Photograph by Colin Younger-Wolff through Riot Video games
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KT Rolster have defied all odds. The Korean facet beat the event favourite Gen.G to proceed their fairytale run on the League of Legends World Championship 2025.
After years of heartbreak and close to misses, KT lastly broke by means of on the most important stage, making historical past by advancing to the Worlds finals for the primary time within the group’s historical past.
The primary match established the chaotic tone of the sequence. KT Rolster claimed the win behind stellar performs from Bdd and Deokdam, although each groups struggled to keep up management all through the sport because the tempo stored shifting from one facet to a different. Gen.G took the following match with Ruler’s iconic Ezreal decide. They performed slowly and methodically, as we’re used to seeing within the LCK, and the boys in yellow dominated within the late sport.
KT Rolster answered again decisively in match three, showcasing near-perfect coordination. Utilizing goals as bait, they drew Gen.G into fights and executed their technique exactly. Within the closing sport, KT Rolster showcased their drafting prowess once more, leveraging inventive off-meta picks alongside exact macro play and assured teamfighting to overwhelm Gen.G.
Regardless that Gen.G had dominated the LCK, successful a number of worldwide trophies this 12 months, they fell quick when it mattered most. Even within the 2025 LCK season playoffs, KT Rolster managed to take a sequence away from Gen.G, sending them to the decrease brackets. The pattern continued on this match as KT Rolster made historical past on stage.
In a post-match interview, an emotional Bdd struggled to carry again tears. “Even proper now, it looks like I’m nonetheless dreaming,” he stated. “I’m even dizzy, it’s so unreal to me. I don’t know.. I’m simply actually blissful, however it doesn’t really feel like a actuality to me but.”
With a spot within the finals, KT Rolster await their subsequent opponents, both T1 or High Esports, who play the semifinals tomorrow.
