Match Prediction: Gen.G - Hanwha Life Esports | LoL
LCK Summer 2023 - PlayoffsWelcome back to EGamersWorld.
We continue to look at the highly concentrated League of Legends featuring the strongest teams in the world. In South Korea, the LCK Summer split of the domestic league is heating up.
The LCK Summer 2023 play-offs stage is heating up, which means the tension is rising with every series. There are 4 teams left in the race for the $273,000 cash prize and a trip to Worlds 2023 and Gen.G with Hanwha Life Esports is one of them.
The pair will play a head-to-head match in the second round of the play-offs. The match is obviously a significant one as the winner will get closer to qualifying for Worlds 2023 by bypassing the regional finals. The loser, in turn, will not leave the championship, but will continue its march through the standings in the lower part of the grid.
Let's see who of the Gen.G/HLE pair will be stronger and will play with T1 in the next round to reach the grand finals, and who will face KT Rolster in the match for life.
Let's go.
Gen.G Form.
Let's open the analysis of the confrontation with the analysis of Gen.G's form. In this match the top club will play as favourites.
League of Legends betting sites are confident in the success of Gen.G. The odds on the victory of the reigning champions LCK in this match is at the level of 1.2.
It is very easy to agree with the state of affairs. Gen.G are a few goals above HLE and are clearly in no mood to fall to the bottom of the net.
Gen.G maintain their status as one of the strongest teams in Korea and the world for a reason. At almost every tournament they play in, the team climbs to the top of the podium.
Such was the case last year, when Gen.G took the top 2 at LCK Spring 2022 and won at LCK Summer 2022, and then went to Worlds 2022, where they lost dramatically in the match for the grand final. However, this didn't do much to shake their position at the 2023 season's Long Segment.
In 2023, Gen.G won LCK Spring 2023, leaving no chance for T1 in the grand finals. A little less luck at MSI 2023, where Bilibili Gaming sensationally kept the Korean champions out of the finals.
- Gen.G line-up: Doran, Peanut, Chovy, Peyz, Delight .
At LCK Summer 2023, Gen.G made it to the play-offs without much trouble. The titular Koreans only gave up 2 series over the course of the group stage, eventually finishing in 2nd place in the group stage table with a score of 16-2.
Most Popular Gen.G Champions
The most popular champion on the top line is Gnar (10 games, 90% wins). Jayce has appeared 8 times and has a winrate of 87%. Kenen was played 4 times and won all matches, KSante 4 times and 3 wins, Renekton 4 times and 2 wins.
In the forest were Vi (11 matches, 72% wins), Sejuani (10 games, 80% wins), Wukong (7 matches, 85% wins), Le Sin (6 games, 83% wins).
On the centre line it was Azir (13 games, 69% wins), Gragas (6 matches, 100% wins), Kassadin (5 games, 100% wins), Viktor (4 matches, 75% wins).
The most popular ADC is Lucian (12 matches, 83% wins). Next are Varus (8 games, 87% wins), Caitlyn (5 games, 100% wins), Zeri (4 matches, 75% wins).
Nami (13 matches, 84% winrate). Ashe and Lux have 4 games and 4 wins each.
Hanwha Life Esports Form
Let's move on to a breakdown of HLE's playing form. In this match, they will have to play as the number two.
Bookmakers do not believe in the success of HLE. The odds for their victory are at around 3.5.
To be fair, 3.5 is still good. Against the reigning champions LCK such a figure gives hope, but it is only because of the fact that HLE are in the top 4, not more.
HLE, being a solid mid-tier, are getting to the late stages of the regular split. Moreover, this started to happen only in 2023. Before that, in the 2022 season, HLE were the worst team in the race, twice finishing in the top 10 in regular splits.
They managed to improve by 2023, after a major Reshuffle. Two reigning world champions joined the HLE roster, which significantly strengthened the club.
- HLE roster: Kingen, Grizzly, Zeka, Viper, Life .
With the addition of Zeka and Kingen to the HLE lineup, it was clearly more vigorous. So much so that they made it to the top 4 of LCK Spring 2023. The latest addition to HLE is Grizzly, a jungler who got promoted from the academic roster.
It seems to be working out pretty well. HLE finished in the top 3 in the regular season, which with teams like Dplus, T1 and other top teams is pretty good.
In the first play-offs match HLE warmed up against DRX. The nominally reigning world champions were unable to do anything against their visions and HLE easily closed out the match with a score of 3-0.
Hanwha Life Esports Champions
HLE utilise a wide pool of characters on the top line. The most popular are Gnar (12 matches, 75% wins), KSante (5 matches, 40% wins), Ornn (4 matches, 75% wins), and Sion (4 matches, 50% wins).
Sejuani (9 matches, 11% wins), Vi (7 matches, 85% wins), Elise (4 games, 75% wins) appear most often in the forest.
Azir (9 games, 55% wins), Sylas (5 matches, 80% wins), Kassadin (5 matches, 80% wins), Akali (4 matches, 100% wins) appear on the centre line.
Shooters are chosen as standard: Zeri (11 matches, 63% wins), Varus (7 matches, 42% wins), Caitlyn (7 games, 57% wins), Lucian (5 matches, 80% wins).
From the supporting heroes choose Lulu (10 games, 70% wins), Heimerdinger (7 matches, 42% wins), Lux (6 matches, 66% wins), and also Nami (4 matches, 75% wins).
History of head-to-head meetings Gen.G - Hanwha Life Esports
In the season 2023 the teams played each other 5 times. Not once HLE failed to win.
Predicted result of Gen.G vs Hanwha Life Esports at LCK Summer 2023: Playoffs
Considering the overall level of play of the teams, there is no question about the winner of the match. The only thing we have to point out is the exact score of Gen.G's victory over Hanwha Life Esports.
I'm leaning towards a quick 3-0 win. This doesn't indicate a weakness for HLE, it's just that Gen.G in the play-offs of regional tournaments are absolutely insane. In a good way.
Bottom line: a 3-0 Gen.G win.
Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team Gen.G as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 1.216. Hanwha Life Esports chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 5.97 by bookmakers.
What are the successes of the teams in the last games
Last Matches | Gen.G | Hanwha Life Esports |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 4 |
10 matches (wins) | 8 | 8 |
The statistics of personal battles between teams is also important for successful bets. The participants in the battle before the meeting played 25 matches with each other. In these battles Gen.G got 19 victories while Hanwha Life Esports managed to take 6 matches.