T1 vs. Hanwha Life Esports Prediction on April 4, 2024

Match info

League of Legends’ top-tier competition is almost over. We’re talking about LCK Spring 2024, a groundbreaker in the wide world of professional LoL. And with teams like T1 playing here, it makes sense why this event is so respected. The topic for today is precisely T1. They’ll compete against Hanwha Life Esports in the second round of the Playoffs, or Quarterfinals if you prefer, at the competition that will send the top two teams to MSI 2024.

This coming Thursday, April 4, at 5 PM local time at LoL Park in Seoul, Korea, we see who’s the strongest of the two.

Meeting statistics

The current form of T1

The 2022 season’s top-2 results for T1, the favorites against Hanwha based on odds of LoL bettingsites, were cursed to persist into the 2023 campaign. “Faker” and teammates placed second at LCK Spring 2023 and third at MSI 2023. For T1, LCK Summer 2023 posed a significant effort. Despite facing challenges, the team managed to qualify for the playoffs, finishing fifth in the group stage. However, they made it to the championship game but fell short against their archrival, Gen.G with a score of 0-3.

T1 competed in Worlds 2023 with pure class. They made it to the sixth grand final of the most significant League of Legends competition, mostly thanks to the recuperated “Faker” (who hurt his hand during LCK Summer 2023)! Then they won it for the fourth time, setting a record for both competitive League of Legends and eSports in general.

T1 had a somewhat shakey Regular Season at LCK Spring 2024, going 15-3 and placing second.

The current form of Hanwha Life Esports

As a strong mid-table team, Hanwha Life Esports is participating in eliminations of the regular split. This just began to occur in 2023. They were able to improve upon 2022 following a significant roster renovation. The addition of two world champions to the HLE squad significantly bolstered the team.

Following their acquisition of Zeka and Kingen, they advanced to the LCK Spring 2023 final four. Things obviously developed fairly nicely. HLE were within the top three throughout the Regular Reason. However, losing in the Playoffs also meant they wouldn’t be able to qualify for the Worlds 2023. They once more failed in their attempt to qualify for the season pinnacle in the regional finals. Hanwha placed third in the last LCK tournament of the season, having missed both of their chances to earn a spot in the Worlds.

Hanwha Life Esports finished the Regular Season in the LCK Spring 2024 in third place with a 15-3 record, matching their next opponent T1. And that ranks among the team’s finest outcomes ever. Here at LCK Spring 2024, HLE had the opportunity to play on par with teams like T1, something that doesn’t happen very frequently. Hanwha Life Esports began the playoffs with a match between Freecs. It was an easy outing for them, as was to be expected.

Head-to-head

The teams faced off five times last year. While HLE won two games, including one in the LCK Spring 2024 Group Stage, T1 won three times.

Match analytics

This match will, in our opinion, be far more fascinating than the one involving Gen.G and DPlus KIA. HLE have a good chance of winning the series at this point. We believe it will be a true Bo5 and the only reason we’ll declare T1 the series victor is because of their extensive experience.

Bottom line: “Correct score (maps) 3-2”, i.e. T1 win 3-2, with odds of 4.6 at 20BET.