The appearance of rookie Lucid has blew a new breeze into DK's gloomy scenery in recent seasons. Along with the addition in the top lane, “solid blocking” Showmaker in the mid lane, the gunner “rookie monster” Aiming and support Kellin, DK is the most anticipated team in the 2024 season.
Going back to the past, the golden age of DK was probably the 2021 season, the year they won the world championship. At that time, their opponent in the final was Sunning – where the “forest god” of Vietnam SofM was playing. As a result, DK defeated Sunning convincingly and brought back the prestigious gold cup. In that battle, people could not blame Sunning much. The only thing that people talk about this championship is “DK so excellent”.
Outstanding in the dk squad that year, certainly the three half of the map: Nuguri in the top lane, Canyon in the forest and Showmaker in the middle line, when they “arrogant” their ingame when climbing rank is Topking, Jungking and Midking. The smooth coordination and bold fighting style brought DK to the peak of his career. In the four biggest tournaments in 2021, DK came second once at MSI 2021 and champion up to 3: LCK Spring, Summer LCK and Worlds, a dream achievement table with DK, especially for young players who were only 19, 20.
Shining so, but turning 2022, DK seems to be on the sloping momentum. They are struggling in both domestic and regional tournaments. The good players that year gradually left, such as Ghost & Beryl – the impressive pair of bottom lines were looking for new stops for themselves, Nuguri went abroad, moved to LPL. “ Still staying, continuing to fight to bring DK back to the peak. BHL added good players to their squad, such as “General” Canna, or “super gunner” Deft when he just won the world.
Looking at DK's achievements in the 2022, 2023 season, it's hard to realize that this was the team standing on the top of the glory, with illustrious names. The players who left DK during this time were more or less struggling to find new stops: Canna was not on the payroll of any team in the 2024 season, or Ghost World Championship retired from the age of 25 because they could not find the team for themselves.
This 2024 transfer season, DK “changing blood” thoroughly: 3/5 positions have changed. Even Canyon – seemed to be a “bear” of DK's jungle also chose to leave. The only one who stayed was Showmaker. Such great human resource fluctuations make the audience ask the question: “Who will help DK to find the glory of the past”
The answer, probably Lucid.
Lucid in English can be understood as clear, bright, a flashy moment. If just because of Ingame, this guy was not expected to be the factor to bring DK back to the championship race. There are many things that make the community affirm: This is the new generation talent of LCK in general and DK in particular.
Lucid's real name is Choi Yong Hyuk, born in 2005 and takes the jungle position. Joining Damwon since 2020, this young player has had 3 years of continuous training at this leading Korean eSports organization. Starting from the downstairs, especially LCK Academy Series in 2020, the talented jungle quickly won the competition, LCK Challengers between 2020-2023.
Here, Lucid took viewers from surprise to surprise. He made a clear progress after each season, more optimal in each match. On November 23, 2023, DK announced the official squad for the 2024 season. Besides the names that were so familiar to the Korean League of Legends village, Lucid appeared in the jungle position, on the shoulder of the responsibility to fill the void too big that the predecessor Canyon left.
For those who do not regularly watch the Challengers tournament, they expressed doubt when DK Don was only a 19 -year -old player to the first team, competing in the harsh LCK fire pan. But few people know that, even if it is just a young name, but the light from Lucid makes not only the community, BHL but also the grave can not ignore.
In the midst of that wave of discussion, reporter Kevin Kim of Korizon Esports – one of the famous journalists in the community – posted tweets about this player: “If you ask me that I believe who is the greatest talent that LCK Challengers has produced, I will answer you with the name that I have repeated itself for 2 years.” Choi “Lucid” Yong-Hyeok, DK's jungle, has no doubt, is the player only one of the whole generation. “
At the same time, the audience and fans of the DK Challengers team also immediately offered evidence and data showing Lucid's outstanding talent. This makes the community more curious about the question: “Can Lucid finally replace Canyon, carrying the forest of DK in the new season?”.
And Lucid brought the first positive signals to DK fans, within the framework of the LCK Kick-off 2024. When confronted with experienced players, “preschools” from teams tend to “froze”, handling under their form, like the way Poby or Grizzly appears in the 2023 season. However, what Lucid does is completely opposite, when he has smart handling situations, stalking the opponent reasonably, leaving a deep impression on the audience. Even, this 19 -year -old forest also brought the title of MVP before a series of good players playing for many years.
However, there are mixed opinions. LCK Kick-off 2024 is only the official offering of this player anyway, before setting foot in the real arena. At the same time, because it is a friendly and entertainment tournament, the remaining players have not sprung up 100% of their abilities, as well as favor the direction to the audience. The excellent performance and MVP title is the recognition for Lucid's talent, but it is difficult to answer steel: “Lucid will bring DK back to the glory peak in the 2024 season.”
Lucid shared in his first video on DK's official YouTube channel: “I want to be closer to Showmaker, I have admired him for a long time”, “When I first met my new teammate, I thought this was the dream? It feels like everything is not real, but I'm really happy.” “My career goal is to win the world champion 3 times, and I want people to remember me whenever mentioning the jungle position” “I know this time I am a rookie called up to the main squad, fans will definitely worry. I will try my best,” he said.
The future for Lucid is still open, his professional player is still very long, and this is only his first steps. Now, the whole community is extremely looking forward to Lucid's performance in the DK shirt, and waiting for the fiery competition at LCK Spring 2024, starting on January 17, 2024.
