❘ Printed: 2022-11-23T11:30:55
❘ Up to date: 2022-11-23T11:31:05
DAMWON Gaming have pulled off a large coup in LCK free company with the signing of 2022 world champion Kim ‘Deft’ Hyuk-kyu.
The announcement got here simply 24 hours after Deft’s former crew, DRX, introduced that their Worlds-winning roster was up for grabs following the expiry of the gamers’ contracts.
DRX stated that they might talk with the gamers in an try to increase the offers, however in the long run, they had been powerless to stop veteran AD Carry Deft — who performed a key position within the crew’s Worlds-winning marketing campaign — from signing with Korean rivals DWG KIA.
DRX offered one of many greatest Cinderella tales in esports in latest reminiscence as they gained the Worlds title in unlikely style as solely the fourth-ranked crew from the LCK. For 26-year-old Deft, it meant that his quest for a Worlds ring might lastly finish after six unsuccessful campaigns on the occasion between 2014 and 2021.
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Deft had instructed that he might retire on the finish of the yr — laying out a “final dance” storyline that turned a central theme of Worlds —, although he disregarded that chance on November 21 in a put up for The Players’ Tribune titled “I Wish to Maintain Dreaming”.
“And with a grateful coronary heart, I wish to keep and make extra joyful reminiscences with my teammates and followers, to proceed this journey,” he wrote. “I can say now that I can stroll away from League with no regrets in the future. However it’s not that day but. See you quickly.”
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Apart from unveiling Deft, DWG KIA have additionally introduced Kim ‘Canna’ Chang-dong, who was final seen taking part in for Nongshim RedForce, as their new prime laner. On November 22, Nongshim RedForce had introduced that that they had parted methods with their total LCK roster and that they had been selling their Challenger gamers to the primary crew for the 2023 season.
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Deft’s new crew, DWG KIA, gained the Worlds title in 2020
In the meantime, DWG KIA have additionally introduced two additions to their backroom employees within the type of head coach Choi ‘Acorn’ Cheon-ju and coach Kang ‘GorillA’ Beom-hyeon.
With the signings of Deft and Canna, DWG KIA ought to be one of many favorites for the Worlds title in 2023. After successful the trophy in 2020, beating Suning within the last, DWG KIA completed runners-up to EDward Gaming in 2021 and positioned Fifth-Eighth in 2022.
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DWG KIA’s 2023 roster:
- Kim ‘Canna’ Chang-dong
- Kim ‘Canyon’ Geon-bu
- Heo ‘ShowMaker’ Su
- Kim ‘Deft’ Hyuk-kyu
- Kim ‘Kellin’ Hyeong-gyu
- Choi ‘Acorn’ Cheon-ju (head coach)
- Kang ‘GorillA’ Beom-hyeon (coach)
Information Abstract:
- DWG KIA announce shock signing of Worlds winner Deft – Dexerto
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