In his career, Faker used a lot of generals and that generals still expanded over the years. As at the recent MSI 2024, Faker used Aurelion Sol and Zac to go in mid lane. These are extremely rare options for T1 captain. Of course, not when Faker uses new champions in an official match, it also brings success, especially when he no longer reaches the highest form as the old days. However, Faker's constant exploration and testing of new options also showed the continuous progress of the legend, although at present, he was at the highest peak of a League of Legends player.
Faker has a very broad general tank but now he plays around the make plays
Among these, there are generals even directly helping Faker win titles or historical milestones in his career. In particular, it is impossible not to mention a champion that is very suitable for Faker's make Play game later and perhaps, Faker is also one of the two players using this most effective general in League of Legends village today (the other is ChoVy), is Azir. Emperor Shurima is the general who directly helped T1 beat JD Gaming after the historic Shurima Shuffle. From this victory, T1 destroyed the LPL representative in the 4th game of Worlds Semifinal 2023, from which opened the door of the largest international tournament champion last year of League of Legends village.
Azir is the general that helps T1 beat JDG in the third game of hinges in the semi -finals of Worlds 2023
However, with Faker, this is the general that perhaps now, he feels the most bored. According to Faker shared in a recent interview, he frankly said: “I play a lot of Azir and in fact, I am somewhat hate this general now. I don't want to play this champion anymore.” In fact, throughout 2023, Faker played 34 Azir matches, reaching the winning rate of 70.6% and a general that when touched T1, if not banned early, he must choose to avoid falling into Faker. And it was also Azir that made many fans extremely regret when Faker chose Skin Worlds, Orianna and two Hall of Legends costumes, Ahri and Leblanc.
Faker shared the two generals he was most confident, Azir and Orianna, but he was also very bored when he had to play azir too much
But anyway, maybe Faker's Italy is that he also wants to test many other types of make plays than just nailing 1, 2 options that are too easy to be captured. But with the highest professional spirit, it is not strange if Faker will continue to use Azir, if that choice is opened and beneficial to T1's tactics.