EU Legends reverse-sweep a four-world-champion CHZZK side to win the Legends Match

A roster of former LEC names pulled off a reverse sweep against CHZZK Legends to win the Legends Match on CHZZK, claiming the ₩5,000,000 first-place prize in one of the more star-studded showmatches of the year.

The event, hosted by Korean streaming platform CHZZK, brought together three teams: two Korean line-ups of current and former pros, and a European side built from familiar faces of the Old Continent's competitive scene. With Huni, Jankos, Nemesis, Rekkles and Wadid, EU Legends came through the lower path and into the grand final, where they recovered from a two game deficit to close out the series.

Their opponents were no exhibition filler. CHZZK Legends fielded four former world champions — CuVee, Ambition, Tempt, Bang and BeryL — a line-up stacked with Summoner's Cup pedigree across more than one Korean dynasty.

The fifth and deciding game carried a heavy dose of symbolism for anyone who has followed European League of Legends. Tim "Nemesis" Lipovšek carried on Zilean, the signature pick he rode to a string of game-five wins with Los Ratones over the past year. Martin "Rekkles" Larsson, meanwhile, brought out the Senna that became one of his calling cards, most memorably at Worlds 2020.

The jungle match-up added another layer. Marcin "Jankos" Jankowski — the former G2 jungler now working as a co-streamer for the structure — locked in Nasus for the decider. The pick rhymed with recent G2 history: their current jungler, Rudy "Skewmond" Semaan, also picked Nasus in game five of the LEC Spring Split final, where a monstrous individual performance carried his team to the title.

When the dust settled, the European veterans had completed the comeback and won the tournament — proof that, at least for one night on a Korean broadcast, the old EU guard still had the answers against a room full of former World champions.