T1 support Ryu “Keria” Min-seok says Seraphine will be his Worlds 2025 skin, not Neeko, despite two polls in which League of Legends‘ cutest chameleon came out on top.
The confirmation was made Keria himself during his Tuwan interview, where he said that fans who like pretty things would probably like the skin a lot.
T1 earned that skin set by winning the 2025 League of Legends World Championship, beating KT Rolster 3-2 in the final on Nov. 9.
Keria justified his Seraphine pick:
I actually decided on Seraphine for the skin. I saw the face once, and I had her face retouched a bit prettier to my liking. The outfit is pretty too, and I had the hairstyle and color done the way I wanted, so I’m really satisfied with it right now. I think fans who like pretty things will probably love it very much.
Translation via Yujin-Ha
Keria is notoriously hard to please with his Worlds skin selection. For his 2023 victory skin selection was Bard, but for the longest time, he contemplated picking Renata Glasc instead.
Last year, after winning Worlds 2024, he picked Pyke along with his teammates’ skins that included Gnar for Zeus, Vi for Oner, Yone for Faker, Varus for Gumayusi, and a Prestige T1 Sylas for Faker again, as he won the finals MVP.
For 2026, the prestige option will go to Gumayusi, who picked Yunara and Miss Fortune for his skins. However, he will not be able to don this skin along with his teammates, as he moved to Hanwha Life Esports this season.
Many expected Keria to pick Neeko, since he had many iconic plays during the Words 2025 tournament with her. In comparison, he only has four career games with Seraphine and is sitting at 50 percent winrate, winning two and losing two matches.
Nonethtless, the official Worlds skins eligibility rules state that any champion the winner has played during the tournament is allowed to be picked, and he did use her in Game 5 of the quarterfinal against Anyone’s Legend.
Worlds 2025 skins are expected to be released sometime after MSI and before Worlds 2026, with no set release patch as of now.
