highest of the South Korean ladder, proving he’s nonetheless an amazing aggressive participant regardless of now not taking part in in worldwide tournaments.
It had been eight years since he final succeeded in reaching the highest of the ladder, in response to the Reddit person.
Ambition’s pleasure was short-lived, nevertheless. He has performed a dozen extra video games since that success in response to his op.gg profile, and he’s already again in Grandmaster tier.
The previous world champion remains to be on the prime of that rank. On the time of writing, he’s round 100 spots away from getting again to Challenger.
League gamers argued this may be one of the best time to succeed in the highest of the ladder in South Korea as a result of ongoing 2023 World Championship.
It means one of the best gamers from the area are busy coaching for an important match of the yr and now not have the time to grind the ladder. Nonetheless, South Korea is taken into account probably the most aggressive area on this planet, so reaching the highest of its ladder is not any small feat.
The League World Championship kicked off on Oct. 10 with the Play-In stage and it’ll final till Nov. 19.
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