Although he lost to T 1 in the final of LCK Summer Games, GEN scored better in the summer games. Seeds 123 are also classified in the lottery pool of the group stage, which means that the GEN of pool 2 must be seed 2.
Gen.G(Generation Gaming), referred to as Gen for short, is an international e-sports club, which has teams of League of Legends, Counter-Terrorism Elite, Watch Pioneer, Jedi Survival, Fortress Night, VALORANT and other e-sports projects. Among them, League of Legends is one of the founding clubs of LCK League in Korea. The name of the Watch Vanguard in the Watch Vanguard Alliance is Seoul Dynasty.
Team history
The team's predecessor was 20 17 League of Legends global finals champion Samsung Galaxy. At the beginning of 20 18, it was acquired and temporarily renamed as KSV team, and officially renamed as Gen.G on may 4th of the same year.
The team lost to Afreeca Freecs in the wild card battle stage of 20 18LCK summer playoffs; In the subsequent regional qualifiers, from the first round to the final round, Gen defeated SKT, Griffin and KZ successively, and won the third seed qualification of League of Legends Global Finals in 20 18.
20 18 league of leGENds global finals, gen was eliminated from group b with a record of group match 1 win and 5 losses.
In the 20 19 season, GEN did not enter the playoffs of LCK for two seasons.
In the middle of the 2020 season, GEN lost to T 1 in the final of LCK Spring Tournament and won the second place. In the mid-season cup that year, GEN was stopped by TES3:0 from LPL in the knockout stage. GEN was defeated by DRX in the playoff stage of summer season and finally won the third place; Gen defeated T 1 in the regional qualifying tournament of League of Legends Global Finals in 2020.
In the knockout stage of the quarter-finals of League of Legends Global Finals in 2020, GEN was sealed by G2 with a score of 0:3, and stopped at the quarter-finals.
Entering the 202 1 season, in the final of LCK spring tournament which ended on April 10, DWG KIA beat GEN 3-0, and GEN won the runner-up in the spring tournament.
On August 22nd, 202 1, GEN 1:3 lost to T 1 and won the third place. And with the advantage of points, it became the second seed of LCK and advanced to the 202 1 League of Legends Global Finals.