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We continue to watch the action at LCK Season 2025 Round 1-2. It's a kind of spring split, during which we will watch a lot of League of Legends and find out 3 teams that will play at Worlds 2025. Also, 6 teams will qualify for MSI 2025, but first things first.
First, let's watch what's going on in the "group stage". And there we are waiting for the match Freecs - DRX, which can hardly be called the centrepiece of the day, considering that HLE and Gen.G will play first.
We are trying to find out who of the pair Freecs - DRX will be stronger and who will earn important points in the run-up to the qualification for MSI 2025.
Let's go.
Freecs uniform
Let's open the Freecs vs DRX match with an analysis of the Freecs form. In this match, the odds for a win are at around 1.7.
The most successful year can be called 2018, when Freecs were twice in the top 3 at LCK (2nd place LCK Spring 2023, 3rd place at LCK Summer 2018) and made it to Worlds 2018. And there managed to reach the play-offs, but Ledgeili Cloud9, finishing in the top 8.
In the following years, they managed to reach the top 4 of LCK series tournaments four times. They finished Top-4 at the 2019 LCK Regional Finals, LCK Summer 2020, Top-3 at the 2020 LCK Regional Finals, and Top-4 at the 2022 LCK Spring.
In 2023, the Freecs failed in both LCK splits. First they finished in the top 7 at LCK Spring, failing to make it out of the group, and then in the last, 10th, place at LCK Summer 2023.
- Freecs roster: DuDu, Pyosik, BuLLDog, Berserker, Life.
Freecs in the new season decided to strengthen Cuzz. The other four played for the club last season and the season before that.
Freecs will make their debut at LCK Spring 2024 with a match against T1. Obviously, they simply have no chance of winning there. Next up is HLE. Freecs have a busy calendar, nothing to say.
However, a difficult Long Corner did not prevent Freecs from reaching the LCK Spring 2024 play-offs. It was difficult, but they took 7 matches out of 18 played, took the top 6 and got to the main stage. However, we didn't manage to go further than the first round: as a result - LCK Spring 2024 TOP-6.
At LCK Summer 2024 Freecs finished in the top 7, which was about the result we should have expected. During the off-season they changed the squad, but it didn't affect the performance much.
In the season 2025 they started with participation in LCK Cup 2025. They took the top 9, which even with a strong desire can not be called a good result.
The most popular Freecs champions
The most frequent guest is KSante (10 games, 8 wins). Gnar (6 matches, 50% wins), less frequently Sion (2 matches, 100% wins) and Renekton (2 matches, 50% wins) appear.
The ubiquitous Maokai is ignored in the forest (he appeared only once and lost). But Vi (6 games, 100% wins), Elise (6 games, 60% wins), Sejuani (4 games, 75% wins) get quite a lot of attention.
The centre line is occupied by Syndra (7 games, 85% wins), Ryze (4 games, 0% wins), Talliyah (3 games, 66% wins).
From shooters like Lucian (5 matches, 80% wins), Varus (4 games, 75% wins), Zeri, Sivir and Caitlyn appeared 3 times each and only Sivir didn't win a single game.
Sapports: Nami (7 matches, 85% wins), Ashe (4 matches, 50% wins), Yummi (3 matches, 33% wins).
DRX Form.
We continue our analysis of the DRX - Freecs match with an analysis of DRX's match form. In this match they are playing with odds to win around 1.7.
The team had a mediocre 12th season in the South Korean LCK. From the achievements: 5th place at LCK Spring 2022 and 6th place at LCK Summer 2022. By any means necessary, the team made it to Worlds by finishing 2nd place at LCK Regional Finals.
Such a poor performance during the competitive year led DRX to Play-In Worlds 2022. DRX travelled the longest road to the finals of all time. They started the World Championship from the Play-In stage.
After making it to Group B at the Play-In, the team had to go through clubs like Royal Never Give Up, MAD Lions and others.
Although DRX performed in the status of a contender for passage, it was difficult to single out the collective as the sole winner. However, that's exactly what happened: DRX took the first stage of the Worlds without a hitch, coming out of their group in first place (5-0).
In the group stage, DRX shared the lead with Rogue. What followed was a true Cinderella story.
In the quarterfinals, the team outplayed the reigning World Champions, and outplayed them. The team did a Reverse Sweep, which is rare at this level of competition. Next, The International was even more interesting: victory over LCK Summer 2023 Gen.G champions LCK Summer 2023 followed by an incredible win in the grand final against T1.
After an unimaginable triumph at Worlds 2022, DRX's fame quickly faded. First the team failed at LCK Spring 2023, finishing Top 9, then Top 6 at LCK Summer 2023 and Top 4 at the Regional Finals, ultimately failing to attend Worlds 2023.
- DRX lineup: Rich, Sponge, ucal, Teddy, Andil.
The main bet for the new season is Teddy. Let's see if the famous Korean will help DRX regain its former glory.
DRX is in a worse situation than their counterparts. DRX are on the penultimate place in the table with a score of 1-8 and almost zero prospects to qualify for the play-offs. And so it happened: the club gained 3-15 and LCK Spring 2024 finished in the top 9.
LCK Summer 2024 was not a revelation and did not change the paradigm of DRX performance - the final TOP-9. At the Long Sogpeg LCK Cup 2025, DRX defeated BRION by a score of 2-0.
At LCK Cup 2025, DRX finished in the top 7, which in DRX's current position can be called a good result.
Most popular DRX champions
In the top most often played on Aatrox (4 games, 75% wins), Camille (3 matches, 66% wins), Ornn (2 matches, 100% wins), Fiora (2 matches, 50% wins).
In the woods, Kindred (4 games, 100% wins), Graves (3 games, 33% wins), Viego (3 games, 100% wins), Vi (2 matches, 100% wins) were played most often.
In the mid are classic Sylas (6 matches, 100% wins), Akali (4 matches, 50% wins), Azir (3 matches, 33% wins).
At the ADC position Miss Fortune (3 matches, 0% wins), Caitlyn (3 matches, 100% wins), Ahri (3 matches, 66% wins), Ezreal (2 matches, 50% wins) were the most frequently picked.
They took on Heimerdinger (4 games, 50% wins), Braum (2 matches, 100% wins), Lux (2 matches, 100% wins), Soroka (2 matches, 50 wins).
History of head-to-head meetings between Freecs and DRX
This will be the 6th match between the teams since 2024. The score is 3-2 in favour of DRX.
Predicted result of DRX - Freecs at LCK Season 2025 Round 1-2
In this match we will see a match of equal teams. And, I'm afraid, it can't be considered as a compliment, because DRX and Freecs are not "happy" with their results on LCK. I'm waiting for a full-fledged Bo3.
Bottom line: total +2.5.