With the 2017 season less than a month away, the new KT Rolster bottom duo of Deft and Mata look poised to take over the entire LCK.

Deft and Mata joined KT in what looks to be an All-Star line-up, headed by world class players Smeb, Score, and PawN. On paper, this might be the most stacked roster in history and has been dubbed by the League community as a "super team", but this NBA-esque collection of star power may not have been as meticulously planned out as one may think upon further inspection. In fact, Mata told Fomos reporter Sang-Jin Park their decision to meet up at KT had started off as a mere joke.

When I was in China, Deft and I would sometimes joke about playing on the same team in Korea. After our contracts had expired, we were able to find a good opportunity at KT, so we decided to sign. -Mata

When asked about their new top laner and two-time Korean MVP Smeb, they both paid tremendous respect and pledged to support him by any means. Deft said, "Smeb climbed all the way from the bottom, so I hear he practices very hard to not go back to those days. He's also extremely skilled, so we have a lot of faith in him at the top lane."

Mata also chimed in and commented on Smeb's recent rise to fame:

Before I went to china, I wondered, 'Smeb, who?' But after 2015, he found his own style of play and became a top tier player. After watching and practicing with him, he's definitely a player who deserves the hype and respect.

"If I couldn't find a team in Korea, I thought it would have been fine to stream or even take a season off," Mata said of his return to Korea. "I wanted to play if I could play with Deft, but if not, I was planning on just resting for a season."

When asked who they believed were the biggest obstacle for KT, both Deft and Mata picked the newly revamped SK Telecom T1. Mata's old team, RNG, were eliminated by SKT at both MSI and Worlds this year. Deft's old team, EDG, remains as the only non-Korean team to have beaten Faker's SKT in a best-of-5 series.

"All the teams have improved, but SK Telecom T1 is still the team to look out for," Mata replied. "They lost Bengi and Duke, but they still have kkOma so I'm sure they're still strong."

Deft added on by saying, "I too think SKT will be strong. Despite losing some players, they still have four World Champions on their roster, while adding great players like Peanut and Huni. I also think kkOma remaining with the team is the biggest factor (to SKT being strong)."

SKT will definitely be the team to beat for not just in the LCK, but the entire world. They have shored up their biggest weakness in jungle with the addition of Peanut, while retaining the most celebrated and highly acclaimed coach-player tandem in kkOma and Faker. KT's super team remains the only foreseeable roster in the entire world aside from Samsung Galaxy that can go toe-to-toe with the new SKT, so fans of the LCK can expect a brand new telecomm-rivalry for this upcoming split.

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