In the past few months in professional League of Legends, who else, but Chovy-the-big-name-mythical-beast flaunted around? Indeed, maybe that beast is really such. Look at these insane stats: 43 kills and 64 assists with a big fat zero in deaths. What is this sorcery?
For the obscure bunch of non-followers of esports, Chovy (his real name Jeong Ji-hoon), being an LCK mid-laner for Hanwha Life Esports, is playing in such a way that it seems like he has cheat codes stashed somewhere! Yup, not a single death-that implication sinks in; this lad has not sat sleeping in seven matches: one error is death in League of Legends; this guy hasn’t made an error yet. Talk about pure, untraceable domination!
But how is he pulling this off? Part of the reason is champion pool. Dude’s been rocking Azir, Sylas, and Akali-these champions can completely leash an entire roster’s worth of shame if played properly.
But that’s nothing about mechanics-it’s positioning, map awareness, and making the right decision on every possible scenario, wiped off against a level of mastery that is unfathomable for conventional players, say 99.9% of them. It’s 4D chess while the rest are busied playing tic-tac-toe.
But honestly, how much longer can it last? Because it happens so seldom. Such happenings are always being spoken of. Going back, Chovy is suddenly back in god mode, while tons of assassins await in the LCK ready to take him on. Forget it-Won’t-Bow-To-Players-Pretty-Much-Same-Scope like Faker, Showmaker, and Bdd. One of these days, someone is going to do something and take a step that ought to have been orchestrated.
Or…maybe not. Maybe Chovy is just built different. Maybe we are looking at the dawn of this alleged Chovy era, who at this time truly, really, I mean the best mid-laner in the world. Well, time will tell. But for now? Grab your popcorn and enjoy the show. This is history in the making, and right now, watching Chovy on fire is a blast.
And if you are not one of those? Well, that truly sucks for you. Such happenings are always being spoken of.
