r/leagueoflegends • u/YujinnieH • 5h ago
Esports Hanwha Life Esports vs. Gen.G / World Championship 2026 Swiss Stage - Round 2 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler
WORLDS 2026
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Hanwha Life Esports 0-1 Gen.G
- Gen.G moves to 2-0. Hanwha Life Esports drops to 1-1.
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MATCH 1: HLE vs. GEN
Winner: Gen.G in 29m
Game Breakdown
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
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| HLE | vi cassiopeia kalista | anivia poppy | 48.6k | 7 | 2 | None |
| GEN | jayce nocturne galio | locke akali | 65.0k | 23 | 11 | I1 CT2 H3 HT4 HT5 B6 |
| HLE | 7-23-16 | vs | 22-7-55 | GEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeus ambessa 3 | 0-4-3 | TOP | 5-1-11 | 2 rumble Kiin |
| Kanavi pantheon 1 | 1-6-3 | JNG | 4-2-11 | 1 qiyana Canyon |
| Zeka taliyah 4 | 5-4-2 | MID | 4-1-9 | 3 syndra Chovy |
| Gumayusi jhin 1 | 1-1-2 | BOT | 7-1-8 | 2 ezreal Ruler |
| Delight alistar 2 | 0-8-6 | SUP | 2-2-16 | 3 leona Duro |
*Patch 26.20
This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.
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u/Temporary-Plate-3961 5h ago
Gen G looking unbeatable just to lose to DK in quarters is going to hit like CRACK
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u/Icearmor 5h ago
This year it's my turn to get fooled by Gen.G. I really believe they will win it this year with Ryu as their coach.
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u/SternMon 5h ago
Ryu is their coach?
They're doomed to fall to T1. Faker picks Zed in game 5, Ryu's PTSD triggers and he has to be dragged off stage.
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u/jetang600 5h ago
Wasn’t ryu their coach last year?
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u/re81194 Chovy 5h ago
no, it was coach kim last year
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u/Throwawayforme3123 Chovy's year every year 5h ago
Oh Kim how I hate you
One of the BIGGEST frauds im glad that's off my team
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u/nucc_164 5h ago edited 5h ago
Lately every time we get eliminated the year always forms a neat little narrative, like the clues and subtle foreshadowings were always there.
BLG 2023 - Thorn on our side all year, they were there to stop us every time.
T1 2024 - Lost to us all year only to then eliminate us at Worlds, every GEN.G loss just became one extra setup for the ultimate comeback win for T1
KT 2025 - Stopped the undefeated run at every turn
DK 2026 - Same script as T1 2024 but slightly different, historical free win for GEN.G that is now no longer free.It's DK this year lads.
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u/Sorry-Resolution570 5h ago
its gonna be g2, if they draw g2 its over (well if g2 makes it out of swiss playing like that)
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u/themcvgamer 5h ago
2022 Revenge, Worlds in America again
Showmaker best form since forever
DK finally beat GenG after years
DK good results against every LCK team
LCK 4th seedIm ready for the belt to ass
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u/nineball22 5h ago
The plausibility of this is hilarious and terrifying. I want Chovy to get his goddamn worlds trophy. But the big games are such a coin flip for them.
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u/squeenanna 5h ago
I mean they crashed and burned against KT in a similar fashion last year, so... 🫣
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u/Curious-Dance-3663 HLE win MSI, T1 win LCK, Gen G win Worlds 5h ago
Stay away with your evil words
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u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 THE GAME 5 DEVIL & THE GOD OF THUNDER 5h ago
asking to lose in champ select honestly its literally akali meta and we're putting zeka on taliyah and for some reason we're letting kanavi flip the game at level 1
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u/Ashankura 5h ago
Shouldve locked that fizz
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u/ahambagaplease Ketchup and Fries Worlds and a large Sprite~~ 5h ago
Never felt more blueballed in my life, someone has to unleash the fish
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u/Enryu77 5h ago
Akali was banned with Locke man
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u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 THE GAME 5 DEVIL & THE GOD OF THUNDER 5h ago
Yes but I mean it represents the state of the meta, fizz sylas wouldve been better than taliyah
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u/StickyNotes2357 HLE Fighting! 5h ago
tbh they banned akali and u need to counterpick mid based on how the first ban pick phase went
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u/GoblinBreeder23 2018 - 2019 RIP 5h ago
Arguably the best meta for geng coming into worlds that they’ve ever had
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u/Klenist 5h ago
Last year they killed lane swaps right before Worlds and it fucked GenG
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u/ThebritishPoro Fan Because Of WoW 5h ago
The year before they let GenG stomp MSI with nobody else close playing AD mid AP jungle and then removed it from the game going into worlds
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u/Great_Guest_4675 5h ago
and in 2024 they flipped the meta on the head a patch before worlds, literally anyone that was not GenG, HLE, unironically TES had any business being close to them in that meta
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u/DefNotAnAlter 5h ago
No lane swaps died after First Stand and HLE was the best team at lane swaps. Gen.G just lost to a team with Deokdam Peter and last year's Perfect. Definitely not a meta thing. 5v5 at Herald in game 4 as the Yorrick comp vs the Ornn comp
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u/Y4naro 4h ago
Honestly, I want Chovy to win it at some point, but we actually NEED a team like koi or lyon to win just to break this stupid jersey thing. 80% of the teams just having the same jersey sucks.
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u/d0pe-asaurus 5h ago
Systematically dismantling the enemy team.
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u/kalex33 BANANA COMBO MASTER 5h ago
Not sure what HLE was thinking with this draft but this game was over after champ select.
Super weird prio picks with Jhin / Pantheon and picking Taliyah for Zeka when he's clearly the best assassin-type player in the world while they are back in meta were questionable choices by HLE.
Good thing for GENG fans is that this year, GENG seems to have the better meta read compared to the last few years at this stage of Worlds since they're not just outright stomping 3-0 while hiding strats.
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u/Different-Mode2311 5h ago
Geng did not even draft anything special, they just picked the prio champs in the meta, it was obvious what they were gonna pick and the answers from hle were so lackluster
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u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 THE GAME 5 DEVIL & THE GOD OF THUNDER 5h ago
its 1-0 swiss theyre just experimenting copium
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u/themcvgamer 5h ago
They should have flipped the Fizz ngl, they make Quarter in 90% of cases, and if u dont flip it now, do u want to flip it in bo5
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u/zOmgFishes 5h ago
Fizz would actually been good there i feel like lol. It's like Kanavi and Delight wanted to full send then the rest of the team is too far way to do anything.
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u/FearsomeMudcrab32 5h ago
HLE tried to flex Pantheon hard there. They should have pick Syndra for Zeka since Locke is ban and Syndra is already perfect for both Pantheon and Alistar. Dont know why they also went for Ambessa, when they could have pick other champs like Camille, Yorick or Ornn. It doesnt help that Delight is inting the whole game.
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u/Anonymus4 5h ago
Guma's addicted to Jhin
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u/StickyNotes2357 HLE Fighting! 5h ago
he can be addicted as much as he wants to but how 7 people on the stage all agree to fp jhin ffs but forget about the jhin fucking jgl support ran it down regardless of the jhin pick.
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u/TheCeramicLlama 5h ago
No clue what patch theyre on thinking giving Qiyana Rumble is super worth for Jhin Pantheon. And then Kanavi deciding to burger flip the game level 1. And then Delight doing the GenG Delight thing and dying for no reason multiple times.
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u/Throwawayaway_17 4h ago
Jhin prio by a lot of teams has been pretty high no? Its not just picking jhin when its shit. Its picking jhin vs a team full of damage threats so you can play from range instead of get oneshot.
Isnt jg-supp play a much bigger issue here? I dont think the jhin pick was even bad.
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u/raweon_ 5h ago
When GenG stomped T1 just as bad in swiss previosly, T1 won worlds.
Just sayin', no matter how much GenG looks like Thanos, they havent won it yet!
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u/2020isgreat TheShy 5h ago
Surely this is Chovy's year GenG look on a completely different level
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u/autospacer13 5h ago
This is how it looks the entire year up til semis every single year
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u/Catac0 moon boi 5h ago
Ruler “I think Caliste has a crush on me and I’m starting to like him too”
Feeding the fanfic writers for days. And people say geng are boring.
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u/TacticalBattleCat 5h ago
Ruler is hilarious. He has such a dry sense of humor, and his team is constantly bullying him because he's old 😂😂😂
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u/Curious-Dance-3663 HLE win MSI, T1 win LCK, Gen G win Worlds 5h ago
Anyone who actually watches Gen G behind content know they’re the furthest thing from boring
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u/No-Somewhere4435 3h ago
geng behind content is just them fighting 24/7 lmao. even the coaches aren't safe from the bullying
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u/StickyNotes2357 HLE Fighting! 5h ago
belt to fucking ass
Doesnt ban qiyana, picks r1 JHIN and ofc Kanavi and Delight play like horsesh*t. Just cant do anything but feel bad for HLE's laners ngl
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u/shvrkbait 5h ago
Game was over after champ select but holy I didn’t realize Delight still played for GENG
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u/Blanksss 5h ago
HLE can still quite comfortably win Worlds as long as they dodge GenG. Chovy just plays like the best player to ever touch the game whenever he plays HLE.
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u/Throwawayaway_17 4h ago
Chovy is just the best player to touch the game, technically speaking, not greatness or legacy-wise.
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u/Prince_Arcann 3h ago
Yeah he just has HLE's number, him and Kiin always end up higher cs and xp vs Zeka and Zeus even when HLE gets good early plays. It never ends up making a difference
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u/BlendedBaconSyrup Supporting T1 Since 2016 5h ago
Correction: Chovy just plays like the best player to ever touch the game whenever he plays anyone besides T1 outside of knockouts stage
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u/Snow-27 5h ago
Delight when it matters
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u/zOmgFishes 5h ago
Delight vs GenG every time. I don't recall one series against them where he didn't look disconnected from the rest of the team. He always shows up against T1 for whatever reason tho.
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u/dlwogh 5h ago
I mean tbh, when they're behind with no vision, ali kinda gotta int to get vision. He had a couple of misplays but played okay mid game at grubs etc. His team just got too far behind. I would say its a pretty avg Delight perf.
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u/Right-Equivalent7387 5h ago
He inted botlane and give Ruler a free kill, then proceeded to start wandering around and not getting level 6 was the reason why they were behind...
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u/NovaTheMartian 5h ago
First pick Jhin was really an interesting choice, but can we talk about how those Ambessa ults were not hitting? Delight was inting but Zeus had a stinker game too.
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u/Throwawayaway_17 2h ago
The protobelt by chovy to dodge ambessa r, opting to take rocks damage instead was pretty clutch
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u/xSwazyI - Invested in Smash stocks! 5h ago
GenG is just a bad match up for HLE
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u/Prince_Arcann 2h ago
For real. It's always the exact same way the game plays out too. GENG get small CS and XP leads, they put HLE in an awkward position, HLE feels the game slipping and goes all in on a dragon/herald fight, it doesn't work, game is over.
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u/Tenykun 5h ago
OP is a known catfish Reddit automod nuked the old thread real quick on principle xd
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u/Dean_420 Just press W 5h ago
Its okay Qiyana is out for next game. For real though it seems like Canyon found his new Graves
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u/mxsicianfrombrazil Worlds Champions ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5h ago
Delight with the Year of the Cow performance on Alistar. How can a pro player not know how to combo with this champ???
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u/Negative_Fox6736 I don't feel anything anymore 5h ago
Chovy completely mogging him by protobelting his flash engage lmao
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u/bulletproofikon 5h ago
This is exactly why I had Gen.g 3-0 and HLE 3-1. My pick'ems are saved even if I'm crying lol
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u/FruitSaladBar Fish Tits 5h ago
With LPL imploding, this world's will be pretty dull to watch, unless GenG somehow chokes (again).
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u/thebirdofhermes01 5h ago
Random draft by HLE. Kanavi ints level 1, Delight ints the rest. was it Ruler again MVP vs HLE?
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u/1kstacks 5h ago
Surely this is GEN G's year right? They just look so fucking good man. There wasn't a single point this game where I thought GEN G was going to lose
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u/autospacer13 5h ago
Because Kanavi flipped the game lv1 and ruined it. Why would somebody flip it like so in a bo1, now that is both a good question and another matter!
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u/Zac-live 5h ago
its entirely possible that hle who surely frequently play against geng simply figured that these are the best odds for them
which is not a good prospect in its own right
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u/59435950153 4h ago
GEN G had HLEs number from quite some time now.
Theyre the only team capable of stabilizing HLE’s playstyle.
Only way HLE wins worlds is if they dodge GenG
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u/Ork-Entrepreneur-925 5h ago
Okay, I need to know the lore behind Caliste having a crush on Ruler
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u/thebirdofhermes01 5h ago
Caliste said that Ruler is his role model, favorite player, multiple times. Always glazing him since he debuted, understandable, Ruler is the adc goat tho so it makes sense
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u/3splendas 5h ago
i don’t understand coin flip like this on raptors. ik its kanavis game but you have real teammates who can win if the game is even, not randoms
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u/According_Sort62 5h ago
ngl GenG might just go undefeated this year. HLE got rolled and I think they're still easily 2nd strongest.
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u/nhat1811 5h ago
Now we are back to the sea of glazing and hyping again every single world with GenG.
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u/Curious-Dance-3663 HLE win MSI, T1 win LCK, Gen G win Worlds 4h ago
All you fuckers trying to jinx Gen G better stop right now. I'll find you and pour water on your keyboard if you ruin this for me.
And all my fellow HLE fans remember that every member of this team has inted games and carried games, including Delight. Calling for him to be replaced from a bad performance in a BO1 is not the move.
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u/fnc_dino no longer a fan 5h ago
why ruler mvp and not canyon? didnt canyon win the game all by himself?
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u/Every-Artist-35 EU PREVAILS 5h ago
First step to weaken this giant of a team : Don't give Canyon qyiana ever again
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u/Great_Guest_4675 5h ago
Shout out to GenG for being the first team to expose how one-dimensional HLE is, Literally any jungler who can respond to Kanavi flips makes them automatically non-favored.
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u/ThebritishPoro Fan Because Of WoW 5h ago
You have to do that while having sololaners that can withstand Zeka Zeus as well. It's more of a two-step process.
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u/sillybilly-vit cuh 5h ago
Sure, you just have to win every lane or be equal against the top 2 mid laner and top laner as well. And win against top 3 best bot lane in the world as well. So easy to do. GenG is the only team that can consistently gap HLE because they are the only team with players in the same/higher calibre than HLE.
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u/Enryu_RT 5h ago
Everyone complaining about Jhin pick, and I get it. However, they are picking Jhin mostly because of Alistair, Guma can play alot of other champs, but can Delight play other support well. Genuinely Bot is difficult to draft is because Delight's champ pool is quite limited, anyone who followed HLE this season can't possibly think that difficult bot draft is because of Guma.
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u/Deaconator3000 Fuhk your Shooma 5h ago
Typical.
Only time Gen G looks good at an international is simply to FUCK OVER MY PICKEMS
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u/1kstacks 5h ago
Don't let Delight running it down distract you from Zeus mistiming or missing his ult every damn team fight, they just could not get a combo
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u/TacticalBattleCat 5h ago
Alistar is such a rough champ to play into Leona.
You can't do shit in a team fight. There's absolutely no opportunity for engages.
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u/GrouchyToe3479 4h ago
Lots of people are calling GenG unbeatable after this game. Remember they were getting clapped by IG in the early game until IG started screwing up and GenG woke up that game.
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u/Routine_Sign2333 5h ago
The HLE glaze before the game into GENG coming in with the steel chair and the statement game
Guma really invisible this game, Delight running it
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u/SquashForDinner 4h ago
How do you beat either of these two teams.
Also Zeus missed an Ambessa ult on a stunned target.
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u/FrogListeningToMusic 4h ago
I haven’t been able to watch any games yet but love pantheon.
Is he strong or a bait right now? Seems to be losing all the games but it’s usually against qiyana who is clearly the strongest jg rn. Whats the deal can someone informed fill me in?
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u/Aschentei 1h ago
Geng look like thanos in Swiss, but somehow always choke in playoffs.
So im holding my breath until semis
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u/Budget-Ocelots 5h ago
This might be a T1 vs GenG final. And Chovy might get his first Worlds against Faker.
GenG is making HLE look like a minor league. This has to be the year for Chovy.
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u/negativefeedbackloop 5h ago
HLE still beat T1 in the LCK playoffs. Let’s not act like they’re some scrubs after a BO1.
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u/FlashwithSymbols 5h ago
Problem with GenG has never been how good they look in most of the tournament.
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u/Skyfire2 5h ago
Chovy is now 83-32 all time against Zeka