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World champion hangover: LCK Week 2, Day 3 recap

World champion hangover: LCK Week 2, Day 3 recap

League of Legends
28 Jan
James Domizio

Nongshim RedForce beat DRX 2-1 and kt Rolster won 2-0 against Hanwha Life Esports in the 2023 League Champions Korea (LCK) 2023 Spring Split on Jan. 27 at LOL Park in Seoul, South Korea.

DRX vs. Nongshim RedForce

Game 1: DRX wins

DRX beat Nongshim RedForce in a messy, back-and-forth affair that lasted 35:42. While NS midlaner An "FIESTA" Hyeon-seo was massive on his 8/1/4 Akali, DRX botlaner Seo "deokdam" Dae-gil went 4/2/4 on Zeri and shut down his opponents with the help of support Cho "BeryL" Geon-hee's 1/1/8 Yuumi. DRX jungler Kim "Croco" Dong-beom had a Baron steal on his 1/5/5 Maokai. LCK Player of the Game: DRX Croco, 1st

Game 2: NS wins

Nongshim RedForce tied the series 1-1 against DRX with a 20-9 win in 25:03. NS FIESTA was the center of the game again, going 4/1/12 on Sylas. DRX only found a tower and a drake, and NS's botlaner Ha "vital" In-seong and support Jeong "Peter" Yoon-su terrorized the game on Lucian and Nami with 8/4/8 and 1/2/16 killscores respectively. LCK Player of the Game: NS FIESTA, 1st

Game 3: NS wins

Nongshim RedForce took down DRX 16-3 in 27:58 in Game 3. NS's jungler Lee "Sylvie" Seung-bok and toplaner Park "DnDn" Geun-woo each found 4/0/10 KDAs on Vi and K'Sante, and NS FIESTA was the only RedForce player to die in the game. NS vital and Peter were even better on Sivir and Yuumi, combining for a 6/0/19 KDA. LCK Player of the Game: NS DnDn, 1st

Strafe Player of the Series: NS FIESTA (14-5-26), 1st

Hanwha Life Esports vs. kt Rolster

Game 1: KT wins

KT won 11-1 in 31:02. kt Rolster toplaner Kim "Kiin" Gi-in earned more than half of the kills in the game with a 7/0/1 Camille performance supported by jungler Moon "Cuzz" Woo-chan's 1/0/7 Sejuani and midlaner Gwak "Bdd" Bo-seong's 0/0/5 Twisted Fate pick. LCK Player of the Game: KT Kiin, 1st

Game 2: KT wins

KT earned their second series win of the year with a 15-1 win that lasted 30:29. For the second straight game in the series, Hanwha Life Esports were only able to find one kill in the game when they made a pick on KT Kiin's 0/1/9 K'Sante. KT Bdd's Azir was another standout with a 5/0/7 Azir performance, and KT botlaner Kim "Aiming" Ha-ram went 6/0/2 on Varus. LCK Player of the Game: KT Lehends, 2nd

Strafe Player of the Series: KT Kiin (7/1/10), 1st


Featured photos courtesy of the LCK/Riot Games.

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