From bottom to top: LCK Week 3, Day 3 recap
Kwangdong Freecs beat kt Rolster 2-0 and Gen.G won 2-1 against Liiv SANDBOX in the 2023 League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) Spring Split on Feb. 3 at LOL Park in Seoul, South Korea.
KDF's win was their first series win of the year, while GEN moved to the top spot in the league with their win.
kt Rolster vs. Kwangdong Freecs
Game 1: KDF wins
Kwangdong Freecs won Game 1 against kt Rolster by a 13-4 score in 34:39. The star was KDF botlaner Kim "Taeyoon" Tae-yoon, who notched a quadra kill and a penta kill on his 9/1/3 Zeri. Supporting him were KDF's jungler Ko "YoungJae" Yeong-jae's 0/1/11 Maokai and returning support Yoon "Jun" Se-jun's 0/0/12 Lulu. KDF midlaner Lee "BuLLDoG" Tae-young went 2/0/10 on Viktor. LCK Player of the Game: KDF Youngjae, 1st
Game 2: KDF wins
Kwangdong secured their series win of 2023 with a 9-4 victory in 25:14. KT were unable to secure any major objectives and fell to KDF in one of the fastest games of the split. KDF BuLLDoG surprised analysts with a Tristana pick and went 4/2/4, while YoungJae's Wukong and Jun's Heimerdinger went 4/0/3 and 0/0/7 respectively. LCK Player of the Game: KDF BuLLDoG, 2nd
Strafe Player of the Series: KDF BuLLDoG (6/2/14), 1st
Gen.G vs. Liiv SANDBOX
Game 1: LSB wins
Liiv SANDBOX started off strong against Gen.G with a 23-13 victory in Game 1 that lasted 35:34. LSB midlaner Lee "Clozer" Ju-hyeon was massive on his 10/3/9 Sylas, but it was botlaner Lee "Envyy" Myeong-joon's 8/1/12 score on Varus that earned Player of the Game honors. LSB support Kim "Kael" Jin-hong found a 3/3/16 KDA on Ashe. LCK Player of the Game: LSB Envyy, 1st
Game 2: GEN wins
Gen.G tied the series with a 36:22-long 17-8 win. GEN botlaner Kim "Peyz" Su-hwan's 6/0/8 Sivir and toplaner toplaner Choi "Doran" Hyeon-joon's 3/1/9 Gwen were too much for LSB to handle. GEN midlaner Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon's 4/1/6 Azir and support Yoo "Delight" Hwan-joong's 1/2/13 Ashe were also key players. LSB Kael tried his hand at Kalista and went 1/1/5. LCK Player of the Game: GEN Doran, 1st
Game 3: GEN wins
Gen.G became the LCK's top team with a 15-4 win that lasted 32:16. GEN Peyz was the centerpiece again, going 10/0/2 on Varus, his third discrete pick of the night. GEN Chovy added a 4/0/6 scoreline on Ryze, who is currently one of the biggest power picks in the game. GEN Delight went 0/0/14 on Karma. LCK Player of the Game: GEN Peyz, 4th
Strafe Player of the Series: GEN Peyz (19/3/16), 4th
Featured photos courtesy of the LCK/Riot Games.