Hanwha Life Esports manage to take down
KT Rolster and avoid the trap set by Gwak "
Bdd" Bo-sung and his team this Thursday, August 21. The First Stand champions temporarily hold second place, which
T1 could tie if they clean sweep
Nongshim RedForce tomorrow. Choi "
Zeus" Woo-je takes MVP of the series, his first of the Summer Split.
KT took the first game of the series, with Seo "
deokdam" Dae-gil delivering a huge performance on Corki. Bdd on Ryze was nearly flawless, with clutch calls, involvement in 21 of the 27 kills, and strong leadership both in-game and on voice. The second game was mostly dominated by HLE, except in mid where Bdd on Orianna looked unstoppable early but struggled to have an impact later. HLE repeatedly dove Lee "
PerfecT" Seung-min on cooldown, and taking advantage of
the recent Experimental Hexplate buff, Park "
Viper" Do-hyeon on Zeri pushed KT back and secured the win.
The final game was a rollercoaster. Han "Peanut" Wang-ho played the first Ivern of the Summer Split, and HLE dominated until a miraculous KT comeback. At the drake fight, Moon "Cuzz" Woo-chan used Trundleâs pillar perfectly, giving KT a lead of over 4,000 gold. A midlane fight then started with PerfecT getting caught, and HLE ran with it, narrowly avoiding a loss in the series and keeping second placeâlikely to be shared tomorrow with T1, who face NS. KT Rolster still havenât beaten the top three of the Legend Group but will likely make playoffs after beating Nongshim twice, leaving the fifth-place team to go through the Play-In.
Tomorrow, August 22, in the LCK, Nongshim, who still havenât won this Summer, will face T1 and Lee "
Faker" Sang-hyeok, who are fighting to stay in contention for the crucial second place in the playoff seeding. Later, DRX will try to stay in the top three of the Rise Group, but it wonât be an easy task against Dplus KIA, which donât want to suffer a second loss in a row after falling to OKSavingsBank BRION.
