KC received a 1-3 defeat against HLE in the First Stand 2025 final. Representing from the LEC area won the first game before letting the HLE overwhelmed the next game and ended the tournament with the runner-up. Despite losing, KC still received a lot of compliments from the League of Legends community when even before this team was almost eliminated after the first two losses in the group stage.
In an interview after the final, the KC players were still very comfortable. The jungler Yike of the team shared his feelings about the teammates at the KC, he was proud of his teammates. Earlier, KC received the first 2 defeats and then had to meet the top eSports and HLE, but the whole team still retained a good psychological state, accompanied together to go to the final match.
KC's coach Reha also shared himself very proud of the students. The whole KC team has also shown very well from LEC until the end of the First Stand. Now, the whole team will rest and focus on the immediate tournaments, and will make efforts to return to the strongest possible.
Regarding the final, Reha shared that “In game 2, they have made a great advantage and it is difficult to return. The next two games, we made mistakes, everything can be done better if we study, prepare carefully before entering each game.”
In this First Stand tournament, young Caliste Gunner also left a lot of imprints. This is the first time the gunner was born in 2006 in an international tournament, right in the first season of professional competition. Talking about the experience at First Stand 2025, Caliste commented: “I am very happy to be able to play here, confronting the best players.
“Certainly, I myself have learned many things but what I find the most important and valuable in this tournament is the confidence in myself. The player inspires me as VIPER, I have confronted him, he is the most difficult opponent and I have learned a lot about how he moves, processes and applies to my play style.”
At the end of First Stand 2025, KC will have 2 weeks of rest before LEC Spring 2025 returns on March 29. As the defending championship, KC will definitely aim for the goal of protecting achievements, and becoming the representative of the LEC area attending the next international tournament, MSI 2025 in Vancouver, Canada.
