Former LoL-pro turned streamer Yiliang ‘Doublelift’ Peng defined that he nonetheless has the itch to compete in LCS, though he admits it will take a ton of time to get again into type.
Doublelift retired from aggressive League of Legends in November 2020 after having fun with one of the crucial profitable careers of all time.
Since then, he’s transitioned right into a full-time streamer and nonetheless performs tons and tons of LoL on his Twitch channel.
Throughout an episode of his new discuss present “Trash Discuss,” he hinted that he nonetheless has the will to play professional though it could by no means come to fruition.
Doublelift is among the most adorned LCS gamers of all time.
Doublelift on probably returning to LCS
Throughout the second episode of his present, which was co-hosted by former professionals Zach ‘Sneaky’ Scuderi and William ‘Meteos’ Hartman, the trio chatted about if they’d ever contemplate stepping again from their streaming careers to return to professional play.
Doublelift defined he does really contemplate it,”I’ve the urge. I very regularly get the urge to compete as a result of it’s one thing that’s so romanticized in our minds, and it’s actually fulfilling,” he stated. “It’s one thing that I really like, so in fact I’m gonna have the urge to compete.”
The 28-year-old continued, “So far as do I nonetheless assume I can… I believe Bjergsen had the very best take attainable, when he got here again he informed his staff, ‘Guys, I’ve been out of it for a yr. I’m not gonna be that good, however I promise that I can get actually good I simply want a while.’ I believe that’s the proper mindset. As a result of if I stated proper now ‘I might come again and stomp LCS AD Carries simple’, I’m f**king delusional. You want plenty of time to return and develop your abilities.”
He concluded with, “The thought of ‘can you continue to compete?’ Yeah, however there’s an asterisk there.”
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Doublelift hinted at a potential comeback earlier than the 2022 LCS Spring break up, although it by no means got here to be.
After having a falling out with TSM proprietor Reginald, it’s unlikely any return would lead to him returning to TSM.