After the first 3 days of the 2022 LCK Spring Split, the audience has not yet witnessed too many surprises at this tournament. Maybe in terms of results, the fact that Hanwha Life Esports with a little-known team of players defeated Nongshin RedForce was the most surprising thing. Meanwhile, the top teams like Gen.G, DWG KIA, T1 still can’t be defeated, at least for now.
T1, DK, and Gen.G have yet to lose any of their first matches in the 2022 LCK Spring Split
However, this will change when on January 16, Gen.G will clash with DWG KIA and this is definitely the highlight match of this first week of competition. And in an interview with Inven Global, ShowMaker was also asked about his thoughts on the upcoming tense match. DK’s mid laner then replied that he appreciated Chovy’s understanding of the meta, and ShowMaker even admitted to having “learned” how to pick runes from this guy.
ShowMaker thinks that Chovy has a very special view of the meta and has ways to choose rune gems worth learning.
ShowMaker: “Chovy has a very unique way of analyzing and understanding the meta. He really gave me a lot of inspiration on how to pick that rune.
There was a time when the Quick Gem was stronger than the Power Ascension. Viktor and Orianna both have a movement speed boost, and in a matchup between the 2 Mages, dodging the directional skill is very important. When you combine those effects with the Time Potion that also gives extra movement speed, it’s extremely powerful. It was Chovy’s choice so I copied it from him. Chovy is really playing very well at the moment.”
Indeed, using Quick Gems to increase movement speed and dodge moves is something that very few people think about
Besides learning, we can see that ShowMaker has done extremely thorough research on its upcoming big competitor. As mentioned above, tomorrow – January 16, Gen.G will face DWG KIA and the fight between ShowMaker and Chovy in the mid lane is one of the highlights of this match. This confrontation will become even more intense as both of them know the opponent so well that they will definitely study their playstyle carefully.
The confrontation between Chovy and ShowMaker next Sunday promises to be extremely tense
Therefore, we can completely look forward to new cards or ways to get “weird” auxiliary gems from these two players to surprise the opponent. Remember that after season 12 started, the mid lane pool has become much larger. Maybe we will see new cards like Annie, Pyke… appear in the upcoming highlight match of the first week of competition in the LCK Spring 2022.