In the first series of Week 6, Day 1 in League of Legends Champions Korea, Longzhu Gaming overcame MVP in a close 2-1 series on Tuesday in Seoul, South Korea.
In an early game focused on junglers, MVP jungler Kim "Beyond" Kyu-seok used his Rengar to take away Longzhu's blue buff in the opening moments to take an early advantage. Unfazed by this early play, Longzhu jungler Lee "Crash" Dong-woo's Graves started to get his team ahead through strong teamfighting, tallying a 3/1/1 KDA (kills/deaths/assists) by the 20-minute mark. For all the good he did, though, a missed smite from Crash on Baron allowed MVP mid laner Ahn "Ian" Joon-hyung's Syndra to steal it away. With momentum suddenly in MVP's favor, they capitalized with an eventual 32-minute win after securing a clean ace to break into Longzhu's base.
Game 2 was significantly more bloody than the first, with a whopping 44 kills overall compared to the 17 of Game 1 as Longzhu ended up mounting a sizable comeback to force a Game 3. Junglers were again a big focus, mostly since Beyond had amassed a stellar 6/1/5 KDA on Graves by the 20-minute mark after a poorly initiated fight from Longzhu led to an ace in favor of MVP. Longzhu somehow weathered this potential haymaker by picking up a 3-for-1 teamfight and a Baron kill just a couple minutes after that, securing a lasting lead that was never relinquished on the way to a decisive Game 3.
While the first two games were close, Game 3 was a one-sided trouncing that saw Longzhu dominate MVP with strong early teamfighting, securing a 6-to-1 kill lead by 20 minutes. While MVP kept things close by taking down some early towers, it was curtains for MVP once Longzhu also started taking down towers. Longzhu took control of the gold lead at 22 minutes and snowballed hard, picking up a swift 31-minute win.
