There's no one left we can't beat.
ShowMaker said it to RFT.GG after Dplus KIA knocked out Bilibili Gaming, with Gen.G's unbeaten run still waiting in the semifinals. Three days later, those words had become reality. In an interview before the final, he went further — promising to turn the arena into a "Bibliothèque de Paris". He kept his word on both counts. DK swept Karmine Corp 3-0
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We didn't really expect to lose 3-0 like that, and especially not in that manner. [Damwon] were very confident, very sharp — individually and in the way they took fights and positioned. It's a very good team, and I think their title is deserved.
The gap was widest in the jungle. Lucid was the engine of the series, ahead of Yike in every phase of the game and smothering him from his first pathing decisions to his last. In the bot lane, Smash offered none of the openings Peyz had conceded against Karmine Corp earlier in the tournament — he stayed dominant across all three games, solo-killed Caliste, and turned his Caitlyn game into a statement of his own.
Nobody handed DK
A lot of our players are very confident in small skirmishes and five-on-five teamfights, so I think it suits our team well.
For Heo "ShowMaker" Su, the trophy is a first international title since Worlds 2020
The title also lands at a strange moment for the organisation, which confirmed earlier this month that player salaries had gone unpaid, pointing to a delayed sale of the club. On Sunday night, none of that was visible on stage.
The scoreline should not erase the road. Karmine Corp
We just can't lose that confidence — we have to keep snowballing it, keep this momentum going. I think we can be a good team, and we can't let it get us down.
DK fly home to the KESPA Cup, with a trophy in the luggage and a club sale still to resolve. Karmine Corp stay in Paris a little longer — the Roadtrip at the Adidas Arena comes first, a home date in front of the same public that carried them all week, before the LEC Summer Split resumes in Berlin.
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