Will Faker Lee Sang-hyuk achieve the world's first 1,000 games in the first week of the 2025 LCK regular season?
Apr 01, 2025
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The highlights of the first week are Gen.G's two games and T1's 'Faker'Lee Sang-hyuk's LCK first 1,000 appearances.
First of all, Gen.G will meet T1 in a row on the 6th after Hanwha Life e-Sports in the opening game on the 2nd. After losing to Hanwha Life Insurance in the summer season final last year, Gen. G. lost to Hanwha Life Insurance again in the 2025 LCK Cup final, which was a kickoff competition, and stayed in second place for the second consecutive time. In other words, he had a chance to take revenge from the first game of the season.
Above all, Gen.G's successive meetings with Hanwha Life Insurance and T1 are expected to predict the top-ranked game this season. Hanwha Life Insurance broke the two-river structure last year in LCK, which Gen.G and T1 dominated for three years, causing a fresh wind. Hanwha Life Insurance won the LCK for the first time in the summer season last year, reinforced the top liner 'Zeus' Choi Woo-je ahead of this season, won all three of five best-of-five games in the LCK Cup, won the domestic stage for the second consecutive time, and also became the world's strongest player for the first time since its foundation in the international competition 'First Stand' held this season. This is why as many as eight teams selected Hanwha Life as the strongest candidate on LCK Media Day.
On the other hand, Gen.G was still considered a favorite when he re-introduced the team's franchise star 'Ruler' Park Jae-hyuk for the first time in two years while maintaining the LCK's best upper body line, but he is again pressed by Hanwha Life, which has the best adaptability to the 'Pearless Draft' Banpic system. Park Jae-hyuk said on LCK Media Day that the team's overall teamwork is still unstable, and if the teamwork is improved than the LCK Cup, it is expected to show a game between Hanwha Life Insurance and Hogakji again.
T1 Lee Sang-hyuk's appearance in 1,000 games against Gen. G on the 6th is as interesting a point to watch as the two teams face off. Lee Sang-hyuk, who has already exceeded his 10th year since his debut in 2013, has played 994 games (based on the set) so far. If both games in Week 1 are played in full sets, the LCK will set a record of playing 1,000 games for the first time. Lee Sang-hyuk has already achieved 600 LCK wins and 3,000 kills in February 2024, and won the LoL World Championship (LOL World Cup) held in the same year, recording an unprecedented record of two consecutive wins and five consecutive wins.
Participation in 1,000 games is a milestone that no one has ever set in LCK as well as LoL esports around the world. T1 will face DRX on the 4th before Gen.G. If they lose 2-0 or 0-2, the achievement of 1,000 games will be over to the second week.
Meanwhile, in this year's LCK regular season, the first and second rounds will be operated in the same way as in previous years. When it is completed by the second round, 'LCK Road to MSI (MSI LCK Representative Selection)' will be held to determine two of the top six teams to compete in the MSI (Mid Season Invitational).
After the MSI is over, the 3rd to 5th rounds will be divided into legend groups and Rise groups according to the rankings of the 1st and 2nd rounds, and teams belonging to each group will face each other three times. At the end of the regular season, the bottom two teams will be eliminated, and the postseason consisting of play-ins and playoffs will begin, and only one champion will be determined.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
