CLG has had a rebirth of form in the first half of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Summer Split and this should be credited to a single change that has been made in the roster from Spring Split. The introduction of a new top laner and the subsequent phasing-out of the old CLG era has brought CLG back to heights that they were once expected to reach easily. This top-laner has proven why he is MVP material.

Kim “Ruin” Hyeong-min has been instrumental in the resurgence of CLG in the 2019 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split. He has single-handedly unleashed the rest of the CLG roster to reach heights that haven’t been reached in years for the organization. Here’s why he should be a candidate for LCS Most Valuable Player (MVP).

Counter Logic Gaming is one of the most successful and long-standing organizations in the LCS but this success hasn’t come without dips in the team’s form. LCS Spring Split 2019 was not what CLG intended it to be, and it was clear that a change was due with the team’s top-laner Darshan “Darshan” Upadhyaya being one of the main contributing factors to the team’s lack of form. The team decided to acquire Former Giants Gaming and 1907 Fenerbahçe Espor top laner Ruin in a change that has proved to make all the difference for the CLG roster. To fully understand why Ruin should be considered for MVP, we need to look at the state of CLG before the introduction of Ruin in the top lane.