This is the other side of the coin. After making history in mid-January as
the first non-Korean player to compete in the LCK, AD Carry Tráș§n âLazyFeelâ BáșŁo Minh will be ineligible to participate in the LCK CL playoffs with DRX Challengers, the club announced on Wednesday. "
According to LCK regulations, a player who has played in seven LCK games is not eligible to compete in the LCK CL playoffs," the club stated on X. A month ago, the Vietnamese player was promoted to DRXâs first team to replace Park âTeddyâ Jin-seong, who had been sidelined by the flu.
Teddyâs illness persisted, and LazyFeel ended up playing multiple matches in the LCK Cup Group Battle. In total, he participated in four best-of-three series (three wins, one loss), amounting to eleven gamesâexceeding the limit set by Riot Games. Additionally, LazyFeel played three of DRX Challengers' five group-stage matches in the LCK CL Kickoff, a competition with a format similar to the LCK. To manage his workload, team coach Noh âAliveâ Jin-wook stepped in for the remaining two games.
DRX CL won all five of its matches, securing the Herald Groupâs victory in the Group Battle and earning direct qualification for the playoffs' second round. There, they will face the winner of the match between T1 Esports Academy and BRION Challengers. T1 Esports Academy may soon encounter a similar issue, as their starting AD Carry, Sin âSmashâ Guem-jae,
has been filling in for Lee âGumayusiâ Min-hyung on the first team for the past four best-of series (ten games) in the LCK Cup, officially to provide the coaching staff with additional data. In response, midlaner Moon âGutiâ Jung-hwan has temporarily switched roles to AD Carry for T1 Esports Academyâs last two matches in the LCK CL.
