DK's new coaching committee
On the afternoon of November 13 (Vietnam time), DK officially announced the new coaching committee after breaking up with coach Zefa earlier. Specifically, the two legendary SKT T1, Bengi, Poohmandu and coach Hachani will be the new coach of DK in the upcoming 2025 season. With the reputation and class that was confirmed from the time of playing for SKT T1, DK recruited both Bengi and Poohmandu as coach was like a blockbuster deal in LCK.
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Not only in terms of reputation, the surprise also makes this deal extremely noticeable, especially in the position of Bengi. The reason is because since the summer LCK 2023, the “right arm of Faker” was almost “disappeared” completely from the professional League of Legends village. The audience can only encounter Bengi once at the wedding of the former teammate, so Bengi's activities for more than 1 year has been extremely mysterious.
Since LCK in the summer of 2023, coach Bengi has been “missing” for more than 1 year before joining DK
DK expects Bengi to turn Lucid into a new legend
It is Bengi's mystery that many people ask DK's true purpose when recruiting him as well as Poohmandu as the coach in the 2025 season. The Korean newspaper itself also asked this question right after the hit deal was published. And in an interview with Trang Naver, the DK side revealed that they had a huge ambition with this deal.
“During the transfer process, we interviewed with many coaches and discussed with the players to find the most appropriate coaching staff. When talking to Bengi, we felt the idea and understanding of his League of Legends is great. In addition, with DK, Lucid's development will drag other players to rise in the future. Achievements and achievements.
Bengi is expected by DK leader to help Lucid become a new legendary player
If you watch closely in the last season, the audience can easily realize that Lucid is being planned by this team to become a pillar. Typically, Lucid and Showmaker (DK's god) are those who have a contract that lasts until 2026. Meanwhile, stars like Kingen or Aiming do not have this. The reason comes from Lucid being an extremely talented player trained by DK himself through the youth team levels and is on the path of becoming the symbol of this team.
Lucid and Showmaker can be considered as the “brand ambassador” of DK
Despite being highly expected, Lucid's performance in particular and DK in general did not really stand out. The biggest highlight of this team is probably the fact that they suddenly defeated the T1 in the regional qualifier with a score of 3-2. At Worlds 2024, Lucid and DK continued to be disappointed when they were unable to overcome the Swiss after failing for 3 consecutive games to LPL representatives. Obviously, with a very expected player like Lucid, the faded performance in the last season is difficult to accept.
Lucid's performance at Worlds 2024 was quite blurred
Therefore, DK recruits a true legend in the jungle position like Bengi is considered extremely right. Not only professional, the experienced competition from the “right arm of Faker” may help Lucid become more mature in terms of bravery. If the plan of the DK side came true, this team could completely return to strong and compete for big titles in the future.