The LCK champion’s overwhelming performance… Gen.G defeats Ryan and advances to Worlds semifinals

LCK champion Gen.G defeated North America's LYON with an overwhelming performance in the League of Legends (LoL) World Championship and advanced to the semifinals of the 2026 LoL World Championship (Worlds).

Gen.G defeated Ryan with a set score of 3:0 in the quarterfinals of the 2026 LoL World Championship held in Texas, USA on the 5th (Korean time).

Ryan took the lead at 1 minute and 50 seconds when Kim “Berserker” Min-cheol got a kill against “Duro” Joo Min-gyu in the bottom line.

However, in the ensuing object battle, Gen.G took the lead and gained the upper hand in total gold amount. In the top lane, Kim “Giin” Ki-in overwhelmed Nisip “Dokla” Doshi, and Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu and “Chovy” Jeong Ji-hoon also showed great performances, putting a wedge in the game.

Gen.G widened the total gold gap to 10,000 in the 30th minute and leisurely attacked Ryan's base, winning the first set.

In the second set ban pick, Ryan attracted attention by choosing a bottom combination specializing in kill catches with Mel and Pike. On the other hand, Gen.G took confident picks such as Sion and Viktor and then brought out the standard Ash-Seraphine combination for the bottom.

Ryan's strategy of suppressing the opponent from the bottom lane stage was shaken from the start as 'Ruler' Park Jae-hyuk scored first.

Ryan repeatedly fought after the dragon fight, but instead allowed the gap from the beginning, providing only opportunities for Chovy and Canyon to grow.

Gein and Ruler eliminated Dokla twice in a row in the top lane with exquisite combination play, and Gen.G even took the lead in the upper body.

'Inspired' Katzper Sworma caught Gen.G off guard several times even in unfavorable situations and created an unusual atmosphere, but Gen.G took advantage of the overwhelming weight difference and broke through the opponent's defense line in 26 minutes to win the second set.

Gen.G, who pushed their opponent to match point, was fierce in the third set.

Ki-in started off strong by getting a kill against Dokla in a joint attack with Chovy in the 5th minute.

Canyon also attacked the top line one after another, and Gen.G took the lead in the early stages.

However, in the 14th minute, Ryan's surprise attack on the mid lane with Inspired gave up 4 kills, creating an unusual atmosphere.

However, Ruler's Xayah cut off Ryan's offensive at every critical moment, blocking further advances and widening the gap.

Gen.G, who recorded an all-kill thanks to Chovy's triple kill in the 32nd minute, won the third set in 33 minutes and confirmed advancement to the semifinals with a sweeping victory.

Gen.G will attempt to advance to the Worlds finals for the first time under the current team name in the semifinals against China's Invictus Gaming (IG) on the 7th.