- The Korean ADC prodigy departs the North American organization’s League of Legends team
- This development follows FlyQuest’s disastrous run in LCS 2023
- It’s still unknown how the org plans to fix the issues with its roster’s performance
Despite FlyQuest hoping Lee “Prince” Chae-hwan would propel the team to the top when they signed him in the spring, this has not happened, resulting in the player leaving the LoL lineup.
Prince and FlyQuest Part Ways
FlyQuest has had it rough this year, despite getting a large cash injection at the beginning of the competitive season. Using these funds, the North American organization acquired some talented players, including Lee “Prince” Chae-hwan, hoping he would help the team achieve victory.
It was hoped that the Korean player’s mechanical prowess would propel the team to the top of the LCS for the very first time. Unfortunately for FlyQuesat, however, the exact opposite happened, with the squad plummeting down to near the bottom of the LCS in the Summer. This unexpected turn of events prompted the departure of Prince from the North American organization.
FlyQuest’s statement does not say if the player was let go by the organization or if he came to this decision by himself. Regardless of the actual cause, it must be somewhat heartbreaking for Prince to leave the team. He had to overcome many difficulties to prove himself as a player worth importing in the NA region.
Prince made his name in 2022 while playing for Liiv SANDBOX. The team was lost before signing him, ending in ninth place in the LCK Spring Split as they scrambled to find good players. They eventually did so in the face of Prince, who helped the team a lot through the summer, and only narrowly missed the Worlds 2022 qualification. Despite that, it was Liiv SANDBOX’s best finish in the history of the organization, and it was done in large part thanks to Prince.
Wanting to capitalize on the success he had seen in the previous year, Prince moved to North America and was quickly signed by FlyQuest. Unfortunately for the team, they did not see the same climb in performance from their new roster that Liiv SANDBOX saw. In fact, it seemed quite the opposite.
Fly Quest’s League of Legends roster still has some good talents such as Philippe “Vulcan” Laflamme and Mingyi “Spica” Lu. The organization also has Prince’s fellow countryman Jeong “Impact” Eon-young, who’s essentially an NA player at this point considering how long he’s been playing in the region.
It’s still unknown who will come to replace Prince on FlyQuest’s roster, but it seems the organization will have to think big if they want to avoid repeating this season’s disasters.
