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On Saturday, League of Legends esports team JD Gaming announced the signing of ADC Kim “Peyz” Su-hwan who joins the Chinese side for the 2025 season.
Peyz is JD Gaming’s second new signing of the offseason, following the arrival of Hu “Ale” Jia-Le, who joined the team at the end of November.
The unexpected arrival sees Peyz take over for Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk, who recently left JD Gaming to join Gen.G, replacing the 19-year-old as the new ADC of the Korean squad.
【JD Gaming Announcement】
After friendly negotiations, former GEN.G bot laner Kim Su-hwan (ID: Peyz) @peyz05 will officially join JDG Esports Club and compete alongside the team in the upcoming season.
Peyz made his debut in GEN.G’s main roster in 2022 and quickly rose to… pic.twitter.com/HR4KW8fJ7T
— JDG Esports (@JDGaming) December 7, 2024
This marks the second time Peyz will step in Ruler’s shoes after he got called up to Gen.G’s main roster in November 2022, following Ruler’s departure to JD Gaming.
Widely regarded as one of the most promising young ADC players in the world, Peyz’s rise to prominence started in 2020 when he joined Gen.G academy roster and in the span of two years climbed the ranks to Gen.G Challengers and the LoL Champions Korea (LCK) lineup.
In his debut year with Gen.G, Peyz won the LCK 2023 Spring Playoffs, placed fourth at the Mid-Season Invitational, and rounded up the year with LCK 2023 Summer Playoffs trophy and quarterfinals run at LoL World Championship 2023.
After an immaculate debut season, Peyz added LCK 2024 Spring and MSI 2024 trophies to his resume, as well as a silver medal from LCK 2024 Summer and a top-four finish at LoL Worlds 2024.
Joining the LoL Pro League (LPL) seems like an unlikely destination for the young player; however, with Ruler taking over his spot at Gen.G and other top contenders in the league already fielding an ADC player, Peyz signing for JD Gaming comes as no shock.
With the addition of Peyz, top laner Ale, an extension of Lou “MISSING” Yun-Feng’s contract, and the arrival of veteran coach Kim “cvMax” Dae-ho, JD Gaming have their eyes set on returning to the world’s elite and bounce-back following a rough season.
JD Gaming enjoyed a promising start to their 2024 LoL esports season campaign, placing third in the LPL 2024 Spring Playoffs.
However, they flopped in the season’s final stretch, with a seventh-eighth-place finish in the LPL 2024 Summer and a third-place finish in the LPL 2024 Regional Finals.
As a result, JD Gaming missed LoL World Championsip for the fourth time in the teams’ history.
The arrival of Peyz leaves JD Gaming with just two spots to fill, as they still need to announce their starting mid laner and jungler.
