KT Rolster bench Aiming after ‘internal conflict’ as emergency sub FenRir sweeps T1

Naerlyn Published July 30, 2026

Following an alleged “internal conflict”, KT Rolster brought up Park “FenRir” Kang-jun from their Challenger sister team to replace ADC Kim “Aiming” Ha-ram. Jang “Ghost” Yong-jun will take FenRir’s spot in KT Rolster Challengers, as Aiming becomes inactive.

The new ADC immediately started against T1 in week 1 of the LCK Rounds 3-4 and swept the series 2-0.

KT Rolster benches Aiming and subs in FenRir

A few hours before their opening game against T1, KT announced the following:

“This is KT Rolster. We would like to explain the background behind the call-up of FenRir. During practice, there was an internal conflict within the roster. As this had a negative impact on our team synergy, we made a team decision to make a roster change at the ADC position. KT Rolster will do our absolute best until the end of this season, so we ask for your continued support.”

FenRir then started against T1. According to KT’s coach Go “Score” Dong-bin, “We actually haven’t even had the chance to scrim with FenRir yet. That’s how suddenly everything happened.” While fans immediately began theorizing, the players or organization haven’t confirmed anything yet.

Score also added in a press conference that this wasn’t just a one-match sub, and KT might keep the new ADC for the rest of the year. “Since Round 3 has already started and the rest of the season isn’t very long, we’ll most likely stick with this roster going forward.”

KT Rolster’s official statement as they benched Aiming. Image credit: KT Rolster

KT Rolster stomps T1 2-0

Shortly after this news, the team faced off against their Telecom rival. Clearly, the roster swap didn’t shake them much.

Game 1 was a collection of fights all around. T1 won some, KT won some others, and the game kept swinging around without either team taking a lead.

While back-and-forth games can be the result of constant outplays, this was not the case here. Instead, they made a number of mechanical misplays, and teamfights where they didn’t know whether or when to reengage or withdraw.

Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok missed everything on Akali when Mun “Oner” Hyeon-jun did his first gank mid, causing his jungler to die. Later, Oner missed his Herald charge on the bot lane turret. In a pivotal fight, FenRir then didn’t manage to cross a wall with an Ezreal E. In the end, it was KT who took game 1.

Game 2 was different, but definitely no better. While Gwak “Bdd” Bo-seong started with a triple kill, T1 spent the entire game ahead. Then as they were up, their favorite activity was throwing again.

Oner missed the follow-up Q after a Lee Sin’s ultimate, and T1 gave up two kills and then a Baron while being up 4k gold. Then, Faker stayed out of position before trying to 1v4 (he did not succeed).

KT goes 2-0 against T1 with FenRir as an emergency sub. Image credit: Riot Games

Ultimately, after a roughly equal number of mistakes from KT, they won the game while only going up in gold after the final fight. It’s worrying that T1 lost that way when facing a team that had an emergency substitute they never practiced with. After very disappointing exits at the MSI and EWC, they’re currently looking like the fifth-best LoL team in the LCK. At that rate, they would miss the World Championship.

Featured image credit: Riot Games