VKE ended its World Championship 2024 journey in a way no one expected.

VKE ended its World Championship 2024 journey in the most tragic way

It can be said that compared to GAM Esports, Vikings Esports entering the international playground this time does not receive too much expectation or pressure. Because, despite owning the trio Kati - Shogun - Bie who are so familiar with Worlds, Gury - Nanaue are very young names and even when competing in the domestic tournament, they themselves also revealed many problems. topic. However, many audiences still look forward to VKE, with SofM's ability to read opponents on the coaching bench that can create surprises. The opportunity for this is even clearer, when even though they were knocked down to the losing bracket, VKE's two opponents were just two wildcard teams: PaiN Gaming and then Movistar R7.

VKE ended Worlds 2024 in a way no one expected

However, everything went up in smoke and VKE left the tournament after only 2 losses. If the loss to MAD Lions KOI can be understood because "Crazy Lion" is a very strong representative from the LEC, then the loss to PNG has nothing to justify. This is the second time a VCS representative lost to a wildcard representative in the past few years. This makes VKE the first team to "disappear" from Worlds 2024 just from the Play-In round.

They became the first team to leave the tournament after only 2 losses in the 2024 World Championship Play-in round and without a single win.

VKE "self-destructed" in the decisive match at Worlds 2024 for 2 important reasons

It can be said that the match with PNG went beyond VKE's control due to only two important reasons in the two games. First, there is the unforgivable haste and carelessness of VKE members, especially the most anticipated player - Kati. With the use of general Smolder, even Kati cannot be defeated more than twice. Over here, the former GAM star continuously lay down at the decisive stage and lost VKE's early advantage.

Kati used Smolder but made many disastrous mistakes at the end of the first game

Next, in game 2, there was a very strong "self-destructive" ban that even experts and audiences found difficult to understand from VKE. They chose a squad of 2 ADCs but let the opponent have Jax, Sejuani, and Bard - extremely strong and sturdy counter-attacking generals. At the end of the match, seeing that the VKE stars had to put almost all their skills into Sejuani, perhaps the audience understood that there was no hope left for any VCS representative.

The audience expressed confusion about VKE's pick and ban in the deciding game

Thus, VKE has ended the 2024 season at the present time. And the break will be an opportunity for SofM and its students to look back and improve, preparing for the 2025 season that promises to be extremely volatile ahead.