Day 1
DRX vs Liiv SANDBOX
DRX got here in towards LSB undefeated and seeking to proceed to point out dominance over the decrease groups within the LCK. A much-improved Sandbox with the addition of Prince has proven to be a playoff contender early on this season.
LSB got here out preventing in sport one with enormous fights going their means early. These fights allowed Prince to get out to a rating of 5-1 at 18 minutes and from there on would laborious carry Sandbox to victory ending with 13 kills. DRX would dominate sport two bringing the collection to a decider. Sandbox exhibits good map management, and even with a powerful early efficiency from Deft, they might snowball a lead and take management of the sport.
Sequence MVP: Prince
T1 vs Kwangdong Freecs
Undefeated T1 appeared to proceed its league dominance as they took on their kryptonite within the Freecs.
T1 bought an enormous draft benefit in sport one with enormous early sport carries in Lucian and Nami within the bot lane. Whereas T1 did have some oversteps they’d management the sport for its length and take sport one. Video games two and three nonetheless would see the downfall of T1. KDF got here in with the brand new energy decide of Seraphine in each video games that might present T1’s lack of adaptability as they have been destroyed in Draft and ultimately within the sport. KDF would use their stronger comps to finish the undefeated streak.
Sequence MVP: Teddy
Day 2
Fredit Brion vs Hanwha Life Esports
The battle of the underside comes out as the 2 winless groups sq. off hoping to lastly present some life on this already desolate break up.
Fredit would get out to a strong lead in sport one and with the Zeri decide is ready to have good management of the sport for almost all of it. Bro appeared strong all through and took benefit of HLE’s misplays to return out to a victory in sport one. That’s in regards to the finish of the positives for Bro as HLE would exhibit their little bit of expertise within the subsequent sport. Sport three would see shut early video games however Hena really intend the sport with a random galeforce ahead that might shift all momentum.
Sequence MVP: Hena for HLE
NongShim REDFORCE vs Gen.G
Gen.G has been essentially the most dominant workforce in LCK this break up they usually face off towards an NS workforce that has proven potential however most didn’t stay as much as it.
There was virtually no competitors in these video games as Gen.G continued to play on the stage they’ve proven all 12 months displaying off two dominant video games towards NS. They fully outclassed NS with their play even the small bits of strong play out of Nongshim was not sufficient to beat the beast that’s Gen.G. Ruler has virtually immaculate gameplay and continues to show he’s a top-two ADC in Korea.
Sequence MVP: Ruler
Day 3
Damwon Kia vs kt Rolster
After dropping to each Gen.G and T1 final week Damwon appeared to return again and beat a struggling KT roster.
KT would come out swinging in sport one with an early lead at quarter-hour and displaying good map management. This might all disappear over a dragon combat when Canyon in his dying breathes would arrange an enormous combat for Showmaker and Nuguri to wash up and take a lead. KT’s response could be to sneak Baron however an enormous steal from Showmaker would seal this sport up. Sport two was a clown fiesta as there have been 23 kills within the first 22 minutes. These fights have been bloody however Damwon got here out on prime of most of them and was in a position to construct a lead and win-handedly.
Sequence MVP: Canyon
DRX vs T1
Each coming off of upsets early within the week DRX and T1 face off within the match of the week each attempting to right their course.
Sport one was an extremely shut slugfest between the 2 groups. Pyosik and DRX have good early sport motion getting a lot of early picks and beginning to construct up an early lead. The decider would really come out of Oner who secured an early Drake taking away the chance for an early soul for DRX to proceed snowballing their lead. This small macro play gave T1 time to return again and scale up successful late-game fights and ultimately the sport. In-game two T1 would proper their wrongs by choosing Senna and Seraphine to dominate the sport and out draft DRX too.
Sequence MVP: Oner
Day 4
Fredit Brion vs LiiV SANDBOX
Sandbox appeared to proceed their sturdy week and beat a floundering Fredit workforce.
Sport one confirmed numerous backwards and forwards play because the jungles on every workforce ganked and dove everywhere in the map buying and selling kills backwards and forwards. The Umti presence was rather a lot stronger than Predator however wouldn’t be sufficient as LSB as a complete is a extra full unit. This might proceed to point out in sport two as LSB would dominate the collection.
Sequence MVP: Croco
Gen.G vs Kwangdong Freecs
There may be not a lot to say right here total like Gen.G is de facto good and KDF isn’t. They’ve proven mainly no weak point to date on this break up.
Sequence MVP: Everybody on Gen.G
Day 5
NongShim REDFORCE vs Damwon Kia
Nongshim continued to battle of their video games and fail to draft round their stronger laners in Canna. With a stronger draft and higher gamers, Damwon Kia would have a straightforward time in each video games. Nongshim would present extra life in sport two however have been total weaker and would lose out once more falling to 0-2 for the week.
Sequence MVP: Deokdam
kt Rolster vs Hanwha Life Esports
Two struggling groups face off within the hopes so as to add a win to their report and transfer nearer to contending.
KT did precisely what they wanted to do and helped get Rascal on Gwen tremendous far forward early. Rascal would turn into a monster dealing outrageous quantities of harm and assist safe the sport one victory. Sport two could be a fair stronger displaying out of KT and noticed Aiming get 9 kills in an enormous collection win over HLE
Sequence MVP: Aiming
Upcoming
This week sees some enormous video games within the LCK as DRX faces off towards Damwon and the sport of the week sees Gen.G vs T1 within the battle for first place on Friday morning.
