LCK 2021 Day Two: DRX and NS tick off their first wins of the spring campaign

DRX and Nongshim RedForce started their LCK 2021 Spring campaign smoothly, with deserved wins over Afreeca Freecs and Liiv SANDBOX on the second day of the tournament.

Both the matches had to go three games each to decide the winner after a few brilliant solo shows and team fights from the four LCK giants.

LCK 2021 Day Two: Match details

Match 1: Nongshim RedForce vs Liiv SANDBOX

The first two games between the two LCK heavyweights saw an end-to-end display of strategic play. Nongshim RedForce's bot laner, Seo "deokdam" Dae-gil, blew the game open for scaling early with his Aphelios. NS comfortably took the lead within 32 minutes.

But Liiv SANDBOX perfectly struck back in the second game by focusing on the bot lane. Yoo "FATE" Soo-hyeok's Zoe, the MVP of the tie, took lane priority and guided LSB to tie the match 1-1.

The third game was the show-stealer of LCK 2021 day two. Park "Summit" Woo-tae's Jayce picked up an early solo kill for LSB and gained two more kills in the following dragon fight. With the massive lead in the top lane, Liiv SANDBOX went far ahead and were the clear favorites at that point in time.

However, things turned around dramatically after the 23-minute mark. Nongshim RedForce picked up an ace in a perfectly executed team fight.

At the fifth dragon fight, Nongshim RedForce registered another massive team fight win and finally took down Liiv SANDBOX's Nexus. NS's support, Kim "Kellin" Hyeong-gyu, was elected as the MVP of the third game.

Match 2: DRX vs Afreeca Freecs

Afreeca Freecs had a good early first game with the synergy of Camille and Twisted Fate, but their snowball came to a complete stop after one overextension.

DRX were patient while they were behind, and through Hong “Pyosik” Chang-hyeon's Graves who scaled well, they turned the game around for the win.

In the second game, DRX picked Vayne into their bot lane, which turned out to be a blunder. Afreeca Freecs was all over the bot to keep Vayne from scaling. It wasn't much trouble for them to clinch the win, leveling the tie.

The last game of the LCK day two clash was much closer than the others. Afreeca Freecs started off well with an early game lead, but DRX eventually turned the game around through team fights.

Later, DRX used their priority to secure their lead. After cutting off Kim "Kiin" Gi-in's Aatrox, DRX went on to finish the game with a 2-1 victory.

Mid laner Song "SOLKA" Su-hyeong took away the MVP tag of the last game of LCK 2021 day two with his amazing Orianna plays.

About the author

Sayantan is an esports writer at Sportskeeda. He holds a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Sathyabama University, and an MBA from KJ Somaiya Institute of Management. He is also a Data Analytics professional.

In his spare time, the Kolkata resident enjoys playing sports games and MOBA like FC Mobile, EA FC, Rocket League, and League of Legends.

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