KC vs HLE First Stand Tournament 2025 Match: Day 4

With the First Stand tournament now underway, fans and analysts to see how the best of the best will perform in the new Fearless Draft format on the international stage. With 5 teams representing the major regions - LEC, LTA, LCK, LPL and LCP.

Having said that, we will go over the best-of-three (Bo3) match between Karmine Corp and Hanwha Life Esports from Day 4 of the tournament.

First Stand Tournament 2025

The tournament is split into two stages, spread across the 10th of March until the 16th of March.

Stage 1 (Group Stage)

• Single Round Robin
• Matches are best of three (Bo3)
• Top four teams advance to Stage 2

Stage 2 (Knockout Stage)

• Single elimination bracket
• Matches are best of five (Bo5)

The winning region will secure a second direct spot in the MSI 2025 Bracket Stage, ultimately skipping the Play-Ins stage.

KC vs HLE First Stand 2025 Bo3 Game 1

With everything riding on the line for KC, the result of this series will determine whether they will advance to the next round. So far, HLE has been dominating the tournament so the LEC team will need to give it their all. 

KC vs HLE Bans

KC	HLE
Nidalee	Skarner
Yone	Kalista
Jayce	Azir
Ambessa	Braum
Galio	Karma

KC vs HLE Picks

KC	HLE
Canna	Zeus
Yike	Peanut
Vladi	Zeka
Caliste	Viper
Targamas	Delight

Winner: HLE

KC vs HLE First Stand 2025 Bo3 Game 2

After a nail-biting first game, KC unfortunately did not have enough fire power to punish HLE's aggressive plays and ultimately fell short against the LCK giant. 

KC vs HLE Bans

KC	HLE
Nidalee	Skarner
Jayce	Kalista
Sejuani	Yone
Camille	Braum
Seraphine	Rell

KC vs HLE Picks

KC	HLE
Canna	Zeus
Yike	Peanut
Vladi	Zeka
Caliste	Viper
Targamas	Delight

Winner: KC

HLE vs KC First Stand 2025 Bo3 Game 3

One of the best games in the entire tournament so far as both KC and HLE were neck in neck, however the LEC victors were able to equalize the series 1-1.

HLE vs KC Bans

HLE	KC
Zyra	Nidalee
Viktor	Yone
Skarner	Braum
Nautilus	Lillia
Pyke	Gwen

HLE vs KC Picks

HLE	KC
Zeus	Canna
Peanut	Yike
Zeka	Vladi
Viper	Caliste
Delight	Targamas

Winner: KC

Despite KC putting up quite the fight, ultimately HLE were victorious after decimating the LEC team and winning the series 2-1.