Faker and T1 have been in crisis all year, destroying a world-class team in the quarterfinals of the World Cup

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In League of Legends, the reigning world champion T1 around mid laner Faker is getting going in time for the world championship. After struggling for a long time, T1 now seems to be in top form. In the quarterfinals of the Worlds on Saturday, October 19, 2024, they gave one of China’s strongest teams, TopEsports, no chance. Top laner Zeus and bot laner Gumaysui played really well.

This was the situation: Things didn’t go well for T1 in 2024 at all. The South Korean superstars were only able to qualify for the Worlds as the fourth team. After the World Cup victory in 2023, the air seemed to be running out this year. In August, fans became concerned about Faker when he became unusually emotional after a loss.

In the quarterfinals of the World Championship, T1 now faced the Chinese team TopEsports. They have two of the best players in the world in their ranks with jungler Tian and bot laner JackeyLove.

But what was supposed to be a close match turned into a showcase for the Korean stars.

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T1 gives the Chinese stars no chance

This is how the matches went: Every match ended up being a clear win for T1:

  • Match 1 ended 13-5, especially Zeus on Camille (3-0-8) dominated the opponents. Tian and JackeyLove both didn’t make a single kill.
  • Things got really bad in match 2. Here T1 won 15-0. Faker played a perfect 6-0-6 on Ahri. People joke on reddit that he only played it so he could later choose it as a skin for Worlds. The last Ahri skin from Faker was exorbitantly expensive.
  • Match 3 also went to the South Koreans with 14-7. Here Gumayusi, who didn’t die throughout the series, scored 7-0-3. Faker competed with Galio.

    • The entry of T1 is already impressive:

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    T1 is celebrated on reddit

    This is how it is discussed: Above all, the poor Chinese toplaner, 369, has to listen to how much Zeus showed him off on reddit.

    The fact that Faker has now competed at the Worlds 9 times and reached the semi-finals 9 times is seen as an incredible achievement.

    One commentator says: T1 makes “TopEsports” look like “BottomEsports” – Gumayusi didn’t die once.

    Keria’s performance is also highlighted in the comments; in the eyes of many, Keria is an absolute exceptional talent as a support player. One writes: Being Keria is so unfair. The first advantage is: you never have to play against Keria. The second advantage is: everyone else has to play against Keria.

    This defensive game, Zeus escaping certain death, is seen as a brilliant play because Zeus anticipates everything correctly and then escapes so surprisingly:

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    Tournament favorites are all still playing for victory

    What’s next? Today at 2 p.m. FlyQuest will play against Gen G. It is assumed that tournament favorite Gen G. will defeat the total outsiders FlyQuest and play against T1 in the semifinals on Sunday, October 27, 2024.

    The winner of this match will play in the final against the winner of the all-Chinese Weibo Gaming vs. BLG semifinal in London on November 2, 2024 for the world title.

    Gen G. and T1 is the rematch of the legendary finals of LoL Worlds 2017, when Faker was seen crying.

    Gen G. Chovy’s midlaner is considered a possible successor to Faker as “the face” of LoL. The other candidate knight is also still in the race with his team BLG. So the World Cup is going pretty much exactly as the bookmakers predicted. The top favorites are still in the tournament: Who will win LoL Worlds 2024? Two professionals finally want to replace Faker

    Update October 20, 7:53 p.m.: As expected, Gen G. won against FlyQuest, but with a score of 3-2, it was much narrower than expected. But there will be a showdown between Gen G. and T1, between Chovy and Faker.

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