Faker’s Best Friend Faces Challenges
Making a surprising return at the start of the 2025 season and leading Dplus KIA, Bengi – once regarded as Faker’s right-hand man, has not only stunned the League of Legends community but also left T1 fans feeling heartbroken. Not to mention, in the opening match of the LCK Cup 2025, he led DK to defeat T1, adding “salt to the wounds” of this team’s supporters.
However, at this moment, things have turned 180 degrees, and Bengi is facing significant difficulties. Recently, he even left the door open for a potential “disappearance” once again.
Specifically, after a strong showing in the LCK Cup 2025 and the start of the Regular Seasons 2025, DK is struggling with a streak of 6 consecutive losses. In almost all of these defeats, it is evident that the DK players lack cohesion and motivation to compete. Even the “tradition” of winning in the first 15 minutes of the match has been lost. T1 and Faker have even decimated DK early, as seen in the second game of their recent matchup.
After the defeat to his former friend and pupils, Coach Bengi admitted: “We were less prepared than our opponents and had many shortcomings. DK should be at the top. We are on a losing streak, and perhaps I have not yet matured enough to fulfill the role of a coach.”
Faker’s Former Teammate Struggles to Reclaim Past Achievements
In 2022, it was Bengi who, alongside T1, achieved an incredibly long unbeaten streak in the 2022 season. At that time, many T1 fans hoped Bengi would be the first player in League of Legends history to win Worlds as both a player and a coach. However, mistakes in the 2022 Worlds finals took away everything.
At this point, the fates of both sides have diverged significantly. Reclaiming the achievements of previous years seems nearly impossible for DK at present. And Coach Bengi may well “disappear” again after DK concludes the early stage of the Regular Seasons 2025 unceremoniously.