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LCK Recap and Standings: SKTelecom T1 are the LCK Spring 2016 Champions!
On Saturday 4/23, the finals for the LCK took place between the ROX Tigers and SKTelecom T1. This match-up has grown into a fierce rivalry as these teams have met in the last LCK Finals as well as the World's Finals. However, this rivalry has always ended with the same result: SKT winning it all. However, there was no clear favorite in this year's finals. On the one hand, the ROX Tigers dominated the regular season with SKT having mediocre results. On the other hand, SKT always shows up in the finals and they have been on a meteoric run beating Jin Air and KT Rolsters convincingly.
The finals began with a dominating Game 1 by SKT. This one-sided game was all due to a level one invade where Wolf was able to force Pray to blow both of his summoners. From this minuscule advantage, SKT was able to snowball the game to victory. ROX Tigers shot back in game two with a close win. Despite their efforts, SKT was able to take the next two games through the carry performances from Duke in Game 3 and from Faker in Game 4. With this 3-1 win, SKT has won their fifth LCK championship and a ticket to the Mid-Season Invitational. Given the results of this finals, SKT looks like they'll have another trophy to add to their already studded case.
Royal Never Give Up was victorious over Edward Gaming 3-1 giving them their first ever LPL championship. RNG won game 1 despite being behind EDG for much of the game. In game 2, EDG took the game with a strong teamfighting composition. RNG, however, was able to take the next two games by through strong jungle pressure and coordination. With this win, RNG denied EDG's return trip to MSI and have the chance to play against the best teams from around the world.
The second biggest event in League of Legends eSports is coming up. Here are the details:
The ESL Pro League Tournament continued with a number of postponed matches in EU.
Here are the week 8 results for EU:
Week 8 NA Results:
After week 8, these are the standings:
The standings remained mostly the same. NRG eSports had a great week beating Renegades on both Train and Cache. OpTic received two default wins against Luminosity and Winterfox.
The Esports Championship Series, organized by FACEIT and Twitch, boasts an aggregate $3.5 million prize pool. The tournament features two leagues, European and North American, with ten teams in each league. The League is formatted with a round robin in best of threes.
Here are the results for this week:
The HTC 1vs1 Invitational featured 16 individuals from different teams and leagues.
With crazy outplays and hilarious moments, the tournament ended with MICHU, kennyS, seized, and shox as the final four. With narrow 2-1 matches, shox won the final over MICHU, winning $10,000.
The ESL One Manila finally took place last week with eight different participating teams. Between the two groups, Team Liquid and Wings Gaming came out of Group A while Fnatic and Team Empire came out of Group B. In the playoffs, Team Liquid beat Team Empire 2-0 while Wings Gaming beat Fnatic 2-1. In the Grand Finals, Wings Gaming swept Team Liquid 3-0. With this win, Wings Gaming look like one of the strongest teams in China.
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My first MMOs included Ragnarok Online, Gunbound, Diablo II, and World of Warcraft. Nowadays, my wife (also a writer on MMOs) and I play League of Legends and any other MMOs we can get our hands on. I also love following eSports and attending eSports events.
