The Snake weibo has revealed that jungler Kim "Beast" Joohyun has left the team. The announcement also indicated that mid laner Lu "BAKA" Fan will take a split off from competing to rest, but he will remain registered to the team.

As Beast was not present on Snake's Tencent post transfer period roster list, this announcement comes as less of a surprise. Snake wrote a long post praising Beast for his contributions to the club and stated that they would have preferred for him to stay, but Beast felt the need to return home to Korea to regain his form.

Beast feels he cannot properly help the team while he is out of shape and stuck in Diamond 1 Korean solo queue. The post commended Beast's play during the split, especially on Nunu, Gragas, Sejuani, and Nidalee and referred to him as the "most cost-efficient import."

Beast has already begun to rotate out of the roster with rookie Chinese jungler, Liu "Zzr" Yuan. Zzr played a more aggressive style, while Beast complemented Snake's team fighting prowess. Beast did not play for Snake during any offseason tournaments this winter.

Snake's manager, Zuo "leftfog" Wu also included a screenshot of a message from Beast, “wo hui lai han guo [I came back to Korea]. i will miss you and snake. bai bai."

The farewell message finished with a post script regarding mid laner BAKA.

PS: Here I explain BAKA's situation. I respect his wishes, he is home to adjust for a season, but the Snake still registers him as part of the team.

BAKA played mid lane for Snake during most of the 2015 LPL Spring season, but his champion pool limitations resulted him sitting on the bench for LPL Summer after the team acquired Ceng "U" Long. BAKA may be best remembered by fans for having played through his wrist injury in the early weeks of the LPL.

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