Big day for
Gen.G this Wednesday, July 23. After
winning both the Mid-Season Invitational in Vancouver and the
Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Gen.G were already back at
LoL Park for LCK Round 3-5, facing a tough opponent in Hanwha Life Esports.
A dominant win gave them their
27th consecutive best-of victory, breaking
the record previously held by T1 since 2022. With this clean sweep over HLE,
Gen.G are now officially
qualified for LCK Playoffs and have therefore secured their ticket 2025 World Championship in China — and they’ve done it after playing just a single best-of-three in the Summer Split. They also obviously dominate the Legend Group with 19 wins and 0 losses.
Gen.G completely dominated Game 1 — Jeong "
Chovy" Ji-hoon steamrolled through the match, while Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu was untouchable for HLE, slipping away from death multiple times. Game 2 was much closer between the two teams, but this time it was Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk who took center stage, dealing nearly 40% of his team’s total damage and closing out the game — and the series — with a pentakill.
With this win, Gen.G officially broke the previous record held by T1 in 2022 — 27 consecutive series victories since the first best-of of LCK Round 1-2. That streak includes 21 best-of-threes and six best-of-fives, spanning LCK Round 1-2, MSI, EWC, and now Round 3-5. Gen.G’s last loss dates back to February 23 — 150 days ago — marking the last time they were defeated. During this incredible run, they’ve won the Mid-Season Invitational, the Esports World Cup, secured qualification for both the LCK Playoffs and Worlds.
In terms of prize money, that’s $1,100,000 from the two international events, plus at least $27,000 guaranteed with their Worlds qualification.
In the first best-of of the day, played in the Rise group between Dplus KIA and OKSavingsbank BRION, it was BRO who pulled off a surprising 2-1 victory. DK had struck first, thanks to a solid performance from Heo "ShowMaker" Su in Game 1. But in Game 2, Byeon "Hype" Jeong-hyeon stepped up, dealing over 37% of his team’s total damage to even the series. In the deciding game, BRO once again came out on top, destroying the enemy nexus in under 28 minutes.
