That century war trapped countless people’s youth-If we say who is the strongest in the past World Championships, the question will naturally have different answers, each championship represents that they are the most powerful team of that year or that version. When it comes to the strongest non-champion team in the history of the Worlds, I believe most people will vote for ROX in S6! It was a very pure team, and the goal of the whole team together was to simply win every game and to take the final title.
Kuro, GorillA retired one after another, leaving only Smeb and Peanut to continue to pursue their dreams
In the early morning of December 9, GorillA announced his retirement, which will end eight years of his career. The former partner Pray chose to retire after the end of S8, two years later GorillA finally made this decision, which means that the two veterans completely become everyone’s memory. In the morning of the 9th, Kuro released his retirement declaration on his Instagram: eight years, Kuro played for many teams, from ROX disbanded, and then moved to AF, BLG, and KT teams, and always had a stable play. Kuro and GorillA both ended their careers on the same day as if they had agreed to do so in advance. The former ROX, now only Smeb and Peanut are left to continue to fight in the game.
Smeb
Smeb has not been rumored to find the next home after becoming a free agent, which makes many people worry. Smeb’s condition and operation are not as good as his peak, and the LCK is in the league stage, the teams are more inclined to new generation players, for Smeb the situation is not really friendly.
Peanut
In contrast, Peanut is a lot luckier, after helping LGD to reach the World Championship this year, Peanut was invited by many teams, and finally, he chose the new army DYN and signed a two-year contract. For Peanut, who changes teams once a year, joining this new team is a good choice, at least it gives him more time to start over. As for whether Peanut can make DYN become his final home, it depends on the performance of the new season!
ROX and SKT contribute to the classic century battle
When it comes to the former ROX, the most unforgettable is naturally the world war they forged with SKT in the S6 semi-finals! In the first game, Faker led SKT to an overwhelming victory over ROX, and right after the first game, ROX opened up their black technology play in the next two games, with GorillA pulling out MF to assist, once making SKT think they had chosen the wrong hero. It was this bold attempt, Pray and GorillA’s Ashe + MF combination, that successfully helped the team ROX to win two consecutive games, the first to get the match point.
When it was discovered that ROX was well prepared, SKT sent the MF to the Ban position in the next two games and also replaced the veteran Bengi. Bengi and Faker’s midfield combination showed their power, and Faker was even more of a godly help. ROX couldn’t solve the two points of SKT midfield at the same time, and unfortunately lost!
Even as before, it still does not hinder the greatness of this game. Pray’s Ashe thousand-mile arrow interrupted Duke TP’s return to the city. The most important thing is that the arrow was shot before Ekko(Duke) TP; GorillA’s Support MF, Peanut and Bengi show each other blind monks, Faker sprints to the limit to escape, etc… This BO5 showdown has contributed too many classics, I believe that countless people are still vividly remembered.
Gathered as a fire, scattered as a sky full of stars
Although ROX is a strong team, unfortunately, they met the mountain of SKT. In S5 and S6 when the whole world was ruled by SKT, ROX became the only hope to beat SKT but still fell at their feet twice in spring and worlds. Just when ROX was facing disbandment, they finally beat SKT in K Cup, which also put an end to the old ROX.
With the disbandment of ROX, several players from the team joined different teams. Smeb rejected SKT’s invitation and joined another traditional strong team KT, aiming to defeat SKT personally. Although news agency wars are the focus of everyone’s attention, KT has repeatedly become SKT’s power bank. In the S8 Summer Games, the Galaxy Battleship KT successfully defeated Griffin and won the first championship in team history. Unfortunately, the World Championship fell into the hands of IG.
Peanut joined SKT in S7, and although he dominated the league, he was swept by SSG 3–0 in the World Championship final. After leaving ROX, Kuro joined the AF team, but also in the league running situation, later joined BLG and KT, but also failed to get the title.
Pray and GorillA joined LZ and won the summer tournament that year, breaking SKT’s domination, but the World Series was swept by SSG. In the S8 season, LZ was renamed KZ, and the team also introduced Peanut, ROX’s former trio reunited, once again pushing KZ into the ranks of the world’s top teams, only to be defeated by RNG at MSI.
After leaving ROX, these players have not been able to fulfill their dreams at the Worlds, but they have all helped their respective teams make a qualitative breakthrough. Smeb, Peanut, Pray, and GorillA have all won the league championship one after another, compared to Kuro, whose luck is a little worse, his team has been in the upper-middle ranks, not able to get the league championship!
