In the world of League of Legends, there are two annual international prizes that are always looking forward to the community. First, it is MSI – the tournament with a short time, taking place in the middle of the year and initially just a collection of the previous spring championship teams. The second is Worlds – the largest tournament of League of Legends and is also considered the most glorious for any team to win the championship. At the World Championship, LCK is an absolute dominance area with a total of 8 championships owned. But at MSI, it was a very unhappy story for the Kim Chi League of Legends.
MSI has never been a “good” tournament for LCK teams
Specifically, in the MSI arena, LCK possesses a very poor achievement when only twice ascended the throne. Meanwhile, since the tournament began to appear so far, LPL almost dominated absolutely and Royal Never Give Up alone had more championships than LCK combined. In addition, more embarrassing for LCK, it is from 2017 to the present, they have never once been to the throne. In particular, SKT T1 was the last LCK team to win the MSI (MSI 2017) but at that time, they only defeated opponents from LCS and LEC. Left when meeting LPL representatives in the final, SKT T1/T1 has not won yet.
SKT T1 is the last LCK team to win the MSI (2017)
Not to mention, in recent years, LPL has begun to show signs of weakening when RNG has continuously had internal problems and failed to keep the old squad. The “big” such as Edward Gaming or LNG Esports, JD Gaming … also have many fluctuations. But the LCK teams could not win. At MSI 2023, the Gen.G champion – considered as the leading candidate for the MSI championship defeated a bitter battle in the losing branch against Bilibili Gaming then was only runner -up.
Meanwhile, the LPL area dominated almost this tournament with 5 times to take the throne
MSI is a highly competitive tournament and requires the player to adapt as quickly as possible with the new meta when the tournament is quite short. However, in this season, Gen.G has a very strong squad and a high style of flying. T1 or Hanwha Life Esports can also completely “break” the LCK at MSI, as well as end the dominance of the LPL “great rival” in this tournament. Of course, it only happens when the players play with the highest performance and the maximum focus for each of their handling and teammates.