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Spring Playoffs
| 2018 LCK Spring Playoffs | ||
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| Tournament Information | ||
| Organizer | OnGameNet SpoTV | |
| Format | King of the Hill | |
| Location & Dates | ||
| Region | Korea | |
| Event Type | Offline | |
| Country | South Korea | |
| Start Date | 2018-03-31 | |
| End Date | 2018-04-14 | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Streams | Twitch Twitch Full List | |
| Schedule | Spoiler-Free Schedule Export to Google Calendar | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Overview[]
Format[]
- Top 5 teams of the Spring Season participate
- King of the Hill single elimination bracket
- Round 1 is best of three
- All other matches are best of five
- Winner qualifies for the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational
Prize Pool[]
₩ 350,000,000 South Korean Won are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | Prize | Prize (%) | Championship Points | Qualification | Team |
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 1 | ₩100,000,000$93,397.15€75,712.75 | 28.57% | 90 | MSI Main Event Rift Rivals 2018 |  Kingzone DragonX |
 2 | ₩60,000,000$56,038.29€45,427.65 | 17.14% | 70 | Rift Rivals 2018 |  Afreeca Freecs |
 3 | ₩30,000,000$28,019.15€22,713.83 | 8.57% | 50 | Rift Rivals 2018 |  KT Rolster |
| 4 | ₩20,000,000$18,679.43€15,142.55 | 5.71% | 30 | Rift Rivals 2018 |  SK Telecom T1 |
| 5 | ₩15,000,000$14,009.57€11,356.91 | 4.29% | 10 |  KSV eSports |
Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on April 14, 2018, as follows:
- ₩ 1 South Korean Won = $ 0.0009339715 US Dollars
- ₩ 1 South Korean Won = € 0.0007571275 Euros
Participants[]
Results[]
Playoffs MVP Standings[]
- A finals MVP title is worth 300 points, other titles are 100.
| MVP Standings | |||
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| Rank | Times | Points | Player |
| 1 | 3 | 900 | PraY |
| 2 | 2 | 400 | Kramer |
| 3 | 3 | 300 | Score |
| 4 | 2 | 200 | TusiN |
| 5 | 1 | 100 | Bang |
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| 5 | 1 | 100 | Blank |
| 5 | 1 | 100 | Ruler |
| 5 | 1 | 100 | Smeb |
| 5 | 1 | 100 | Thal |
Playoff Awards[]
| Award | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player |  PraY | - |
Match Schedule[]
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SKT | 2 | 1 | 2018,3,31,08,0001:0010:0017:00 |  KSV | |
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KT | 3 | 1 | 2018,4,04,08,0001:0010:0017:00 | SKT | |
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AF | 3 | 1 | 2018,4,08,08,0001:0010:0017:00 | KT | |
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| Sat 14 AprSat 14 AprSat 14 Apr2018,4,14,08,00 - 2018,4,14,08,00 | |||||
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| KZ | 3 | 1 | 2018,4,14,08,0001:0010:0017:00 | AF | |
VODs & Match Links[]
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | Blue | Red | MH | VODs | MVP | |
| SKT | KSV | 2 - 1 | Link | SKT | KSV | Link | Vod • HL | Thal |
| SKT | KSV | Link | Vod • HL | Ruler | ||||
| KSV | SKT | Link | Vod • HL | Blank | ||||
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | Blue | Red | MH | VODs | MVP | |
| KT | SKT | 3 - 1 | Link | SKT | KT | Link | Vod • HL | Bang |
| SKT | KT | Link | Vod • HL | Score | ||||
| KT | SKT | Link | Vod • HL | Score | ||||
| SKT | KT | Link | Vod • HL | Score | ||||
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | Blue | Red | MH | VODs | MVP | |
| AF | KT | 3 - 1 | Link | AF | KT | Link | Vod • HL | Smeb |
| KT | AF | Link | Vod • HL | TusiN | ||||
| AF | KT | Link | Vod • HL | TusiN | ||||
| KT | AF | Link | Vod • HL | Kramer | ||||
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | Blue | Red | MH | VODs | MVP | |
| KZ | AF | 3 - 1 | Link | AF | KZ | Link | Vod • HL | Kramer |
| KZ | AF | Link | Vod • HL | PraY | ||||
| AF | KZ | Link | Vod • HL | PraY | ||||
| KZ | AF | Link | Vod • HL | PraY | ||||
Media[]
Streams[]
Articles[]
- March 27, Understanding KSV's fall from grace by Emily Rand on ESPN
- April 5, League of Legends monthly global power rankings - March 2018 by Emily Rand on ESPN
- April 13, Five Reasons Afreeca Can Upset Kingzone at the LCK Finals by Chase Wassenar on Unikrn
- April 15, King me: Looking at the LCK finals battle between Kingzone and Afreeca by Emily Rand on ESPN
Interviews[]
- March 30, KSV Head Coach Edgar: "Game 1 will be the most important." with Yeonjae "Arra" Shin and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- March 30, SKT kkOma: "Each and every single game is extremely important... I want to win and face our next opponent" with Yeonjae "Arra" Shin and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- March 31, SKT Bang: "Excluding just two games, I only played Kai'Sa during scrims" with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- March 31, SKT Bang: "Peanut, just you wait for us... we only have 2 more steps left to take" with Woo "Ready" Hyun and Changsik "Alle" Son on Inven Global
- April 2, SKT Thal on His New Nickname Glub-Glub: "It’s hard for a player to have such a fun nickname." with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- April 3, kkOma on Staying Single: "I feel the happiest when I stay home with my dog and clean" with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- April 4, KT Rush: "Even if my birthday is in two days, I’m old enough, and it isn’t even a holiday so I should be practicing anyway." with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam, Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- April 4, KT Rush: "Even if my birthday is in two days, I’m old enough, and it isn’t even a holiday so I should be practicing anyway." with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- April 6, KT Score on Using Kai'Sa Jungle in an Official Match: "It's similar to picking Teemo." with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
- April 8, AFs Head Coach Choi 'iloveoov' Yeon-sung: "Picks like Malphite and Yasuo are just a small piece of what we’ve been preparing." with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, Takyun "Laff" Pack, and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- April 9, AFs TusiN on Kuro's Surprise Pick: "Yasuo is still science." with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
- April 9, KZ GorillA: “Kuro has weak mentality in Bo5.” Vs AFs Kuro: “I know more players that have weak mentality in KZ.” with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok, Hongje "Koer" Kim, Dasol "Viion" Jang, and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
- April 9, KZ Head Coach Hirai Predicts a 3-0 Score in Favor of KZ During the 2018 LCK Spring Finals with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok, Hongje "Koer" Kim, and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- April 9, AFs Kuro: "Drunken Smeb told me that he doesn't want to see PrillA winning the championship and that he hopes I win." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok, Hongje "Koer" Kim, and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- April 14, KZ Khan: "All top laners of the world, come bow down in front of me and kneel." with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- April 14, KZ PraY: AFs is famous for their long practice time, but we’ve never thought that they practice more than we do. with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, Changsik "Alle" Son, and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- April 15, AFs TusiN on Why They Didn't Ban Kai'Sa: "We slaughtered all the Kai’Sas we met in scrims.", and GorillA's Response. with Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- April 16, KZ GorillA: "I think if we prepare well against the Chinese teams, we will have a good shot at winning MSI." with Woo "Ready" Hyun and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
- April 23, KZ Khan: "It was a hot issue when sOAZ’s Maokai was smashed by my Nasus; I’ll smash the other top laners of the world now." with Minyoung "Irro" Jang and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- April 24, Drunk Interview With Kuro: The After Story of the LCK Finals, Shirt-less Peanut and Smeb, and Talks of Going Overseas with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok, Beom "Nswer" Park, Woo "Ready" Hyun, and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
Videos[]
- March 27, Thorin's Thoughts - LCK Gauntlet Flaws (LoL) by Thorin on YouTube
- March 30, League's Next World Champion Episode 9: Play-Off Preview (feat. Kelsey Moser) by Thorin and Emily Rand on YouTube
- April 5, League's Next World Champion Episode 10: The End of SK Telecom by Thorin and Emily Rand on YouTube
- April 13, League's Next World Champion Episode 11: Original Korean Sith Lord (feat. Locodoco) by Thorin and Emily Rand on YouTube
- April 20, Thorin's Thoughts - KingZone Are the Exceptions (LoL) by Thorin on YouTube
Announcements[]
Additional Content[]
Additional Links[]
Viewership Statistics[]
Data sourced from Esports Charts. Please note that frequently Chinese viewership numbers are inflated from actual values.
| Peak Viewership | |
|---|---|
| Total | 9,870,599 |
| Without Chinese Viewers | 401,634 |
| English Streams | 204,079 |
| Chinese Streams | 9,472,311 |
| Korean Streams | 144,565 |
| Twitch.TV Streams | 209,416 |
| Other | |
| Avg Concurrent Viewers | 1,573,455 |
| Total time watched | 493,671,592 |