The players released from the roster are mid laner Kim ��Lava�� Tae-hun, top laners Choi ��Sw0rd�� Sung-won and Park ��Morgan�� Ru-han, and support Yu ��Delight�� Hwan-jung. The franchise also parted ways with coach Kim ��Kite�� Yong-yeon from the BRION Challengers league team.

Fredit BRION made the announcement on November 20 via their Twitter page, informing fans of their decision to rebuild the team.

“The contracts with Fredit Brion LCK Team Choi “Sw0rd” Seong-won, Park “Morgan” Gi-tae, Kim “Lava” Tae-hoon, and Yoo “Delight” Hwan-joong have been terminated,” the translated version of the tweet read.

“We express our gratitude to the players for their passion and dedication, and we will cheer them on for the future.”

The changes were necessitated by the franchise’s disappointing 2022 LCK Summer Split outing. They ended their run with a 3-15 record, which saw the team place ninth in the standings. Their Spring Split was slightly better, as they placed sixth after a spirited 8-10 run.

The only player with a contract on the franchise’s roster is bot laner Park ��Hena�� Jeung-hwan, who joined the team in 2020. With a large chunk of the roster released, Brion will be undergoing a massive rebuild in the offseason.

However, the franchise have also announced the re-signing of head coach Choi ��Edgar�� Woo-beom and coach Lee ��Drinker�� Seung-hoo. According to the Global Contract Database, both coaches have signed a contract extension that will see them remain with the franchise until 2025.

“Head Coach ‘Edgar’ and Coach ‘Drinker’ have re-signed with BRO,” the franchise announced.

“We look forward to the journey we will draw together.”

Fredit BRION have had it tough since joining the LCK in 2021, regularly finishing in the bottom two places on the standings. A sixth-place finish in the 2022 LCK Spring is the team’s all-time high.

With the free agency period commencing on November 21, BRION will be looking to secure a complete roster ahead of the 2023 LCK season. It is unclear if they will prefer to rebuild the team around veterans, or if they will look to the future and go for young talent.

BRION have, however, resorted to making a public call for applications via social media. The call also contained details of the recruitment process, including the proposed deadline and a registration link.

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?DRX kicked off the 2022 LCK season with a 0-2 defeat against Liiv SANDBOX with a performance that wasn’t very convincing, but it gave us some idea of what to expect DRX going forward. The main two things to take away from that match is that DRX are very good in the early game, but they look somewhat lost around objectives, which isn’t great, but it’s better than the other way around.

The fact that DRX can create early-game advantages proves that this is a roster of solid individual talent, while the lack of solid macro play decisions purely suggests that DRX have yet to learn how to play with each other. So DRX just need some more time, and they should be fine.

Gen.G will debut its newly formed roster on Friday when Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk and co. will show off what the new Korean LoL superteam is capable of. Of course, as with any new roster, it would be fair to assume that Gen.G will have a shaky start. But this team is different in a way that its core has played with each other at one point of their careers �C most notably Choi “Doran” Hyeon-joon, Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon, and Son “Lehends” Si-woo at Griffin.

Betting on a team to win in straight maps early into the season is risky, but at $1.67, we have to side with Gen.G.

T1 picked up their first win of the season on Wednesday, with a swift 2-0 sweep of Kwangdong Freecs, and from the looks of it, the three-time LoL world champions should end the first round of the season 2-0. And there are a few key reasons why T1 shouldn’t be losing a single map, let alone the whole series on Friday.

Generally, it’s wise to explore options to fade firm favourites in the early stages of the season because most teams make roster changes, which usually translates to adapting period, and shaky performances early on. However, that won’t be the case with T1, who have not signed any new players, meaning the synergy shouldn’t be an issue.

And secondly, T1 are individually much more stacked than Fredit BRION, who have some solid pieces, but this is not a roster that can compete at the top level. There is a world where Fredit BRION come up with some unique strategy and make T1’s life harder, but Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok and co. shouldn’t be losing games like that.

?Fredit BRION lost against DRX on Sunday, but they played well and might have won at least one map had a few 50/50 fights gone their way. Despite the defeat, we were quite impressed with the performance of their jungler Eom “UmTi” Seong-hyeon, who will be Fredit��s main weapon against the vastly superior DWG KIA on Thursday.

DWG are the strongest team in the league, and it could even be argued that they are currently playing the best LoL in the world. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that their implied probability to defeat Fredit BRION is 94.3%, which is about right.

Since Fredit don’t possess enough individual quality to compete with DWG KIA, we can expect them to draft for early aggression, which could work in their favour since DWG are not particularly kill-hungry before the mid-game. We don’t expect Fredit BRION will win, but with the way UmTi has been playing of late, there is a world where they can cause some damage early and claim first blood.

?Hanwha Life Esports are a fun team to watch, largely because they like to engage in skirmishes at every opportunity. That approach has earned them eight wins so far this season, but it is not as effective when faced with stronger teams that are prepared to fight fire with fire (e.g. Gen.G last round).

Afreeca Freecs have found plenty of successful against weaker teams this split, and they haven’t looked too bad in their meetings with LCK’s top dogs either. Their biggest strength is an explosive early-game that can catch teams off-guard or at least push them into a position where they need to fight from behind, which is something not many squads can do efficiently.

This should be a close and explosive match, and while we expect HLE to come out ahead, we like a bet on kill totals better. The same bet can be placed on all three maps.

?Hanwha Life Esports suffered their second defeat of the season on Friday when they were outclassed by DWG KIA. The reigning LoL world champions won game one despite giving up the first herald, first blood, first turret, first drake, and ending the game 8-12 down in kills, whereas game two was as one-sided as it can get with DWG securing a 3k+ gold lead only 20 minutes in. The match was not so much about HLE making mistakes as it was about DWG KIA showing how much better they are than everyone else.

Afreeca Freecs swept T1 on Sunday, and while they deserved the win, it’s worth noting that T1 held a 4500 gold lead in game two but threw it all away with a couple of disjointed teamfights. Regardless, that was arguably Afreeca Freecs’ best series of the season, and they deserve a lot of praise for what they showed.

AF enter this match as massive underdogs, which seems fair considering HLE haven’t lost to a non-elite team yet. Having said that, AF are starting to gain some traction, and if their showing against T1 is any indication, we should be in for a close and exciting series on Thursday.

?KT Rolster looked somewhat disorganised on Sunday when they suffered a 0-2 loss against Nonghin RedForce. We wouldn��t put too much weight on that result, however, because it seemed they just had an off day.

Fredit BRION have been slowly improving, but they’re not quite there yet. There are arguments to be made they should have won their most recent series against DRX, but they still struggle to close out their games due largely to poor macro play.

At the provided LoL betting odds, the only two bets worth considering are KT or Fredit at the map line. While the latter option seems safer, the reality is that there is a 50/50 chance we see either of the two outcomes. KT were far from impressive in their most recent series, but it’s difficult to bet against a team fielding Choi “Doran” Hyeon-joon and Son “Ucal” Woo-hyeon.

Hanwha Life Esports enter this match straight off a huge 2-1 victory against Gen.G on Sunday. We wouldn��t put too much weight on that result as it was a complete fluke, fuelled by catastrophic performances from Gen.G’s ADC Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk and support Kim “Life” Jeong-min.

Talking about fluke wins, Fredit BRION achieved the unthinkable last week when they swept DWG KIA (2-0) in what is arguably one of the biggest upsets in the history of LoL esports. Although they were not as successful against Nongshim RedForce on Sunday, BRION played relatively well considering how far down they could have been on both maps.
We are not particularly impressed with HLE this split and while they are holding a 3-1 record, that hardly shows the full picture. BRION are showing some signs of quality and at the offered odds, they’re worth a shot with a map handicap.

Gen.G have a lot to prove after their loss against HLE, whereas DWG KIA are still licking their wounds after dropping the ball against Fredit BRION, which is why we expect both sides to be highly motivated to win and justify their tag as an LCK top tog.

DWG KIA enter this match off a very sloppy performance against Afreeca Freecs on Saturday. Although DWG KIA ended up winning 2-0, we expected a lot more from the reigning LoL world champions, who need to improve if they wish to do well against elite teams such as Gen.G.

Gen.G have the tools to win the game, but we are satisfied with the odds offered on +1.5 map handicap. There is also some value on Gen.G to win 2-0 at $5.40, which might appeal to some.

Gen.G started their LCK 2021 Spring campaign with two clean sweeps against KT Rolster and Fredit BRION. Opponent T1 won their first game of the season against Hanwha Life Esports (2-1), but were not as successful on Friday, when they lost (1-2) against the reigning world champions DWG KIA.

Given the quality of teams these sides had to face, we have to value T1’s record higher, however, that does not necessarily mean they will have an easy time on Thursday. This is an LCK classic between two of the strongest teams in the history of the league, which usually means we are in for a very close affair with no clear winner.

T1 came off as slight favourites, largely because they were arguably the better team in their series with DWG KIA. Regardless, we don’t see how they can sweep Gen.G, who should claim at least one map.

Here at Esportsbet.com we like our underdogs, but looking at this match it’s hard to make a point for Fredit BRION. This game is essentially the biggest mismatch LCK has to offer and while anything can happen early in the season, expecting BRION to win is a bit too optimistic.

There are some positives to take from BRION’s last match against Gen.G, where they – unlike most other teams – showed they’re prepared to utilise counter-picks to gain an advantage in lane. That likely won’t be enough to defeat DWG KIA, but it’s still a very promising sign.

DWG KIA are far too strong for us to consider betting against them. We expect a blowout win for the reigning world champions, who should close out the game in under 30 minutes, which is paying $1.86 with the top betting sites.

Gen.G started the season with a convincing 2-0 sweep of KT Rolster, which is fairly impressive, considering KT Rolster are quite a strong team and definitely stronger than Gen.G��s next opponents.

This will mark Fredit BRION’s (formerly hyFresh Blade) first match of the split and their first appearance of the season since the KeSPA Cup 2020, where they finished in last place with only one win.

The opening games of the season are often very unpredictable, but that��s not a word we would associate with the disciplined Gen.G. Anything less than a 2-0 sweep will huge disappointment for Gen.G who should not be losing games like that. Find the best odds at the top esport betting sites.

DWG KIA (formerly DAMWON Gaming) enter the 2021 LCK Spring as the main favourites to hoist the trophy, and based on their commanding run at the LoL World Championship and later at KeSPA Cup 2020, it’s hard to argue with that.

The question here is not so much whether DWG KIA can win, but rather how much damage can T1 do and based on their performance against Hanwha Life Esports (1-2), they don’t seem ready to cause any major upsets.

Nevertheless, T1 consistently do well against DWG and since they have also signed DWG’s former coach Yang “Daeny” Dae-in for this season, we are fairly confident in T1’s ability to make the reigning LoL world champions sweat.