Choi “Doran” Hyun-joon has officially revealed his 2025 World Championship skin, and it comes with a self-deprecating twist that only competitive League of Legends could produce. The T1 top laner chose Ambessa as his champion pick for the commemorative skin, and its recall animation includes a direct nod to the time he died to a Krug, one of the game’s jungle monsters, during a professional match.
For anyone unfamiliar with League of Legends jungle camps, Krugs are small rock creatures that exist primarily to be farmed for gold by players. They are not supposed to kill you. Especially not on stage. Especially not in the LCK, widely considered one of the most competitive leagues in the world.
The Krug incident and its afterlife
The moment in question happened during T1’s LCK match against KT Rolster in June 2025. Doran, playing in the top lane, found himself killed by a Krug, a jungle monster that most players dispatch without a second thought.
Doran, apparently, decided he liked it. Rather than burying the memory, he leaned into it. The recall animation on his Ambessa skin features the champion retrieving items from a trophy while a Krug watches nearby, a permanent monument to one of the LCK’s most memorable blunders.
