The DWG KIA’s 2020 Worlds run then became a thing of legends, as the Korean superteam only lost four games total, one in the Group Stage against JD Gaming, one against G2 in the Semis, and one against Suning in the Worlds Finals. Then, they finished first in the 2020 LCK Summer Split, having a near-perfect 16-2 score in the regular season, while losing no matches against DRX before qualifying. They qualified for their first Worlds in the first LCK season they participated in back in 2019, making it to playoffs before losing to G2 Esports in the first round. They are back in form, or even stronger, so they might be the team to win Worlds this year.Īs opposed to FPX, it is not lazy to pick the current World Champion, DWG KIA. And while they lost to Edward Gaming in the Finals, they are still regarded as the strongest Chinese squad at the moment. This seems to be the format that works, as they finished second in both Spring and Summer Playoffs, while being the best team of the LPL in the Summer regular season. They finished fifth in Spring, after which they decided to drop the junglers, keeping Tian as the only player to aid from the forest of the Rift. However, for the 2021 season, they brought in former DWG KIA player Jang “Nuguri” Ha-gwon, while also getting two substitute junglers, Zhou “Bo” Yang-Bo and Yang “Beichuan” Ling, who played about the same number of games as Gao “Tian” Tian-Liang, their starting jungler.
They even failed to qualify to Worlds 2020 in the Regional Finals after they lost to Invictus Gaming. Then they got knocked out in their first playoff match. The team, which won Worlds just a few months before, finished eighth place in the regular season. While their third place in both regular season and playoffs in Spring was not that bad, the Summer Split was a catastrophe. Kim “GimGoon” Han-saem and Kim “Khan” Dong-ha split the season in the top lane, which didn’t work out so well for the team. However, they did not find much success in the 2020 LPL season. The squad, which held the Cup in their hands, stayed together. While it seems a little lazy to pick a former World Champion, FunPlus Phoenix had a really lackluster season after winning Worlds back in 2019.
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