It is worth mentioning that Hanwha Life Esports only had a record of 6 wins and 6 losses in the second stage, and 0 wins and 6 losses against T1 and GEN. However, as long as Gen. G wins a big game in the playoffs, Hanwha Life Esports will be able to advance to the World Championship as the fourth seed.

The reason is that the LCK was restructured this year, canceling the previous points system and bubble match. The top four teams in the playoffs will have tickets to advance to the S game, and the seeding order is also divided according to the ranking. The champion is the number one seed, the runner-up is the number two seed, the third place is the number three seed, and the fourth place is the number four seed. However, the fourth seed is a little special. According to the rules of the competition, it needs to play a BO5 with the fourth seed of LPL in the qualifying match the day before the Swiss round. Only the winning team can advance to the main competition.

According to the "double-elimination system" of the LCK playoffs, each team is equivalent to having a resurrection armor. Teams that lose in the first two rounds will enter the loser group, but there is a rule in the second and third rounds of the loser group. It depends on the ranking of the group match in the third stage. The low-ranked loser team will be in the second round of the loser group, and the high-ranked loser team will enter the third round of the loser group (the ranking of the Legend Group is higher than the Nirvana Group). If the teams in the loser group want to enter the World Championship, they need to squeeze into the third round of the loser group to guarantee the top four.

From this, we can analyze that no matter which team from the Knights Path enters the playoffs, as long as Generation Gaming defeats their opponent, even if Hanwha Life Esports loses and falls into the loser group, they will fall into the third round of the loser group with the second place in the Legend Group. In the third round, they will be guaranteed to enter the top four of LCK and get a place in the World Championship.

If Generation Gaming fails to defeat their opponent and Hanwha Life Esports also fails to defeat their opponent, Generation Gaming 's ranking will be higher than Hanwha Life Esports , and Hanwha Life Esports will fall to the second round of the loser group, while the higher-ranked Generation Gaming will enter the third round of the loser group. Then Hanwha Life Esports needs to defeat the winner of the first round of the loser group. If they lose, they will be directly eliminated and miss the top four, and lose the qualification to participate in the World Championship!