Echo Fox has signed former Samsung White and Royal Never Give Up top laner Jang “Looper” Hyeong-seok, the organization has revealed exclusively to Yahoo Esports.

The Korean top laner is a former member of the 2014 Samsung White roster that stormed the World Championship and became what many consider to be among the greatest League of Legends teams ever assembled. His ability to play a multitude of champions on a consistent level will be a boon for the team, as it has been for every team he’s played with previously.

In an interview with Yahoo Esports, Echo Fox owner Rick Fox discussed their newest member.

“You ask my why Looper? For me personally, it attaches to championship experience. Looper has won a championship as a player with Samsung. As you know, they are one of the best teams to have won a championship in League… We’re committed to world-class teams and an organization of building those. We always want to compete at the highest level and against the best, and in order to do that you have to put yourself in the position to pitch individuals like Looper.”

Looper will replace Echo Fox’s 2016 top laner Park “kfo” Jeong-hun, who is returning home to Korea after a year with the team. The young player was a rookie when he started for Echo Fox; replacing him with a veteran World Champion is a huge on-paper improvement. Looper is known as an expert Teleport top laner, someone who reads the map well and knows when to make a play. That’s something the previous iteration of Echo Fox sorely lacked.

“You don’t bring a championship experience player like Looper on, you don’t bring one of the top laners in the world, you don’t bring someone who is notorious for Teleporting like he does when you definitely needed that and missed that, and not call on his leadership. And not call for his guidance in what has been successful in the places he’s been in and the teams he’s been on.”

Looper comes to Echo Fox following a successful stint with Royal Never Give Up, who he helped propel to a 2016 World Championship bid and a 5-8th place finish. RNG was knocked out of the tournament in the quarterfinals by eventual champions SK Telecom T1.

On Echo Fox, Looper will be joining legendary European mid laner Henrik “Froggen” Hansen, who has been hoping the top laner would join him.

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“I am very excited about the signing of Looper,” he said. “Our coaches and management kept me very involved and communicated every day. I believe my thoughts and opinions were factored into their ultimate decisions.”

Thanks to the NA LCS rules necessitating a team be three-fifths homegrown talent, the international duo will lead a squad of North American-born players that have yet to be announced.

Last split, Echo Fox played with a slew of rookies to back up Froggen and struggled to find their footing throughout the year. With Looper’s experience on the international stage and Froggen’s status as a dependable vet, the pair should help Echo Fox outperform their 10th place finish plast split. The team narrowly avoided relegation by beating NRG Esports in the 2016 NA LCS Spring Promotion tournament.

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