Croatian Luka “Perkz” Perković has earned millions in salaries over the years in League of Legends, only to now find his currently undignified end. His comeback in the regional league NLC was a disaster. His entire team in LoL, “The Ruddy Sack”, is falling apart after not even 3 months.
When did Perkz earn the big money? Perkz built a great reputation as a leader and ambitious player between 2015 and 2020 with Team G2, demonstrating an unwavering will to succeed. He surely earned well during that time, but the big payday came afterwards.
As reports indicate (via Reddit), he supposedly earned 2.7 million USD in the USA with Team Cloud 9 in 2021.
Upon his return to Europe with Team Vitality, it is said that he earned a similar salary in 2022.
Perkz last played in the same league as NoWay:
Comeback in the regional league with a star lineup
This was his plan: After some disappointing years in Europe and a 2024 where he hardly played, he wanted to make a comeback in the regional league NLC.
He joined the team “The Ruddy Sack”, which was similarly structured like the current hype team Los Ratones: A mix of seasoned professionals transitioning to content creation and ambitious streamers wanting to experience the pro scene.
Perkz played alongside his former jungle partner Jankos. They are two of the best players Europe has ever seen at their peak. Both won the international tournament MSI together in 2019 and made it to the finals of the World Championship.
Additionally, they had LIDER and Hustlin, two more experienced players from Scandinavia, on the team who meet the league’s conditions. The US streamer Humzh was supposed to complete the roster in the bot lane.
It was thought that the team should have enough firepower to stand out easily in the league.
This is how it really went: The season did not fare well for The Ruddy Sack at all. While the regular season went reasonably well, and the team qualified easily for the playoffs with a 3-1 record, things went wrong in the knockout matches.
TheRuddySack lost in the first round against Bulldog Esports, who later eliminated them in the loser’s bracket.
Team replaces superstars with developing players
This is now the result: All 5 players who competed for The Ruddy Sack have since left the team. Jankos has moved to the stronger league competitor NORD, where he plays with the German Twitch streamer NoWay.
The US streamer Humzh claims that visa issues made it impossible for him to return to the team.
Perkz seems to have left the team without comment. The Ruddy Sack has now announced a completely new team for the next split, completely devoid of big names.
Sheepesports, which reports on the roster, states: Instead of the “two greatest western players of all time,” Ruddy is now relying on a typical lineup for the regional league, with players they now want to develop: At 22, Perkz was a world star in LoL, earning millions; at 26, he loses to amateurs and is mocked
