Dignitas supposedly has a clear problem in League of Legends: They are paying former world champion Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon (21) so much that they are struggling to properly field a team for the LCS 2020. They are short on players. Currently, they only have one professional under contract, namely Huni.
The Dignitas Team: Dignitas has bought back into the US league for 2020. They made a million-dollar deal and merged with “Clutch Gaming,” who had the spot in the LCS in 2019.
But after the merger, Team Dignitas released all LoL players and is building a new roster. So far, they have only signed top laner Huni (21), the star from Clutch Gaming.
Huni is supposed to earn more than a million $ per year
How much is Huni supposed to get? According to reports from ESPN, Huni has verbally agreed to a contract with Team Dignitas: It is supposed to guarantee him 2.3 million US dollars for the next 2 years.
As Inven reports, this is only the “base salary” – Huni also has additional bonuses in the contract that could inflate his salary.
This is the problem:
- The total budget of Team Dignitas is reportedly 3 million $
- Huni is already getting 1.15 million $ a year
Thus, more than a third of the budget is already tied up in a single player. However, they need at least 5 players, ideally strong ones: they are not cheap in the USA.
Team Dignitas has no players other than Huni
Who else is on the team? Nobody. Currently, Team Dignitas has no other player under contract. They have released all other players.
Among them was also Canadian Phillippe “Vulcan” Laflamme, a strong support player. The young prospect was allegedly sold to Cloud 9 for 1.5 million – along with another talent. This is reported by ESPN.
Other players who left include mid laner Damonte, jungler Lira, and bot laner Cody Sun (now with 100 Thieves).
Huni is a big name
Is Huni worth the money? Probably not in terms of performance, but rather for PR:
- Huni is Korean, but at the beginning of his career as a young player in Korea, he was never really active, only a practice partner for Samsung Galaxy
- With the EU team Fnatic, Huni had a strong run and won two titles in 2015
- The golden age came in 2017. He returned to Korea: There he could win the Spring Split with the legendary team SKT1 alongside Faker, Bang, and Wolf – at the Worlds, they took second place. It was the legendary final loss that made Faker cry.
- In 2018, Huni then went to the USA – the league is considered “relatively weak,” import players often come here to still make some money
- In 2019, Huni led the team “Clutch Gaming” to the Worlds and messed up TSM’s trip to Europe. However, Clutch Gaming was not able to achieve much at the Worlds. They made it through the Play-Ins, but were hopeless in the group stage.
Huni is surely a strong player, but whether he can really lead Team Dignitas to fame and glory from the top lane is questionable.
Huni is only 21, but is considered by some to be a veteran who has already left his prime in League of Legends and is now cashing in his past glory in the USA.
This mercenary image is shared by many “import players” in LoL from Asia and Europe who come to the USA – it is not always fair.
Huni’s last major appearance was at the Worlds 2019.
Thus, more than a third of the budget is already tied up in a single player. However, they need at least 5 players, ideally strong ones: they are not cheap in the USA.
Team Dignitas has no players other than Huni
Who else is on the team? Nobody. Currently, Team Dignitas has no other player under contract. They have released all other players.
Among them was also Canadian Phillippe “Vulcan” Laflamme, a strong support player. The young prospect was allegedly sold to Cloud 9 for 1.5 million – along with another talent. This is reported by ESPN.
Other players who left include mid laner Damonte, jungler Lira, and bot laner Cody Sun (now with 100 Thieves).
Huni is a big name
Is Huni worth the money? Probably not in terms of performance, but rather for PR:
- Huni is Korean, but at the beginning of his career as a young player in Korea, he was never really active, only a practice partner for Samsung Galaxy
- With the EU team Fnatic, Huni had a strong run and won two titles in 2015
- The golden age came in 2017. He returned to Korea: There he could win the Spring Split with the legendary team SKT1 alongside Faker, Bang, and Wolf – at the Worlds, they took second place. It was the legendary final loss that made Faker cry.
- In 2018, Huni then went to the USA – the league is considered “relatively weak,” import players often come here to still make some money
- In 2019, Huni led the team “Clutch Gaming” to the Worlds and messed up TSM’s trip to Europe. However, Clutch Gaming was not able to achieve much at the Worlds. They made it through the Play-Ins, but were hopeless in the group stage.
Huni is surely a strong player, but whether he can really lead Team Dignitas to fame and glory from the top lane is questionable.
Huni is only 21, but is considered by some to be a veteran who has already left his prime in League of Legends and is now cashing in his past glory in the USA.
This mercenary image is shared by many “import players” in LoL from Asia and Europe who come to the USA – it is not always fair.
Huni’s last major appearance was at the Worlds 2019.
