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Peyz League of Legends

T1 Bot
South Korea · Bot for T1

Kim “Peyz” Su-hwan is T1's bot laner and a three-time LCK champion, signed through 2028 as Gumayusi's replacement. He became the youngest bot laner ever to win an LCK title at 17; his mouse model and client DPI have never been published.

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What are Peyz's League of Legends settings in 2026?

Peyz has no published settings data — neither his mouse model nor client DPI and slider values appear in any setting sheet or event setup. He plays for T1 at 1920×1080 as the team's bot laner, and this profile records only what can be verified rather than estimating the rest.

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Role Bot (T1)
Youngest LCK champion bot laner
Signed to T1 through 2028
T1
2026 Worlds roster
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Career snapshot

Professional matches only
3
LCK titles
2023 Spring, 2023 Summer, 2024 Spring — all with Gen.G
1
MSI title
2024 with Gen.G
17
Age at first LCK title
The youngest bot laner ever to win one
28
Kills in one international game
Among the highest single-game totals in international play

Peyz's career has already turned over twice in four years. He came through Gen.G's academy, won everything in Korea at 17 and 18, was traded to JD Gaming in the LPL as part of the Ruler deal, spent a season in a collapsing roster, and then returned to the LCK in November 2025 as T1's replacement for Gumayusi on a contract through 2028. He is 19 and has already been through more roster churn than most veterans.

Mouse
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Not on our verified sheet yet — nothing is guessed here.
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Career timeline

→ today
2024
MSI, and the semifinal exit that ended the era
Gen.G won LCK Spring and MSI 2024, then lost the Worlds semifinal to T1. Weeks later, Gen.G's decision to bring Ruler back from the LPL meant Peyz moved the other way — to JD Gaming.
2025
A lost year in the LPL
JD Gaming cycled through support, top lane and coaching changes, finished without a trophy and missed Worlds 2025. Peyz's individual level held up; the team did not. It was the only season of his career without a title.
2026
The T1 seat, and a bot lane with Keria
T1 announced his signing on 19 November 2025 after failing to agree a new deal with Gumayusi, and gave him a contract through 2028. He forms a bottom lane with Keria that observers rate as one of the strongest pairings in the world, and T1 qualified for Worlds 2026 as the LCK's third seed.
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Trophy cabinet

5 first-place finishes tracked
Tournament victories
EventYearTeamResult
LCK Spring 20232023Gen.GChampion (Finals MVP, Rookie of the Year)
LCK Summer 20232023Gen.GChampion
LCK Spring 20242024Gen.GChampion
Mid-Season Invitational 20242024Gen.GChampion
KeSPA Cup 20242024Gen.GChampion
Deep runs and runner-up finishes
EventResultNote
Season 13 World ChampionshipQuarterfinalWith Gen.G
Season 14 World ChampionshipSemifinalLost to T1 — the series that ended the Gen.G era
LCK Summer 2024Runner-upThe only domestic split Gen.G lost in that period
LPL 2025No titleHis only trophy-less season, with JD Gaming — and no Worlds qualification
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Individual awards & rankings

MVP awards
  • LCK Rookie of the Year 2023 — Gen.G
  • LCK Spring 2023 Finals MVP — Gen.G
  • 2× LCK First All-Pro Team — Gen.G
  • Player of the Split — Gen.G
Records
  • Youngest bot laner ever to win an LCK title — Took the 2023 Spring playoffs at 17
  • 28 kills in a single international game — Among the highest single-game kill totals recorded at an international event
  • Three LCK titles plus MSI in his first two seasons — Before his 19th birthday
  • T1 contract through 2028 — Among the longest commitments on the roster, second only to Faker's
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Career statistics

Official professional matches only
MetricValueWhat it means
LCK titles32023 Spring, 2023 Summer, 2024 Spring
MSI12024 with Gen.G
LCK Rookie of the Year2023In his debut LCK season
LCK Finals MVP2023Won the Spring playoffs at 17
First All-Pro selections2LCK First Team
T1 contractThrough 2028Signed 19 November 2025

The unusual part of the résumé is the JD Gaming year: a player with three LCK titles and an MSI crown went to the LPL, won nothing, and missed Worlds 2025 entirely. Coming back to a T1 seat is the correction.

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How Peyz plays

Peyz is a positioning-first bot laner rather than a highlight-reel one. His Gen.G years were built on stable laning, reliable teamfight output and a champion pool broad enough that opponents could not ban him out — Gen.G's 2023 and 2024 drafts frequently revolved around securing him a safe lane rather than a winning one. The criticism that follows him is the mirror of the same trait: in series where Gen.G needed an individual spark, he was not the one generating it.

Signature — Jinx & Aphelios
The immobile hyper-carries that reward discipline over mechanics. Playing them at the pro level requires positioning that almost never breaks — and Peyz's record on them at Gen.G is the core of his statistical case.
Signature — Kai'Sa
The one pick that gives him an entry threat. Gen.G used her to let Peyz play forward without abandoning the safe positioning that defines the rest of his game.
Laning stability over lane dominance
His reputation at Gen.G was built on not losing lanes rather than winning them. That is exactly what a team built around Chovy and Canyon needs from its bot laner.
The T1 pressure test
At T1 he inherits Gumayusi's seat — a three-time world champion and S15 finals MVP. The question of whether stable production is enough in a roster expected to win Worlds is now the central one about him.
Teamfight output
His damage numbers have been consistently high without ever being the story. That is a real skill and an easy one to overlook in a role that gets judged on highlight plays.
“Hello. I'm Peyz, and I've just joined T1 as the new bot laner. I'm really excited to begin this new chapter with new teammates at T1.”
— Peyz, T1, on signing in November 2025
Translated from his signing announcement
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How Peyz compares

The comparison that defines Peyz's 2026 is Gumayusi — the player he replaced — and behind it, the question of what T1 actually needed from its bot lane.

PlayerTeamStyleDPISenseDPIMouse
PeyzT1Positioning-first, stable output————
GumayusiHanwha LifeClutch carry, three-time champion90030—Corsair Sabre V2 Pro CF
RulerGen.GVeteran hyper-carry———Logitech G305
CalisteKarmine CorpAggressive lane-dominant160050—Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro Black

Gumayusi left T1 as a three-time world champion and S15 finals MVP; Peyz arrives with three LCK titles and an MSI crown but no Worlds trophy. T1's gamble is that a younger, structurally similar player can be integrated into the same system — the contract length (through 2028) suggests they are treating it as a long-term build.

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How to play like Peyz

Peyz's public advice is about bot-lane fundamentals rather than mechanics — the part of the role that does not show up in highlight clips.

Do not lose your lane before you try to win it
At Gen.G his job was to hold a stable lane while Chovy and Canyon played the map. Practise surviving a losing matchup at zero deaths before you practise winning it.
Build the pool around positioning
Jinx, Aphelios, Kai'Sa — champions that punish bad positioning and reward correct positioning. They teach the skill that matters in a series, not in solo queue.
Take the mechanically simple fight every time
His output comes from consistently being in the right place, not from high-risk outplays. Do not force a highlight when the standard play wins the fight.
Treat a lost season as data
His JD Gaming year taught him more about team instability than any winning season could. The useful question after a bad roster is what you could still control.
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Things worth knowing about Peyz

  • He became the youngest bot laner ever to win an LCK title, taking the 2023 Spring playoffs at 17 years old.
  • His move to JD Gaming in 2025 was not a transfer he requested — it was one half of a swap that brought Ruler back to Gen.G from the LPL.
  • He did not qualify for Worlds in 2025, the only season of his career without a title — JD Gaming finished without a trophy and missed the tournament.
  • He recorded 28 kills in a single game at an international event, one of the highest single-game totals in international play.
  • T1 signed him to a contract through 2028 — the second-longest commitment on the roster after Faker's deal, which runs to at least 2029.
  • He replaced Gumayusi, who left T1 immediately after winning Worlds 2025 as the finals MVP — the highest-standard seat in the organisation to inherit.
  • His signing was announced on 19 November 2025, the same day reports linked Gumayusi with Hanwha Life Esports.
  • He came up through Gen.G's academy from August 2020, meaning his entire pre-T1 career was spent inside one organisation and its feeder system.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why did Peyz leave Gen.G?Career

It was a trade, not a benching. At the end of 2024 Gen.G wanted Ruler back, and Ruler was under contract at JD Gaming in the LPL — so Peyz went the other way to JDG in a swap. He had just spent two seasons as Gen.G's starting bot laner, winning every LCK split in 2023 plus MSI 2024, and left right after Gen.G's Worlds 2024 semifinal exit to T1.

Why did Peyz go to the LPL?Career

Because the Ruler swap put him there. He spent 2025 with JD Gaming, whose season unravelled around him — the roster changed support, top lane and coaching staff repeatedly, and JDG finished without a trophy and missed Worlds 2025 entirely. Peyz's individual level held up; the team's did not.

Why did Peyz join T1?Career

Because Gumayusi left. After T1 won Worlds 2025 with Gumayusi as finals MVP, the two sides could not agree on a new contract, and T1 moved fast — signing Peyz on 19 November 2025 to a deal running through 2028. It is a long commitment for a 19-year-old, and it put him into a bottom lane with Keria, widely rated the most mechanically gifted support in the game.

Is Peyz replacing Gumayusi at T1?Career

Yes, as the starting bot laner for 2026 — but the comparison is unkind and he knows it. Gumayusi left T1 as a three-time world champion and the S15 finals MVP. Peyz arrives with three LCK titles, MSI 2024 and the LCK Rookie of the Year award, but zero Worlds titles, and he is four years younger than the man he replaced.

What records does Peyz hold?Career

Two that stand out: he is the youngest bot laner ever to win an LCK title, taking the 2023 Spring playoffs at 17, and he recorded 28 kills in a single game at an international event — one of the highest single-game kill totals in international play. He has also been named to the LCK First All-Pro team twice.

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What mouse does Peyz use?Settings

No verified peripheral data is available for Peyz — neither the mouse model nor client DPI and slider values have been published in a settings sheet or event setup. This page leaves the fields blank rather than guessing, which is the standing rule for every profile in the ProAiming player database.

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How does ProAiming verify player data?Data

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  • Career results, trophies and the official circuit rankings: aggregated from public tournament records through September 2026.
  • Performance statistics: professional matches only — the current sample is Official professional matches only.
  • Prize money: approximate. Individual trackers disagree because they count different event tiers.
  • Where sources conflict, both values are shown rather than one being picked. Default peripheral choices reflect the most recent verified setup.
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