Duke leaves Invictus Gaming League of Legends

This happened just a few days after Invictus excluded from Championship League of Legends world 2019. Although they reached the semi-finals, they lost to FunPlus Phoenix last Saturday.

Duke accede Invictus Gaming in 2016 after leaving SK Telecom T1 for about 1 month. He spent a year active in SK Telecom T1, playing the role of top lane during the 2016 World Championship victory. He left the LCK in December of that year, in favor of the Invictus Gaming LPL. Duke’s first year on iG didn’t grant him the same success as SKT, finishing in 7th-8th place in the 2017 LPL Spring Split. The following Summer Split showed some progress as they finished. in third place, despite not qualifying for the World Championships that followed.

Invictus started to find their footing in 2018, topping their LPL Spring. They ended the post-season with a play-off finish in fourth place. They once again topped their group over the summer, narrowly missing out on an overall win as Royal Never Give Up took first place.

Invictus moved on to the 2018 World Championships after picking up enough points throughout the season. iG flew through their World group stage, losing only to Fnatic. They knocked out LCK Summer Champion KT Rolster in the quarterfinals before sweeping G2 Esports in the semifinals. Invictus won the tournament Worlds 2018 with one Fnatic wipeout in a match Final. Although he only played a total of five matches at World Championship 2018 but Duke is the only player to have won the worlds on two different teams from two separate regions.
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