LCK favorites T1 end their regular season in style, beating DRX 2-0 to become the first team to end the LCK without losing a match, getting the much-hyped 18-0 record.
After their win against Liiv Sandbox on Friday, T1 faced off against their final competitor during the regular split - DRX . The LCK superteam had already secured their first place, but they stood a chance to be the first team to end the season without a lost Bo3 series and tie the record for best game difference. For DRX, this was a chance to take the third place and the preferential playoff spot.
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The first game started promising for both teams. DRX kept up with T1 at first, but pulling their top laner for a bot fight gave them a pyrrhic victory as they got one kill but left Choi "Zeus" Woo-je’s Jayce to get several tower plates . T1 would use their gold lead to dominate the mid-game, getting the better of DRX time and again. After an attempt to find a pick 25 minutes in backfired, DRX were firmly in the back seat. LCK’s best team did not skip a beat and got an ace three minutes later that let them end the game.
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It was do or die for DRX in the second game, but a series of early T1 wins sent them reeling. Just in the first 10 minutes, Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok’ Veigar was 3/0/3. DRX clawed a few kills and the gold was close, but once more, T1’s mid-game was impeccable. Between their great vision and masterful teamfighting set up by support Ryu "Keria" Min-seok on Nautilus, they beat DRX again and again, denied a Baron steal and dominated the map to secure the 18-0 season.
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