TheShy “The key to this meta is ‘messenger’… The favorite to win is Gen.G”

‘TheShy’ Seungrok Kang, who returned to the League of Legends World Championship stage after four years, won his first match.

Weibo Gaming (WBG), the 4th seed of the LPL in the Chinese league, to which Seung-rok Kang belongs, defeated NRG, the 1st seed of the North American league LCS, in the first round of the Swiss stage of the 2023 League of Legends World Championship (hereinafter referred to as Worlds) held on the 19th and advanced to the winner's bracket.

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Kang Seung-rok, who met with the Korea Economic Daily after the victory, did not hide his joy, saying, “I feel good because I won my first game even though I was the 4th seed.”

Kang Seung-rok already tasted winning the World Cup in 2018. Interestingly, it was a competition held in Korea at the time.

He said, “I am fortunate enough to once again participate in the competition held in Korea.

It would be great if I win.”

He continued, “I think it is important to show that our team is doing well,” and added, “I believe that then good results will follow.”

Weibo Gaming won with a 'pseudo backdoor' by pushing the tower and preventing the opponent's return at the end of the game against NRG.

Kang Seung-rok, who chose Rumble, played a leading role in ending the game by blocking his opponent with his ultimate skill.

When asked about the situation at the time, Kang Seung-rok said, "I read the opponent's move to play in the midfield, and I countered it because I was able to block it.

I think I was able to end the game with the situation going better by avoiding the opponent's bow well." did.

When asked about his interpretation of the current Worlds meta, a serious answer came back.

Kang Seung-rok replied, “I don’t know exactly yet, but it seems like the strength of the upper body lines such as top, mid, and jungle has increased a lot (compared to before),” and added, “This is a meta where you have to balance the upper body and the bottom well.”

He also explained, “I think the most important thing in the current meta is the Messenger,” adding, “Because the key is to push the first round of mid-range.”

He added, “What is important is whether the top laner can eat the messenger or block it with the power of the top laner.”

Seungrok Kang selected ‘Gen.G Esports’ as the winning candidate among the teams excluding WBG.

He explained, “I can’t be sure because I’ve only seen one game, but I think Gen.G is the best.”

When asked if he would choose Garen and Darius, who appeared in the play-in, he said with a smile, “I don’t prefer them because they are very risky picks,” and “the probability of me playing them is not high.”

In addition, when asked if she knew 'Super Shy', one of the representative songs of the girl group New Jeans, who sang the theme song of this World Cup, she answered, "I enjoy listening to New Jeans' songs," and "I know it well because they often play it when fans cheer."

Lastly, Kang Seung-rok said to T1's 'Zeus' Woo-jae Choi, who they are likely to meet in the next round, "I hope we do well when we meet as opponents."

Kang Seung-rok and Choi Woo-je recently met at the T1 headquarters and exchanged uniforms.

He said, “I am grateful to the Korean fans who support me despite playing in a foreign league,” and expressed his determination, “I will show a good performance at this World Cup.”