Quite unexpectedly, right when The International 2019 was taking place, SK Telecom T1 said that it would encroach on Dota 2 in the 2019-2020 season.
This organization is most famous in League of Legends with a roster that owns superstar Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok.
This announcement does not announce the full lineup, but only indicates that T1 is looking to participate in the Dota Pro Circuit race in the next season. The first player to join, veteran offlaner Lee “Forev” Sang-don, shows that the organization will bring in seasoned Korean players.
Forev has been a member of many successful teams and attended The International three times, finishing 6th at TI6 with MVP Phoenix. He and four other veterans formed Team Jinesbrus at the end of this season and nearly qualified for TI9, only to lose to Mineski in the final round of the regional qualifiers.
The timing of this announcement is quite strange, appearing right in the middle of TI9. It is possible that T1 has already targeted all the players they want to own. And those names could be the remaining members of Jinesbrus.
Park “March” Tae-won and Kim “Febby” Yong-min are experienced Canadian/Korean players. Bringing the two of them along with young talent Nico “Gunnar” Lopez and Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon would be the right decision since all five have played together and have a lot of potential.
It is also possible that Lee “Heen” Seung Gon was also robbed from TNC Predator to coach this Korean team after TNC was eliminated from TI9. Heen played with Forev at TI5 on MVP team HOT6IX, and also has a history of playing with Feeby and March while in Phoenix, before moving on to coach Liquid.
If Heen can be won, this will be an experienced squad: the coach of the TI champion team and many heavyweight contenders. T1 has a lot of options at the moment, especially after TI there will be a lot of teams wanting to change their roster.
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