❘ Revealed: 2022-11-10T16:50:28
❘ Up to date: 2022-11-10T16:50:37
World champion ADC Ruler has left Gen.G following run at Worlds 2022. Regardless of taking first place within the common season with the crew, he’s in search of a brand new residence in 2023.
Park ‘Ruler’ Jae-hyuk has been the most effective ADCs on the earth for years. Ever since he gained Worlds in 2017, he’s maintained his excessive stage of play up till he lastly acquired his first LCK title in 2022.
Regardless of their success throughout the LCK, Gen.G weren’t capable of preserve that stage of efficiency at Worlds 2022. They narrowly defeated DWG KIA on their path to Semifinals, however they finally fell to DRX. That was considered as them underperforming on the time, however now, with DRX taking residence the championship, issues aren’t so black and white.
Both means, Ruler has formally left Gen.G a short while after their run at Worlds. He has determined to not re-sign with the group, and he’ll be in search of one other crew in 2023.
Ruler departs Gen.G after dropping out of Worlds 2022
To name a Semifinals run at Worlds a failure could appear unusual, however successful your complete championship is the one factor that will have matched Gen.G’s common season efficiency. Groups that they bested with ease domestically acquired the higher of them at Worlds, and Gen.G wasn’t capable of get Ruler his second world title.
That is the primary time since 2016 that Ruler is a free agent and is in search of a brand new crew. He’ll seemingly hunt down an org that may convey him a second world title.
In honor of “Ruler” Jae Hyeok Park’s legacy, his quantity (#1) will likely be retired throughout the Gen.G LoL crew.As soon as a Tiger, all the time a Tiger.
— Gen.G Esports (@GenG) November 10, 2022
Together with an announcement video outlining Ruler’s achievements throughout the group, Gen.G mentioned that they’re retiring Ruler’s jersey quantity to honor his legacy on the crew.
Nothing has been mentioned about which crew this star ADC participant may find yourself on, however, contemplating that he simply took a home title, he’s sure to be a extremely contested acquisition within the low season.