Superstar HLE continues his sad day at Worlds 2024
As the No. 1 seed in the LCK region, Hanwha Life Esports of course comes to Worlds 2024 with the position of a championship candidate. They are even the only team that has “shut down” Gen.G's championship streak in the LCK. However, all HLE did in this tournament was 3 wins against opponents that were rated much weaker than them (PSG Talon, G2 Esports and FlyQuest). Otherwise, when encountering two strong opponents competing directly for the championship, HLE was completely defeated.
Facing Bilibili Gaming in the Quarterfinals, HLE even had a favorable opening game win. However, the LCK representative played extremely weakly in the remaining 3 games. Not only did BLG make a comeback, HLE also continued LCK's unforgettable “achievement” from last year to this year, when seed 1 was always eliminated early from the Quarterfinals. But that's why a HLE superstar continues to prolong his poor performance at Worlds.
That's Peanut. Specifically, including the 2024 World Championship, Peanut has been empty-handed at all World Championship appearances in his career up to now. And his best achievement is being runner-up at Worlds 2017 – the year Samsung Galaxy took the throne and also the year Peanut played brightest alongside Faker. Besides that time, Peanut had to stop early and most recently lost to BLG.
HLE can only blame themselves after being eliminated from Worlds 2024
HLE had their chance in this match and they didn't take it. Meanwhile, the members of the BLG side make good use of every opportunity and mistake the opponent creates. Therefore, GBV's victory is completely convincing and worthy.
The situation at Worlds 2024 is likely to recreate a scene almost identical to last year's. Of course, the audience still has two more matches in the Quarterfinals to watch and these are also very notable confrontations, especially with the presence of T1 and Gen.G – a pair of “rivals”. The player has the most fate in League of Legends today.