Return of the Kingslayer! | K.O. Interview VS GEN
Translation of the interview uploaded on Jan-25-2025 by OK Brion Esports | 2025 LCK Cup
Post-match interview with Mid Clozer and Bot laner Hype, after their epic 2:0 win against Gen.G!
Q: Feelings before the Gen.G match?
[Clozer]: From yesterday our team was saying they had a good feeling about this. I didn't want to jinx it so didn't say anything but it's unreal how we really won.
[Hype]: We had finished our draft discussion after the scrims and thought tomorrow (match day) might be a good day. After the first set (where we won?!) thought today is the day.
0:41: Let's watch the kingslayer game!
Yone pulled back after dealing some damage and Zyra is about to finish off Clozer -
[Hype]: Wow that was sick actually.
[Clozer]: I knew they were going to gank me from the in-game calls. When comparing my HP with the opponent's I calculated that I could certainly 1v2. So I didn't retreat and did well to score a kill (giving pat on myself for not pulling back).
[Hype]: I was focusing on my laning so just saw the kill log. I learnt that it wasn't Zyra's kill and that our Mid Clozer got the solo kill. So I was praising Clozer like "Juhyeon what is this?" But actually looking at this replay, he really did play very well.
1:20 Bold Atakhan attempt at 26 minutes -
[Clozer]: The person who said to try Atakhan...
[Hype]: Wasn't that you?
[Clozer]: Yeah, wasn't it me who suggested it?
[Hype]: I think you said to just try it.
[Clozer]: At this time, Yone had used a Teleport before. So if Yone was pinged at Bottom (he wouldn't be able to join us at top) we had the opportunity to 4v5 and smite it if needed. We were an engage composition so believed we really had to shift the game here. I told our team to "smite and fight" and we won that skirmish.
1:41 Zyra kill at 28 minutes -
[Clozer]: Hambak's HP was drained so I said that I will find a way. Then I found an angle for a solo kill myself.
[Hype]: Hambak suddenly got eliminated at enemy top region so I was telling him off haha. I was looking at retreating but Yone appeared out of nowhere from below. Luckily I dodged Yone's Ult and Aurora landed all these damage suddenly and Yone was slain. As we kept fighting the situation was in our favor.
2:15 Looking at Hype's only death -
[Clozer]: Do we really need to watch this hahaha? Your only death.
[Hype]: Uh... Um, I need to really explain this.
[Clozer]: The stage is all yours. (Will give you the chance, my friend). You hit the W ok.
[Hype]: I felt our team really held the upperhand yet there were no progressions during our stand-off at Mid for whole 1 minute. At the previous turn, I swapping my spells with Yone's HP and saw his hexdrinker was no longer active. My (dream) plan was to one-combo kill with Ult, W and then use Zhonya. But, it didn't turn out as planned so my heart dropped.
3:00 At 46 minutes BRO had given over the Baron and drake soul -
[Clozer]: I was reassuring our team that if we become alert, we will definitely win. To be honest, even though Hype did die once, he has managed nice damage items. We were playing saying "It's ok, we are still alright".
[Hype]: Because of my error, the Baron and the drake soul was given over so I was light-headed for 30 seconds. However, I told myself "I need to pull myself together".
3:28 Team fight at the turret at 42 minutes -
[Hype]: Pollu was re-iterating that as Jayce was pinged at Mid, he engaged right away.
[Clozer]: This was an unbelievable initiating by Pollu (clapping at the 10/10 engage). As I was watching, I couldn't believe how Jhin was wiped off like that. Pollu kept saying "I'll look for an opening. I will engage if I see one." We were all incredulous like "uh really?". I was hoping Pollu would carry then and he did. This was a moment that only Pollu found an angle so he did really well.
3:58 2nd set draft saw Top Urgot -
[Clozer]: We didn't expect Urgot at all. But Morgan hyung said that he's played against Urgot a lot.
[Hype]: Urgot isn't very strong in level 1-2 so I was thinking of doing lane swap and killing it off~
4:10 Teamfight at Atakhan at 24 minutes -
[Clozer]: When using the tri-bush, our path becomes very narrow. Consequently, we decided that Morgan would push Mid whilst looking for Teleport timing and rest of us will position at Top for a fight. The team planned it all together.
4:23 2nd Teamfight at Atakhan at 27 minutes -
[Clozer]: The situation wasn't good as two of us were slain. But I was thinking if we hand over both Atakhan and Baron then we really have no chance to win. At the split second, I flashed and Ulted thinking there was no other way.
[Hype]: I really didn't see an opening but Clozer said he will try. I naturally followed up.
4:46 Teamight at Red buff (Brambleback) at 30 minutes -
[Clozer]: Why weren't both champions knocked away?
[Hype]: Galio wasn't knocked away.
[Clozer]: Ah, Galio nullified it with its E skill. (Big respect for this)
I was expecting both to be affected so was going to re-watch this moment but I see what happened.
[Hype]: In my opinion, Azir's teleported position was risky. Nonetheless, even if Clozer died after knocking the opponent's away, I was confident that I would finish all of them off. We decided to fight as we would win for sure.
5:17 Atakhan burst at 32 minutes -
[Hype]: From the previous team fights we all felt "we will just win if we fight" and were aware that our composition had high scaling. We were calling out the enemy by starting Atakhan.
5:34:
[Clozer]: Azir's AP damage on the turrets are really high in later phase. When I hit the turret a couple of times, thought "Wait, we could end! Let's keep pushing aggressively as we have the Atakhan."
[Hype]: When I was heading to hit the third turret, Varus and Galio had 20 seconds to respawn. 1-2 of us called that we could end and decided to focus on the the Top.
6:00 Comments on the Gen.G match -
[Clozer]: It has been a very long time since I beat Chovy and had doubted if that day will every come. I am thrilled that we were able to win today.
[Hype]: My first win at LCK was against Gen.G so I was a bit dumbfounded at first. Now it's sinking in. I really do respect Ruler as an amazing player and it's like an honor to win against him. I am proud of myself.
6:30 Today's OK Man (MoM) is?!
[Clozer]: I vote Hype as the man of the match. Personally, Kai'Sa dashing was impressive and I believe 'the courage to be disliked' is really important. I didn't know at the time but after the match I discovered that was his only death so he played really well.
[Hype]: I vote Clozer as the OK man. I felt very reassured when playing with him and there were many moments where Clozer carried like I had hoped.
Let's meet again after another win!
Following on from their surprise title of 2024 KeSPA cup, this was one of the biggest upsets in LCK Cup 2025 so far.
Will this be a stepping stone for a transformed OK Brion this year?
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