Golden road no more: Gen.G fall to Hanwha Life in LCK finals
Hanwha Life Esports shattered Gen.G’s golden road dreams, dethroning the reigning champions in the LCK Summer Split finals. This seismic victory ended Gen.G’s two-year reign and marked HLE’s triumphant rise to LCK supremacy, claiming their first seed at Worlds in electrifying fashion.
2024 marked the second consecutive year a team came agonizingly close to achieving the elusive LoL grand slam—winning all their domestic splits and the Mid-Season Invitational —only to falter one step from reaching it. Last year, it was JD Gaming from the LPL, and this time, it was Gen.G.