KC Reapered on who he would like to play in the 1-2 match: "Anyone except HLE"

have fallen to the 1-2 pool of teams at League of Legends Worlds 2026 after losing a close match to . It’s heartbreak for the Blue Wall again as they looked very competitive for most of the game until a few key teamfights in the late game swung the momentum in favor of BLG.

With backs against the wall, KC will have to dig deep in the Bo3s to keep their tournament hopes alive. After the disappointing loss, Sheep Esports had the opportunity to talk with KC’s head coach Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu

Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu: I mean, there’s not much to be honest. BLG were just out-teamfighting us in the late game. The day before, also outplayed us in the teamfights so we should be focusing on getting better teamfights.

Reapered: It isn’t as simple as that. In these critical moments, one right click can decide everything. In the last teamfight today, if the Nautilus Q doesn’t hit the Jhin, it’s a sweep. There are a lot of things like that even in the LYON game as well where one right click made the big change. We just have to watch and make sure the players are in good form to execute the fights better.

Reapered: It’s not something that you can fix. It’s all about the moment where the players are feeling it and are clicking better. It is something that gets better over time and not something that can be fixed immediately by saying “Yo, you should do this”. I still believe my players have great teamfighting skills and they will do it in the next match.

Reapered: It’s just the same approach as a Western team coming in here. There are only two types of teams in here. One is where it doesn’t really matter if you are the favorite or not in this tournament if you want to have a great experience and gain something from it. The other is just tilting and giving up. We are still the first type of team and I believe in them. The matches were very close in everyone’s eyes and we are very confident that we can pull it off in the Bo3s.

Reapered: It depends because there is the advantage that you have extra stage time before anyone else. You get to have this experience so you get used to it. At the same time, the other teams have more time to figure out the meta and have more practice time. It is quite balanced and not just the Play-in teams having a straight up advantage. Ideally, what we needed was the stage time so I’m happy with it.

Reapered: Yeah. I mean we should, right? We were very close to LYON and were stomping them but in the end, we got outclassed in teamfights. Even in the teamfights, looking back at the replay, it’s kind of cringe that we lost every single teamfight because one better click could have helped us sweep the enemy team. This game today was more complicated. We are going to face 1-2 teams anyway so we should be able to shutdown whoever we play against.

Reapered: I don’t put anything specific in my mind, to be honest. I’ve been at Worlds eight times now. It’s not about me wanting to accomplish something but more about having a good experience and success with my boys. It doesn’t matter if the success is quarters, semis, finals, or winning Worlds. We will be happy with our result and be proud of ourselves. Even if we lose in the Swiss Stage and losing close games to the best teams, I’m happy with it. At the same time, I would love if we go further in the event and if we lose, I want to lose against the eventual champions.

Reapered: Anyone except HLE.”