The Korea Regional Qualifier is a King of the Hill tournament that pits the best-of-the-rest from Korea against each other with the hope of reaching the World Championship. Teams seeded 3rd through 6th fight from the bottom up, in best of 5 matches, until they are either eliminated or reach the top. I will be previewing each team in the days leading up to the event, which starts with the 2nd place tiebreaker between SKT T1 K and Samsung White. Today we will look at the KT Rolster Bullets, the sixth seed.

The KT Rolster Bullets are literally and figuratively a shadow of their former selves. Montecristo has claimed, rightly so it would seem, that their best incarnation was Insec, Kakao, Ryu, Score, and Mafa. It was this team that won 3rd place in Champions Winter 2014, the only circuit points the team has earned from OGN. Despite edging CJ Blaze out by 5 points, KTB’s 200 circuit points are nearly laughable considering the 5th seed is Najin White Shield with 375 (and they have put up much more recent results with their current roster). KTB, as they are now, have a lot to prove to earn the hearts of fans.

The Roster:

Top- Limit

Jungle- Prime

Mid- Nagne

AD Carry- Score

Support- Destiny

It has been almost a month since Ryu and Mafa were released from KTB (occured Aug. 1). While it should be said that they didn’t perform as well as KTB needed them to, I am uncertain how well the new players, Prime and Destiny, can fill their shoes. Prime was the Jungler for MiG Blitz and later, the ill-fated Quantic Gaming. He has very limited experience, and almost no real successes to his name. Destiny is, as best I can tell, a new face in the crowd. Keeping in mind that this is Korea, we can’t say he won’t impress, but don’t hold your breath. He will likely be nervous and I don’t expect him to outperform the more experienced lane duos in the tournament.

The three veterans of the Bullets- Score, Limit, and Nagne- have all shown that they are capable players who have the ability to carry their team to victory. I will say though, I believe other teams are more experienced in the finer points of play, and I do not expect them to reach a point where they can carry.

Expected Result:

KT Bullets will, in all likelihood, leave the tournament in the same 6th place they entered it in. While Score, Limit, and Nagne all have the potential to carry games quite hard, I’m uncertain that they’ll be able to rely on Prime and Destiny to get them there. In their first match against Najin White Shield, I’d expect nothing but a 3-0 in favor of the Champions Spring Runners-up. It’s not so much KTB being bad, as it is outclassed. Their roster is new and inexperienced, and they’re starting against a Najin White Shield that is still plenty strong after losing 2-3 to the would-be champions, KT Arrows.