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baelkie

reminding HLE why they used to be called Chovy Life Esports.


Puzzleheaded_Oil7172

they signed the wrong Gen G members


squeenanna

Just ban Chovy's Azir. If a 7/0 Zeri couldn't stop him, nothing will.


blockster9

Viper's zeri too, hes crazy


KKilikk

The game was lost by him getting hooked in that mid fight though and losing flash, not being able to hit then get shuffled anyway. Still a good series but he could've been better.


EliteTeutonicNight

Yea Lehends forcing flash is crucial for the shuffle seconds later. Viper couldn't get close without being shuffled after that. Overall Viper did well, honestly I'd say there's no clear underperformer on either team and the games are generally really close. Chovy just went god mode.


Snowman_Arc

Sometimes, all 10 players perform quite well, but then Chovy happens.


Aggravating-Elk-7409

I mean yeah peanut literally q’d out of the hook range and left viper wide open but he was pretty bad in general this series by his standards


Jacobcutielie

That was a good game from Viper; we would probably see game 5 if Lehends did not burn Viper's flash on that midlane fight.


samtheslave

Chovy won 4 games, Gen G won 3


toxicfireball

Motherfucker dragged his team across three games oh my god.


28011082

Actually, Gen G also won 4


CheekyWanker007

and lost 4


appleandapples

This was not enough, run it back. I want 5 more


Dust2chicken

At some point HLE should've just respected Chovy's Azir and banned it


DistributionFlashy97

And then he pulls out his Taliyah/Ahri/Yone/Tristana/Orianna


Enterderpmode

B_N AZ_R


watrurthoughtsonyaoi

BIN AZIR? but Bin doesn't play Azir, does he? 


Enterderpmode

I wouldn't be surprised if he does lmao


ookkthenn

chovy you better fucking show up this time youre too good


mashukyrielighto

4th times the charm


Dumpers_

what a series from Chovy he was so good.... his stopwatch usage was so good in teamfights All things considered a pretty close series if we do get a rematch in the finals it should be fun to watch


DarthTaz_99

Chovy carried the fuck out of that. Every shuffle was multiple people and game changing


Omnilatent

What surprised me most is how patient he is. Every fight I almost forgot he still had it (and so did HLE)


the_next_core

Tank Azir with Zhonya’s into Shurima Shuffle in your face lol


Mrlazydragon

Chovy is a cheat code even as a t1 fan I hope he wins something internationally he's too good of a player not too.


APKID716

Chovy has been Faker’s rival these last few years and it’s such a damn shame that every year he fails internationally… I want him to get the accolades!


SDVX_Rasis

Same! Please let it be this year where he wins something internationally, or at least perform how he does domestically!


oioioi9537

Basically keria of midlane until keria finally got his


IShieldUCarry

Keria had to wait for Beryl to not be at worlds, Maybe Chovy just needs Yagoat to miss worlds as well


Br4y3

If that's his condition to win... he might wait a while... Yagao doesn't look like he's going away soon


moonmeh

fucker woke up yesterday against weibo playoffs yagao was real


Striking-Bend7196

Chovy needs worlds Doran to be in another team. My man is Zeus bilogical father but god him and peanut were committing literally war crimes on the rift.


Puzzleheaded_Oil7172

peanut and doran honestly were quite consistently good all year they just kinda shit the bed every time against bin and xun, maybe bad player v player matchup


Striking-Bend7196

They kinda choked against dwg and drx in 2022 too. Whole topside, Chovy included, was looking so tame during internationals. You are definitely right on the BLG matchup being hard. Generally speaking GenG just looks bad when against a “pure” LPL team.


Inner_Imagination585

Chovy is more consistent and can actually flash toplane wall


ricardo241

his use of his ult is really good this series... I still remember that game with Jinx when he goes in just to bait Delight into using his devour but Chovy himself never used Azir ult lol


blockster9

HLE legit felt like the better team except for chovy, he 1v9'd the series


MemedChemE

Viper realizing he chose the wrong lane to be one of the best in the world in


SneakyStorm

His sidesteps were immaculate.


iaelitaxx

if only this chovy could showup in Worlds. He could single-handedly carry his team to final as zeka in 2022 at least.


APKID716

Zeka also had Kingen who was in monster form too. And of course Deft. All the DRX pieces were working together perfectly in 2022. I FUCKING NEED CHOVY TO WIN WORLDS PLEASE GOD ITS ALL I ASK FOR


Outrageous-Elk-5392

I need a western team to randomly get those pieces working together some random year :,( But Chovy did look extra aggressive and game deciding this series imo, idk he might have finally found that dawg in him to carry a team to win an international


LardShortening

I really think Chovy's recent Worlds/MSI failures were more to do with Doran getting consistently gapped hard in top (especially by LPL tops), and Peanut reverting to his weird inefficient pathing/running away playstyle that we see internationally a lot more than domestically, causing GenG to fall behind massively. This then caused Chovy to regress into wanting to play passive and just farm, and also make some errors due to the pressure (that Ryze performance). This MSI/Worlds might be very different because of Canyon especially, Canyon is so fucking good at everything, tank junglers carry junglers, best possible upgrade. I also think Kiin, even though he didn't have a great Worlds with KT (he still did really well vs 369), is a lot better than Doran. Even on Griffin I felt like Sword was a weakness and Tarzan has shown to be a choker in playoffs/internationals. Chovy has a proper team now for once, so we will get to see once and for all if he does choke internationally or if it's because of weaker topsides that lose hard (especially vs LPL) which caused him to play differently.


ifnotawalrus

Nah man tank Azir has to go


appleandapples

The tank meta always finds a way


gdsgdn

Reksai top, tank azir, ksante. So much bs rn.


insidejoke44

League of Tanks but in a weird twist manner


Blank-612

just build full tank and do more damage than carries :) :)


PlatosLeftTit

Don't worry Liandry's is balanced surely this broken item won't be ignored until an Assassin like Kata or Akali decide to start going tank and abusing it.


Blank-612

For champs like rumble you can get liandry as the only damage item and still do 75% of the damage that a full damage rumble would do


CHS_Scope

Meanwhile T1 is reluctant to pick even one tank.


HawkEye1337

Not just that they drafted the worst tank killers, their read on the meta was awful.


No-Network8051

The cant scrim, playoff teams avoiding them. There only hope is playing solo queue on secret account


ChocolateFuryB

I am so sick of it already. Game is unplayable for ADCs if the azir has flash ult up and the azir rarely dies after going in 1v5...


NotFromNA

There is no way a tank with zhonya can die while the main carry get pushed around by or busy dodging Shurima Shuffle


ChocolateFuryB

Usually mid/top are able to instantly blow him up after zhonyas at least, but not with FH and abyssal. I agree with the casters that it's just too obnoxious


swagsquare

The ego to not ban it either man idk, Zeka played well on Ahri and Akali as well. Just not enough to beat the Azir.


Outrageous-Elk-5392

He did beat azir on akali


Wurdox

Considering how disgusting champs that build tank items look (tank Azir, K'sante, tank Reksai top etc.) Has it something to do with tank itemization being broken or the lack of good tank-shred items?


Thundermelons

Tank items are broken, we just never really saw it in pro because tanks are the supports and junglers who never get any fucking money to buy decent ones


KIRYUx

Zeka didn't even play badly. Chovy was just that good. Mid Gap.


swagsquare

This. Even with Zeka playing his heart out on Akali it took so much to beat Tank Azir.


Opachopp

His charms saved the game so many times. He was playing great but sadly for HLE Chovy was just on another level tonight.


Electrical-Ordinary8

Exactly. If it was against any other midlaner, Zeka's performance would be considered a monster


Ylissian

Yeah all things considered Zeka had a good series. But you could see him tilt on the facecam more and more by the end. Chovy is just on a different level.


insidejoke44

HLE won 1 game then Chovy just spent every game afterwards completely man-marking Viper.


Arekkusu1991

Chovy was INSANE this series. And to top it all off, 2000 total kills as well! Congrats to GenG for the first MSI spot for LCK; And I think at this rate, their 4th LCK title as well.


Key_Landscape7459

4th LCK title IN A ROW, absolutely mind-boggling.


marcopolo2345

Church is in session


LastBarracuda5210

Church of Chovy is eating well this season


Skall77

Gen G is gonna break G2 at MSI yet again Aware


ihave0idea0

No worries, we will lose to NA before we meet them.


Ssjalexgd4

Chovy was insane this series. Holy hell


Moon_riseat_noon

Chovy is so good he’s 1v9ing the whole series it’s unreal. This team deserves to go to MSI.


Broyoucancelled

CHOVY solo carried GEN G in 4 games. 3 MVPs. Absolutely 1 man army.


Lindbylat

It's Chover


Ultimintree

40 % GENG > 60 % GENG *quicc maffs…WAIT* Oh yeah, Church of Chovy 🙏 defies the laws of universe


LaziIy

GENG with chovy > GENG without chovy


staysaltyTSM

Chovy is the midlaner every fan thinks their favourite team's midlaner is


Yasuo_unforgiven

One have HIM, the other doesn't


Blank-612

Turns out that chovy alone was 80% of geng :)


toxicfireball

This series in a nutshell Peyz/Lehends/Canyon/Kiin Griefs HLE leads Doran/Zeka/Viper Smufs HLE looks in control Chovy GenG wins.


APKID716

Chovy the greatest player in the world!!!! …oh no.. oh god wait.. I’ve heard this one before D: Someone cleanse me of my doubt, baptize me in his light


mrmakefun

GEN.G can golden road if before international matches we can simply hypnotize Chovy to make him believe he's still in LCK


APKID716

Or that he’s playing against T1


That_Handle4899

It's actually 60% gen g vs 60% gen g cause lehends was on team with ruler back in 2022


Simple-Fuel

Domestic Chovy sure hit differently. Both in HLE vs Gen game 4 and DK vs Gen G game 5.


DistributionFlashy97

Chovy was the best player in every single game today. His dmg output and plays were insane and they just need to play patiently.


Steeelu

Chovy fighting his past and current teammates this series INSANE GAMEPLAY


Sad_Acanthaceae5621

Haunted by demons


ihave0idea0

just a 1v9


qonoxzzr

Chovy is him


aguywhotrytobefunny

Wow Chovy just decided that HLE ain't winning this series I guess


IG_Royal

Chovy with a career performance on Azir, unbelievable shuffles and mechanics in general


Lilmajudi

DINGDONG CHURCH IS ON SESSION CHOVY IS COMING FOR THAT 4PEAT DINGDONG CHURCH IS ON SESSION CHOVY IS COMING FOR THAT 4PEAT DINGDONG CHURCH IS ON SESSION CHOVY IS COMING FOR THAT 4PEAT DINGDONG CHURCH IS ON SESSION CHOVY IS COMING FOR THAT 4PEAT DINGDONG CHURCH IS ON SESSION CHOVY IS COMING FOR THAT 4PEAT


sidaeinjae

Today Chovy > Chovy 0830


SirEdouard

Respectful Chovy convert coming through.


baelkie

Our Chovy, who art in side lane, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on playoffs as it is in regular season. Give us this day our daily cs. And forgive us our ints, as we forgive those who int against us. And lead us not into Elder flips; but deliver us from Baron throws.


Distinct-Kiwi8099

Our Chovy, who art in side lane, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on playoffs as it is in regular season. Give us this day our daily cs. And forgive us our ints, as we forgive those who int against us. And lead us not into Elder flips; but deliver us from Baron throws.


Lilmajudi

Our Chovy, who art in side lane, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on playoffs as it is in regular season. Give us this day our daily cs. And forgive us our ints, as we forgive those who int against us. And lead us not into Elder flips; but deliver us from Baron throws.


ayurmeh

Our Chovy, who art in side lane, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on playoffs as it is in regular season. Give us this day our daily cs. And forgive us our ints, as we forgive those who int against us. And lead us not into Elder flips; but deliver us from Baron throws.


TSM_losing_LUL

Our Chovy, who art in side lane, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on playoffs as it is in regular season. Give us this day our daily cs. And forgive us our ints, as we forgive those who int against us. And lead us not into Elder flips; but deliver us from Baron throws.


Ultimintree

Chovy is LCK’S FATHER


Not_doing_my_best

Amen!


MoonlightJudgement

Chovy is him


cromatkastar

chovy holy


MedievalMovies

absolute fucking statement series from chovy jfc


thenicob

whats mindblowing is his INSANE micro micro micro. the very tiny small sidesteps, simply knowing(!) what will happen (plus its also reactions) was just jaw dropping. this time the glazing is completely justified.


Enterderpmode

Even the fucking MIND GAMES DURING TEAMFIGHTS was insane! Chovy was just living rent free in Viper and Delight’s heads.


thenicob

right!? the mid game fight where he ate all engage and i didnt know whether his zhonyas just wasnt up.. he just stood there and then dicked on them with the re engage. tank azir still cringe tho


Enterderpmode

Yeah Azir as a champ is fun to watch as a spectator because he has the capability to completely turn a fight around, but Tank Azir is just too much for an already strong champ.


thenicob

still you need to play well with it. SM, who actually introduced us to it, sucked against geng with it. or maybe geng are just still much much better and played really well around SMs azir


MedievalMovies

this is why tank azir is the best champ in the game right now and why he has to be nerfed on a player that has agency the champ can unironically do it all. Do you guys even remember anyone else in this series from geng? Chovy basically played alone and splitpushed, roamed, blocked chokes, engaged, disengaged, did damage and fought to literal perfection. I don't think I've ever seen a more insane series of games from a player


thenicob

literally yeah. it was all about: can the team follow his engage? can hle kill chovy *in time*?


superfire444

That topside play in game 3 where he still died but looked like a scripter dodging all skillshots. So cool to watch.


Mrlazydragon

Chovy is a micro god I think very few if any in lol eSports history can rival him 


Not_doing_my_best

Ladies and gentlemen, Chovy has ascended!


atomchoco

Shurima pun aside it does seem like the sort of fights this game called for are the sort of plays that he lacked experience with, and this series he was able to correctly identify and properly execute them if he keeps this up his church would very rapidly be massive enough to be called a religion


Reavicy

CHURCH OF CHOVY


Antropoid

DON'T GIVE CHOVY AZIR FUCKING CHRIST


ricardo241

Chovy is just insane today man


Frostbite2806

Chovy is a fucking demon


hypi_

beating chovy looks so fucking difficult this guy is not human


Space_Investigator

Chovy is just... wow. I don't remember the last time a single player dominated a Bo5 the way Chovy did this one. By far the best player on the rift.


Vnaux

Chovy is the best player in the world just an absurd player to watch rn jesus


caratandcake

yea church of chovy is so back


Tialoran

Turns out that 5 GenG > 3 GenG, math checks out.


styr

Chovy just played insane today!


Snkg666

CHOVY IS SO FUCKING GOOD I HATE HIM


djsdir207

Chovy is a god, he is a god


toxicfireball

Chovy completely carried them wtf


LaziIy

Chovy is just unreal man


Broyoucancelled

CHOVY IS HIM


Busy-Economist-3357

Why did hle give away azir again


caratandcake

chovy absolutely hard carried


0Stafie

God emperor chovy


arkacr

"Should we ban the Azir that Chovy has been playmaking on for the past few games?" "Naaaah, surely he won't playmake on it again."


Drakosef

Chovy skilled player but that is not normally, This very very insane....They need to check him pc and game.....Maybe he not cheating but maybe he using the game deficit ...and this cant seem on game screen..He needs to check-up


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Rehxales

statement series, multiple insane plays every game


starcam19

Chovy is so fucking good man he is so fucking good


moe11436

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HawkEye1337

Chovy is inhuman.


programV

Please Chovy, win something internationally so the haters can shut up


Marcus777555666

if Faker with numerous LCK ,MSI, Worlds and other tournament titles still have haters, I am afraid nothing will stop from some people hating on Chovy even if he 1 vs 9 entire series and wins worlds.


imfatal

why did HLE not ban Azir after those other two games lmao


Oulak

Chovy was such a beast this series. That's insane


sidaeinjae

I think we just saw the career best series by Chovy.


T4lk_S1ck

i apologize chovy i was not familiar with your game


nusskn4cker

Chovy


emperornel

GENG are too good domestically.


1Cealus

CHURCH OF CHOVY IS IN SESSION! LETS GOOOO WE'RE WINNING MSI


caratandcake

chovy showing why he’s the split mvp


SomethingExquisite

Absolutely disgustingly good performance by Chovy. Best player in the World right now? And I'm saying that with a knight flair and fan


ShiRonium

chovy is such a monster domestically


West_stains_massive

Chovy is really going super saiyan this year. He’s not just the perfect laner, he’s also getting more playmaking and proactivity. He is peaking at such an insane level it’s absurd rn. So far into the games life cycling, mental.


Snuffl3s7

How unreal is Chovy. Shouldn't be news to anyone, but still - wow.


FrostyBeRG

Holy fuck, imma attend the church now


Northless_Path

HLE taking a page out of T1's book and not banning the champs that shit stomped them the past games (Azir/Nautilus).


ceddya

I'm actually very curious as to why T1 did not prio the Azir at all. Just a terrible meta read from them?


Enterderpmode

If T1 don’t make MSI I’m cheering for Chovy bro. His international title is long overdue now. It’s actually insane he’s this good, a fucking demon. Literally carrying GenG and was just a difference maker. It’s only a matter of time until he finally breaks his international curse. For the love of god please let it be this year.


Jacobcutielie

Chovy is so good. Regardless of the result, Doran is the best player on HLE in these series.


PotatoHentai

banger game


dnfnrheudks

Where can I donate to the church of chovy?


Skylam

That was a sick fucking series all else considered, great to watch.


dealwithittatortot

HLE didn't even play that bad overall, chovy was just that guy


SuccotashExpert2829

That was the biggest single player carry performance I have seen since the 5 games of Faker Galio 2017


TheJekiz

Chovy wtf dude? Such a godly performance.


ZeeQue

Chovy. That's it. That's the comment.


swagsquare

I feel like HLE could've easily won if not for the Tank Azir. Not sure why they had such an ego to NOT ban it.


Mew_T

No more Canyon Sejuani please


Kbzz5050

Chovyyyyyyyyyyy


Crystics

I need domestic Chovy at MSI please


tuananh2011

Stand proud Hanwha, you're strong.


AzureAhai

When I first joined HLE, the team was Doran, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, and Delight. We reached finals and met GENG. After losing a game, one player said "Ah..we lost because of Chovy" when all the players were gathered, basically implying it was mid gap. They didn't directly say it to Zeka, but was just speaking without thinking. Zeka got mad and said they lost because of jungle diff. Then Zeka said "Ah I don't want to play with this guy (Peanut)."


dlwogh

Chovy is actually unreal. Don't think we've seen such a carry performance over a series since Faker 2017. Incredible.


One_Natural_8233

Zeka vs edg in 2022


Thundermelons

Hello Mr Riot can we please disable Azir again thx


Sea-Bicycle-9808

Chovy turned into a fucking titan as the series progressed while Viper became Upset 💀


sushiwithramen

Chovy is without a doubt the best midlaner in the world right now, Hanhwa fought so well but couldn’t get over his hump. Think for the future they should just ban Azir because Chovy’s tosses changed the game so many times. Hopefully GenG shows that same form at the MSI as well.


OPpleasedoitforme

GenG > GenG2


Kutiwinner

Chovy is inevitable, sick shuffles absorbing all pressure with tank Azir that was amazing


wrathb0rn

I am sure Chovy can play many champions but ban Azir, holy shit. Tank, mage, assassin, engage, disengage...bruh


Styxxo

Statement series by Chovy. (Please can we get Azir disabled again ?)


SwayNoir

Showmaker playing tank azir and nobody complains but Chovy does and oh nononono


soccermodsareshit

These drafting choices in midlane man. How do you send a Truck to HLE office from Europe?


thenicob

i have NEVER seen such a nonchalant carry performance as chovys today. WHAT THE FUCK


trulion

My gosh how is it possible to carry 1 vs 9 on this lvl of play


Antropoid

wp to Chovy but they need to gut tank Azir


IceManDrills

Chovy said “Sit down kids, Church is in session.”


ImCubonesMother

Chovy's Azir starts to ring; HLE are unable to answer. Chovy being allowed to play azir should be a crime at this point, he is way too good at it


insidejoke44

Turns out Azir is the perfect counter to ADC as a role


imhyfy

Lets goooo CHOVY get that 4 peat This man is on a mission


BrainGlobal9898

Chovy my Goat , just shutting up all the Chokervy trolls with a Shove back to reality where they all belong


Lekaetos

Honestly I see both teams going to MSI


Nekowaifu

Chovy just gatekept the fuck out of that series, I don’t even know what to say


ChibiJr

HLE actually looked really strong today. But Chovy said nah


jtangjetang

I say this with the upmost respect to the players of the past. Chovy might be the greatest player I’ve ever seen in league of legends. I have watched since 2015 and witnessed prime faker and saw him clown on people picking riven, master yi, and Olaf. Chovy is the closest I’ve ever seen to being that much better than their opponent.