Nongshim, who reached the LCK Western League for the first time in four years, KT or D-Plus, which team will drop to the Eastern League?
May 30, 2025
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On the other hand, one of the D-plus Kia and KT Rollsters fell to the 'East League' (lower five teams) due to Nongshim.
Nongshim beat T1 in the second round of the '2025 League of Legends Champions Korea" (LCK) held at LCK Arena in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 30th, unexpectedly, and won 2-0. As a result, Nongshim secured at least 5th place regardless of the result of the D-Plus match on the final day of the second round on June 1, confirming the inclusion of 'Legend Group' where the top five teams compete in the third to fifth rounds. Nongshim, who has already advanced to the 'Road to MSI" (playoff), which is given to the top six teams, will be confident with the victory and challenge to win the first and second rounds.
As a result, D+ and KT will only have the last game left for the remaining one spot in the Legend Group. D-Plus won 2-1 against the lowest DN Freaks on the day, tied KT with 9 wins and 8 losses, but regained fifth place ahead of the difference in gains and losses, and KT fell to sixth place.
KT will play the final game against DRX on the 31st and D+ against Nongshim on June 1. Since the number of cases left is not easy, it is difficult to predict which team will belong to the legendary group or the bottom five teams will fall to the 'rise group and play three to five rounds.
Assuming that KT defeats DRX 2-0, D-Plus must beat Nongshim 2-0 to confirm its inclusion in the Legend Group immediately. If the set score is only 2-1 won, the final fifth place will be determined through a tiebreaker match of best-of-three games on June 4th, as D+ and KT are all the same in winning rate, gain difference, and opponent. KT naturally hopes for Nongshim's victory after winning the game against DRX.
However, if KT loses to DRX, D+ will be absolutely advantageous. If the set score is lost 1-2, D+ must lose 0-2 to Nongshim to establish a tiebreaker. If D-Plus is completely defeated 0-2, it will be confirmed that it will be in fifth place unconditionally ahead of KT even if it loses to the Nongshim match.
In any case, KT can have hope only when it wins the game against DRX, and in this case, D+ has no choice but to play with the determination of a must-win in the Nongshim match. Unlike previous years, which was divided into spring and summer seasons, it is an interesting point to watch as it became a single league from this year.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
