▲ SKT T1`s ceremony

SKT T1, South Korea's League of Legends gaming team, won the LCK Summer 2019 champion title on August 31. The final match was held at Korea University Hwajeong Gymnasium, and SKT T1 beat Griffin to a score of 3-1. After they won this title, they were recorded as the team with the most number of LCK champion title. They also received 100 million won prize money. A lot of people came and watched an amazing match.

▲ SKT T1`s awards ceremony

Then, what is League of Legends and what is LCK? 

First, League of Legends is the most famous and the most popular game in the world. Most of the People around the world play this game, and there are nine tiers in this game such as iron tier, bronze tier, silver tier, gold tier, platinum tier, diamond tier, master tier, grandmaster tier, and challenger tier. A master tier, grandmaster tier, and challenger tier can be a programmer. When they become a programmer in South Korea's pro team, they can get a qualification to play a game match in LCK. LCK is a South Korea's League of Legends pro league. 

There are ten teams in LCK. These teams are Griffin, DAMWON Gaming, SANDBOX Gaming, SKT T1, Afreeca Freecs, Gen.G, KING-ZONE DragonX, kt Rolster, Hanwha Life, and Esports Jin Air Green Wings. The top four teams can go to the playoff stage for LCK champion title. SKT T1 was in the fourth rank, and they got qualified to play in the playoff stage. They beat SANDBOX Gaming and DAMWON Gaming, so they went to the final stage. Griffin was beaten by SKT T1 in LCK Spring 2019, and they lost the game this time, too.

▲ SKT T1`s Faker

Many League of Legends fans said that they thought SKT T1's heyday ended when Bengi, Wolf, Bang, and Marin got out of the team. However, SKT T1 has the most famous and the most popular player, Faker. Faker led his team to the final stage with new great members, and they won the LCK Summer 2019 champion title this time.

September 9th, 2019

by Han Da-hun