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we are familiar withleague of legendsstar player faker has locked in his 78th hero selection in the recent lck summer playoffs, which is close to half of the heroes in the official league of legends lineup used in professional games. it has to be said that faker's hero pool is indeed deep, and he dares to use a variety of characters in the game, from assassins to mages, from warriors to shooters.

in the lck playoffs series between t1 and kt, faker locked on smodeus for the first time in his career, a adc hero who is usually a bottom laner and is known for his strong farming ability. since bdd is very good at this farming hero, t1 changed their bp strategy and let faker grab smodeus. in the end, the charmander benefited the legendary mid laner, helping t1 win the game and eventually win the series with a score of 3-1 and advance to the next round.

as of the new hero alola, there are over 160 heroes in league of legends, so faker is only a few unique picks away from using over half of the hero pool. he doesn't even need to win the game, just using this hero to add another to this legendary milestone. this number doesn't count international events, otherwise faker has used 85 different heroes, well over half of the number of heroes in league of legends.

78 different heroes used in lck competition is a truly staggering number and represents another milestone in faker's career, which has spanned more than a decade. while smodeus is the 78th hero used by faker in professional competitions, it is only a small spot in faker's impressive hero resume, and we tend to remember him for his traditional mage heroes.

of the 78 heroes faker uses, azir is his most played professional hero, with a total of more than 180 games, and he has an impressive 68% win rate on this hero. orianna ranks second with more than 90 games and a win rate of 70%, and this hero helped faker win his fourth career championship last year. ryze ranks third with more than 70 games and a win rate of 63%, but faker has not used this hero for a long time due to the changes in the version.

the other heroes in faker's top ten usage rates are corki, ahri, leblanc, galio, lissandra, taliyah and viktor. his most commonly used heroes are still mainly these mage heroes, and they have good team-opening abilities. even if he chooses a hero like corki, t1 still needs his ammo pack to start a team fight. but this does not mean that faker cannot adapt to the version. for example, the recently released new hero alola, faker quickly used it in the game and played well.

many of faker's most-played heroes have skins, but even though azir is faker's most-played hero, he doesn't have a desert emperor world champion skin. while skt azir does exist as a skin, it was given to skt's substitute player easyhoon in recognition of skt's victory at the 2016 world championship.

back to faker himself, sara feels that it is only a matter of time before he locks in the 79th choice. after all, he has practiced a lot of mid-lane nasus in the ranking games recently. kt knew this and directly banned nasus in the playoffs. but in t1's game against hle this week, the opponent may release nasus. in addition, mid-lane zeli is very popular in the new version, but faker has not used this hero in the game, mainly because zeus' zeli is also very good.

but as long as the team needs him to make changes, faker is willing to choose any hero to help the team win.