Wild Rift Horizon Cup 2021 Grand Finals: Thunder Talk Gaming and Da Kun Gaming advance into the Grand Finals of Horizon Cup 2021. We were able to see some of the best League of Legends: Wild Rift gameplays at the Semi-Finals of the Horizon Cup 2021. Team Secret from Southeast Asia and KT Rolster from Korea went against the Chinese juggernaut teams, Da Kun Gaming and Thunder Talk Gaming in their respective Semi-Final matches. Although they put up a valiant effort, it was not enough against the Chinese representative teams who did not drop even one game in Group Stages and continued their advance into the Grand Finals of the Horizon Cup 2021.
1st Semi-Final: Da Kun Gaming vs Team Secret
The first game went in the favor of Da Kun Gaming as Team Secret’s off-meta team composition of Nunu and Willump, Renekton, Orianna, Alistar and Riven was not able to help them win against Da Kun’s solid lineup of Garen, Kha’zix, Ziggs, Zed and Leona. Team Secret was able to come back in the second game as they were able to push it into the late phase where their picks of Zed, Gragas, Lucien, Ziggs, and Jarvan IV were able to win against Da Kun’s Renekton, Rengar, Diana, Varus, and Rakan. The last two games were in Da Kun’s favor as their Jarvan IV and Jax picks were effective in both games against Team Secret’s lineup. The 3rd and 4th game was won by Da Kun Gaming in the 14th and 15th minute respectively.
Final Score: Da Kun Gaming 3-1 Team Secret
2nd Semi-Final: Thunder Talk Gaming vs KT Rolster
This was the first series of the Knockout Stage of Horizon Cup 2021 that went till the 5th game to decide the winner. In the first two games, Thunder Talk Gaming was able to win against KT Rolster in the 19th and 16th minutes respectively. While everyone thought that Thunder Talk would continue their undefeated streak, KT Rolster bounced back by winning in the 3rd and 4th game. They were able to push both these games to beyond 20 and 24 minutes respectively and register a win against Thunder Talk. They were not able to continue Korea’s hopes to the Grand Final as Thunder Talk Gaming won over them in the final 5th game at the 17th minute.
Final Score: Thunder Talk Gaming 3-2 KT Rolster
Conclusion
While both Team Secret and KT Rolster gave their best, it was Da Kun Gaming and Thunder Talk Gaming who were better in their gameplays and will now advance into the Grand Finals. Both the Chinese representative teams will fight each other in a best of 7 series on 21st November to be crowned as the champion of the Wild Rift Horizon Cup 2021. You can catch the Grand Finals broadcast LIVE at 5:30 PM IST on the WildRiftEsports Twitch channel.
