The 2024 LCK season is the 13th season of the

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(LCK), a professional South Korean esports league for the

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''. The season is divided into two splits: Spring and Summer. The Spring Split began on 17 January and culminated with the playoff finals on 14 April 2024.

League changes

Teams

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heading into the 2024 season, in which became BNK FearX on 23 May in time for the Summer Split

Salary cap

In response to financial challenges faced by LCK organizations, such as Gen.G's CEO Arnold Hur revealing that his team had "never turned a profit" despite leading in sponsorship revenue, the LCK implemented a hard

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for starting rosters and a

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system for the 2024 season. The salary cap will be calculated based on the total salary paid to the starting roster, excluding substitutes or benched players. It consists of a minimum level, set at 70% of a team's revenue earned in 2022, and an upper limit. Teams exceeding the maximum cap will incur a luxury tax, which will be redistributed to teams that stayed within the limit. However, to be eligible for a share of the luxury tax, teams must reach the minimum level of the salary cap. There is no individual cap on a player's salary, only for the entire team, and there are exceptions and bonuses based on player achievements.

Spring

The Spring Split regular season ran from 17 January to 24 March 2024. The 10 teams played a total of 90 games, and all regular season games were played in a best-of-three format. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoffs, which took place from 30 March to 14 April 2024. The top two teams from the playoffs advanced to the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational.

Regular season

Playoffs

Summer

Regular season

Playoffs

World Championship qualification

Championship points

Regional qualifier

The regional qualifier is a tournament consisting of the top four teams in the LCK based on championship points that had not directly qualified for the 2024 World Championship. The top two teams face off, and the winner earns a spot in the World Championship. Simultaneously, the bottom two teams played against each other, with the losing team being eliminated. The remaining two teams then compete for the last LCK spot in the 2024 World Championship.

Awards

;Spring *Most Valuable Player: Chovy, Gen.G *Player of the Split: Chovy, Gen.G *1st Team All-Pro: ** Kiin, Gen.G ** Canyon, Gen.G ** Chovy, Gen.G ** Peyz, Gen.G ** Keria, T1 *2nd Team All-Pro: **

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, T1 ** Faker, T1 ** Viper, Hanwha Life Esports ** Lehends, Gen.G *3rd Team All-Pro: ** Doran, Hanwha Life Esports **

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, Hanwha Life Esports ** Zeka, Hanwha Life Esports ** Gumayusi, T1 ** Delight, Hanwha Life Esports ;Summer *Most Valuable Player: Peyz, Gen.G *Player of the Split: Chovy, Gen.G *Rookie of the Year: Lucid, Dplus Kia *1st Team All-Pro: ** Kiin, Gen.G ** Canyon, Gen.G ** Chovy, Gen.G ** Peyz, Gen.G ** Lehends, Gen.G *2nd Team All-Pro: ** Doran, Hanwha Life Esports **

, Hanwha Life Esports ** Zeka, Hanwha Life Esports ** Viper, Hanwha Life Esports ** Delight, Hanwha Life Esports *3rd Team All-Pro: ** Kingen, Dplus Kia **

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References

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