T1, Sets Out to ‘Exploit China’s North’

T1, Left Alone, Sets Out to ‘Exploit China’s North’ Once Again

Can T1, the lone ‘hope of the LCK’, prevent Busan’s humiliation?

On the 4th, KT Rolster lost to Jingdong Gaming (JDG) in the Chinese LPL, leaving only T1 as the Korean team at the 2023 League of Legends World Championship (Worlds Cup).

T1 will face off against LPL's third seed, Lining Gaming (LNG), in the quarterfinals held at Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Dongrae-gu, Busan at 5 p.m. on the 5th (today).

If T1 loses today, the 'nightmare' of having no Korean team in the semifinals of the World Cup held in Korea again like in 2018 will be repeated. 카지노사이트탑

Even this time, all four positions may be filled by rival Chinese teams.

In 2018, two teams from the European league LEC, one team from the North American league LCS, and one team from the Chinese league LPL advanced to the semifinals, and LPL's Invictus Gaming (IG) won the championship.

Can T1 become the hero that will save the LCK from crisis?

Fortunately, data from past and current competitions is promising.

From 2013 to present, T1 has never lost to an LPL team on a multi-game basis at Worlds.

It is continuing its ‘multi-system undefeated’ streak against China.

In this year's World Cup, T1 defeated Bilibili Gaming (BLG) with a set score of 2 to 0 on the Swiss stage.

In this tournament, they were the only LCK team to win against an LPL team.

In addition, T1 has already succeeded in 'Northern Expedition' against the Chinese team in the 2022 World Cup last year.

At that time, T1 won twice against Edward Gaming (EDG) in the group stage.

Afterwards, they defeated Royal Never Give Up (RNG) with a set score of 3 to 0 in the quarterfinals and defeated JDG 3 to 1 in the semifinals.

The perfect ‘Northern Expedition’ turned the final stage of the World Cup into an ‘LCK civil war’.

But you cannot let your guard down.

Just as Gen.G Esports fell to BLG, T1 may also lose to LNG.

LNG is a strong team that reached the finals by defeating BLG in the 2023 LPL summer playoffs.

LNG includes mid laner Lee “Scout” Ye-chan, who won the World Cup in 2021.

In addition, the team has powerful talents such as jungler 'Tarzan' Lee Seung-yong, nicknamed 'King of the Jungle', and distance dealer 'Gala' Chen Wei, who won the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) twice.

The deciding factor in the match between the two teams is expected to be the mid lane.

T1's mid laner Sang-hyeok 'Faker' Lee and LNG's Ye-chan Lee are both veterans who have won the World Cup.

Lee Ye-chan also worked with Lee Sang-hyuk at SK Telecom T1, the predecessor of T1, in 2015.

A fierce battle is expected from the line up.

The two players are ranked first and second in this competition with a 15-minute gold gap of 367 (Lee Ye-chan) and 257 (Lee Sang-hyuk), respectively.

Champions to watch are Orianna and Silas.

Both players are the preferred champions in this tournament.

Lee Sang-hyeok used Orianna three times and won twice, and Silas has a record of 1 win and 0 loss.

Ye-chan Lee won 1 and lost 0 as both champions.

Since both players are veterans and have many champions to deal with, it appears that both teams will have deeper concerns about their ban picks.

Akali, Azir, and Nico, which are appearing frequently in the quarterfinals, are the preferred cards of both Lee Sang-hyeok and Lee Ye-chan.

In order for T1 to win, they must have the upper hand in the coordination between mid and jungle.

In LNG, mid and jungle often move together to create situations.

In fact, Lee Ye-chan and Lee Seung-yong's kill involvement rates are similar at 76.4% and 75.5%.

To ruin this, you need to take advantage of T1's early design, which is its strength.

In this tournament, ‘owner’ Moon Hyun-jun’s kill involvement rate was a whopping 82.3%, ranking first among junglers. 메이저사이트 백링크

The first kill (first blood) involvement rate also reaches 80%.

Lee Sang-hyeok also ranks first among mid laners with a first kill involvement rate of 40%.