LCK Summer Season Enters Last-minute, Will the Mid-Rank Game Be Set Up?
Jul 30, 2024
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LCK (League of Legends Champions Korea) Summer Season Week 7 will be held from the 31st to August 4th. Although the season is nearing the end, the third- to seventh-place teams are neck-and-neck with less than three games apart from the two teams, Gen.G., which has already secured the first place with 12 wins and has already confirmed its advance to the League of Legends World Championship(Lold Cup), and Hanwha Life e-Sports, which is in second place after Gen.G with seven consecutive wins.
Third-place D-plus Kia is a little ahead with 8 wins and 4 losses, but T1, which has gained momentum again with two consecutive wins, is closely chasing with 7 wins and 5 losses, while KT Rolster and BNK Pierx are tied at 6 wins and 6 losses and are ranked 5th and 6th according to the set difference. On the other hand, Kwangdong Freaks, which firmly maintained the upper-middle position in the first round, has lost four consecutive games and has fallen to seventh place with five wins and seven losses.
First of all, the record of winning the entire set was broken, but Gen.G's pace is the highest ever. In particular, in this summer season, he is solidifying his position as a trend setter by showing an experimental champion combination but never losing. Until now, Gen.G has been stigmatized as "domestic demand" because he rarely loses matches against familiar opponents, but he often fails to perform properly when he meets unfamiliar teams and champions in international competitions. After winning the MSI in the international competition held in May, he is showing signs of overcoming these weaknesses by showing various combinations this season.
In particular, Gen.G has already won the LOL World Cup ticket by winning the MSI and confirming its entry into the summer season playoffs, so it is expected to expand the use of champions rather than win or lose in the regular league and continue to increase its power by trying somewhat experimental or unconventional meta.
The object of the most interest in Week 7 is by far T1. T1, which had been shaken by losing three consecutive games after winning the e-Sports World Cup, won 2-1 over rival KT on the 26th and recovered to fourth place again with a 2-0 complete victory over DRX on the 28th. He will meet the top two teams in a row, including D-plus on the 31st and Gen.G on August 3, and if he plays this schedule well, he will meet the middle and lower teams in a row afterwards, so he can solidify his advance to the playoffs.
BNK, which overcame its slump in the first round and raised its winning rate to 50% with four consecutive wins, will meet with DRX after Gen.G and seek the sixth-place Mercury, the playoff Maginot Line. Guangdong's match against Nongshim's Red Force on August 4th is a great opportunity to break the losing streak. If the atmosphere does not turn around, it is hard to guarantee that the team will advance to the playoffs.
Meanwhile, D+'s 'Aming'Kim Haram has already confirmed the annual gold king title. Kim Haram was selected as the weekly gold king until the 6th week following the 5th week. Kim Ha-ram, who was selected as a total of seven gold kings, including two in Spring and five in Summer, won the annual gold king title of the LCK Awards at the end of the year by widening the gap with the second-place players and became the main character of the gold bar.
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