It took 7 years to find an ADC better than Bang, but only 1 year to erase them all

It took 7 years for Gumayusi to prove it to T1 but it only took 1 year for T1 to lose Gumayusi

It can be said that it has been a long time since Bang – Wolf decided to break up with T1, T1 fans around the world have experienced a feeling of sadness like the transfer season at the end of 2025. When Zeus left, many people may be shocked or angry, but perhaps they cannot be sad or angry with the T1 superpower like when Gumayusi left. Professionally, Gumayusi is the only ADC who has shown that he is worthy of inheriting Bang. Emotionally, Gumayusi is “the last ADC of the SKT T1 dynasty” and is considered the only person who can “inherit Faker’s visual one day”.

The reason for this comes from T1 itself. Perhaps up to now, in both traditional sports and Esports, there has never been a case where after a player successfully defended the biggest title of the year, after just starting the season with 2 matches (1 win – 1 loss), with a normal playing and training attitude, he was pushed to the bench. Especially when that player is an important pillar in every title that team achieves.

Next, there will probably be no case in Esports where a player who sits on the bench for unknown reasons, then returns and plays at the highest level possible, is continuously “terrorized” with protest trucks and funeral flowers throughout the year regardless of whether the team is winning or losing. Gumayusi is the owner of those strange and unique stories.

And in all of these stories, T1 was completely silent or only said very “innocuous” sentences. The situation of the T1Gall group not only attacking Gumayusi but also his family, or KOLs, streamers, players… moving to defend Gumayusi is something everyone can see. But the T1 superstructure does nothing.

On many forums, not only T1 fans or Gumayusi fans, but KOLs, commentators or even other team fans and T1 anti-fans also feel dissatisfied with Gumayusi. Rarely is a player who leaves a certain team, giving the entire League of Legends community a feeling of regret but also satisfaction because from now on he no longer has to endure harsh words or “terrorism” from anti-fans without any protection from the parent team.

Gumayusi got the job done

From the time Gumayusi joined T1 and Bang left (2018), at that time Gumayusi was still a young ADC, still weak in terms of experience, competitive spirit and skills compared to his senior. He himself did not coordinate well with Keria at that time to create the famous duo bot like it is now. But by 2025, Gumayusi has proven that he is the No. 1 ADC in League of Legends.

Of course, when Gumayusi leaves T1, many T1 fans will no longer be able to cheer him on because he is now on another front line. But perhaps, for T1 fans and the League of Legends community in general, Gumayusi deserves the title “T1 crown prince” that people lovingly gave him when he began to shine. As for T1, they can bring back Peyz – a name that is also very high quality. But to find a second Gumayusi, it will take a very long time.