57 champions have less skins than Faker
Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok now has more skins than 57 champions in League of Legends. With T1’s 2025 Worlds skins revealed and his choices of Yone and Sylas confirmed, the GOAT will soon reach nine in-game skins. That puts him ahead of a third of the roster in sheer skin count, a statistic that underlines just how exceptional his career has been.
For comparison, champions like Illaoi, Kindred, or Ornn have been part of the game for years and still sit at four or five skins. Some, like K’Sante or Naafiri, are even lower, with just a handful. Faker’s cosmetic record isn’t just rare — it’s unprecedented in the game’s history.
Another record unmatched in League's history
This year’s set is special. As Finals MVP, Faker gets two rewards: a base skin for Yone and a prestige edition for Sylas. The rest of T1’s roster each chose one champion: Zeus took Gnar, Oner picked Vi, Gumayusi opted for Varus, and Keria went for Pyke. While the other four will see their champion pool each grow by one, Faker’s personal collection grows into a monument to his career.
His skin history reads like a timeline of his dominance: SKT T1 Zed (2013), SKT T1 Ryze (2015), SKT T1 Syndra (2016), the Risen Legend LeBlanc and both Ahri skins from the Hall of Legends, T1 Orianna from 2024 Worlds, and now Yone and Sylas for the 2025 title run.
The Yone and Sylas skins will arrive in September, later than usual — past the mid-August release of 2024’s Hall of Legends set, and far later than DRX’s June 2023 drop. Fans might have to wait, but the result is clear: when these skins hit the Rift, Faker will officially leave more champions trailing behind him in skin count than most pros go in the damage charts. It almost makes you think Riot might one day have to create a champion in the image of the GOAT, given how routine adding new skins has become in his story.
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