An LPL player breaks down in tears after getting his personal revenge

The worlds of 2018 marked a before and after in the history of League of Legends. For the first time in history, a team from the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) clinched the Summoner’s Cup to end South Korea’s hegemony. The great protagonist of it was Invictus Gaming, led mainly by Kang Seung-lok «TheShy» and Song Eui-jin «rookies«. One of the rivals that Invictus beat was KT Rolster, South Korean champion and one of the favorites of the moment. One of the players from that KT, Son Woo-hyeon «ucal«He has achieved his particular revenge five years later.

This Wednesday Ucal broke down in tears after beating Top Esports 2-1 in the LPL. ThunderTalk Gaming’s middle teammates confirmed after the match was over that the South Korean was excited because he had outplayed Rookiethe outlet that eliminated him in the quarterfinals of the worlds of 2018. To date, the former player of that KT from the eighth season had not beaten the world champion, so it took him 1,607 days to beat him.

In addition, Ucal’s particular revenge has not only occurred against Rookie, but against the rest of the members of that Invictus Gaming. In addition to the medium, in Top Esports there is also Yu Wen-Bo «JackeyLove«, IG shooter of the eighth season. During the rest of the regular phase, the ThunderTalk player has also beaten both TheShy, currently top of Weibo Gaming, and Gao Zhen-Ning. «none» and Wang Liu-Yi «baolan«, jungle and support from Ultra Prime. In short, in this 2023 he has surpassed all the players who left him without the semifinals.

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After beating TES, UCAL cried in his chair.

5 years ago, he got destroyed by IG in the 2018 Worlds.

This year, he beats all of the members of that team ( WBG ThShy, UP Ning & Baolan, TES JackeyLove&Rookie)

Revenge is best served cold, it took 5 years for UCAL.#LPL #LCK pic.twitter.com/Ke1VXyFwuq

— LPL Fanclub (@LPLfanclub) March 15, 2023

Some important quarterfinals for Ucal

those quarterfinals worlds They had a great importance in the career of Ucal. The medium debuted in the elite in that 2018, and after proclaiming himself champion of the League of Legends Championship Korea (LCK), the player pointed out as one of the great promises of the South Korean League of Legends. However, the loss against Invictus Gaming made KT Rolster decide to dispense with his services. KT only had two players present in those quarterfinals: Song Kyung-ho «smeb» and Go Dong-bin «score«.

Since then Ucal has been halfway through both the LCK. The outlet signed for Afreeca Freecs in 2019 and later moved to Griffin in 2020. During the ninth season he failed to bring Freecs back to worlds and during the tenth he was part of the famous GRF descent. In 2021 he signed again for KT Rolster, where he spent most of his time on the bench as now Invictus Gaming midfielder Kim Jae-yeon.”Dove“He took ownership. Since 2022 the former KT player has been on ThunderTalk and, After two seasons in the low zone, he finally finds himself with the possibility of relaunching his career by qualifying for the playoffs. TT is in eighth position with eight wins and six losses.

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