In the end, Genti's era, Gen.G and T1 entered MSI together for three consecutive years
Jun 15, 2025
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After a year, the era of 'Genti' (Genji and T1) has arrived again in LCK.
Gen.G and T1, which enjoyed the two mountain ranges until last year's LCK spring season, will advance to the MSI (Mid Season Invitational) for the third consecutive year. On the other hand, LCK Defending Champ Hanwha Life e-Sports, which established a three-team system with them, collapsed in succession to the two teams and failed again to advance to the MSI for the first time.
First of all, Gen. G., who ranked first in the regular league with all 18 wins in the LCK 1st and 2nd rounds, will enter the MSI as the No. 1 seed in LCK with a dramatic 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Hanwha Life Insurance, the second-ranked team in the regular league, in the third round of the 'Road to MSI' (MSI national selection) held at Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan on the 13th.
Gen.G, who won the first international competition in history by defeating the strong challenge of LPL (China) at last year's MSI, will try to win its second consecutive title. However, Hanwha Life Insurance, which almost had a ticket to MSI by catching the first or second set in a row, collapsed under Gen.G's back and was pushed to the final match. Gen.G was almost engulfed in 'Jinks' after losing 2-3 to Hanwha Life Insurance in this year's LCK Cup final following last year's LCK summer season, but kicking it by himself through the game is more than an achievement of qualifying for MSI.
T1, which had a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over KT Rolster in the fourth round held at the same place on the 14th, won the final game against Hanwha Life Insurance on the 15th, winning the 3-0 shutdown, making it the MSI for the fourth consecutive year since 2022 and the eighth time ever.
T1, which has been ranked third in a row behind LPL's Bilibili Gaming for the past two years, will be able to compete for revenge against Bilibili, who is playing in MSI again this time. In addition, T1 also showed weakness as it recently lost seven consecutive games to Hanwha Life Insurance, but proved to be a big stage constitution. T1 has won two MSIs and finished runner-up, respectively. In addition, he has been strong in the MSI by reaching the semifinals or higher all seven times he has played.
Meanwhile, in the LPL, which is expected to compete with LCK for the championship, Bilibili is the second seed, while AL (Anyone's Legend) beat expectations and confirmed the No. 1 seed. In the LPL Split 2 playoffs held on the 14th, the AL defeated Bilibili 3-1 to compete in an international tournament for the first time since its foundation. Korean Jungler 'Tarzan', who joined the AL ahead of this season, will be named the winning member for the first time in LCK and LPL, and will try to win the MSI for the first time.
In addition, in the LEC (Europe), Movistar KOI unexpectedly took the No. 1 seed, and G2 e-Sports, a regular international team, will play in the MSI for the fourth consecutive year as the No. 2 seed. In APAC (Asia Pacific), Taiwan's CTBC and Vietnam's GAM e-sports confirmed their MSI as the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, respectively.
Meanwhile, MSI 2025 will open on the 28th (Korea time) at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada. Gen.G and T1 skip the play-in stage and go straight to the bracket stage (the quarterfinals) starting July 2.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
