Hanwha Life defeated T1 to reach the LCK final for the first time since the re-foundation!
Sep 07, 2024
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There were no two mistakes.
Hanwha Life e-Sports has reached the LCK final stage for the first time since its foundation.
Hanwha Life defeated T1 3-1 in the final round of the '2024 League of Legends Champions Korea" Summer Season Playoff held at Gyeongju Indoor Gymnasium in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 7th, and became the final match against Gen. G. on the 8th. In addition, regardless of whether he won or not, he also received the double celebration of returning to the international competition 'League of Legends World Championship' (Lold Cup) to determine the global champion this season for the first time in three years since 2021.
On the other hand, T1 missed the direct ticket to the LOL World Cup due to the defeat and went down to the Korean national team selection match to seek to go to the LOL World Cup once again. In addition, T1 split LCK by taking the final stage together with Gen.G for five consecutive seasons, and Hanwha Life Insurance broke down this solid stronghold.
Hanwha Life took over the Rocks Tigers in 2018 and re-founded them, and started playing in LCK from the summer season. However, despite making a lot of investments by taking advantage of being a corporate team, it was LCK's best performance to rank third in the spring season in 2021 and this year, alternately losing to Gen.G and T1, as well as Damwon (currently D-Plus) and DRX.
In particular, in this spring season, despite winning the first set in the final against T1, it was the most regrettable moment that he failed to reach the final by losing two or four sets in a row. But this time it was different. This time, he won 3-1 against T1, which he met in the final, and did not repeat his mistakes.
Hanwha Life took the lead in the first set by winning in 30 minutes amid a strong performance of 'Zeka'Kim Gun-woo with 7 kills and 'Viper'Park Do-hyun with 6 kills. However, he played in an advantageous composition from the second set to the middle, losing to Lee Sang-hyuk, the center of T1, with an incredible play that allowed quadra-kill (4 kills) in an instant, and seemed to revive his nightmare in the spring season.
However, in the third set, when he refined his battle line, he led 5-0 by defeating all the T1 players in the 11th minute, and again, Kim Gun-woo won lightly in 25 minutes thanks to his tremendous performance of 11 kills. In the last four sets, he continued to lead from the beginning and made a new history by hitting the opponent's Nexus in 36 minutes.
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