Ahead of the opening of the League of Legends e-sports competition, the 2022 League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), 10 teams pledged to excel. Gen.G esports and T1 were selected as the strongest contenders for the championship.
On the 5th, the 2022 LCK Spring Media Day was held at CGV in Yongsan, Seoul. On this Media Day, the coaches and representatives of the 10 teams participating in the league were seated one by one, and they had time to promise their success and answer media questions.
The 2022 LCK spring draws attention in that it will be held after an unprecedented stove league ahead of the league opening. This is the reason why the strength of each team has changed significantly as players move from team to team in large numbers. Compared to the 2021 LCK Summer, there are only two teams remaining with three existing players: T1 and Fredt Brion.
Competition rules have also changed. The cycle of call-up and sand-down has been shortened from two weeks to one week, so roster exchange between each team’s LCK and League of Legends Challengers Korea is expected to be active. It is also worth noting that more strategic roster management is possible through this.
In addition, power analysts can now be registered on the official roster. Power analysts registered in the official roster can officially enter the coach box. Through this, more detailed match analysis and application of improvement points between each set is expected to be actively carried out.
Tickets to the World Championship, which will be held at the end of the year, will also be given through a different selection process than before. As with last year, if the LCK is given 4 places to participate in the World Championship, the winning team will compete for the World Championship with the 3rd seed among the remaining teams except for the 1st and 2nd seeds. Here, the losing team will play the final match against the winning team in the match for the 3rd and 4th places in the championship, and the protagonist of the 4th seed will be decided in this match.
If there are 3 World Championship tickets, the existing method will be applied.
Both rounds 1 and 2 of the regular league are held 5 days a week. Previously, round 1 was played 5 days a week, and round 2 was played 4 days a week.
In addition, the LCK Secretariat drew attention by revealing that it was planning to hold a match at the Jongno Roll Park this season.
On this Media Day, the coaches of 10 teams participating in the league selected Gen.G eSports and T1 as the strongest candidates for the championship. The two teams received 5 votes side by side and were designated as the team with the most powerful power at the moment.
Gen.G eSports was selected by Damwon Kia, T1, Guangdong Freecs, Fredt Brion, and DRX. Gen.G eSports, Nongshim Red Force, Live Sandbox, KT Rolster, and Hanwha Life Esports selected T1 as candidates for the championship. Gen.G eSports was highly praised for showing a strong appearance in the current scrim, and for maintaining a lot of existing members and harmonizing with the new members in T1.
Last year’s spring and summer champions Damwon Kia mid laner Heo Soo picked T1 and Gen. G as the two most intimidating teams.
Gen.G eSports coach Koh Dong-bin said, “The goal is to work hard from the beginning of the spring next week to reach the final. When the last season is over, I want to give good guidance to each player so that they can receive a good evaluation.”
T1 manager Choi Seong-hoon said, “The goal this season is to win, and another goal is to create a team that all team members want to play with after the season is over.”
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T1 mid laner ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok Lee said, “I think the team has improved a lot last year. I will show a better image this year as well as a team and as an individual.”
The 2022 LCK Spring will kick off with a match between DRX and Liv Sandbox at 5pm on the 12th at Jongno Roll Park.