Jungle dominance: 2023 LCK Summer Week 3, Day 1 recap

Liiv SANDBOX won 2-1 against OKSavingsBank BRION, and T1 won 2-0 against Kwangdong Freecs on June 21, the first match day of Week 3 of the 2023 League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) Summer Split at LOL Park in Seoul, South Korea.

In Game 1 of T1 vs. KDF, T1 mid laner Faker became the first player in LCK history with 4,500 assists.

Liiv SANDBOX vs. OKSavingsBank BRION

Game 1: LSB wins

Liiv SANDBOX (2-3 in series/4-7 in games, seventh) won 15-8 against OKSavingsBank BRION (1-4/4-9, ninth) in 34:29 in Game 1. LSB top laner Noh "Burdol" Tae-yoon went 4/1/7 as Gnar; jungler Kim "Willer" Jeong-hyeon was 5/1/5 as Wukong; and bot laner Park "Teddy" Jin-seong added a 5/1/8 Xayah score. In the loss, BRO bot laner Park "Hena" Jeung-hwan grabbed a 3/2/3 score as Jinx. LCK Player of the Game: LSB Burdol, 100 points

Game 2: BRO wins

OKSavingsBank BRION won 16-7 against Liiv SANDBOX in 40:37 to tied the series in Game 2. BRO top laner Park "Morgan" Ru-han found a 5/2/5 Gwen performance; jungler Eom "UmTi" Seong-hyeon controlled the game on his 3/1/7 Poppy; mid laner Jeong "Ivory" Ye-chan went 3/1/8 as Tristana; Hena finished 5/2/7 as Xayah; and support Lee "Effort" Sang-ho added a 0/1/15 score as Rakan. LCK Player of the Game: BRO Effort, 100 points

Game 3: LSB wins

Liiv SANDBOX won their series against OKSavingsBank BRION with a 13-5 Game 3 victory that lasted 31:07. LSB Burdol went 3/1/1 as Jax; Willer was 2/1/10 as Sejuani; mid laner Lee "Clozer" Ju-hyeon went 6/1/7 as LeBlanc; and support Kim "Kael" Jin-hong finished 1/0/11 on Nami. LCK Player of the Game: LSB Clozer, 100 points

Jame's Player of the Series: LSB Willer (7/5/18), 1st

Kwangdong Freecs vs. T1

Game 1: T1 wins

T1 (4-1/9-3, second) won their first game against Kwangdong Freecs (2-3/4-6, sixth) by an 18-4 score in 31 minutes. T1 top laner Choi "Zeus" Woo-je picked up a 3/0/4 KDA on Gragas; jungler Mun "Oner" Hyeon-jun earned his first of two POTG awards for a 4/0/11 Poppy game; mid laner Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok's Azir found a 4/1/4 score; and bot laner Lee "Gumayusi" Min-hyeong and support Ryu "Keria" Min-seok went 7/2/8 as Aphelios and 0/1/16 as Milio. In his team's losing effort, KDF mid laner Lee "BuLLDoG" Tae-young went 0/2/2 on the first game of Ezreal mid since Faker played in in 2016. LCK Player of the Game: T1 Oner, 100 points

Game 2: T1 wins

T1 swept their series against Kwangdong Freecs with a 19-5 victory in 27:32 in Game 2. T1 Oner went 4/0/7 on his second straight Poppy game and earned another POTG; Faker finished 5/2/6 as Azir; and Gumayusi nabbed an 8/1/5 score on his notorious Aphelios. LCK Player of the Game: T1 Oner, 200 points

Jame's Player of the Series: T1 Oner (8/0/18), 1st

Featured photos courtesy of the LCK/Riot Games.