Yoo Hwan-joong in Summer's First Blitz in the Finals

Summer's First Blitz' in the Finals... Delight's Guts That Led to Victory

Hanwha Life Esports (HLE) lifted the LCK (League of Legends Champions Korea) trophy for the first time after its acquisition in 2018 and its re-establishment.

On the 8th, Hanwha Life won the 2024 LCK Summer Finals held at the Gyeongju Indoor Gymnasium, beating Gen. G Esports 3-2 in a fierce battle that went to 5 sets.

Although they lost both the LCK Spring regular league and the Summer playoffs this year, they succeeded in revenge by overcoming Gen. G at the most important moment.

On this day, Hanwha Life and Gen. G showed a fierce battle of wits starting from the ban picks.

First, Hanwha Life, who released Smolder to Gen. G in the first set, chose mid Tristana and ranged dealer Ashe and won. 메이저사이트

Then, Gen. G continuously banned Smolder from the second to the fourth sets, creating a new structure.

Under that structure, Gen.G won the second and third sets with their signature champions, such as jungler Skarner and supporter Blitzcrank.

Then, Hanwha Life also chose a change in the 4th set.

They banned Skarner and took Blitzcrank away.

It is noteworthy that Hanwha Life support 'Delight' Yoo Hwan-joong played Blitz for the first time in the 4th set of the finals across the entire LCK Summer regular league and playoffs.

Regarding this choice, Yoo Hwan-joong said in a press conference after his victory in the finals,

"Among Gen.G support player 'Lehends' Son Si-woo's picks, I thought that the only one that would be difficult to use in today's (the 8th) finals was Blitzcrank," and "I also chose it because I am confident in my Blitz picks."

In a desperate situation where he could lose the championship trophy with just one loss, Yu Hwan-joong's guts to pull out a card he had never played this season eventually led to a 4-set victory.

In an interview after the finals, Yu Hwan-joong said, "I'm happy to be able to prove my worth by winning."

Having lifted the LCK championship trophy twice with Gen. G Esports in 2023, he has already become a 3-time LCK champion supporter.

Yu Hwan-joong, who led his team to victory based on his belief in himself, has already set his eyes on the next competition, the 2024 League of Legends World Championship (Worlds).

In the press conference for his victory, he said, "I'm happy that our hard work has resulted in this valuable achievement of winning," and "I'd like to thank the fans who cheered us on."

He then expressed his bold ambition, saying, "I will try to go even higher by winning Worlds (Worlds)."

Meanwhile, Hanwha Life, who won the Summer Championship, will participate in the World Championship held in Europe, including Germany, France, and the UK, starting at the end of this month as the LCK's first seed.

Gen. G, the runner-up team, will participate as the second seed.

A total of four teams will advance to the World Championship stage in the LCK.

The remaining two teams will be decided through the preliminary tournament held from the 12th to the 14th.

A total of four teams, including T1, DPlus Kia, KT Rolster, and BNK Fierx, will compete in the preliminary tournament.