Hanwha Life Insurance, First LCK Win... Ends 'Gen.G Monopoly' [Lee Joo-hyun's Login eSports]

Hanwha Life Esports (HLE) won its first LCK championship since its acquisition and re-establishment in 2018.

LCK (League of Legends Champions Korea) is a domestic League of Legends esports professional league.

On the 8th, Hanwha Life overturned everyone's expectations and lifted the championship trophy in the 2024 LCK Summer Finals against Gen.G Esports held at the Gyeongju Indoor Stadium.

Hanwha Life acquired ROX Tigers in 2018 and re-established the team under the name Hanwha Life Esports (HLE).

The main contributors to the victory were Hanwha Life's 'double gun', mid laner 'Zeca' Kim Gun-woo and long-range dealer 'Viper' Park Do-hyeon.

The two players remained with the team this year as well as in 2023, and were the two pillars of the rebuild.

As if to repay the team's trust, they showed off their excellent form in the finals and took the lead in taking down Gen.G.

Kim Gun-woo was selected as the final MVP of the game that day.

In the first set, after a fierce battle that lasted about 40 minutes, Hanwha Life's duo of 'Zeca' Kim Gun-woo and 'Viper' Park Do-hyeon succeeded in taking the lead against Gen.G with their outstanding performance. 안전놀이터

However, the defending champion was different.

Gen.G changed the mood by boldly banning Smolder, which was considered a key ban pick in the second set.

After that, Gen.G, armed with powerful crowd control skills (CC skills) by selecting Ornn, Ashe, Zyra, and Blitz, pressed Hanwha Life.

Gen.G support Son 'Lehends' Si-woo's Blitzcrank continued to pull the opponents back, leading to a team fight victory.

In the end, they brought the game back to square one by destroying Hanwha Life's Nexus at around 37 minutes and 47 seconds.

In the third set that followed, Gen.G smiled in the midst of a fierce battle.

The two teams traded kills fiercely, with a total of 10 kills at around 12 minutes of game time.

However, Gen.G took the lead with 6 kills.

Chovy, who picked Corki, especially grew quickly by getting kills.

Gen.G, who widened the gold gap by taking down Hanwha Life, who was hunting for Baron, continued to pressure their opponent.

In the end, Hanwha Life, unable to overcome the pressure, went for Baron again, but was defeated.

Gen.G, who continued to advance, destroyed Hanwha Life's Nexus and created match point.

In the fourth set ban pick, Hanwha Life chose a change.

They banned Skarner, who the opponent had chosen continuously in the second and third sets.

Hanwha Life, who chose Maokai, chose Blitzcrank, a supporter who was considered to be Gen.G's exclusive.

Gen.G took advantage of the initiative in the early stages of the game and succeeded in hunting Void Larvae and Dragons.

However, 'Peanut' Han Wang-ho and 'Delight' Yoo Hwan-joong worked together to take down 'Canyon' Kim Geon-bu to make the first kill.

In addition, 'Doran' Choi Hyeon-jun countered Gen.G's move at top with a fantastic move, successfully taking down top laner 'Giin' Kim Gi-in and Kim Geon-bu.

Hanwha Life went for the Baron hunt at 20 minutes and 40 seconds into the game and succeeded in taking it down.

Hanwha Life utilized the Baron buff to demolish 5 of Gen.G's turrets, widening the gold gap to over 6,000.

Hanwha Life killed Baron again around the 29th minute and advanced to Gen.G's top lane.

Gen.G attempted a final counterattack targeting Park Do-hyun's Ezreal, but failed.

In the end, Hanwha Life destroyed Gen.G's Nexus in 30 minutes and took the match to the 5th set.

The Gyeongju Indoor Gymnasium, where Silver Scraps resonated.

Before the final game, both Gen.G and Hanwha Life formed a versatile and solid combination.

The tight balance was broken at 11 minutes of the game.

Gen.G attempted a top dive using their numerical advantage.

However, Choi Hyun-jun's Jax and Yoo Hwan-joong's Rel used crowd control to buy time.

In the meantime, Kim Gun-woo's Yone and Han Wang-ho's Bai joined in and blocked the opponent's dive, earning 3 kills.

With Hanwha Life gaining the upper hand by widening the gold gap, the two teams continued to confront each other in the fight over the sea dragon around 30 minutes and 40 seconds.

Hanwha Life's Choi Hyun-jun entered after Gen.G.

Gen.G took down the dragon, but Hanwha Life swept away three opposing players and survived.

Hanwha Life then succeeded in taking down Baron and demolished Gen.G's turret, widening the gold gap to around 8,000.

Then, at around 36 minutes and 40 seconds, Hanwha Life succeeded in taking down three Gen.G players in the final team fight near the dragon's nest.

The Hanwha tanks that advanced destroyed Gen.G's Nexus around 38 minutes of the game time, lifting their first championship trophy.