Peanut

Peanut — The Final Chapter of the Silver-Haired Prodigy: An Epic Exit Filled with Regret In 2025, Peanut's ten-year professional career began with a brilliant Road to MSI championship trophy, but ultimately ended in tears and a long sigh in the quarterfinals of the World Championship. For this once spirited "silver-haired prodigy," regret was the sole theme throughout the year. At the beginning of the season, as HLE's core jungler, he led the team to lift the Road to MSI championship trophy, leading people to believe that this super team had finally found its captain, and he was only one step away from a professional grand slam. However, fate took an unexpected turn. In the crucial Road to MSI qualifiers, HLE was swept aside by their old rivals T1, and the door to the highest stage of the year slammed shut. This was merely the first heavy note in a symphony of regret. Even greater disappointments followed. At the highly anticipated EWC (Esports World Cup), HLE, a favorite to win, unexpectedly fell to LPL's rising star AL in the quarterfinals. That series became Peanut's nightmare, with overseas commentators sharply pointing out that he was "completely a burden," the gap between him and the opposing jungler was insurmountable, and his disastrous performance made the team's star-studded lineup look lackluster. October arrived in Shanghai, the quarterfinals of the World Championship, Peanut's last chance before retirement. However, standing in his way was still the insurmountable wall of GEN, a wall he couldn't overcome throughout the entire season. 1-3, HLE fell again, and Peanut's final dance, amidst the audience's lament, "If the spring breeze has pity on the flowers, can it grant me youth again?", was forever frozen in time with a lonely silhouette. After the match, he tearfully confessed that this tournament would remain a regretful memory. From his unwavering determination at the beginning of the year to his disappointing exit at the end, Peanut's 2025 seemed like a delicate allegory, telling the story of the unbridgeable gap between talent, hard work, and luck in the world of esports. He brought with him the glory of seven LCK championships and a Summoner's Cup that he could never reach, drawing a regretful end to his playing career.