Peanut and his teammates were disappointing at Worlds 2024
Entering Worlds 2024 as the No. 1 seed in the LCK, HLE is considered this region's great hope in winning the world championship title. This was further reinforced after the Swiss round when HLE had a convincing 3-1 coefficient and held the ticket to the Quarterfinals. Even before the match with BLG took place, Peanut and his teammates were considered by many people to be the “top” position when the LPL representative showed quite a struggle in the Swiss round.
HLE ended Worlds 2024 with a pretty heavy defeat against BLG
However, what HLE brought to fans in the Quarterfinals was overwhelming disappointment when they lost 1-3 to BLG. After winning game 1, HLE was completely overwhelmed by their opponents in the remaining 3 games when they were completely disadvantaged from the laning phase, skill handling to fighting. Peanut seemed to have lost himself after the first game and was almost completely “invisible” for the rest of the match. Leaving the tournament with such a weak face has made HLE and LCK fans disappointed with this team.
Peanut and the HLE team had a rather weak performance and were eliminated in the Quarterfinals
Peanut is expected to retire soon, HLE is “disbanded”
With World Championship 2024 coming to an end, transfer information has appeared continuously in recent days. According to revelations from news sites at LPL, HLE is a team with a relatively large personnel change when two members, Peanut and Doran, will soon be announced to leave the team. As for Doran, he is having negotiations behind the scenes to find a new destination for himself in the 2025 season.
Doran will likely leave HLE in the near future
Meanwhile, Peanut has no such negotiations because he is expected to retire soon after Worlds 2024 ends. What's worth mentioning here is that Peanut actually still has a contract with HLE, but he chose to retire and not play anymore. Therefore, this team's only option is to announce the termination of Peanut's contract in the near future.
If the above information really happens, Peanut's professional career will end with many regrets. In particular, Peanut's World Championship dream is still unfinished as he continuously fails to conquer this title despite playing for Gen.G, T1 or most recently HLE. Furthermore, the possibility of having to end his career after suffering a heavy loss to BLG makes Peanut's breakup seem like it is taking place in the “abyss of disappointment”.
Peanut retiring (if at all) right after a heavy defeat is extremely unfortunate
Of course, the above information is only at the rumor level and has not been confirmed by HLE or Peanut. Hopefully this player will think carefully about when to retire to have a more complete end to his career. For a veteran player with many contributions like Peanut, it would be sad if his career ended after such a failed Worlds 2024 campaign.
