The story begins with Deft.
This guy is not only a pro player, he actually came from the same high school as the GOAT Faker. He has had insane performances in his role, arguably Top 2 in his role in history.
He has won pretty much everything there is to win in League, except for 1 trophy: Worlds.
Within recent years Deft has always gotten knocked out in Quarters, and as he grows older, he has less time to play. He will have to serve in the military soon.
What's more, his opponents, EDG, were his old team. Scout and Meiko were two of his old teammates, and they won Worlds last year. To Deft, this is more personal. He's happy they won, but sad he wss not there with them when they did.
DRX are also notorious for not making it past Semis. Before Worlds, they did not have many expectations as the LCK's lowest seed and their players were not the best even within the region.
This game had a LOT riding on it.
Game 1: DRX take a lead, but due to some lategame misplays, EDG take the game.
Game 2: DRX once again take a lead, but BARELY lose due to a fraction of a second, that costs them the game. (Basically, Deft was about to win the game but a structure respawned that made him unable to destroy the enemy base by just one mouse click)
Game 3 & 4: DRX are on elimination point, but somehow claw back wins.
Game 5: DRX's midlaner, Zeka, pops the fuck off and solokills Scout not once, not twice, not even thrice, but FOUR times and picks up a Quadra to end the game.
This is the 2nd time a reverse sweep has happened ever. Over 10+ years of Worlds.
Oh, and did I forget to mention it's also Deft's birthday?
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