LCK Cup. The top five teams got off to a good start
Feb 02, 2025
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As a result, three teams, D-Plus Kia, Gen.G., and KT Rolster, belonging to the elder group, have confirmed their advance to the playoffs, while the other two teams, DRX and Nongshim Red Force, are also in the Play In.
On the other hand, in the Baron Group, three teams, T1, Hanwha Life e-Sports, and OK Savings Bank Brion, were on the next stage of the play-in, while one of DN Freaks and BNK Pierx will close the LCK Cup early according to the results of the Nongshim and BNK games on the 2nd.
Prior to the full-fledged opening of the 2025 season, the LCK Cup, which is a pre-season format, also has a good start for last year's top five teams, D-Plus Kia, T1, Gen.G., Hanwha Life Insurance and KT.
First of all, D-Plus will go straight to the second round of the playoffs without losing by reinforcing 'Beryl'Chaon-hee, who returned for the first time in three years ahead of this season, and 'Siu' Jeon Si-woo, who grew up in the second division. D-Plus defeated Hanwha Life Insurance, the winner of last year's LCK summer season, 2-1 following T1.
T1, which won its second consecutive LOL World Cup title, sent Choi Woo-je 'Zeus' to FA, and one-dealer 'Gumayushi'Lee Min-hyung missed his third consecutive game, but 18-year-old 'Smash' Shin Geum-jae, who grew up in the team's academy, filled the vacancy well and beat his archrival Gen. G, showing off his still record with 4 wins and 1 loss. However, since he is a member of the Baron Group who lost the group competition, he is aiming to advance to the playoffs starting from the second round of the play-in.
Gen.G, Hanwha Life Insurance, and KT all had 3 wins and 2 losses each, but among them, Gen.G went straight to the second round of the playoffs with D+ as the second-best senior group, and KT will start from the first round of the playoffs. Hanwha Life Insurance, like T1, enters its next journey in the second round of the play-in.
Among the bottom five teams last season, DRX led with 3 wins and 2 losses. DRX caught Brion, DN Freaks, and BNK, the bottom three teams of the Baron Group, 2-1 to see the effect of replacing the lineup of three players.
Of the six teams that made the play-in, the top three teams will advance to the playoffs and play with D-plus, Gen.G. and KT until the third round to determine the final team. The play-in will start on the 7th to 9th, the playoffs will continue until the 12th, and the final match to determine the first LCK Cup champion will be held on the 23rd. From the third round of the play-in to the final, the best-of-five series will be expanded, and 'Piris Banpick', which does not use the champion used in the previous set, is expected to be the decisive variable that will determine the outcome of the match.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
