For seven weeks, Griffin went undefeated in the 2019 LCK Spring Split. The best team in the world beat all comers, including the SK Telecom T1 superteam, recently promoted juggernauts Damwon and Sandbox, and every other team that threatened them. It was evocative of their run last summer when they beat team after team to prove that they belonged in the top league in Korea.
But just like last summer, when the wheels fell off for Griffin, they crashed hard. Back then, it was a shocking loss to Gen.G in the regional gauntlet that knocked them out of Worlds. This time, Gen.G were the start of Griffin’s troubles.
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