Things are just not going well for Team SoloMid (TSM). After the former League of Legends champions ended up in 9th place in the Spring Split, top laner Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon is now out due to injury.
This is the situation:
- Top lane star Huni celebrated his biggest success with SKT1
- Since 2021, he has been with TSM but the Spring Split 2022 was disappointing
- The Summer Split started poorly with a 2 – 5 record
- Now Huni has surprisingly announced his retirement due to a wrist injury
- TSM is reacting by rebuilding the entire team
- They are especially focusing on newcomers
Huni steps down from the LCS roster
Who is it about? Top lane star Huni began his official career in 2015 with Fnatic, with whom he reached the Top 4 at Worlds. In 2017, he achieved his biggest success so far. With SKT1, the team of superstar Faker, he reached the runner-up title and narrowly lost to Samsung Galaxy.
Since 2021, he has been part of Team SoloMid.
He is known for his aggressive style and sometimes unusual champion and spell choices. At the age of 22, he was also the first player to participate in Worlds for three different regions: Europe, Korea, and North America.
Huni is considered very versatile and also enjoys playing champions outside of the meta. This is in stark contrast to this streamer who can’t part with his favorite despite the nerf.
Due to recurring wrist injuries, the 24-year-old has to end his active career now. TSM thanked Huni for the memories and announced that he would remain part of Team SoloMid while he considers his future. They also want to support him, whatever path he chooses.
Retirement leads to further changes
The rookies are set to take charge: The gap left by Huni is hard to fill. His place will be taken by top laner Alex “Soul” Luo from the TSM Academy, but he isn’t the only promotee to the main roster.
While they are at it, TSM probably thought they might as well rearrange the whole team. In addition to the change in the top lane, the position of Attack Damage Carry will also be newly filled. Instead of Edward “Tactical” Ra, Tony “Instinct” Ng will soon be distributing damage for TSM.
As support, Jonathan “Chime” Pomponio from the Golden Guardians Academy is expected to join in the black-and-white jersey.
Such changes during the LCS are usually quite unusual. Whether the newcomers can still save the rather weak season remains to be seen.
There’s also a lot going on in the Korean League of Legends league LCK. Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok just achieved his 500th win and is officially becoming a legend.
