The Twitch streamer and multiple LoL world champion Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok is considered one of the trickiest and best players in the world in League of Legends. He is particularly feared when he plays the LoL champ LeBlanc, a tricky assassin. What it means to face a Faker on LeBlanc was something an opposing team had to find out the hard way: with a series of nasty moves, Faker takes out 2 opponents in the match.
This is the situation: Faker is regarded as an outstanding mid-laner in League of Legends, who can make an impact with almost any champ and can maximize even unusual picks, being a factor in every match.
However, Faker is especially known and feared in League of Legends for his play with LeBlanc. Because the champ can create clones, and Faker always seems to be where the opponent does not expect him. LeBlanc is an ideal champ for the tricky Korean.
Faker’s ability to perfectly maintain an overview of the game situation suits him well with the agile champ.
There were times when LeBlanc was almost always banned in competitive mode when Faker was on the opposing team.
Nowadays, Faker streams his games more often in the Korean solo queue on Twitch and managed to play LeBlanc in one of those games.
Twitch clip shows kill, bait, and escape in perfection
This is the play: The match is well advanced, Faker is already level 16 on LeBlanc and well-fed. Faker’s team leads comfortably with 22vs9 and is gearing up for the final push.
With a quick 4-combo of all 3 skills and an item, Faker catches the opposing Kindred and takes them out of the match immediately.
Then he goes on the offensive and dives into the fight, but gets hit and Faker retreats. However, the opposing Akali counters and deals damage to Faker, bringing him down to 163 HP.
However, Faker uses the abilities Distortion and Mimic so skillfully that the opponent runs into a blank and ends up looking quite bewildered without any kills. Because Faker is no longer where Akali expects him to be.
Faker initially wants to pull back after his spectacular escape, but then sees that his team is winning anyway, as he has tied up 2 opponents: Kindred is already dead and Akali has been lured out of the base by Faker, dooming her team.
So Faker re-engages, helps to shred the isolated Akali, and easily takes the victory.
What’s impressive about it? The special thing about this clip is the masterful control and overview that Faker shows.
Even though he actually just wants to teleport back to base, Faker checks the match’s progress multiple times, looks at the stats, and then reassesses the situation.
