{"id":170283,"date":"2025-03-17T11:46:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T11:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/?p=170283"},"modified":"2025-03-17T11:47:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T11:47:03","slug":"is-the-lck-the-strongest-region-in-lol-esports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/is-the-lck-the-strongest-region-in-lol-esports","title":{"rendered":"Is the LCK the strongest region in LoL esports?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/54389159532_04afd0b6dc_c.jpg\" alt=\"Hanwha Life team crowned champions at First Stand 2025\" class=\"wp-image-170319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/54389159532_04afd0b6dc_c.jpg 799w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/54389159532_04afd0b6dc_c-medium.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/54389159532_04afd0b6dc_c-medium_large.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Moon Suwon, Riot Games via Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d9250ac1bff\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Korea (LCK) is considered the strongest region in League of Legends esports following <strong>Hanwha Life Esports<\/strong>&#8216; win at <strong>First Stand 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d9250ac2227\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Korean teams continue to excel in both domestic and international competitions, leaving fans to wonder how the other regions are faring in comparison. <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"keep-reading \"  id=\"kr-67d9250ac2d3d\">\n  <div class=\"heading\">Keep Reading<\/div>\n  <ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n          <li id=\"post-169620\" style=\"order: 1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/league-of-legends-first-stand-opening-match-viewership\" target=\"_blank\">League of Legends First Stand opening match shows promising viewership<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-169317\" style=\"order: 2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/league-of-legends-fearless-draft\" target=\"_blank\">League of Legends: What is the Fearless Draft and how does it work?<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-169293\" style=\"order: 3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/lol-esports-msi-worlds-formats\" target=\"_blank\">LoL Esports unveil tournament formats for upcoming MSI and Worlds 2025<\/a><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d9250ac3a99\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Hanwha Life came out on top against LEC&#8217;s <strong>Karmine Corp<\/strong> in the inaugural First Stand 2025. Jungler Han &#8216;<strong>Peanut<\/strong>&#8216; Wang-ho commented <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/my-teammates-are-playing-quite-well-peanut-aids-hanwha-life-through-first-stand-with-ex-rivals\">how his team was playing &#8216;quite well&#8217; throughout the tournament<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d9250ac4059\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>It&#8217;s the latest in a series of wins for one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/league-of-legends-2025-regions-viewership\">most-watched region in League of Legends 2025<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-heading-67d9250ac4676\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n  \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-is-2025-lck-and-hanwha-s-year-for-league-of-legends\"><span id=\"is_2025_lck_and_hanwhas_year_for_league_of_legends\">Is 2025 LCK and Hanwha&#8217;s Year for League of Legends?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d9250ac4c1a\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Hanwha Life Esports emerged victorious in its own region, overcoming Korean rivals T1 and Gen.G in the lower bracket run, then ending in a 3\u20132 win in the <strong>LCK Cup 2025<\/strong> grand final match on February 27, 2025.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d9250ac51b3\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>It hasn&#8217;t always been smooth sailings for LCK, as Hanwha was the only team from the region to qualify for the 2024 World Championship, where they faced early elimination.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d9250ac5751\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>But there&#8217;s no doubt that LCK&#8217;s standing and reputation within the League of Legends esports scene has seen a major boost in recent years \u2014 and 2025 seems to be the region&#8217;s year to shine.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d9250ac5ccc\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>This is in stark contrast to other regions, like North America, which have underperformed. Following Team Liquid&#8217;s early departure from First Stand 2025, Botlaner Sean \u2018<strong>Yeon<\/strong>\u2019 Sung <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/we-failed-to-show-our-a-game-na-lol-in-trouble-following-team-liquids-first-stand-elimination\">commented that they <\/a>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/we-failed-to-show-our-a-game-na-lol-in-trouble-following-team-liquids-first-stand-elimination\">failed to show&#8217; their &#8216;A-game.<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-heading-67d9250ac62aa\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n  \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-numbers-show-lck-dominating-league-of-legends-esports\"><span id=\"the_numbers_show_lck_dominating_league_of_legends_esports\">The Numbers Show LCK Dominating League of Legends Esports<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d9250ac685b\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lolesports.com\/en-US\/gpr\/2025\">League of Legends global power rankings<\/a> appear to reflect the LCK&#8217;s domination. The top three teams \u2014 Hanwha Life, T1 and Gen.G \u2014 are all Korean esports organisation.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d9250ac6dea\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>As of March 17th, 2025, these are the current rankings of the top 10 League of Legends esports teams.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Team <\/td><td>Region<\/td><td>Score<\/td><td>Win\/Loss<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hanwha Life Esports<\/td><td>Korea<\/td><td>1603 pts<\/td><td>14-2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>T1<\/td><td>Korea<\/td><td>1579<\/td><td>5-2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gen.G Esports<\/td><td>Korea<\/td><td>1552<\/td><td>5-4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bilibili Gaming Dreamsmart<\/td><td>China<\/td><td>1548<\/td><td>4-2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Top Esports<\/td><td>China <\/td><td>1473<\/td><td>8-5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dplus KIA<\/td><td>Korea<\/td><td>1429<\/td><td>6-2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>G2 Esports<\/td><td>Europe (Germany)<\/td><td>1427<\/td><td>9-4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Weibo Gaming <\/td><td>China<\/td><td>1398<\/td><td>2-2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Beijing JDG Intel Esports<\/td><td>China <\/td><td>1392<\/td><td>4-2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FlyQuest<\/td><td>North America (USA)<\/td><td>1389<\/td><td>4-2<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d9250ac7641\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>As China and Korea continue to dominate the competitive scene, other regions are increasingly seen as &#8216;Tier 2,&#8217; striving to close the gap but still lacking the same level of consistency and dominance at the highest international level.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: Moon Suwon, Riot Games via Flickr Korea (LCK) is considered the strongest region in League of Legends esports following Hanwha Life Esports&#8216; win at First Stand 2025. Korean teams continue to excel in both domestic and international competitions, leaving fans to wonder how the other regions are faring in comparison. Hanwha Life came &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/is-the-lck-the-strongest-region-in-lol-esports\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":170319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","esi_template":"default","excluded":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[242,55,106,58,237,8702,18248],"tags":[3738,11609,20487,20613],"class_list":["post-170283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-esports-titles","category-latest-news","category-lol","category-news-by-region","category-moba","category-top-stories","tag-hanwha-life-esports","tag-karmine-corp","tag-lck-cup-2025","tag-peanut"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - 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