LoL: Gen.G are the 2025 LCK champions

The LCK season comes to an end this September 28, with Gen.G crowned as South Korea’s sole champion of 2025, as the league only featured one split running from early April to late September. Both Gen.G and Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon secure their fifth LCK trophy — one in 2022, two in 2023, the Spring 2024 title, and now their fifth. Since joining Gen.G, Chovy has only lost two finals and has never missed out on reaching one.

The road was long, but Gen.G pulled it off. They first fell short in the LCK Cup final earlier this year against HLE, missing out on a spot at the First Stand that could have kept their golden road dream alive. But once the LCK Round 1-2 began, they crushed everyone, pulling off a perfect 18-0 split. On the road to MSI, they nearly stumbled against HLE but completed a reverse sweep to qualify for the Mid-Season Invitational, which they went on to win without dropping a single series, closing it out with a final victory over T1.

They also dominated the Esports World Cup before returning to the LCK for Rounds 3-5, finishing the year with a 29-1 record, their only series loss coming in a BO3 against T1. In their first BO5 of the playoffs, they surprisingly fell 3-2 to KT Rolster, but bounced back through the lower bracket with a win over T1, a revenge victory over KT, and finally today’s triumph against HLE to be crowned champions of South Korea.

Today also marked the final LCK game of the legendary jungler Han "Peanut" Wang-ho, who unfortunately lost in his last LCK match. After Worlds, Peanut will have to fulfill his mandatory military service, as he has already announced. The series kicked off with Game 1 dominated by Peanut on Poppy. He executed a three-camp into bot, setting up kills first for his AD Carry and then for his midlaner, giving Gen.G a strong start. Kim "Kiin" Gi-in on Sion took the first tower of the series at bot, and a mid fight swung in Gen.G’s favor, allowing them to chain objectives—mid tower, dragon—and win the fight after fight, eventually closing out the game.

Game 2 began perfectly for Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu on Xin Zhao, quickly racking up four kills. Both teams fought intensely, with HLE resisting and finding some great catches. The game remained extremely close until the 40th minute, when Peanut secured a crucial soul fight, but HLE lost the fight and gave Gen.G a match point. Knowing HLE, they weren’t going to get clean swept in the final, and Game 3 belonged to them. Kim "Zeka" Geon-woo delivered an imperial Sylas performance, with Jarvan IV effectively containing the enemy Lee Sin, sparking HLE’s revolt.

However, Gen.G quickly contained this uprising in Game 4. Despite a fiercely contested match—likely the most exciting of the series with intense duels—Gen.G ultimately swung the game in their favor, largely thanks to one player: Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk. Returning from China, where he had won everything except Worlds, he proved once again his status as a top LCK AD Carry. On Xayah, he carried the game, stole the Nashor, and decimated HLE’s ranks. Gen.G are logically crowned LCK champions after a year that clearly places them among the most dominant teams of all time.