APA Dragon King turned into Insect King and was beaten by Vladi Tsar. Yike Xiaozhu swept away the slump. KC won back a game.

Live broadcast on March 10th, the 2025 Global Pioneer Tournament kicked off today, with the first game between LEC champion KC and LTA champion Team Liquid !

In the second game, Vladi's Tsar killed APA's Dragon King in the lane. In the team fight in the top lane, Canna and Camille killed everyone. APA's Dragon King TPed down and gave away a kill again. Yike's Xiaozhu led the team to roam around the map to catch people. In the team fight in the bottom lane, CoreJJ ate Vladi's Tsar's head but died twice in a row. APA resurrected in the bottom lane to kill the minions and Tsar was killed again. KC easily got a 7k economic advantage in 17 minutes, and then ate and destroyed Ertahan and pushed down Team Liquid 's base in a wave to regain a city.

Blue side KC: Canna Camille, Yike Sejuani, Vladi Tsar, Caliste Miss Fortune, Targamas Leona

Ban: Ziggs, Draven, Taliyah, Hui, Braum

Red Team Team Liquid : Impact Anbesa, UmTi Scorpion, APA Dragon King, Yeon Ashe, CoreJJ Pantheon

Ban: Victor, Kalista, Yongen, Corki, Jhin

Competition Details:

[4:47] Vladi's Tsar stabbed APA's Dragon King in the middle lane. The latter was greedy for soldiers and was forced to flash into the tower. Vladi flashed and stabbed APA to death and got the first blood.

[8:54] Yike's Sejuani came up to gank, Xiaozhu sniped Impact Anbesa, it was 2V2 on the top lane, Canna kicked Imapct to death, UmTi was killed afterwards, APA's Dragon King TPed to the top and gave away another kill, KC scored 0 for 2 and took a 1k economic lead.

[10:53] CoreJJ 's Pantheon and Yeon's Ashe switched lanes to the middle lane, 3v3 in the river, CoreJJ was controlled and the kill was given to Caliste 's Miss Fortune, Yike ate the little dragon, and KC had a 3k economic lead.

[15:49] In the team fight at bottom lane, APA was instantly melted. At the same time, Canna 's Camille stuck to Impact and killed him. CoreJJ ate Vladi's big head but was isolated and taken away. KC made a 1 for 4 trade and pushed down Team Liquid 's bottom lane tower, taking a 4k economic lead.

[17:06] CorJJ was caught and killed again in the bottom lane. Taragamas, the female tank in the middle lane, pointed to Yeon and took him away. KC easily made a 1 for 3 trade. APA was resurrected and TPed directly to the bottom lane to keep Vladi and exchange with him. Caliste in the middle lane cooperated with teammates to kill Imapct. KC made a 1 for 2 trade and took a 7k economic lead.

[20:08] The top laners of both teams were swapped, and then KC ate and destroyed Ertahan, giving KC a 7k economic lead.

[22:21] KC rushed to Team Liquid 's high ground in the middle lane and pushed down the two high ground towers in the top and middle. In a team fight on the high ground, Imapct's Anbesa's ultimate was in vain, and UmTi's scorpion pulled two people but it was useless. KC easily made a 0-for-4 exchange and pushed down Team Liquid 's base to regain a city.