A new year of League of Legends, yet some things never change: T1 wins Worlds then drops the offseason's biggest bomb—all boxes checked for another legendary season of competition. Kim "Peyz" Su-hwan joins the six-time world champions as Lee "Gumayusi" Min-hyeong heads to Hanwha Life Esports.​​

Last year was more of the same: T1 came out of a tough LCK season but clinched their second consecutive Worlds title with the ZOFGK roster. While they were expected to keep the same five players, circumstances shifted—Choi "Zeus" Woo-je joined Hanwha Life Esports, and Choi "Doran" Hyeon-joon made the reverse move, now celebrating his first Worlds trophy.

The end of DOFGK...

This marks the end of this iteration of T1. Gumayusi spent the last five years at T1 in LCK, winning three Worlds and one LCK—it was the only team he knew in his career. This departure also signals the end of one of the most dominant and aggressive botlanes in history, the duo Gumayusi-Ryu "Keria" Min-seok.

Gumayusi's exit thus marks the departure of the second player from this miracle generation out of the T1 academy, and this departure happens in a fairly complex context: at the start of the year, Gumayusi had been benched by the coaching staff in favor of Shin "Smash" Geum-jae; after a CEO intervention, Gumayusi was reinstated to the roster.

The AD Carry had thus missed the LCK Cup but was fully there for the LCK season; ten months after his benching, Gumayusi stands on top of the world, Most Valuable Player of the Worlds final against KT Rolster during which he was the clutch factor for his team to win the Worlds. Fair winds, Gumayusi....

... For the start of DOFPK

Players come and go, seasons roll by, but one thing hasn’t moved in 13 years: Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok holding down T1’s midlane. The roster around him won’t change much. Doran earned a 2026 extension after a steady, convincing year. Mun "Oner" Hyeon-jun, likely the jungler who’s understood Faker the best, stays on as well. Keria—despite not being a T1 academy product—is every bit as miraculous as the rest; the best support in the world now has to adapt to a new AD Carry.

That new ADC is Peyz, who steps into the massive space left by Gumayusi. Talent isn’t the issue: Peyz is a pure Gen.G academy product who spent two years on their main roster, winning three LCK titles out of four possible and one Mid-Season Invitational, even if Worlds never carried him past semifinals. After one uneven year with JD Gaming in the LPL, he now returns to South Korea through the front door, joining the most decorated organization in League of Legends history.

T1 2026 Roster:

For more roster changes, check out our Transfers Hub and Offseason Live Tracker.