Gumayusi Joins Hanwha Life Esports To Complete 2026 Superteam
Hanwha Life Esports (HLE) has officially signed star AD carry Lee “Gumayusi” Min-hyeong from T1 on a two year contract, completing their highly anticipated 2026 roster. The move comes early in the LCK Stove League, following widespread rumors after Gumayusi’s departure from T1 after seven years with the organization.
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ํํ์๋ช e์คํฌ์ธ ์ ๋ฐํ ๋ผ์ด๋๋ก โGumayusiโ ์ด๋ฏผํ ์ ์๊ฐ ํฉ๋ฅํ๊ฒ ๋์์ต๋๋ค. ํ์ํ ๊ฒฝ๊ธฐ๋ ฅ๊ณผ ํ๋ถํ ๊ฒฝํ์ ๊ฐ์ถ ๊ตฌ๋ง์ ์ ์ ์์ ํจ๊ป ํํ์๋ช e์คํฌ์ธ ๋ ๋ ๋์ ๊ณณ์ ํฅํด ๋์๊ฐ๋๋ค. 2026 ์์ฆ, ๊ตฌ๋ง์ ์ ์ ์์ ํจ๊ปํ HLE์ ์ฌ์ ์ ๋ง์ ์์โฆ pic.twitter.com/LoWXzFRdLw
โ Hanwha Life Esports (@HLEofficial) November 23, 2025
Gumayusi was unveiled at HLE’s Camp One, marking his first steps with the team.
Gumayusi’s Journey
The three time World Champion, who earned Finals MVP at Worlds 2025, reflected on his T1 exit: โNow, Iโll be leaving T1 to start a new journey to prove myself.โ Despite early season benching and online challenges, Gumayusi’s accolades at just 23 years old solidify his elite status.
In his exit interview, he added: โLeaving a place thatโs been so familiar and close is honestly really tough… But as long as there are fans who believe in me, I wonโt stop.โ Gumayusi emphasized his goal to become the best in the world.
Addressing his move, he stated: โThe direction HLE wanted to go perfectly aligned with my personal goalsโฆ Iโm aware of the immense pressure that comes with filling the shoes of Park โViperโ Do-hyeon, and Iโll do my best to lead the team into victory.โ
HLE’s Powerhouse 2026 Roster Locked In
Gumayusi reunites with former T1 teammate Choi “Zeus” Woo-je, joining resigned stars Kim “Zeka” Geon-woo and Yoo “Delight” Hwan-joong, plus LPL returnee Seo “Kanavi” Jin-hyeok. This “superteam” is poised to challenge T1 and Gen.G.
- Top: Choi “Zeus” Woo-je
- Jungle: Seo “Kanavi” Jin-hyeok
- Mid: Kim “Zeka” Geon-woo
- ADC: Lee “Gumayusi” Min-hyeong
- Support: Yoo “Delight” Hwan-joong
Fans anticipate entertaining matchups, including Gumayusi versus his ex T1 botlane partner Ryu “Keria” Min-seok and Delight against Kim “Peyz” Soo-hwan.
With HLE’s recent successes and this star studded lineup, the 2026 LCK season promises intense competition as they aim for domestic dominance and Worlds glory.
Since: October 29, 2025
