The 28-year-old Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok is the most famous and successful player in League of Legends. To celebrate his career in LoL, Riot Games has dedicated a special skin bundle to him. In a stream, he has now promoted the skin and made a significant profit.
What kind of skin is it?
- Faker won Worlds 2023, marking his fourth world championship. He is such an important player and an icon in LoL that he was the first to be inducted into the new Hall of Fame of League of Legends.
- To honor his achievements and his prominent status as an icon, Faker received a luxury Mercedes and his own skin bundle in LoL, which costs around €450.
- Faker’s team, T1, will receive 30% of the revenue from the skin. Faker is a co-owner of T1.
We presented the skin to you in the video:
Faker promotes the skin on the Chinese version of TikTok
This is how much he has sold so far: Faker sold some LoL products during a livestream on Douyin, a Chinese alternative to TikTok, on June 23.
A report from a Chinese media outlet reveals that he had 100,000 simultaneous viewers. After about an hour, Faker was done.
It is reported: He sold versions of his bundle worth approximately €617,400. That corresponds to about 10 “normal annual salaries” of €60,000, which is already generous.
- The gross annual salary in Germany for full-time employees is about €52,000 (via Wirtschaftswoche).
- The “median annual salary”, which many consider to be the more realistic figure, is only €43,750.
Faker would never use the skin himself
Would he use the skin himself? When asked directly why he played Ahri recently but did not use the skin, Faker replied: He focused on the game and never uses skins. So he is not used to it.
He didn’t even consider using the skin: but hopes that his fans use the skin often.
Why is the skin so expensive? The skin is so expensive because it is indeed that expensive. According to Riot, they aimed to create a status symbol here.
The skin is meant for showing off and is only intended for a very small portion of players. Those who have the money should buy the skin and be able to show off, said the game director of LoL.
Ultimately, very few players finance all of LoL and thus make it possible for everyone else to play it for free: Riot explains why they made the skin for €500 and would do it again
