OK Brion, Who Gave KT Rolster a KO Defeat

OK Brion, Who Gave KT Rolster a 'KO Defeat' [Lee Joo-hyun's Login eSports]

The biggest upset of the 2024 Summer Split of the domestic League of Legends professional league LCK (League of Legends Champions Korea) occurred on the 4th.

OK Savings Bank Brion, currently ranked 10th, the lowest in the league, crushed KT Rolster, ranked 5th, who is aiming to advance to the playoffs, with a set score of 2 to 0.

KT, who suffered a 'KO loss' (a term referring to a knockout defeat in a boxing match) to OK Brion, is now tied with BNK Pierx, ranked 6th, with 7 wins and 7 losses.

They are only 1 win behind 7th place Guangdong Freecs (6 wins and 8 losses), and the competition for advancement to the playoffs is expected to become even fiercer. 안전놀이터

OK Brion's victory on this day was highlighted by the performance of mid laner 'Fate' Yoo Su-hyeok, who joined the team in the 2nd round of Summer.

Yoo Su-hyeok, who chose LeBlanc in the first set, focused on marking KT's long-range dealer 'Deft' Kim Hyeok-gyu's Ezreal and suppressed the opponent's carrying ability.

He led his team to victory by getting kills against the opposing dealers in every important team fight.

In the end, he won a landslide victory with a final kill score of 16 to 4.

In the second set that followed, OK Brion was dragged by KT, giving up the initiative until the middle of the second set.

However, Yoo Su-hyeok's Corki stopped the opponent's advance by catching the opponent in the top with jungler 'Youngjae' Ko Young-jae.

After that, OK Brion held on tightly and waited for an opportunity, and boldly tried to hunt the large object, Baron Nashor, at around 26 minutes of the game time, and succeeded.

After that, they won a big victory in a fight near the dragon's nest at around 30 minutes of the game time, and succeeded in turning the game around and taking their second win of the Summer Split.

Meanwhile, teams advancing to the 2024 LCK Summer Split Playoffs (PO) are also appearing one after another.

First, Gen.G, which has continued its winning streak with 14 wins and 0 losses, has confirmed its direct advancement to the 2nd round of the PO.

Gen.G, which started its winning streak from the Spring regular league, added 14 wins in the Summer, achieving the LCK record of 28 consecutive wins.

Also, even if it loses all its remaining games with 14 wins and 0 losses, it will still be in at least 2nd place.

Currently in 3rd place, D-Plus Kia has 9 wins and 5 losses, and will only have 13 wins even if it wins all 4 remaining games.

Hanwha Life Esports (11 wins and 3 losses), which is in 2nd place in the regular league, also secured its playoff ticket by defeating Nongshim RedForce on the 2nd.

With 11 wins and 1 loss less than Guangdong Freecs (6 wins and 8 losses), which is in 7th place, Hanwha Life will be the second team to advance to the playoffs after Gen.G, even if it loses all its remaining games with 11 wins, it will have 1 loss less than Guangdong Freecs (6 wins and 8 losses), which is in 7th place.