Veteran League of Legends assist Choi “huhi” Jae-hyun is reportedly leaving Golden Guardians behind and becoming a member of reigning LCS champs NRG for the subsequent chapter of his LCS journey in 2024.
The roster change was first reported by League weblog Sheep Esports on Nov. 17. After years of flipping between 100 Thieves and Golden Guardians, huhi could have lastly discovered a brand new house after practically a decade within the LCS.
The swap follows a considerably profitable common season with the staff, ending second within the LCS 2023 Spring Playoffs and fourth within the LCS Summer time Break up. Touchdown the fourth seed allowed the staff to compete within the Worlds Qualifying Sequence 2023 for an opportunity on the worldwide event; nonetheless, they had been despatched packing after a devastating 0-3 loss against Team BDS.
Then again, NRG had a considerably disappointing begin to the yr, ending their re-debut LCS split in fifth place. Nevertheless, their home expectations had been flipped on their head as soon as they discovered their footing within the Summer time Break up, taking out the LCS Championship title in first place. Their success at Worlds noticed them because the final Western staff standing come the quarter-finals.
With years of expertise behind him since his 2014 debut, becoming a member of NRG will reunite huhi along with his Australian botlaner from 100 Thieves Victor “FBI” Huang. The 2 performed collectively on the staff for 2 full years throughout 2021 and 2022.
Sheep Esports’ report mentions their sources confirming that NRG has additionally explored the potential for placing different gamers in the marketplace—shocking given the staff’s success final break up and at Worlds—but it surely seems unlikely presently.
NRG made its preliminary LCS debut in 2016 however the org’s stint within the league was reduce quick after a ninth-place end within the Summer time Break up knocked them into Promotion, the place the staff then dropped to Echo Fox. NRG’s re-emergence into the LCS sphere together with its stage of success in 2023 has been unparalleled. Coming into the 2024 season in January, the staff will proceed to discover its power and id now with huhi in tow, ought to the reported transfer stay true.
