{"id":39323,"date":"2024-10-27T22:09:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T02:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=39323"},"modified":"2024-10-27T22:09:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T02:09:36","slug":"jd-gaming-announce-departure-of-ruler-from-lol-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/jd-gaming-announce-departure-of-ruler-from-lol-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Gaming announce departure of Ruler from LoL roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/\" title=\"League of Legends betting guide\">League of Legends<\/a> esports team JD Gaming have announced that ADC Park &#8220;Ruler&#8221; Jae-hyuk will not continue with them in the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>The news came out on Sunday, two months after JD Gaming miss out on the LoL World Championship 2024 with a 2-3 loss against Weibo Gaming in the LoL Pro League (LPL) 2024 Regional Finals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010Farewell Ruler\u3011<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWin or lose, I will always give my all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our heartfelt thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RulereluR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RulereluR<\/a> for the shared moments of victory, for those golden rains under which we celebrated together. These memories have already found a timeless place in our hearts, treasured forever.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sZE4Ysvkr6\">pic.twitter.com\/sZE4Ysvkr6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JDG Esports (@JDGaming) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDGaming\/status\/1850500533121118346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ruler joined JD Gaming in December 2022 after a four-and-a-half-year stay with Gen.G, with whom he reached two consecutive <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/worlds\/\" title=\"LoL Worlds betting guide\">LoL Worlds<\/a> semifinals in 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In his first debut season with JD Gaming, Ruler won the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/lpl\/\" title=\"LPL betting guide\">LPL<\/a> 2023 Spring and Summer splits and the Mid-Season Invitational. <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the 25-year-old superstar failed to complete the elusive Golden Road in 2023, losing to eventual champions T1 in the LoL Worlds semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the 2024 season, JD Gaming rebuilt their LoL lineup around Ruler and jungler Seo &#8220;Kanavi&#8221; Jin-hyeok, adding top laner Li &#8220;Flandre&#8221; Xuan-Jun, mid laner Zeng &#8220;Yagao&#8221; Qi, and support Lou &#8220;MISSING&#8221; Yun-Feng.<\/p>\n<p>However, the new Chinese super team failed to meet the expectations, finishing third in the LPL 2024 Spring Playoffs, seventh-eighth in the LPL 2024 Summer Playoffs, and third in the Regional Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Despite JD Gaming&#8217;s lacklustre season, Ruler stood out as one of the top-performing players in the LPL.<\/p>\n<p>He ended the LPL 2024 Summer Placements with the highest 13.1 KDA and five MVPs, then claimed another 10 MVPs in the LPL 2024 Summer regular season &#8212; tied with Weibo Gaming&#8217;s Lee &#8220;Tarzan&#8221; Seung-yong for the most in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Ruler now enters the free agent market, where he will have no shortage of offers; however, it is unclear where the 25-year-old will continue his quest for a second LoL World Championship title.<\/p>\n<p>A return to Gen.G is unlikely, with Kim &#8220;Peyz&#8221; Su-hwan proving himself as a crucial member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/lck\/\" title=\"LCK betting guide\">LoL Champions Korea (LCK)<\/a> side.<\/p>\n<p>However, with the 19-year-old&#8217;s contract expiring this November, Ruler&#8217;s return is not beyond the realms of possibility.<\/p>\n<p>With Kim &#8220;Deft&#8221; Hyuk-kyu announcing his retirement from competitive LoL after losing to T1 in the LCK 2024 Regional Finals, Ruler could reunite with his former teammate Gwak &#8220;Bdd&#8221; Bo-seong at KT Rolster. <\/p>\n<p>However, Ruler has previously stated he would only have remained in the Korean league if he could have stayed with Gen.G.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese League of Legends esports team JD Gaming announced that ADC Park &#8220;Ruler&#8221; Jae-hyuk will not continue with them in the 2025 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":39326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[668,24,389,2515],"class_list":["post-39323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-jd-gaming","tag-league-of-legends","tag-lpl","tag-park-ruler-jae-hyuk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39323"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39347,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39323\/revisions\/39347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}