Former SKT Support Wolf Joins Turkish Team SuperMassive Esports

We’ve already seen quite a few surprising roster reveals during the 2018 League of Legends off-season, especially when it comes to top tier Korean players leaving the region to try their luck elsewhere. However, one of the biggest surprises so far has to be the announcement made by Turkish team SuperMassive Esports, who revealed that former SK Telecom T1 support and World Champion Lee “Wolf” Jae-wan would be joining the team as their starting support.

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Wolf isn’t the only Korean on the team, joining mid laner Kim “Frozen” Tae-il as the roster itself undergoes some renovations. Wolf and Frozen are replacing No "SnowFlower" Hoi-jong and Lee "GBM" Chang-seok respectively, meaning that while the team is getting new players, they are Koreans replacing Koreans. This should hopefully mean that the existing players will already have a good idea of what to expect from their new teammates.

For Wolf, this is certainly a surprise move. Having been a part of SKT for over five years, he has managed to accrue in that time numerous LCK Championships, several Mis-Season Invitational Championships, and two World Championships. When news broke that SKT would be releasing almost their entire roster and rebuilding, many expected Wolf to take the opportunity to possibly move to a new region, though it seems unlikely that many predicted he would take his talents to the Turkish Champions League. Wolf has been replaced on SKT by former KT Rolster support Cho “Mata” Se-hyeong, as the organization looks to create possibly the most dominant squad in recent memory and reclaim their title as the Champions of Korea.