Veteran Gen.G ADC, Ruler, has finally won a personal trophy: MVP of the 2022 LCK Summer Split.
Apart from it being another piece of hardware added to his trophy case, the veteran AD didn’t just emerge winner of the MVP of the 2022 LCK Summer Split on a platter of gold. It was decided by a panel consisting of 40 LCK commentators, players, coaches, and affiliated media members.
Meanwhile, after seven seasons in the LCK, this is the first MVP award earned by Ruler after.
The last time he won the MVP award was in 2017, during his stint with Samsung Galaxy, where he won the season’s World Championship, denying SK Telecom T1 a potential three-peat.
After that historic feat, the veteran, who is among the best to ever play the ADC position, has now landed another MVP award for his efforts on the domestic stage.
Having led Gen.G to a near-perfect match record of 17-1 this summer, it can be said that he deserves the honour. He also led the team that became the third in the history of the LCK to win 17 or more matches in a single split.
He also guided them in winning 35 individual games this summer while only losing five.
With the 35-5 game record, Gen.G had a percentage of 87.5 percent across this summer’s individual games, the best single-split mark by any team in LCK history.
Apart from that, out of possible 40 possible first-place votes, Ruler earned 21, while nearly every ballot had the Gen.G ADC among its top five players this split.
Ruler’s season also has some interesting stats in KDA. The veteran posted the highest KDA among all LCK players, this split with a mark of 7.6.
He also tied Liiv SANDBOX AD carry Prince for the league lead in total kills with 213 this summer.
According to the League stats site, Oracle’s Elixir, Ruler, and Prince also tied for the league’s “Player of the Split” trophy, which honors the player with the most “Player of the Game” awards throughout the summer.
