4,Lost Temple
Even in the season Easyhoon's Team S outperformed Faker's K, no-one really cared. K, who barely made it through the group stages, got stomped in the quarterfinals by rivals Samsung White. S, who quietly got through the group stages for the first time, scratched their way to a 3-2 victory over NaJin Black Sword in the quarterfinals.
In the semifinals, Easyhoon was one game away from making the Champions final. The games weren't pretty against the KT Arrows, barely scraping their way to wins and getting blown out in losses. Still, they made it to the fifth and deciding set against Arrows, but lost again in a demoralizing fashion. They got crushed by Samsung White in the third-place match, and once again, even outperforming Faker. But Easyhoon and his team were seen as boring and difficult to watch.

When it was announced Korea was disallowing an organization from having two teams, it felt like the end of Easyhoon – at least, the end of him on SK Telecom. Next to Faker, what was he? Faker was the most beloved player in Korea. Easyhoon, in comparison, was simply the guy who abused Ziggs and made it easier for people to fall asleep after his team's games. He might move to another team in KeSPA, but it seemed like his time to shine on Korea's most famous team was gone.
Surprisingly, he has stayed on SK Telecom T1 as the sub behind Faker. During the off-season, Easyhoon has been shooting up the Challenger ladder, currently 8th. Of course, Faker sits at 7th on his main SKT account, and 2nd on "Hide on bush" ID, one-upping his former rival and now teammate for the umpteenth time in their careers.
Trading off time during the preseason, Easyhoon and Faker shined with their new teammates. Easyhoon, who is familiar with Marin and the Bottom-lane duo of Bang and Wolf, has been successful with his usual robotic style. Faker, placed together with Marin, has brought out the best in the young Top-lane player, letting Marin be a Top-lane carry and live up to the potential he had when he first started with SKT T1 S.
Now with the season upon us, the opening match against NaJin e-mFire summed up Faker and Easyhoon's relationship perfectly. Faker, playing a bit arrogant, first-picked Xerath and let the NaJin team counter-pick him. On a siege champion that needs the right team composition and support to work well, Faker and the rest of SKT were trounced in the first game against Ggoong's Zed-led NaJin team.
Easyhoon, playing in the second game, waited till the last pick of the draft and chose Xerath. On the slow-moving, siege tank-like champion, Easyhoon crushed NaJin, picking up the MVP award for the game and getting SKT back into the series.
So with Easyhoon picking up a big win with his safe, simple style, and Faker falling on his face with a bit of arrogance, who did SKT choose to go with in the end? With the series on the line, SKT went with Faker, pushing Easyhoon back on the bench and letting their crown jewel have one last shot at redeeming himself.
Faker, being Faker, did just that – he picked the same LeBlanc that crushed Easyhoon in the two players' first meeting, and did the same thing against NaJin. Easyhoon, sitting from the sidelines, watched as Faker picked up the first Pentakill of the season and gained the attention for his amazing play. Easyhoon might have chipped away at the wall, but Faker was the one who finally broke it down.