“When we first started, our goal was to win just one game.”
In late 2015, a South Korean challenger team captured the hearts of international fans. Equipped with peerless Bard player Kim “Key” Han-gi and a scrappy team-fighting style, ESC Ever had just failed to qualify for LoL Champions Korea when the team defeated CJ Entus to win the 2015 KeSPA Cup.
The difference between their loss to SBENU Sonicboom in the 2016 LCK Spring Promotion tournament and the 2015 KeSPA Cup, according to various members of the team, was the addition of jungler Kim “Ares” Min-kwon.