LCK Poised to Elevate Worlds 2022 Trophy After 2 Years

Two groups are left standing on the worldwide stage, their eyes set on the prize: the League of Legends Worlds 2022 trophy. The League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) has confirmed itself to be the very best area this 12 months with two of its 4 representatives making it to the grand last of Worlds 2022. Storied group T1 and its Korean counterpart DRX will face one another in an enthralling best-of-five series on fifth November. Whatever the winner, the LCK will cement itself as arguably the very best area in League of Legends esports with a complete of seven trophies beneath its belt.

LCK’s efficiency at Worlds 2022

The LCK had 4 groups representing the area at the beginning of Worlds 2022: DRX, Damwon Kia (DK), T1, and Gen.G. Whereas DRX needed to play via the opening stage of Play-in at Worlds 2022, the opposite three groups had been break up into totally different teams within the Group Stage of the primary occasion. The Group Stage outcomes foreshadowed the dominance of Korean groups on the match. Notably, all 4 groups earned a top-two end of their respective teams and punched their slots into the quarterfinals.

T1 obliterated Royal By no means Give Up (RNG) within the quarterfinal matchup with a 3-0 scoreline and DRX additionally pulled off a 3-2 victory in opposition to final Worlds winner EDward Gaming (EDG). Nonetheless, it grew to become clear that the area would lose one group within the quarters as GEN.G and DK had been matched collectively. Each the groups gave it their all within the match-up and GEN.G gained the series by inches with a 3-2 scoreline.

Following this, the semi-final outcomes had been additionally closely Korea-favored. T1’s dominance continued because the group gained in opposition to JD Gaming (JDG) within the first semi-finals with a 3-1 rating. The bot lane of T1 performed exceptionally nicely and proved that the group is worthy of a last spot at Worlds 2022.

Within the second semi-final, match favourite GEN.G suffered a heartbreaking defeat by the hands of DRX. Notably, DRX got here into the competitors because the area’s fourth seed after combating for its life within the LCK regional finals. GEN.G, however, was Korea’s primary seed and the group had a dominant exhibiting in the summertime break up, the place it upset T1.

T1’s Worlds comeback vs DRX’s fairytale run

After dropping within the semi-finals in each 2019 and 2021, T1 lastly broke via that barrier and made it to the finals of Worlds 2022. This would be the group’s (together with SK Telecom T1 information) fifth grand last look. T1 gained Worlds in 2013, 2015, and 2016, and positioned second in 2017, after dropping to Samsung Galaxy. For DRX, Worlds 2022 is hands-down its greatest run. For the primary time in Worlds historical past, a Play-in group has managed to make it to the grand last.

Followers will witness the conflict between the titans: T1 and DRX on fifth November within the grand finals of Worlds 2022 on the Chase Middle in San Francisco, California.