In the LCK MSI national team competition that begins on the 7th, which two of the six teams will compete in MSI?
Jun 03, 2025
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A total of six teams will participate, including Gen. G., Hanwha Life e-Sports, T1, and Nongshim Red Force, which ranked first to fourth in the first and second rounds, as well as KT Rollster and D-Plus Kia, which have not yet been confirmed for fifth to sixth places.
In particular, KT and D-Plus will play a best-of-three match for the fifth place in the regular season on the 7th before the first round match of the starting match. Unlike last year, which was divided into spring and summer seasons, from this year on, the top five in the first and second rounds will be eligible to play in the `Legend Group' in the third to fifth rounds, and the bottom five teams will be incorporated into the Rise Group' to play in the third to fifth rounds. This means that the symbolism of being in fifth place has grown tremendously.
▶Two guillotine matches
The fifth-place match (Tiebreaker) will be held on the 4th and the first round of the starting match will be held on the 7th.
For KT and D+, both games are never missed. D+ won in the first round and KT won 2-0 in the second round, respectively.
However, KT is by far the best team in recent years. KT, nicknamed the "Summer Stronger" , suffered a slump falling to the bottom in the first round and posted a good performance of 7 wins and 2 losses, including 6 consecutive wins in the second round. It is the second highest winning rate after Gen.G, which achieved all nine games in the second round.
Defler was also shaken by a five-game losing streak in the middle of the first and second rounds, but he won three consecutive games in the last minute after settling down and especially in the final round of the second round, he showed his concentration to defeat Nongshim, leading the game to the tiebreaker. As a result, it is not easy to predict the winner of the two 'Guillotine Match'.
▶ Is it withdrawal or Mercury?
The winner of the first round between KT and D+ will face Nongshim, the fourth-ranked team in the regular season, in the second round of the selection match on the 8th. The winning team will head to the third to fifth rounds of the selection match at Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan from the 13th to the 15th.
The highlight of the third round, which will take place on the 13th, is by far the match between Gen.G and Hanwha Life Insurance. The winning team will play in the MSI as the No. 1 seed in LCK.
Gen.G showed off its invincible momentum by winning all 18 games in the first and second rounds, the second LCK in history and the first team to win all 18 games. On the other hand, Hanwha Life Insurance, which won its first LCK title by beating Gen.G in the summer season last year and winning its first LCK Cup and the first stand in international competitions in succession, was somewhat sluggish with 14 wins and 4 losses in the first and second rounds. He also lost both of his showdowns with Gen.G.
However, it is not a best-of-three regular season, but a long breath of best-of-five games in the selection match and a 'Peerless Draft' method in which the champion used in the previous set cannot be used again, so Hanwha Life's counterattack, which has a wide range of champs and various tactics, is expected to be possible.
On the 14th, a third-round match will be held between the third-place T1 of the regular league and the second-round winner. The winning team will meet the team that lost the Gen.G.-Hanwha Life Insurance match on the 15th to determine the winner to play in the MSI as the LCK's second seed.
▶Various variables
As it progressed to 25.9 patches from the 6th week of the LCK regular season, the Ionia theme was applied to the summoner's canyon.
In this theme, the appearance time of hollow larvae has been delayed than before, and the number of summons has been reduced to one. As the Atacan was also changed, it was previously divided into 'Atacan of Exploration' and 'Atacan of Destruction' with different effects, but it was integrated into 'Atacan of Pain' from 25.9 patches.
The team that defeated the Atacan of Doom and Tamsik's Atacan, which appeared in the Knoxus-themed canyon, has a winning rate of 77%, and Atacan has become a major object that changes the flow of the game. After Week 6, which was changed to 'Atacan of Pain', the team that occupied the object won about 80% of the games in which Atacan appeared, proving that Atacan's influence was still high. Although some evaluated that efficiency has decreased since the appearance of 'Atacan of Pain', statistically, the winning rate of the team that took Atacan was still high.
In addition to Atacan, coaches and players showed positive responses to changes in hollow larvae. In the past, the exchange between the two objects was inevitable as larvae and dragons appeared at similar times, but the timing of the recall was delayed, and the Jungler's initial design of the movement line was flexible.
The MSI national team selection match, which starts on the 7th, will be held in 25.11 patches. How quickly the six teams adapt to changes in Atacan and Void larvae in the regular season over the past three weeks will definitely be key to performing well on the new patch.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
