Middle-of-the-pack melee: 2023 LCK Summer Week 4, Day 4 recap

OKSavingsBank BRION won 2-1 against DRX, and Kwangdong Freecs won 2-0 against Liiv SANDBOX on July 1, the fourth match day of Week 4 of the 2023 League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) Summer Split at LOL Park in Seoul, South Korea.

OKSavingsBank BRION vs. DRX

Game 1: BRO wins

OKSavingsBank BRION (2-6 in series/6-14 in games, tied for eighth place) won 21-4 against DRX (2-6/6-14, tied eighth) in a 34:13-long Game 1. BRO top laner Park "Morgan" Ru-han went 3/1/5 as Gragas; jungler Eom "UmTi" Seong-hyeon finished 2/0/15 on an uncommon Skarner pick; mid laner Kim "Karis" Hong-jo picked up a 5/0/13 score as Azir; and bot laner Park "Hena" Jeung-hwan scored a quadra kill on his 11/0/5 Aphelios. DRX only found three turrets and two drakes in the loss. LCK Player of the Game: BRO Morgan, 200 points

Game 2: DRX wins

DRX fought back in Game 2 of their series against OKSavingsBank BRION with a 13-5 win that lasted 28:56. DRX top laner Kim "Rascal" Kwang-hee earned Player of the Game honors on his 4/1/4 Jax; jungler Lee "Juhan" Ju-han finished with a 1/0/10 KDA as Sejuani; mid laner Yoo "FATE" Su-hyeok went 3/0/4 as Azir; and bot laner Park "Paduck" Seok-hyeon added a 5/1/3 Draven performance. BRO only secured two drakes in their losing effort. LCK Player of the Game: DRX Rascal, 200 points

Game 3: BRO wins

OKSavingsBank BRION won their series against DRX with an 8-0 win in 32:55. BRO support Lee "Effort" Sang-ho logged a 0/0/6 score on Milio; UmTi's Poppy nabbed a 1/0/4 performance; Karis went 3/0/2 as Veigar; and Hena's Aphelios finished 4/0/3. DRX only took three towers and three drakes in their kill-less game. LCK Player of the Game: BRO Karis, 100 points

Jame's Player of the Series: BRO Hena (16/1/9), 2nd

Liiv SANDBOX vs. Kwangdong Freecs

Game 1: KDF wins

Kwangdong Freecs (4-4/8-8, sixth) won 9-4 against Liiv SANDBOX (2-6/6-13, seventh) in 27:08. KDF top laner Lee "DuDu" Dong-ju notched a 2/1/3 KDA as K'Sante; jungler Ko "YoungJae" Yeong-jae finished 2/0/4 as Volibear; and bot laner Kim "Taeyoon" Tae-yoon's Aphelios picked up a 3/1/2 score. LSB only managed to take three towers and a drake in their loss. LCK Player of the Game: KDF BuLLDoG, 100 points

Game 2: KDF wins

Kwangdong Freecs completed their sweep of Liiv SANDBOX with an extremely kill-heavy 29-25 Game 2 that lasted 36:54. KDF DuDu finished 10/0/8 as Fiora and was the only player with less than four deaths, and bot laner Taeyoon went 11/7/12 as Kai'Sa. In their team's losing effort, LSB mid laner Lee "Clozer" Ju-hyeon and bot laner Park "Teddy" Jin-seong were 5/4/12 as LeBlanc and 11/7/9 as Aphelios. LCK Player of the Game: KDF DuDu, 400 points

Jame's Player of the Series: KDF DuDu (12/1/11), 3rd

Featured photos courtesy of the LCK/Riot Games.