At the present time, when the previous generation players are gradually becoming older and somewhat dumbfounded, along with the policy of “rejuvenating the squad” is widely applied in teams, choosing young players is the priority in the professional League of Legends. In particular, the cases of success with the youth squad are not uncommon and T1 is a typical example. From the case of T1, a series of big teams like KT Rolster or Gen.G also has the presence of young stars.
The success of T1 makes the teams also promote the rejuvenation of the squad
An interesting thing in the recent “great telecommunications war”, both teams use very young upper lines. And after the match, when Zeus completely overwhelmed Perfect, many viewers realized a shocking truth about these two players. Specifically, Zeus and Perfect are both born in 2004 and are the two upper lines of children both the age and the most professional age of LCK Spring 2024 to the present.
Perfect and Zeus (Top) are the two youngest top players in the spring 2024
But it was from this discovery that many people realized how lucky T1 was to own Zeus from the youth team. The T1's top player showed an incredible mature in the first season to participate in LCK – Spring 2022. After that, despite the ups and downs, Zeus showed that he had a significant progress. At Worlds 2023, Zeus was only 19 years old and was one of the players to win the tournament with the lowest age.
Zeus showed astonishing mature and now has won a lot of glory with T1
As for Perfect, although the same age but until now he has been “stepped out of light” when the talented, veteran senior Kiin has gone. Perfect's play is also rich in skills and youthful enthusiasm but in many matches, he shows that he is a bit too “dawn” and has too deep and unnecessary phases. However, Perfect is still performing well with 2 times of choosing to make MVP match. He has the potential to develop further in the future.
Perfect often has unnecessary deep phases like this
LCK is in a planned and slow way of rejuvenation. But the “preschools” have appeared a lot with certain achievements. These players are rich in development potential and promise to follow talented seniors in the near future.