did not play another tournament for 6 weeks straight, until finally aiming for the grandest title in StarCraft II in Anaheim at the Global Finals of WCS. Due to his relatively high 7th seed with 5100 WCS Points, he was first pitched up against soO, who was known for his second-place finished at big events. TaeJa beat soO 3-1, without ever really losing grip on the series. Next up, TaeJa had to fight a TvT with an opponent he had defeated before in INnoVation, whom he also beat handily with a 3-1 score. In the Semifinals then, his opponent from the other side of the bracket was all too well known. Life made another showing in the later stages of a tournament, and yet again he was facingTaeJa in a best of five format. Having never lost a series in Heart of the Swarm to him, TaeJa went into the series as the favorite and after having won the first map it seemed like history would repeat itself, but this time Life toppled TaeJa, and beat him in a great series 2-3. Life went on to beat MMA to become the WCS Global Finals Champion of 2014. TaeJa still ended up on a respectable 3rd-4th place alongside Classic.

With the WCS Global Finals out of the way, the European tournament season was beginning again, with the 10th Anniversary celebrated at HomeStory Cup X, and TaeJa as an invited player right in the middle of it. He went through Kane and Sacsri in dominant fashion to come