It is undeniable that SKT is one of the best teams in League of Legends history. All of their seasons have been very dominant but their rosters in recent years have started to falter. Many fans say that SKT’s time is up, some say that SKT has just gotten worse over the years. I don’t think that this is true.

SKT in 2015 was the best team in the world at the time. They made it to finals without dropping a single game and without losing a tier 2 tower. If that isn’t impressive, I don’t know what is. The roster was incredible at the time, sporting the likes of Marrin, Bengi, Bang, Wolf and obviously Faker. They played phenomenally as compared to the rest of the world.

Now I would like to put stress on the aforementioned statement. They were better as compared to the world. They were the first to reach the title of being absolute gods in the game. None of the other teams had caught up until 2017.

In 2017, we saw another team just as good as SKT take home the Summoner’s Cup, SSG. They had just reached the level at which Faker and rest of SKT played. They had caught up while SKT played at the same level.

The deal with SKT is not that they are becoming worse or that they have a bad roster, it is that other teams are catching up and being just as good if not better.

North American League of Legends has been at the center of ridicule since its start. They seem promising in their domestic leagues but completely falter at international events. This stereotype was completely decimated at Worlds 2018 by Cloud 9 and then by Team Liquid at MSI 2019. They caught up by importing players from other regions to make their region better. Europe and China are quickly catching up and beating SKT and Korea to the punch.

This season of Worlds could lay foundation for the future of League of Legend esports for SKT and Korea. SKT will have to enhance and develop their game and play style if they are to perform well at Worlds 2019.