T1 has made a bold move to break out of its slump by adding 'Easyhoon' to its LCK first-team coaching staff.

On the 23rd at 12:00 PM, T1 officially announced through its social media channels that Coach Lee Ji-hoon will join the team starting with the second round of the upcoming 2026 League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) regular season.

This marks Easyhoon's return to his former team, T1, after approximately 11 years. Having left the team after the 2015 season, he will now reunite with T1's 'Faker' (Lee Sang-hyeok), with whom he once competed for the starting mid-laner position, and acting head coach 'Tom' (Lim Jae-hyeon), who was a jungler during Easyhoon's previous tenure.

T1's leadership appears to have made this decision to overcome the team's poor performance in the first round. Prior to the start of the regular season, T1 head coach 'kkOma' (Kim Jeong-gyun) stepped down for personal reasons. Since then, the team has struggled with a decline in overall performance throughout the LCK Cup and the first round of the regular season, leading to mounting pressure on acting head coach Tom and coach 'Mata' (Cho Se-hyeong) and fueling consistent calls for coaching staff reinforcements.

Coach Lee Ji-hoon previously joined China's Bilibili Gaming (BLG) midway through the 2024 season, where he proved his coaching prowess by stabilizing the performance of mid laner 'knight' (Zhuo Ding). In particular, he was credited with making a significant strategic contribution to pushing the 2024 League of Legends World Championship finals against T1 to a grueling five-game series.

The organization stated on its official social media, "We look forward to Coach Easyhoon leading the team with the experience he has built over the years," adding, "We ask for your warm support as he begins this new journey." All eyes are now on whether T1, having secured a reliable reinforcement in this moment of crisis, can signal a turnaround in the second round.