Hanwha Life Esports vs Dplus KIA Tips & Live Stream – Dplus Looking to Upset in LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2

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Last updated: 23 May 2025

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Hanwha Life Esports vs Dplus KIA League of Legends betting picks for Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Week 8 of LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2 (15:00 KST)
Hanwha Life Esports are expected to dominate
Dplus KIA have the talent but are not in the right shape to defeat Hanwha Life

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Hanwha Life Esports vs Dplus KIA Predictions

Hanwha Life Esports and Dplus KIA will face off on Saturday, May 24, in Week 8 of League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) 2025 Rounds 1-2, for the second time this split.

Hanwha Life Esports vs Dplus KIA Predictions
Head to Head
Where to Watch Hanwha Life Esports vs Dplus KIA Live?
Hanwha Life Esports Form
Hanwha Life Esports Squad & Team News
Dplus KIA Form
Dplus KIA Squad & Team News

Hanwha Life Esports won their last meeting with Dplus KIA 2-1 at the end of April, and they are expected to be just as successful in the rematch.

This comes as no surprise, as HLE have established themselves as one of the league's top teams, whereas Dplus KIA have been struggling a lot of late, especially when faced with tougher opponents.

While Dplus KIA have a very stacked roster, their form and overall performances, this split makes it hard to believe they can overcome Hanwha Life.

Dplus KIA are in bad shape
Hanwha Life Esports are rightly favoured
A quick 2-0 is not out of the question

Head to Head

Hanwha Life Esports and Dplus KIA last met in the fourth week of LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2 when Hanwha Life won in three maps.

Hanwha Life Esports 2-1 Dplus KIA – April 27, 2025

Where to Watch Hanwha Life Esports vs Dplus KIA Live?

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Hanwha Life Esports Form

Hanwha Life Esports enter this match off a tough 1-2 loss against the league leaders, Gen.G, which effectively lost them the LCK regular season title race. Despite the defeat, HLE played well, and they deserve praise for winning one map on the day.

Arguably, Hanwha Life Esports were in a position to win the series and hand Gen.G their first loss of LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2. However, Gen.G are simply too good at what they do and extremely efficient in punishing mistakes, as small as they might be.

Despite the loss, HLE played well and retained their tag as one of the league's top dogs.

Hanwha Life Esports Squad & Team News

Hanwha Life Esports have not made any roster changes.

Choi "Zeus" Woo-je – top lane
Han "Peanut" Wang-ho – jungle
Kim "Zeka" Geon-woo – mid lane
Park "Viper" Do-hyeon – ADC
Yoo "Delight" Hwan-joong – support

Dplus KIA Form

Dplus KIA have been struggling for a while before they picked up two wins against DRX and BNK FEARX in Week 7, which indicated some kind of improvement. But that theory was put to rest on Thursday when Dplus KIA lost to OKSavingsBank BRION (0-2).

While BRION played well, it was mostly Dplus KIA making errors, which led to the final outcome.

This is now a concerning trend, and with no clear sign of improvement, it is hard to feel optimistic about Dplus KIA and their chances to bounce back. The eye test proves they are simply not on the same page and play very disjointed at all stages of the game.

Dplus KIA Squad & Team News

No changes for Dplus KIA.

Jeon "Siwoo" Si-woo – top lane
Choi "Lucid" Yong-hyeok – jungle
Heo "ShowMaker" Su – mid lane
Kim "Aiming" Ha-ram – ADC
Cho "BeryL" Geon-hee – support

Verdict

Hanwha Life Esports v Dplus KIA

Hanwha Life Esports are priced as big favourites for this match, which might not make sense if you were to compare the two rosters on paper. But Dplus KIA have been struggling way too much this split to have any faith in them.

It's not even that Dplus KIA lack individual talent. Rather, they do not work well as a unit and are prone to making silly mistakes, which cost them wins even against lesser teams.

It will take a massive blunder for Hanwha Life Esports to lose a map, let alone the whole series, on Saturday.