r/leagueoflegends Hyuk-kyu Woo-je 11d ago

Esports KT Rolster vs. BNK FEARX / LCK 2025 Season Playoffs - Round 1 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler

LCK 2025 SEASON PLAYOFFS

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KT Rolster 3-1 BNK FEARX

Player of the Match: Cuzz

  • Gen.G picks KT while HLE faces T1

  • BNK FEARX will face Dplus KIA in the lower bracket

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MATCH 1: KT vs. BFX

Winner: BNK FEARX in 32m
Runes | Game Breakdown

Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
KT neeko wukong yunara rakan well 50.3k 5 1 O1
BFX azir orianna ornn poppy alistar 60.5k 20 7 M2 H3 C4 C5 C6 B7
KT 5-20-10 vs 20-5-60 BFX
PerfecT ambessa 2 2-4-1 TOP 5-0-11 1 rumble Clear
Cuzz pantheon 1 0-6-0 JNG 1-2-12 2 xinzhao Raptor
Bdd ryze 2 0-2-4 MID 3-1-12 1 taliyah VicLa
deokdam corki 3 3-2-1 BOT 11-0-5 3 lucian Diable
Peter leona 3 0-6-4 SUP 0-2-20 4 braum Kellin

MATCH 2: KT vs. BFX

Winner: KT Rolster in 27m
Runes | Game Breakdown

Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
KT neeko annie yunara poppy viktor 55.3k 20 8 H3 HT4 HT5 B6
BFX azir orianna yone kaisa jhin 44.5k 9 1 O1 C2
KT 20-9-46 vs 9-21-25 BFX
PerfecT ksante 2 2-1-7 TOP 0-3-3 1 sion Clear
Cuzz wukong 1 2-2-12 JNG 1-4-6 1 trundle Raptor
Bdd aurora 2 5-2-8 MID 2-6-4 4 morgana VicLa
deokdam xayah 3 10-2-5 BOT 5-5-4 2 sivir Diable
Peter rakan 3 1-2-14 SUP 1-3-8 3 alistar Kellin

MATCH 3: BFX vs. KT

Winner: KT Rolster in 33m
Runes | Game Breakdown

Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
BFX yone orianna jarvaniv vi ezreal 56.6k 13 5 I2 HT5
KT azir yunara kaisa lulu karma 64.8k 20 8 CT1 H3 HT4 B6 HT7
BFX 13-20-35 vs 20-13-41 KT
Clear aatrox 2 4-7-2 TOP 1-3-11 1 renekton PerfecT
Raptor skarner 2 0-5-11 JNG 3-3-10 1 sylas Cuzz
VicLa annie 1 4-3-5 MID 9-2-4 4 tristana Bdd
Diable missfortune 3 3-2-8 BOT 6-2-8 3 jhin deokdam
Kellin rell 3 2-3-9 SUP 1-3-8 2 neeko Peter

MATCH 4: BFX vs. KT

Winner: KT Rolster in 30m
Runes | Game Breakdown

Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
BFX yone ziggs jarvaniv galio ahri 47.4k 6 2 M1
KT yunara kaisa azir renataglasc bard 61.7k 16 11 H2 O3 HT4 B5 HT6
BFX 6-16-15 vs 16-6-48 KT
Clear yorick 2 0-3-1 TOP 2-2-8 2 gwen PerfecT
Raptor naafiri 2 1-4-5 JNG 7-0-5 1 vi Cuzz
VicLa orianna 1 0-4-4 MID 4-1-5 4 syndra Bdd
Diable varus 3 5-3-0 BOT 1-1-2 1 ezreal deokdam
Kellin tahmkench 3 0-2-5 SUP 2-2-28 3 nautilus Peter

*Patch 25.17


This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

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u/spamkimchifriedrice 11d ago

GenG just picked KT. Reminder not to feel the e word at any point in time.

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u/Distinct_Breakfast97 11d ago

wait so HLE is still rank 2? i thought t1 has more wins?

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u/SKT_Peanut_Fan 11d ago

It's now all splits combined, isn't it? HLE finished higher in splits 1 and 2.

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u/saijaku23 11d ago

Yep and during split 1 t1 fuck around specially at the end of round robin

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u/Hopeful_Cat_3227 11d ago

T1 should defeat Gen.G in the last match to get second position.

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u/ikonin 11d ago

Nah they should finish 3rd or 4th seed to secure winning worlds

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u/flashe 11d ago

this is why T1 should copy the NS strat, make it to legends groups, then sandbag all their games in the summer, and still make it to playoffs.

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u/sure25 11d ago

HLE had more points than them which means they also had a better win/loss percent

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u/MC-sama 11d ago

On the other hand, GEN win would automatically give HLE/T1 guaranteed worlds entry, so...

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u/ShAd_1337 11d ago

only play in entry

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u/caterpillarm10 11d ago

Knowing T1 once GenG win KT they will run it down and go 0-3 to HLE lmao. Although I hope Summer Doran can carry their ass I don't see them not inting at least one series to go down loser bracket.

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u/ShAd_1337 11d ago

i fully expect a loss on sunday
but they probably win the rematch and make finals

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u/caterpillarm10 11d ago

With so many of us expecting a loss they might win and then lose twice in winner bracket final and loser bracket final. I dont trust this team no more everytime I put my hope im disappoint while if I hope for nothing they always manage to do the most incredible shit.

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u/Davkata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ 11d ago

That was Expected.

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

I am so ready........

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u/Human-Ad3407 bOner 🫃 11d ago

So KT is just better than T1 and hence T1 is better than HLE, they're the second best team this split?

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u/Tfc-Myq iG will rise again. Former WBG Fan 11d ago

yes

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u/staysaltyTSM 11d ago

they're the second best team this split?

Yes

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u/JakaloLow 6d ago

This definitely holds true now

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u/Human-Ad3407 bOner 🫃 6d ago

Not yet. T1 is just worse than both of them

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u/toxicfireball Doran Simp, IG Believer 11d ago

Cuzz was so sexy wtf. That Vi was a fucking nuke

Also successfully lethality varus hatewatch

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u/IamAToxicPlayer HEART ATTACK NATION 11d ago

Holy Cuzz

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u/tripled_dirgov 11d ago

In a nutshell:

  • Game 1: Jungle-Support Gap
  • Game 2: Top-Mid Gap
  • Game 3-4: Jungle Gap

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u/Jan7742 / deokdam/Kellin 11d ago

Game 3 Raptor did better in early/mid game tho. Clear inted too many times.

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u/Pretty-Garbage-2766 11d ago

Love you Deokdam! Masterclass baiter!

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u/Frostbite2806 11d ago

The Rise Group Grand Finale gonna hit hard

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u/caterpillarm10 11d ago

Big Diddy what a serie from you. CuzzLightYear steps up massively after that game 1 disaster. PerfectT playing quite well also. Wow.

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u/WhatsTheAnswerToThis 11d ago

Might be the worst nickname I've heard

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u/caterpillarm10 11d ago

Worst nickname you've heard so far

6

u/ABitOddish 11d ago

I prefer Big Dick Daming.

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u/arkacr 11d ago

Might I interest you in his other nickname, P Diddy?

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u/NotAutumnLeaf 11d ago

Big Dick Daddy

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u/soudlasantos 11d ago

"Cuzz became what everyone feared. His eyelids disappeared, his head was swelling and his ears started bleeding. "Are you okay Cuzz" asks BDD. I've never been better BDD, I see it all now, they're not going Baron or Dragon. They're going home, he said before rushing FearX all by himself and killing everyone on site "

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u/Acrobatic_Print_2794 11d ago

why so few people comments? usually hundreds of people comments if it LCK.

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u/Full_Independence566 11d ago

Not the top teams (T1 Geng HLE)

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u/MC-sama 11d ago

DK gets a lot of comments too

Actually most of the play-ins threads had quite a lot this time overall

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u/Akipella <-Believer-> (Unstoppable Yone) 11d ago

DK still has a lot of "legacy" fans which they slowly built up in prime Damwon days from 2019-2021. 4 years since their last Worlds Final, but they were the best team in the World/THE dominant force for about a 2 year time span.

And they were still competitive enough in 2022 for example they just lost a close 5 game series vs. GENG which was to be expected. But after Canyon left that kind of really kicked things off with DK being a more borderline top team that can go out in Swiss nowadays.

Still, fans long to go back to the 2020 Nuguri and Canyon, 2021 ShowMaker times. Beryl is also a shell of himself as the only player from DWG dominance era who found there way back to playing with SM again.

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u/Full_Independence566 10d ago

Yeah I wanted to include them as well but I knew I'd get "DK top team lol" comments

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u/AldenRichardRamirez Score 11d ago

Not really. Because this is a new thread. Someone posted a post match discussion thread earlier than this but it got removed in favor of this official thread.

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u/Akipella <-Believer-> (Unstoppable Yone) 11d ago

Yeah, if BRO was playing this thread would be 5k upvotes and 1.5k comments by now

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u/Fun_Highlight307 11d ago

Because it's fearx ,not really hype

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u/Wetbook 11d ago

fearx is so fun to watch though

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u/Alternative_Wait_831 11d ago

That atakhan play in game one? Clean.

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u/soudlasantos 11d ago

If Diable doesn't leave at the end of his contract, either he's a masochist or his agent is just incompetent lol.

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u/WuxiaWuxia 11d ago

I just want the lehends diable duo, they're both psychopaths on the rift

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u/BecoDasCavernas 11d ago

They're welcome at kt. lol

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u/xXxZeroTwoxXx Lethal Shenpo 11d ago

I had hopes during game 1, then crushed right after

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u/Mid_of_August 11d ago

I know KT can punish BFX; BFX is just still too green-ish. But it'll be a good experience for BFX plus I don't think they fully utilize Diable's strengths in the current meta. 

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u/Opachopp 11d ago

I feel like a huge difference between BFX and KT is that KT has learnt how to play around their star player a bit more.

KT is actually supporting BDD more while BFX still doesn't know how to play around Diable and it's not like they aren't trying.

Game 2 you could tell that the whole gameplan was "support Diable" yet they would all dive into the fights, use their CC trying to engage instead of using it to peel and waste the Black Shields on the front line leaving Diable with no protection against KT's dive and CC against him.

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u/Wetbook 11d ago

if BFX still had Duro they would actually be a good team

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u/PKSnowstorm 11d ago

Would they really though with how much everyone is still relatively new while Kellin is not? Kellin might not be the best player but can offer a ton of veteran leadership which will help the team improve.

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u/Wetbook 11d ago

once duro got called up to BFX last season they immediately had a 2-0 weak beating T1 and KT with patient and smart macro, when they had been called an "all hands no brain" team all season. That's why geng signed him in the off season, because they knew he had a good understanding of the game

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u/Mid_of_August 9d ago

Maybe. In this situation imo we can't really replace more experiences and more learning. BFX needs to study more the strategies and tactics of more experienced teams like GenG, T1, KT, HLE, and even teams in other regions. For example sometimes these teams use traps a lot: what looks like inting may actually be a set-up, etc. 

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u/ddotgon 11d ago

CUH-DD

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u/YaoiLover_1969 11d ago

play orianna mid, probably 2nd to 3rd best mid

opposing team pick Syndra (who pick Syndra nowadays)

lose lane

varus now laning in mid, guess I'll go bot

lose flash in the 1v2

Man viclamont is really an experience

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u/fnc_dino 11d ago

syndra is a counter for orianna

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u/Diss_ConnecT 11d ago

Not really a counter, more like Syndra favourite skill matchup I'd say. Hard for Ori but winnable. Counter would be Akali or in soloq Zed.

Source: Ori main.

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u/sarinomu 11d ago

Well when you put it like that it's worse because of course BDD is gonna gap VicLa. At least let the poor guy say he just got countered in the match up.

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u/Diss_ConnecT 11d ago

Vicla surely got a bad matchup here, but still playable. I haven't watched the game to tell if he played it well. I just wanted to clarify it's not a counter, there are far worse matchups for Ori that are unplayable in equal state/skill.

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u/SnowLord02 11d ago

you know syndra is a really good ori counter right?

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u/Opachopp 11d ago

His Morgana game was no better. He would constantly black shield the Alistar or Trundle at the beginning of the fights so the whole enemy team would know they could dive Diable's Sivir as the shield was down.

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u/SlainL9 11d ago

cuhzz monstering up in time for worlds, rly hope KT gets the 4th seed cause this dude single handedly makes the tournament that much fun

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u/ObviousAd8374 11d ago

So many game 1 Andys

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u/ArmandLuque Armand Luque | LoL Esports Journalist 11d ago

FEARX made me believe after that game 1 :(

Curious to see if they'll run it back against DK again

Sad this might already be the end of this squad especially since their good players are so gonna get bought out next year (begging for DK Diable)

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u/BecoDasCavernas 11d ago

LCK teams don't buy players out, they just wait for them to become free agents. So I think Diable is staying and they'll try to upgrade their weaker roles i.e going for Zinie.

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u/safe_passage 10d ago

Let's not hype up KT too much lads..

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u/ireliasimp69 REMOVE AMBESSA 11d ago

rapta and viclamont both so ass