D+ Kia goes straight to the second round of the PO with all five LCK Cup wins
Feb 03, 2025
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D-plus of the elder group went straight to the second round of the playoffs, defeating all five teams, including strong teams such as T1 and Hanwha Life e-Sports, which belong to the Baron group. Gen. G of the same group then joined together in the second round of the playoffs. KT Rolster then went to the first round of the playoffs, and DRX and Nongshim Red Force of the same group advanced to the play-in, meeting DN Freaks and OK Savings Bank Brion, respectively, to compete for the second round of the play-in.
The Baron Group's No. 1 T1 and No. 2 Hanwha Life Insurance reached the second round of the play-in. Since the two teams lost the group competition, they start with the play-in, but they will reach the playoffs as soon as they win one game.
Meanwhile, the LCK Cup, which lasted for three weeks, introduced a unique half-pick method called 「Pierice Draft」 at the group stage, which had the effect of featuring as many as 92 champions. The Peerless Draft is a method in which the champions used in the previous set cannot be selected afterwards, and if it progresses to the third set of the best-of-three match, not only the 20 champions used but also the 10 champions banned in the third set will not be able to select a total of 30 champions, so various picks will come out.
The most frequently featured champion in the banpick process was Calista, who was banned in 50 of 62 sets and appeared in seven sets. The next champion is the skanner, which is mainly used by jungleers, who was banned in 53 sets and won all three of his appearances.
The most used champions were Ambessa and Jace. The two champions, who had a high preference because both the top liner and the mid liner could be used, often faced off against each other. In particular, Amvesa also created several impressive scenes, such as successfully blocking the opponent's turret dive in the process of line swapping (a position switching strategy between the top and bottom liners). In addition, Jace has shown that he can play a versatile role in taking care of both compliance firepower and tanking capabilities depending on the item build.
From the third round of the play-in, both the playoffs and the finals will be held in the best-of-five series, so more champions are expected to appear. Teams and players with a wide range of use of champions are expected to perform well.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
