Worlds 2025 Swiss Stage Day 2: LCK looks unstoppable, LEC seeks momentum

The League of Legends Swiss Stage at Worlds heads into Day 2 today, with another eight best-of-one series to witness. Day 1 saw every LCK team apart from Hanwha Life Esports manage to take their first win, while the LEC struggled to keep up. However, there is still a long road ahead for these teams, and Day 2 offered a chance at redemption for some, while others hoped to pull ahead and advance to the best-of-three stage.

Here is a summary of everything that happened on Day 2 of the Swiss Stage at Worlds 2025.

Much like Day 1, every series on Day 2 would be a best-of-one series. However, this time the teams that had won on Day 1 would be fighting against one another, while those that lost met their counterparts. The rewards for keeping a winning record would be heading into Day 3’s best-of-three series. Those that end Day 2 with a 1-1 scoreline head through to more best-of-ones on Saturday, while the teams without a win move into dreaded elimination matchups.

With a lot to play for this early, the teams would be bringing out everything they can when there is only one game to decide their future fate.

All games will be streamed via the LoL Esports YouTube channel and the official Riot Games Twitch channels.

Two LTA Championship teams got everything underway for Day 2 of the Swiss Stage at Worlds 2025. Song “Quad” Soo-hyung’s Viktor was the most surprising pick from the draft, giving the champ his first showing on the Worlds stage this year. With some failed early game aggression, VKS fell behind. This was not helped by a Rift Herald fight going the way of Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau’s Mordekaiser.

An Ace from FQ soon after taking Atakhan would see Fly take complete control, before their patience secured them the Baron and eventually the game.

Next the attention turned to the winner’s bracket, with TSW and KT both looking to secure a spot in Day 3’s best-of-three series. While TSW secured much of the early game, KT was far more careful in their plays. When the skirmishes settled, KT showed the continued strength of the LCK to secure their 2-0 standing.

The loss also means that Jarvan IV, currently the most picked champion of the tournament already, sits at a 0% win rate after 8 picks. Here's hoping that everyone's Crystal Ball pick is correct.

A battle of the LEC would be our next stop, with MKOI taking on G2 Esports. After a scary early game saw Javier “Elyoya” Prades Batalla’s Wukong getting ahead, G2 finally began to wake up. Once G2 had control, MKOI were in disarray, and the game quickly got away from them. Steven "Hans Sama" Liv's Yunara ripped through MKOI to secure the win for G2 and take them up to 1-1.