Since winning the S10 Global Finals, DK has been downhill. Last year, it won two runners-up in international competitions and won the championship within the league, and since the start of LCK this year, DK has not even been able to hold the top three.
Compared to their peak lineup in S10, the current DK has retained Nakano's base set, but the team has been declining.
Road
The road has been getting weaker, from Nuguri leaving to Khan joining, and then switching to the current two abstract orders, the strongest line has become a breakthrough.
Of course, Nuguri's departure was also difficult to stop, and the strength of Khan who joined later was not weak, until here it was normal. But DK didn't get a good order until the start of the new season, which is something their management should reflect on.
Now it seems that DK's hope is for Nuguri to join them when he returns to the game.
Fight the wild
Even if it misses two international championships, in the eyes of the vast majority of people, Canyon is still the world's top two players.
His play is still so stable, his choices are still so correct, almost no mistakes can be made, he is still DK's thigh.
But there are also times when the thighs are tired, and most of the MVPs in these games that DK wins are his. The advantage is that he wins the game as the core rhythm driver, and he is trying to find opportunities in the lost game.
Hopefully, his teammates will come out and take over the game.
Middle Road
Compared to before, Showmaker's strength has indeed declined.
Probably because of personal personality reasons, in many interviews and videos, Showmaker is the most prominent one of the team, which makes some viewers who can't understand the game think that he is the thigh of the team, in fact, Showmaker has not been able to keep up with Canyon's footsteps.
Of course, for the current DK, the strength of the middle road is enough, because they have a good game.
Down the road
Letting Beryl go was DK's stupidest decision.
Beryl is a talented player who connects the various engines of the DK and he is able to work very well with Canyon to bring up the rhythm. And Ghost was criticized for not having enough personal strength, but now it seems that he is very suitable for DK, perhaps his strength is indeed not enough, but compared to other top ADs, the strength is the weakest but not called a breakthrough, he is enough for DK.
There are so many map resources, and in the case of a not very large gap in strength, it is difficult to perform well in all three ways of Carry.
And now these two players on the road, although the cooperation is more tacit, but compared to the previous combination of ghost green, there is less spirituality.
DK's series of operations have kept them farther and farther away from the championship, and now it seems that the most important thing for them is to reinforce the road and then get the middle road back to form.
The T1 record next door is still terrible, as a former DK's defeated general, is DK feeling a little strange to this record now?