Faker supplies the clues for Claudio Castagnoli's blindfolded champion quiz

The wrestler recognizes Teemo almost instantly, but Mordekaiser takes a little more help in LoL Esports' fast-spreading Short.

Channel: LoL Esports Story of November 9, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 723,495 views a day, 33 times a normal first day on this channel (21,773).

Does Claudio Castagnoli know his champions as well as Faker?

A poisonous sting is enough for Claudio Castagnoli to name Teemo. Blindfolded, the professional wrestler hears Faker's opening clue translated into English and immediately lands on the right League of Legends champion.

LoL Esports' Short, "Does Claudio Castagnoli know his champions as well as Faker?", reached about 724,000 views in its first day, roughly 33 times the channel's usual start for Shorts. It puts T1's Faker in the clue-giver's seat, with Castagnoli allowed three guesses for each answer.

The early rounds move quickly. A big axe points Castagnoli to Sion; "refine" gets him to Ornn. Then Faker offers "room," followed by "death," and the wrestler has to think a little harder. His guess of Lissandra misses, before a further clue, "mace," gets him to Mordekaiser. The one-word premise becomes a small exercise in finding the word that actually helps.

Viewers are talking about the unexpected wrestling-and-League crossover, with some still using Castagnoli's old ring name, Cesaro. One imagines reversing the joke by making Castagnoli himself the final answer rather than another champion.

The quiz sits alongside a busy run of tournament Shorts: "Worlds 2024 Final Rematch" and "KERIA'S POP BLOSSOM IS LEGENDARY" also drew faster-than-usual audiences. Here, though, Faker's assignment is not to outplay anyone. It is to make a blindfolded wrestler think of the same character he does.

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The numbers

The champion quiz drew a much larger first-day audience than LoL Esports' usual Short. Other tournament uploads also made unusually fast starts.

the video's first day

usual first day here

21,773

this video

723,495

subscribers

3,980,000

▲ 20,000 in the last 7 days

total views

1,770,165,916

views per day

3,921,018

typical day: 4,659,971

the video

views

724,075

likes

15,917

comments

137

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

XBOX

5,870,000

LoL Esports

3,980,000

PlayOverwatch

3,040,000

VALORANT

2,980,000

Honkai: Star Rail

2,780,000

Apex Legends

2,740,000

As of November 9, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.