What are the two teams that will play in the Road to MSI and MSI held in Busan from the 13th to the 15th?
Jun 08, 2025
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While Gen.G, Hanwha Life e-Sports, and T1, which ranked 1st to 3rd in the first to second rounds of the regular league, have already advanced to the semifinal match of 'Road to MSI' at Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan from the 13th to the 15th, KT Rollster joined D-Plus, Kia, and Nongshim Red Force in succession.
▶ As expected of KT
Every year in LCK, KT showed a particularly strong side when entering the summer season. This year, which turned into a single season, remained unchanged.
Despite losing the first set to fifth place (tiebreaker) in the first and second rounds against Dplus on the 4th, KT confirmed fifth place with an amazing back-to-back victory of two or three sets. 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. The symbolism of being fifth place was huge, and KT kept it.
KT also met D+ again in the first round of the MSI national team selection match, which began on the 7th, and confirmed a perfect 3-0 shutdown victory. Not satisfied with this, KT also won 3-0 against Nongshim, ranked fourth in the regular league, in the second round held on the 8th, proving that it is a "summer powerhouse." KT lost 0-2 to Nongshim in the first round of the regular league, and the two teams were strong enough to win 2-1 in the second round. As such, KT's current momentum is showing a tremendous rise.
On the other hand, D-Plus, founded in 2019 under the name of Damwon Gaming, has always been in the top five for six consecutive years and has been a symbol of the so-called "West League", but this time, it gave up this position to Nongshim and became a member of the lower-tier league in the rest of the regular league. However, if you make a good performance in the Rise group, you still have a chance to go to the playoffs to determine the team that will play in the LoL World Championship and recover your honor.
▶ Is it withdrawal or Mercury?
The best highlight is the third round of the selection match, where Gen.G, the first in the regular league, and Hanwha Life Insurance, the second, will face off on the 13th. This is because the winning team will play in 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 league system, 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.
The fourth round match between T1 and KT, which will take place on the 14th, has also become more interesting. KT met twice in this year's regular league and was completely defeated 0-2. In particular, KT's performance was so poor that the word 'traditional rival' was overshadowed when they faced each other at the Suwon Convention Center, KT's home, on May 4 in a homestand format.
However, KT, which woke up greatly after the game, won an incredible six consecutive games, and eventually rose from the bottom to the middle and went all the way to the Busan stage. As a result, it is difficult to predict the outcome of the game easily in the fourth round, which is the third game of this season between the two teams and whether they will advance to the MSI.
The team that lost in the third round and the winning team in the fourth round will meet in the final round of the selection match on the 15th to determine the LCK second seed to play in the MSI.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
