Round 2 of the LCK 2025 Season is once again delivering banger series, given the results from the Round 1 matches, we can now see which 5 teams are ever so close to competing at MSI this year.
Given the Fearless Draft changes that have further elevated the League of Legends competitive experience for both players and fans, this year might be pivotal to the success of LoL Esports as a whole.
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2025 LCK Rounds 1-2 Format
With Fearless Draft still in play, pro players will need to constantly adapt to an ever-shifting meta and draft their way to victory. Thankfully, there will be no best-of-one (Bo1) matches for this split so all of the teams will be able to give it their all.
Format
- 10 teams participate
- Double Round Robin
- All matches are best of three (Bo3)
- Top six teams qualify for Road to MSI
- Based on this rounds' results teams will be seeded into Rounds 3-5
- Top five teams will start in the Legend Group
- Bottom five teams will start in the Rise Group
T1 vs HLE Game 1
T1 vs HLE Bans
| T1 | HLE |
Taliyah  |
 Vi |
Yone  |
 Azir |
Gwen  |
 Rumble |
Elise  |
 Poppy |
Rell  |
 Sion |
T1 vs HLE Picks
| T1 | HLE |
Doran  |
 Zeus |
Oner  |
 Peanut |
Faker  |
 Zeka |
Gumayusi  |
 Viper |
Keria  |
 Delight |
Winner: HLE
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T1 vs HLE Game 2
T1 vs HLE Bans
| T1 | HLE |
| Taliyah |
Vi |
| Yone |
Azir |
Jayce  |
 Gwen |
Lucian  |
 Wukong |
Rakan  |
 Trundle |
T1 vs HLE Picks
| T1 | HLE |
Doran  |
 Zeus |
Oner  |
 Peanut |
Faker  |
 Zeka |
Gumayusi  |
 Viper |
Keria  |
Delight |
Winner: HLE
A hard fought start to the series as HLE struggled during the laning phase, only for T1 to mess up during the mid game as Zeka, Zeus, and Peanut dominated the team fights. Not only was Zeus' Jax on point, but Faker seemed lackluster, failing to keep up with the aggression and macro plays on the side of HLE.
T1 seemed incredibly shaky this series as HLE kept punishing them time and time again. Faker out of the bunch was caught lacking against Zeka in lane, seemingly unable to gain significant leads over the First Stand champions. In the end, HLE was able to find one final team fight and defeat T1 by going 2-0 in this match.
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