Only three teams have a chance to qualify for MSI in the LCK playoffs?

★ Game Horseshoe Original

LCK Playoffs

South Korea has a special format, where GenG, who is first in the regular season, and HLE, who is second, will directly determine the first place to MSI through a Bo5 match. The remaining four teams, as well as the losing side of GenG and HLE, will advance to the knockout stage through a ladder to determine the final second MSI spot. There are no double defeats and no concept of past finals. With the exception of GenG and HLE, which had a second chance after losing, the other teams went home if they lost.

5 Bo5 games will determine the MSI quota

The first round was KT vs. DK, the second round was NS, the third round was T1, and the fourth and final Bo5 was played by the losers of GenG and HLE. Combined with the performance of the entire second stage, who of these teams will represent the Korean LCK in this year's mid-season tournament in Canada?

Chaotic four, five, six

KT was about to hit the ground in the first half of the season, but with the return of the top laner Prefect, its form gradually improved, and even ushered in a big wave of wins in the second half of the season, including strong defeats to HLE, NS and DK. On the other hand, due to the poor performance of their direct rival DK and their unexpected loss to the bottom team, KT finally defeated DK through the play-off, won the fifth place and advanced to the playoffs, which also allowed them to start the game from the Legend group in the third stage.

DK is very simple, and has a serious dependence on the play of Ueno newcomers, and the ability of double C key games is very poor, and the old assistant has frequently become a breakthrough. This coaching staff is also T1's famous incompetent duo "Bengi + PoohManDu", from the weak BP to the players' ghostly play, you can enjoy the DK game. drove high and walked low, and swooped down to the sixth.

NS, at the beginning of the season, was not optimistic about this team, and patched up another year's squad. But I didn't expect them to boldly launch the rookie mid-laner Calix in 07, and it can be regarded as a good result. Although he is a rookie and fights very turtlely, at least compared to the fish god, this young Calix ceiling still has it. With a little more consistent performance than DK and KT, NS finished fourth in the regular season by one point.

Exclude DK in the first place?

The gap between these three teams of four, five or six is not large, especially in the Bo5 of the global BP, and the possibility of big fluctuations is very high. DK's team won in Ueno Carry's strong attributes, and the ability to defeat the other three veterans in the key game was too weak. Many people love to play "Brother Xu" stalks, but expecting him to stand up and lead DK to the finals now, this kind of story can only be in a dream.

It is well known that the KT jungler Cuzz dropped the chain in the tournament, and the deokdam on the lower lane is also a well-known weak ADC. The fact that he was able to return to the LCK from the minor league this year was a shock in itself. Of course, his performance is quite remarkable, but the playoffs Bo5 is still not optimistic. The newcomer is decent, and the mid-laner BDD is still the core of KT.

So relatively speaking, it makes sense that NS can win by 1 small point, after all, compared to the above two, they may really be stable. It's no surprise who won, but it's no surprise that all three teams have struggled to get past T1.

World-class team goalkeeper

If you win T1, you can go to the Worlds, and if you can't win, you can only be regarded as a second-rate team in the LCK region. T1 After experiencing turmoil such as the departure of the top laner and the rotation of ADC, T1 stabilized in the middle of the second stage, and it was still the old champion four-man team with the new Doran. It's enough to play the teams below, but the key is that T1 now seems to have a sense of powerlessness in the face of HLE and GenG in front of them. They were also the only two teams to double defeat T1 in Stage 2.

It is predicted that T1 will still be able to easily defeat the opponents below them, but against the losing side of GenG and HLE, T1 will be difficult to play in this Bo5 battle. But after all, there is a five-crown club with Faker, and the legend ceiling exists, and any opponent has a half-to-half win rate in front of them. If you win, you will advance to MSI, and if you lose, you will take a vacation to prepare for the third stage and the World Finals, after all, for T1, the annual S competition is the most important, and this year is also the time to hit the six championships.

Clash of the Dragons?

GenG and HLE are undoubtedly the highest-quality matchup of Korean LCKs this year. The first stage was also the final between the two teams, but at that time, the GenG support had not yet metamorphosed, and the return of Ruler was still in the adaptation stage. Just a few months later, GenG, who had completed the run-in, played an exaggerated 18-0 undefeated record in the second stage of the LCK, and even HLE was double-killed by them.

The two teams finished in the top two of the regular season, and they will also play a Bo5 directly on June 13 to determine the first MSI team in the LCK. Whoever loses this battle will most likely face T1 in the final Bo5, and at least judging by their performances over the past few months, they are the stronger side.

In the end, the LCK may still be GenG, HLE and T1, and they are likely to be the LCK team in this year's World Finals.

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