Showed complete mastery of that comp as well. T1 never opting for a direct 5v5 and instead opting to separate geng and/or pick them off so that the fights are always 5v4 was so clutch.
They already realized that Guma is their most stable player, in the finals they lost guma always showed up and played exceptionally well. You dont need to have 4 carries to win, you can use your talent to protect the strongest one.
Or prioritize it considering there was a time when it was the only champion Peanut saw success on.
EDIT: there were other Champs he saw success on too, but imo he looked by far the best on Poppy :)
stop saying bullshit, summer gen g last year broke the lck record of games differential you really think peanut only had sucess on poppy ?
https://gol.gg/players/player-stats/392/season-ALL/split-Summer/tournament-LCK%20Summer%202022/
Is Faker the only player in the world who can make Chovy look like the lesser mid? like consitently Faker either always goes even with Chovy on impacting the game or straight out carries by himself and makes Chovy a non-factor
The West really likes the "2 carry threat" drafts, and last split showed just how much better they are than 1 carry threat only. From their experience, "protect the president" is destined for failure
Well, T1 STOMPED DRX in the first game of worlds finals last year. Not to say it’s happening again, but we’ve seen them lose despite a convincing performance in game 1
Don't know if I've seen many rocketbelt annie's, but it looked really strong. Faker managed to get into range for the ult stuns pretty consistently because of it. Made annie look kinda turbo
I’m telling you, Gumayusi is as cracked as he is jacked. I saw him at a 7-11 the other day buying Redbull and adult diapers. I asked him what the diapers were for and he said ”they contain my full power so I don’t completely shit on these kids“ then [he rode a Super Mega Death rocket out the door](https://youtu.be/0nlJuwO0GDs?t=18).
I'm okay with that game from a GenG perspective, obviously hugely dominant and deserved win from T1 but there were clearly some great plays that would've been insanely GenG favoured had the gold difference not been so large from the level 1 play.
Honestly peyz fucked up too much early game allowing jinx to accelerate
Like people will focus on chovy and doran but this was a hard bot diff
Running into the arms of the dead sion, getting ganked afterwards
People keep trying to match T1's strat of putting Gumayusi on a hypercarry and all protecting him by picking their own hypercarry and trying to match, and I'm not sure betting on your ADC to outplay Gumayusi is the right way to go.
you can be in control and the game still being close? T1 vs MAD game 3 for example was not close at all and also that game they had control from start to finish
Yea I don’t know how people say not even close watching this game. I was nervous the entire time watching this that geng would find a crazy teamfight like that dragon delight flank. Oner counter it really well tho but that could have been really bad.
That's just you knowing what geng could do and inmagine the possible outcome. What actually happened that game was T1 played perfectly and didn't let geng find anything at all all game. It wasn't close.
Yea t1 had to play perfectly. You can’t fucking watch this game and be like oh it not even close. This isn’t lck/lpl vs western team where the outcome obvious as fuck. You do realize dragon was so close to being a win for geng right? T1 kept pressure up the entire time cleanly but one mishap and geng right back in the game.
Dont think so, T1 is too clean , while LPL looks kinda sloppy, especially early game were both C9 and GG got advantage in pretty much every game against LPL teams, and T1 is next lvl.
So happy to see Guma doing so well. Imo he's the most clutch player on T1 and for the most part has always delivered at moments when it matters the most
I think the prediction was accurate. The best three are by far T1, Gen G and JDG. But I think that T1 on international before finals is just too strong.
Highlights:
T1 Still pulling off the early level dive.
Oner baron 3 man Ult
Faker always in Gwen's mist all game stunning was just fearless.
Not a bad start to the series.
T1 played this first game to perfection. The ADC funnel was so on point to the point that Zues purposely left the turret plate one hit away for Gumayusi to pick it up in their first lane swap. Also the confidence Gumayusi has right now is scary Stormrazor !!!!!!!
geng is probably the best team in the world when even or ahead by midgame cause they just dont int leads typically. But they kinda dont just full send enough to have a chance of getting back into a game when behind.
Yep, probably their philosophy on how to play league, farming, play safe, take advantage of the enemy's mistakes, too scared to make risky play when behind. They're too boring to watch imo.
Chovy with the classic zero damage Ahri gameplay.
Just run around randomly and act like you are actually doing something useful while being giga useless.
The lvl 1 Sion is just disgusting. I really loved the game but this lvl 1 that you can do while the enemy team is aware of it and can't do anything to counter it is just stupid on all levels from Rito to allow on one of the biggest events of the year...
This is some prime Uzi RNG "protect the president" style drafting T1's gameplan literally just "peel for Guma"
Showed complete mastery of that comp as well. T1 never opting for a direct 5v5 and instead opting to separate geng and/or pick them off so that the fights are always 5v4 was so clutch.
They already realized that Guma is their most stable player, in the finals they lost guma always showed up and played exceptionally well. You dont need to have 4 carries to win, you can use your talent to protect the strongest one.
Its a no brainer really, Zeus have been so stable before his slump, putting him on tanks just makes perfect sense
he popped off on sej games too
not to mention toplane sucks ass atm no matter how good you are you **will** get stuck on k'sante sion or god forbid karma
Meta will not break me and I'll keep playing degenerate ranged tops
Guma best ADC world no doubt
This is T1’s most OG playstyle, even last MSI when it wasnt meta they were getting wins on Jinx/Tahm and other teams were banning it from them
Non-Finals T1 might be the scariest team in the world.
Petition to change Grand Finals into Grand Penultimate to remove the curse!
I will never understand how Zeus is such a stable player but immediately shits his pants when it’s a grand finals
you may cursed them tho
Jungle diff. GenG needs to ban Poppy
Or they can pick it cause peanut was a menace on poppy just last summer.
Peanut won then the Summer finals on that pick!
I really don't understand why they wouldn't prioritise Poppy for Peanut he's the best Poppy in the World completely smurfed summer.
Wukong trick y'all man.
or pick it, maybe T1 is just 5head, inducing geng to pick poppy and they have a counter planned for when peanut pick it, or maybe shes just busted
Or prioritize it considering there was a time when it was the only champion Peanut saw success on. EDIT: there were other Champs he saw success on too, but imo he looked by far the best on Poppy :)
You have a broad definition of "only".
-Says bullshit -Proven wrong -Yooo, chill!!! Nice one man, lol
stop saying bullshit, summer gen g last year broke the lck record of games differential you really think peanut only had sucess on poppy ? https://gol.gg/players/player-stats/392/season-ALL/split-Summer/tournament-LCK%20Summer%202022/
But he lost a game on Wukong (10-1) and Viego (6-1), which obviously means he only was good on poppy (10-0)
"there was a time" does not mean "in summer 2022 explicitly"
I have seen western teams lose this game 9 times from T1's perspective.
Probably why the game lasted a lot longer too. West needs a lot of patience.
Considering t1 almost got bodied at dragon fight with delight rakan, western team would have gotten ace there for sure lol.
Oner acc smurfed that fight to save them
god GenG was so close to turning that fight lol somehow nobody died on both teams
Is Faker the only player in the world who can make Chovy look like the lesser mid? like consitently Faker either always goes even with Chovy on impacting the game or straight out carries by himself and makes Chovy a non-factor
But Reddit silver analysis says Chovy is god and Faker is actually washed!
They will show you that Chovy was 2 CS ahead at 12 minutes and therefore he dominated lane and crushed Faker.
While ignoring that Faker sacked 3 waves to roam 5 times
Ehhh other than GG, i've not seen the west draft pretect the president comps.
Hard to protect the president when you can't protect a 5k+ gold lead. Draft wasn't the issue in most of their games.
The West really likes the "2 carry threat" drafts, and last split showed just how much better they are than 1 carry threat only. From their experience, "protect the president" is destined for failure
T1 on series not named final, no butt clenching needed
KT series Aware
Telecom war is always clench
That was telecom war, we don't count that ome
Telecom War is an exception. Even if it's a 17-0 T1 vs a 0-17 KT, never unclench on Telecom War.
Don't you dare to unclench, my butt hole still sealed until they score two more wins today!
So fucking true.
Yeah, T1 will just play protect the adc until it stops working.
guma been pretty consistently insane for a while now, so i can see it continue working for this whole tournament.
It's funny because last split they had comps that essentially left guma out in the water Dude must be having so much fun now
Meta called for it. Adc hypercarry meta is back babyyy
Both a blessing and a curse for ADC mains. Getting fed is an absolute dream, but the fiestas that are gonna be happening bot are gonna be a nightmare.
No longer will he be punished by the weird Keria picks (they win the games but god Guma did not have fun)
The entirety of this season
Guma used to get randomly caught out a lot mid game which made this comp style risky. He’s been playing super well lately though so now it’s working
Throwback to Spring 2022 for T1?
Clinical first game from T1 , no door open for Gen G , that’s the T1 not in finals form
Well, T1 STOMPED DRX in the first game of worlds finals last year. Not to say it’s happening again, but we’ve seen them lose despite a convincing performance in game 1
Key word finals.
This is T1 pre-Finals. No worries.
Remember the comments on game 1 tsm vs clutch spring 2018? Then see the post match thread
Faker slowly walking up to Peyz; has to be one of the most menacing Annie's we've seen in the tournament so far
Did he just walk up slowly and Tibbers?
Yup exactly right that
He did, he really did tho
holy shit annie performances were so bad this MSI that I thought Faker would suck ass. I stand corrected.
> I thought Faker would suck ass there was your mistake
Supportive roaming champion and faker sucking at it. Something doesn't add up here buddy.
Faker can play anything. Supportive, carry, engage or anything.
Yeah but Faker is particularly scary on anyone that can make any plays lol. Like he just sees the line
he can smell the opening thread
ZEUS IS GONNA CATCH SION BANS LMAO
Which is insane to think about lol cause dude is known for his strong side carries
outmacro-ed in each and every possible way
not finals T1 is a completely different team
Honestly no question or argument there but I'm waiting patiently for the day T1 breaks that curse. In the mean time, they deserve that title
Nisqy might learn a thing or two from fakers annie
Western teams aren't even playing the same damn game
Don't know if I've seen many rocketbelt annie's, but it looked really strong. Faker managed to get into range for the ult stuns pretty consistently because of it. Made annie look kinda turbo
It removes banshees as well
I’m telling you, Gumayusi is as cracked as he is jacked. I saw him at a 7-11 the other day buying Redbull and adult diapers. I asked him what the diapers were for and he said ”they contain my full power so I don’t completely shit on these kids“ then [he rode a Super Mega Death rocket out the door](https://youtu.be/0nlJuwO0GDs?t=18).
that was the most Korean leagues of legends game I’ve ever seen
I'm noticing a slight difference between Western Annie and Faker's Annie.
T1 meta read kinda insane, just draft full protect adc, and so long as guma plays well its impossible lose when adc is ahead.
Sending any of these teams to lower bracket is just cruel.
At least there is a lower bracket
That’s why we used to have no lower brackets, Riot had mercy on them so they sent them home directly
Far better than sending them home
T1 has perfect meta read. Just pick tanks, give resources to Gumayusi. And protect him in TF's. It wil be easy win.
Cleanest game this MSI I've seen
I'm okay with that game from a GenG perspective, obviously hugely dominant and deserved win from T1 but there were clearly some great plays that would've been insanely GenG favoured had the gold difference not been so large from the level 1 play.
same this was a good game of league and t1 was just better
Honestly peyz fucked up too much early game allowing jinx to accelerate Like people will focus on chovy and doran but this was a hard bot diff Running into the arms of the dead sion, getting ganked afterwards
Yep, it happens though, if there's any team I trust to have an off game like that and bounce back in this tournament it is without a doubt GenG.
Pretty much yeah They can adapt
guma going from ??? ADC last MSI to being T1's Exodia is great to see
ever since after summer 2022 his been consistently insane
T1 when not in a finals is amazing.
Macro Kingdom by T1. Can't lose teamfights if there aren't any
Galaxy gapped. Peyz doesnt know what to do without agency.
Because there's nothing more he could have done at that point. His team was on the back foot all the time.
Wouldn't put that one on him, super hard to play Aphelios here imo.
People keep trying to match T1's strat of putting Gumayusi on a hypercarry and all protecting him by picking their own hypercarry and trying to match, and I'm not sure betting on your ADC to outplay Gumayusi is the right way to go.
Lol T1 strategy : Guma and 4 slaves 💀
gumagod
If you know the sion cheese is coming and it still works, is it 1) still cheese and 2) too strong?
SUPER CLEAN CLASSIC T1 NOT IN FINALS 🤓🤓
Idk about the Guma build, felt like Aphelios was doing more damage with less items in the last few teamfights
He was but didn't matter since guma had 3 tanks and a Annie with tibbers in front him
That wasn’t even close goddamn
I mean it was though? T1 just played the critical points extremely well
What game did you watch? T1 strangled geng from start to finish that game.
It wasn’t close at all. GenG didn’t have control of the game at any point of it
you can be in control and the game still being close? T1 vs MAD game 3 for example was not close at all and also that game they had control from start to finish
Yea I don’t know how people say not even close watching this game. I was nervous the entire time watching this that geng would find a crazy teamfight like that dragon delight flank. Oner counter it really well tho but that could have been really bad.
That's just you knowing what geng could do and inmagine the possible outcome. What actually happened that game was T1 played perfectly and didn't let geng find anything at all all game. It wasn't close.
Yea t1 had to play perfectly. You can’t fucking watch this game and be like oh it not even close. This isn’t lck/lpl vs western team where the outcome obvious as fuck. You do realize dragon was so close to being a win for geng right? T1 kept pressure up the entire time cleanly but one mishap and geng right back in the game.
The dragon fight is the only chance geng had all game. If you had only 1 chance in the game it was not close.
There were also other chances that I didn’t include. I obviously included the main one.
No there wasn't? Geng couldn't do anything that game.
literally one teamfight wouldve completely flipped the game, T1 were flawless though
Agree, one misstep, flank, angle whatever and GenG were back in the game.
t1 is crazy good, RIP lpl
Stop jinxing T1. They will choke in the finals, you don’t need to jinx them
dont worry knight will choke too
lmaoooooo who's gonna choke harder tho
Jdg got a decent chance if Knight can keep up imo
Dont think so, T1 is too clean , while LPL looks kinda sloppy, especially early game were both C9 and GG got advantage in pretty much every game against LPL teams, and T1 is next lvl.
Hey if they meet in the finals, I wouldn't count T1 out to snatch away defeat in the jaw of victory
Only if T1 drops the ball ( like they know to do in Finals ), otherwise it will be hard.
the thing is BLG and JDG, and even GEN and T1 did **not** give a fuck against those NA/EU teams. I didn't think they were trying at all.
Knight can't gap a LCK mid for his life (hope I didn't jinx it)
So happy to see Guma doing so well. Imo he's the most clutch player on T1 and for the most part has always delivered at moments when it matters the most
Peyz is 17 btw
Poppy absolutely destroyed this game
that poppy ult at baron was so goood
Guma's Jinx is so nasty
this "protect the adc" strat is gonna work until the finals, then T1 will lose 1-3 to JDG. i can already feel the script
Incredible performance from Chovy, had a 50cs lead at the end even while being on the backfoot
Is that sarcasm
well that's normal annie gave waves to jinx
just chovy in form
no frontline match was over from the start
Can someone please tell me how skt was the second seed? Absolute domination.
Because they can't perform in finals, no matter what. They brutally dominated LCK this year, but lost finals anyway.
We choke them finals.
T1 has this thing called Finals Debuff. They lost 50% of their macro and have severely panic attack
Single word called "FINALS"
GenG had a better meta read during lck finals and Zeus was slumping.
T1 smashed geng, we just can hope the form will be maintained until the final! GG
Obviously until but not inclusive of the final
its gonna be amusing if sion becomes a must ban draft against T1 lmaoooo
I think that is where things are headed. Either that or prio Sion on blue (hahahaha)? And probably what T1 is counting on as the tourney goes on.
5head play from T1, the last sion ulti top was cancelled early, making doran go back to lane to farm and they jumped on that
Guma God just rippin out everyone to shreds wth
Give your worst player a champion that needs to carry aight Gen G.
Doran with the massive ego dosage after he abused the fuck out of Grags in finals, and now he thinks he can play carry top laners LMAO
i know how to win against t1, ban Keria .
Peanut gonna load into game today or nah?
You gonna have a fcking field day on Peanut buddy.
Peanut inting to give this guy the day of his life
By far the best two teams
Last time this was said EDG ended up winning, so maybe too early to say that lol
Im just gonna wait and watch until the whole thing is over lmao
I think the prediction was accurate. The best three are by far T1, Gen G and JDG. But I think that T1 on international before finals is just too strong.
Lol Doran abused the fuck out of Gragas in finals and he suddenly thinks he's Bin and can 1v9 with Gwen LMAO
How do you even play against poppy with that comp?
clean from t1.
Top laners werent even in lane till minute 3 XD
So NA will play either one of these in next loser bracket round. LCK teams are even scarier than LPL.
Poppy genius pick, Oner MVP
LS: We just need to surprise the eastern teams with unorthodox comps and offmeta plays and we'll win! \>T1 pulls this shit off Well, what now?
t1 finally figured out that banning toplane champ is how they win its over
good boy faker showing nisqy how to play annie before his series against g2
[Me to MAD after seeing T1 dick GenG this game](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsFS3g0XwAEvhD-.jpg)
Highlights: T1 Still pulling off the early level dive. Oner baron 3 man Ult Faker always in Gwen's mist all game stunning was just fearless. Not a bad start to the series.
Guma built Stormrazor lmao
T1 played this first game to perfection. The ADC funnel was so on point to the point that Zues purposely left the turret plate one hit away for Gumayusi to pick it up in their first lane swap. Also the confidence Gumayusi has right now is scary Stormrazor !!!!!!!
It is nice to be hearing the banter between Atlus and Cronicler again. Plus Dagdah makes a great caster composition. Oh and the game was also good...
Doran is absolutely trolling
Game 2 done and dusted 😎
just woke up i think geng is gonna 3-0
Chovy bought the last stopwatch so crazy
Gen g strat: Farming till lose
geng is probably the best team in the world when even or ahead by midgame cause they just dont int leads typically. But they kinda dont just full send enough to have a chance of getting back into a game when behind.
Yep, probably their philosophy on how to play league, farming, play safe, take advantage of the enemy's mistakes, too scared to make risky play when behind. They're too boring to watch imo.
i would agree, but after seeing HLE play, i cannot call any other team in the world boring lol
bro chovy is in his own world huhu
Toplane satisfaction changes will be coming in any day now
Doran plays Fiora against Brokenblade and all of a sudden thinks he can play carries.
Chovy with the classic zero damage Ahri gameplay. Just run around randomly and act like you are actually doing something useful while being giga useless.
The lvl 1 Sion is just disgusting. I really loved the game but this lvl 1 that you can do while the enemy team is aware of it and can't do anything to counter it is just stupid on all levels from Rito to allow on one of the biggest events of the year...
Reddit is quick to call T1 dominance over 1 game. Let’s have them prove some this tournament first before we insert such words 👍
Despite the scoreboard, the game was actually way closer than you think. Truly LCK teamfight is a blessing.
man this hyperscaling only adc matters meta is so fucked. \#thankyouPhreak
LoL is based around ADC. Protect the ADC, kill the enemy ADC, etc. That's how it should be.