The Great Korean Exodus: How huge Chinese contracts gave us LoL's craziest offseason ever - Video

After Samsung White’s Worlds victory in 2014, organizations around the world started to make bids to attract some of the most prolific Korean talent to leave the Korean scene and join teams in other regions.

NA and EU teams made bids but more than anyone else Chinese organizations offered massive contracts to Korean stars in order to draw them to the LPL.

During that offseason, both of Samsung’s starting rosters left Korea for the LPL along with a few more of the region’s top names like Piglet and Impact.

Here's how the Great Korean Exodus changed League of Legends.

Written by Keith Capstick (@KeithCapstick)
Edited by Colten Gowan (@TheOnlyZoltan)
Hosted by Daniel Rosen (@Daniel_Rosen)

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