{"id":9023,"date":"2019-12-01T23:33:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T23:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=9023"},"modified":"2019-12-01T23:33:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T23:33:16","slug":"former-skt-star-wolf-retires-from-league-of-legends-esports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/former-skt-star-wolf-retires-from-league-of-legends-esports\/","title":{"rendered":"Former SKT star Wolf retires from League of Legends esports"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former SKT Telecom T1 support and jungler Lee \u201cWolf\u201d Jae-wan announced his retirement from professional League of Legends esports<\/a> on Friday, ending his seven-year-long career to focus on his mental health.<\/p>\n In an interview, Wolf confessed that the decision to walk away from LoL esports was a long time coming.<\/p>\n “I\u2019ve thought about this over and over again,” he said.<\/p>\n “I\u2019ve even once had a change of heart couple hundred times a day, and that\u2019s on whether or not I should continue to play as a pro. <\/p>\n “Long story short, I\u2019ve decided to retire as a pro. I\u2019m here to say that I think my time is over.”<\/p>\n Wolf also revealed that one of the main reasons why he is retiring from the LoL pro play is his ongoing battle with depression, adjustment disorder, anxiety disorder and panic disorder, all of which have worsened since he was diagnosed in 2016.<\/p>\n