{"id":5942,"date":"2020-06-24T21:06:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T21:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/the-lck-summer-split-five-things-to-look-out-for-this-week"},"modified":"2024-07-19T23:53:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T23:53:27","slug":"the-lck-summer-split-five-things-to-look-out-for-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/league-of-legends\/the-lck-summer-split-five-things-to-look-out-for-this-week","title":{"rendered":"The LCK Summer Split: Five things to look out for this week"},"content":{"rendered":"
The first week of the LCK showcased new players, new teams, and very heavy skirmishing<\/a>. It doesn’t end there though. Here’s what to look forward to in Week 2 of the LCK Summer Split. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Afreeca Freecs opened their season with a pentakill, but their success might be short-lived as their schedule turns much harder. They’ll be facing off against juggernauts T1 and DragonX in their second week. DragonX look like they’re in top form right now, but it’s possible that they can pull off a victory against a struggling T1. <\/p>\n If Afreeca can secure key victories through heavy skirmishing and team fighting around the bottom side of the map while the three-time world champions are mired in a split identity, they just might be able to hold a top-four position at the end of the week. T1 will likely attempt to win advantageous front-to-back team fights in the mid-game around key objectives while their bot laner, Park “Teddy” Jin-seong, dishes out the damage. <\/p>\n SANDBOX Gaming will have the same schedule as Afreeca, facing off against T1 and DRX. Coach YamatoCannon<\/a> will have to patch the holes in the last place team as best as he can because his team is about to go through one of their toughest weeks. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The sudden arrival of Team Dynamics out of Challenger League isn’t the breakout story of Griffin in 2018, but it comes close. The decorated Heroes of the Storm player Lee “Rich” Jae-won<\/a> will return to the stage to face off against SeolHaeOne Prince as well as Hanwha Life Esports, two bottom-of-the-table teams. To prove themselves as possible contenders for a title, Team Dynamics have to win both series in a convincing fashion. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n DragonX has looked brilliant in the first week. Taking down both T1 and Gen. G in its opening week, they’re looking like the strongest team for now. Having hurdled the top two finishers of the last split, it seems that they all but guarantee themselves a first-place finish in the first half of the 2020 LCK Summer Split’s regular season. This squad is firing on all cylinders. The last time DragonX were playing like this, they reached the finals of the Mid-Season Invitational. Though this iteration of DragonX is filled with different players and has dropped the “Kingzone” from its name, they look poised to regain the championship from T1. <\/p>\nA tough road for Afreeca Freecs and SANDBOX Gaming<\/h2>\n
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Team Dynamics: More to prove<\/h2>\n
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\nDragonX — a return to its 2018 days?<\/h2>\n