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Which team faced Gen.G in their Five-Fit challenge? T1 VS HLE clash
The 2024 LCK Summer Finals advancement match between Hanwha Life Esports and T1 will take place on September 7th at 3 PM at the Gyeongju Indoor Gymnasium located in Hwangseong Park, Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. The winning team will face Gen.G in the grand finals the following day on the 8th.
The match between the two teams is expected to be neck and neck. T1 has won most of their previous encounters, but in 2024, Hanwha Life won the Summer regular season, Spring, and Summer PO Round 2. However, T1 won the Spring Finals advancement match, which is arguably the most important, showing that they are strong in big matches. Therefore, this match is also difficult to predict.
However, considering their current form and objective power, Hanwha Life is still superior. They have the experience of winning 3:0 in the most recent Round 2, and although they lost, their performance against Gen.G, and T1's victory against DK, still showed many signs of instability.
The most important point in this match is expected to be 'Zeus' Choi Woo-je. 'Zeus' carry has always been present in T1's best-of-series victory formula. And games where 'Zeus' top carry was not allowed were always difficult, and the results were not good.
Hanwha Life will be fully prepared to suppress 'Zeus' again this time. The probability of a new joker card appearing is very high, including Olaf or Vayne shown by 'Zeus', and how well they cope with this is the point. In addition, the two teams' thoughts on whether to ban Ziggs, a hot pick in the bot lane, or give it up and counter it well, and whether they can demonstrate their ability to implement it well is also important. T1 still showed signs of instability in their most recent match against DK, but they are a team with a lot of experience on big stages, so they may show an awakened appearance.
Meanwhile, from Gen.G's perspective, they are far ahead of both teams in recent head-to-head records.
They are on a 19-game winning streak against Hanwha Life from Round 2 of Spring 2021 to the match for direct advancement to the Summer Finals, and have won all four of their recent best-of-five series against T1. It will be interesting to see if Gen.G, who have won four consecutive championships since winning the 2022 LCK Summer, can succeed in Five-Peat by winning the finals against Hanwha Life or T1. This Summer Final has many interesting points.
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2024-09-06