LCK needs to apply an emergency Fearless Draft mechanism, the achievement of T1 has said it all

Battle T1 – KT shows that LCK really needs Fearless Draft mode

Since the MSI 2024 up to now, Meta Meta Runner has forced the teams, especially on the LCK side, strongly developing the generals that can become the main source of damage at the end of the match (Tristana, Corki …) instead of the make -up generals as before (Azir, Orianna, Ahri …).

In particular, teams like Gen.G or Hanwha Life Esports owned the mid -line players and mainly strong damage in this meta. Meanwhile, T1 proved to be extremely struggling when Faker could not play that meta like the old days, when he was older, his skills were no longer max ping and still had a pair of injured hands.

But not only that, this game also contributes to raising one more problem: Meta will only revolve around some really strong generals, or have the ability to push the pillar quickly, typically the names that often appear such as Ziggs, Vi, Maokai … and calculated in the match T1 – KT Rolster, which team is on the blue team, with the banned options to the meta, win the meta.

Wider, the entire qualifying round of the summer LCK area 2024, the win rate of the green side is up to 76.9%. The Ziggs general, in the playoffs round, has 72.2% of the win rate, while entering the regional qualifying round is 50%.

Does Fearless Draft solve the situation of LCK?

In fact, LPL has shown a new face, when many champions were used again after a long time. But in general, because it is only tested, Fearless Draft has not been widely applied to LPL's group stories or playoffs. Moreover, the LPL failure at the 2024 World Cup Esports can also be a evidence for the application of Fearless Draft is not necessarily successful.

However, for many viewers, the constant to witness the LCK only playing around certain generals is also quite boring. Even, from the Summer LCK playoffs until the end of the regional qualifier, only the first game of T1 – KT in the regional qualifier is Faker used Azir, the rest are banned. Or as when the teams confronted HLE, were all banned from Vi – Maokai of Peanut. Or the team that uses Ziggs, will almost change the way to take the deep advantage. These factors are repeated and the audience does not need to understand the expertise to notice.

Maybe Fearless Draft will not immediately solve LCK problems, or will be really effective. But obviously, this mode can bring new winds, when the audience is probably too depressed with the ban as notice, and the gameplay that has not needed into the battle, you can know who won.