As night fell, the LPL and LCK divisions all entered the "offseason", and after several months of fighting, a total of eight League of Legends teams from the LPL and LCK alliances went further and got tickets to the LOL Global Finals, including LPL Summer Champion JDG, runner-up LNG, BLG, WBG, LCK SUMMER CHAMPION GEN, RUNNER-UP T1, Super Dark Horse KT, and the giant DK to be mentioned next.
Stepping into the S13 season, DK is undoubtedly one of the most watched LCK teams, the club signed the veteran Deft who won the world championship, and the former T1 single Canna, champion Lang Canyon, champion Shan Xu Xiu ShowMaker, auxiliary Kellin formed the main team, this DK playoffs lost to T1, fell bubbling. Due to the low DK points, in order to get LCK's final ticket to the World Championship, they must beat DRX and HLE in BO5 in succession, and the DK crowd will seize the opportunity.
In the first match of the bubble match against DRX led by BeryL, DK kept three clean sheets in a row, and then faced Viper's HLE, DK Nakano led the rhythm, continuously gained the advantage in the early and middle stages of the game, and finally eliminated HLE with a score of 3-1 by pushing towers and rolling snowballs with dragons, locking LCK's last World Championship ticket. Participated in the League of Legends World Finals for five consecutive years, and the tacit champions Nakano Show Maker and Canyon were interviewed to hear the hearts of the two fierce generals.
The global finals is the most influential and valuable top event in the field of League of Legends, and LPL and LCK teams have always been favorites to win the championship, and there are many LPL and LCK first-line singles participating in this world championship, including JDG Gold Left Hand Knight, LNG Junior Scout, BLG Toothpaste, WBG Little Tiger, GEN Chaowei Chovy, T1 Li Ge Faker, KT Zhongdan BDD, DK Xu Xiu ShowMaker.
Has LCK surpassed LPL? Speaking of the difference between the singles in the two major divisions, Xu Xiu ShowMaker confided: I am very familiar with WBG supervisor Daeny, if I can meet the WBG led by Daeny, it should be very interesting, LPL and LCK single focus is different, hero pool, line style is also different, so it is exciting to meet, although it is very interesting to match players from other teams, but I think LCK is more ahead.
Regarding the global finals that began in October, Xu Xiu ShowMaker continued: "During the LCK Summer Regular Season, I was often dissatisfied with my competitive level, and I was happy to play well in key events.
Sitting in the DK Wild District, Wild King Canyon also expressed his determination: I sincerely thank the fans who have always supported us, and we will definitely be able to go to a high place in the S13 League of Legends World Finals! Thank you all. Although DK is only the fourth seed in LCK, champion Nakano is confident of achieving a good result and living up to the fans' expectations.
As ShowMaker said, there are differences in the understanding of single-pair games in LPL and LCK, so the hero pool and line style are indeed different, which also makes the collision of the two divisions in the middle more interesting.
Looking at the schedule, this year's League of Legends World Finals will kick off on October 10, and eight LPL and LCK teams will not have to participate in the play-offs, and will directly enter the BO1 Swiss round, which starts on October 19. Compared to the group stage, the Swiss round is more intense and more likely to be upset, can ShowMaker and Canyon lead DK to the quarterfinals? We'll see.