KOI locked within the second-to-last spot for the LEC Winter Cut up Group Stage after demolishing Astralis. The 2 groups confronted off on the final day of the common season preventing for one of many final two spots for the second stage of the competitors, and after, KOI stood alone on prime.
After slowly constructing their energy within the early recreation, KOI decimated their opponents during critical fights that put the reigning LEC title-holders in a positive place within the recreation. On the 30-minute mark, KOI have been greater than 10,000 gold forward of their enemies, and with the Baron buff, they began tearing down Astralis’ base.
It took a while for KOI to reconnect with their previous selves and create the profitable synergy LEC followers noticed in Malmö final summer season. The truth is, in the beginning of the common season, they appeared too “complacent,” as their prime laner Szygenda mentioned within the post-game interview.
The 2022 Summer time Cut up winners have been enjoying “actually unhealthy” within the first scrims the crew had with the brand new prime laner, however in response to Szygenda, they may solely enhance any further and the crew will attain the title “if [KOI] begin to play like final 12 months.”
Hopes for Astralis should not all useless but, they may need to play a tiebreaker recreation at present towards Fnatic if the latter secures a win towards SK Gaming of their upcoming match.
