South Korea falls to EU in day one of League of Legends World Championships group stage
Stunning upsets as the defending champions of Gen. G fall to Team Vitality, while G2 Esports takes down Afreeca Freecs
So much for home turf advantage.
South Korea’s League of Legends teams were taken off guard by the European teams, ending the first day of League of Legends Worlds group stage with 2 losses.
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This is the region that has won the last five World Championships. And this year they’re spending the entire tournament playing to their home crowd. But things seem to be off on a shaky start after the first day of Worlds group stage.
The only win for South Korea on Wednesday went to first seed kt Rolster. KT dominated the match against North America’s Team Liquid, ending the match with a 9k gold lead and 10 kills ahead.
But while kt Rolster easily knocked Team Liquid over, fellow LCK teams Afreeca Freecs and Gen.G were taken completely off guard.
It was clear from the get go that G2 Esports wasn’t cowed by the Afreeca Freecs. In the first round of picks, they locked in Heimerdinger for their AD carry Hjarnan.
Throughout the game, Afreeca used up a lot of resources to try and take down Heimerdinger, but it was all for naught. Hjarnan’s fancy footwork kept him alive, and kept Afreeca distracted. It soon became clear that Afreeca wasn’t sure how to crack open G2’s team composition.