Greetings to all fans of eSports and League of Legends in particular! At EGamersWorld you will find a series of predictions for LCK Summer 2022 and I will be leading them, Iie .
Recently, the Korean professional League of Legends scene has been attracting more and more viewers. And this outcome does not surprise me at all, because thanks to T1 and their success, the region received a lot of hype. Even at the Mid-Season Invitational 2022, matches involving Faker and company were watched by more viewers than Royal Never Give Up.
And at the very beginning of the Korean split of this spring, I confidently stated that T1 seemed the strongest to me, despite the opinions of most bookmakers and analysts who believed so much in Gen.G.
Now we are waiting for another split, but for which the teams were preparing much more seriously than usual. After all, a trip to Worlds 2022 is at stake.
KT Rolster vs Gen.G Esports
The first match of this summer with the participation of one of the main favorites of the region - Gen.G Esports. But it’s true, at the beginning of the summer split, many people promised complete dominance at LCK Spring 2022 to this team, but they ran into mighty T1.
On the other hand, we have an average LCK team, which has been performing well in its home region since 2013. But the previous two years, to put it mildly, did not work for them.
Form KT Rolster
Even before the start of the spring split in South Korea, we learned about the radical changes to the KT roster. The organization returned Aiming to its position as a bot laner and recruited no less famous, but not top players from other LCK teams. By the way, two of them previously played for Gen. G! Returning Rascal in the top lane and support Life.
In general, in the spring such a line-up proved to be quite good, as for the first joint season. Yes, and there is a good chance that the guys prepared for this split much more seriously. After all, a possible exit to the World Cup is at stake.
Moreover, it is worth noting the fact that of all the teams in the spring split, only KT Rolster managed to win the meeting with Gen.G Esports, not counting the T1 rink.
Compound:
Rascal - top laner
Cuzz - forester
VicLa - mid laner
Aiming - bot laner
Life - support
Gen.G Esports Uniform
Of course, Gen.G is now the team that breathes down the back of the head of T1 and Faker. They played LCK Spring 2022 in a great way. And here it is worth recalling that, like many esports organizations of the 2022 season, they also have a completely new roster. And such a result and a worthy rivalry with T1 is a phenomenal success.
It is worth taking into account the fact that Gen.G Esports is one of the top organizations in Korea and, according to Forbes ratings, the most profitable among esports. They are doing a great job as a big organization to help their players and it's having an effect.
Throw in two extremely experienced trainers, and there you have one of the LCK favorites this summer.
Compound:
Doran - top laner
Peanut - forester
Chovy - mid laner
Ruler - bot laner
Lehends - support
Meeting history
Here we pay attention to the last two matches. After all, with the LCK Spring 2022, the lineups of the teams have not changed in any way.
KT 1:2 Gen.G – LCK Spring 2022 Group Stage
KT 2:0 Gen.G – LCK Spring 2022 Group Stage
KT 0:2 Gen.G – LCK Summer 2021 Group Stage
KT 1:2 Gen.G – LCK Summer 2021 Group Stage
KT 1:2 Gen.G – LCK Spring 2021 Group Stage
In general, one can observe statistics that Gen.G Esports have been dominating their opponent lately. In my opinion, such dominance is fully justified and can be trusted.
Match outcome
In my opinion, we are waiting for an obvious victory for Gen.G in this meeting. Yes, KT Rolster is not the last LCK team and, in theory, will be able to choose one of the three maps. But I'm sure Gen.G Esports just shouldn't let this happen. Perhaps on the first map we are in for a little chaos and adaptation of teams to the new meta, in connection with the latest patches.
Due to the changes in the game, I think that the logical outcome would be for Yu to win, that the logical outcome would be for Gen.G to win 2-1. Especially since such a meta encourages some of their picks.
Result: Gen.G Esports win (2:1 if you are willing to take the risk)
