After the win over IMT, Team Liquid AD carry Steven "Hans sama" Liv spoke to Inven Global about winning the LCS Lock In, how support Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in factored into his decision to join TL for 2022, and his next matchup against Cloud9 AD carry Kim "Berserker" Min-cheol.
Since coming to the LCS, PowerOfEvil has played a pivotal part in any success his teams have enjoyed, but the off-season has always resulted in him opening a new chapter in the book of his career.
Jojopyun looked every bit the hyped-up rookie mid laner that LCS fans have been hearing about, giving hope to EG fans that, even if their team got swept by Team Liquid in the Lock In finals, they could be on the track to grow into a dominant LCS team.
Let's take a look at which players' competitive stocks rose and which fell following the conclusion of the 2022 LCS Lock In.
After a hard-fought 3-1 loss to Team Liquid in the semifinals of the Lock In, Blue spoke to Inven Global and shared his thoughts on why he felt people had seemingly underestimated Dignitas QNTMPAY ahead of the start of the season and what about the team had led to them exceeding the majority of expectations from outsiders.
C9 played the Lock In with only two of their starting players, but was still able to topple Counter Logic Gaming 2-1, which accounted for the only wins for a Group A team against a Group B team.
After TL won the 2022 LCS Lock In, top laner Gabriël "Bwipo" Rau spoke to Inven Global about sweeping EG out of the finals, his own level of play across the weekend, returning to his original of top lane after jungling for Fnatic last year, and the current state of top lane in the competitive meta.
There have been two Lock In tournaments in the history of LCS, and both of their trophies belong to TL.
After sweeping Cloud9, Evil Geniuses AD carry Kyle "Danny" Sakamaki spoke to Inven Global about EG's form in the 2022 LCS Lock In, the impact of his own success on rookie mid laner Joseph "jojopyun" Joon-pyun's debut, and what he thinks makes EG an organization that can develop North American talent.
As a result of the 3-0 victory, EG have qualified for the organization's first ever LCS final, where they will face off against defending Lock In champion Team Liquid.
DIG, a team projected to be a bottom 2 by many an analyst was able to topple the defending LCS champion in 100 Thieves, but how did they do it?
After Dignitas QNTMPAY's big win in the quarterfinals of the 2022 LCS Lock In, River joined Inven Global to speak about the game plan against 100 Thieves and how he was able to mesh well with his teammates despite only two days of practice.
On one side of the bracket, Dignitas QNTMPAY will face off against Team Liquid on one side of the bracket while Evil Geniuses and Cloud9 will go toe-to-toe on the other side of the bracket. The winners of the two best-of-five series' will advance to the finals of the Lock In.
Golden Guardians, who started the entirety of the GG Academy roster in the Lock In due to visa issues delaying the arrival of certain members of the starting roster, is the fifth team to be eliminated from the tournament, leaving only five teams in the competition.
TL will move onto the semifinals to face Dignitas, who upset defending LCS champion 100 Thieves 2-0 in the first quarterfinal match of the knockout stage.
After Counter Logic Gaming's first games in the 2022 LCS Lock In, Contractz joined Inven Global to discuss his growth on Evil Geniuses, why he joined CLG, and the dynamic between LCS players and LCS Academy players.
After a narrow loss to EG, Bjergsen joined the press and spoke to Inven Global about his first LCS matches in a Team Liquid jersey.
Here are Inven Global's Pick'ems for the group stage of the 2022 LCS Lock In.
Half of the teams in the LCS will begin the season without their full starting rosters.
Before the start of the 2022 LCS season, Tactical spoke to Inven Global about his sophomore season on Team Liquid last year, how his bond with jungler Mingyi "Spica" Lu played a part in him joining TSM, and also shared his thoughts on TSM Academy's chances competing in place of the main roster in the LCS Lock In.
