With the first week of Spring Challengers Korea coming to a close, two of the four teams will be forced to experience something new for this last day.







Two 1-0 teams facing off along with two 0-1 teams facing off and one team will be forced to experience their first loss while the other will have the privilege to not leave this week 0-2. With this 8 team league having fewer games than a standard 10 man league, every win counts, so these teams will be fighting tooth and nail to secure these early wins to set a tone for the rest of the season.







Seorabeol Gaming

Seorabeol started with a really rough start. KaKAO was off his usual form, Thal was having a really rough Game 3, and the rest of the team needs these two players to step up so that they can thrive. Still, this isn’t entirely their fault. Brion Blade is expected to be one of the teams to represent CK in the promotion/relegation tournament this mid-season, so this was not a good first test for them. With OZ Gaming being obliterated by Team Dynamics on day 1, this might be the perfect team for them to take advantage of. Their key to victory is going to be taking advantage of how OZ will often get lost in team fights, and SRB’s ability to capitalize on even the slightest of mistakes in the 5v5. If OZ doesn’t play flawlessly, Seorabeol will be quick to capitalize and put the game-state heavily in their favor.

OZ Gaming

As stated previously, OZ had a terrible day 1. Sure, they had to face the team expected to be the best in the league, but Dynamics made OZ look like a group of D4 players against a group of Challenger players. Every time OZ tried to make a play on Dynamics, they would end up coming out of that play on the wrong end of it, and any time Dynamics made a play they were helpless against them. Their key to victory (besides replacing Ian) is to slow the pace of the game, but don’t be hesitant either. If they can fix their macro decisions from their game against Dynamics, they might stand a chance.





Team Dynamics

Speaking of Dynamics, they are looking to start yet another early-season hot streak to carry out throughout the season. Although they couldn’t start undefeated last summer, they are looking to replicate last year’s spring split with an undefeated start to the new campaign. With their performance against OZ looking impeccable, and my estimation of OZ and spear being at more or less the same tier, Dynamic’s key to victory this match is to just play the same game they played last week. Keep up the high pace and aggressiveness. It’s imperative that they do not see them as an undefeated team but instead a team that they will be the first to conquer. If they can keep up the macro from day 1, this should be an easy 2-0 week for Dynamics.

Spear Gaming

Although I expected Dynamics to leave this week 2-0, that doesn’t mean it’s impossible for Spear to pull off an upset. With Jaguar dishing out tons of damage in his debut with Spear, my first impressions of him xPeke kiting in KeSPA cup long ago are out of memory. This, along with Destroy’s fantastic display, both provide some tools to take down Dynamics. However, the ultimate ace up their sleeve is that their coordination and macro is quite honestly at the same tier as upper-tier teams like Dynamics and Brion Blade. Although they got blitzed by Asura game 1, we saw a much more composed and organized Spear in games 2 and 3. Being cool, calm, collected, and methodical is 100% Spear Gamings key to victory if they want to take down the Giants of Dynamics.







Day 3 of Challengers Korea, like most day 3’s this year, will start later than usual if you want to watch. Tonight we start off at 5 PM KST (12:00 AM PST) with Seorabeol Gaming VS OZ Gaming, meaning Team Dynamics VS Spear Gaming will not take place until around 8 PM KST (3:00 AM PST). You can watch CK go down at bj.afreecatv.com/afchall, or for more information, you can visit the leaguepedia page here.