Dplus Kia (former Damwon Kia) showed a strong performance from the start of this year’s LCK season. The predictions of LCK participating teams choosing Dplus as a strong team did not go wrong.
From the 18th to the 22nd, the first week of the ‘2023 League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK)’ spring was held at the LCK Arena in Roll Park, Jongno-gu, Seoul.
As a result, Dplus Kia (DK), T1, and Brion took the lead with two wins each.
In particular, DK rose to the top spot (4 points difference in goal difference) by showing strong power, befitting a team with the largest number of 5 out of 10 LCK teams predicting a strong spring.
DK faced DRX, the 2022 World Championship champion, in the opening match on the 18th, showing off an overwhelming gap and winning a set score 2-0. In the second match against Liv Sandbox on the 20th, they showed more solid performance. In the first set, they won with a kill score of 18-3, and in the second set, they won 11-1, securing a 2-0 victory before less than an hour.
DK’s strength came from the bottom duo. The newly recruited long-distance dealer Kim “Deft” Hyuk-gyu was reborn as a killing machine, adding explosive destructive power as well as a sense of stability and skill. He recorded an assist and showed off his peak skills.
T1 also showed performance worthy of a strong team. On the 18th, in the 2022 LCK Spring and Summer finals, Gen.G, who faced off against them, won 2-0. .
In particular, mid laner Sang-hyeok “Faker” Sang-hyeok, the franchise star of T1, set another record. Lee Sang-hyeok, who holds the sole title in the number of games played, total wins, and kill score, added an assist in the confrontation with KT, surpassing the assist record held by Kang “Gorilla” Beom-hyeon, and created another LCK career record. Lee Sang-hyeok also achieved 2,700 kills for the first time in LCK history, and still maintained first place. 온라인바카라
Brion, who was at the bottom of the ten thousand years, produced a surprise by winning two consecutive wins in the first week. After defeating Nongshim Red Force on the 19th and Guangdong Freecs on the 21st, they were tied for second place with T1 (3 points difference in goal difference).
Brion, who joined when the LCK introduced the franchise system in 2021, raised expectations for the 2023 season by winning both games in the opening week of the spring for the first time since its foundation.