At LoL’s MSI 2024 The reigning world champion team, T1, is struggling with difficulties. After the defeat against BLG, the match against Team Liquid is imminent. But Gumayusi expresses his concerns about this.
After T1 lost to BLG, the team slipped into the MSI (Mid-Season Invitational) loser bracket. Previously, T1 only narrowly won against G2. The top team now has to win every game to win MSI for the third time. AD carry Lee Gumayusi Min-hyeong expresses concerns that his team could also lose out against their next opponent, Team Liquid.
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Challenges for T1 at MSI 2024
What does Gumayusi say? In a May 12 interview with Ashley Kang (on YouTube), Gumayusi emphasizes that if T1 doesn’t address their weaknesses, they could lose to Team Liquid. He makes clear the importance of paying more attention to the early game by focusing on lane swaps.
Gumayusi talks about the challenge of being in the lower bracket now and emphasizes that T1 needs four consecutive wins to win MSI. He mentions that they need to stay in shape as there is not much time between games.
Another point Gumayusi raises is the need for extensive feedback sharing within the team to be better prepared for draft-related issues. BLG banned five mid lane champions in the game against T1 to limit Faker’s selection. He then played Akali against Tristana in the mid lane in Game 4.
Finally, Gumayusi talks about his expectations for the upcoming match against Team Liquid (TL) in the interview. He describes TL’s playstyle as pretty solid.
He also says the following:
I think we could easily win if we do what we do best. But if we go into the series against TL without addressing our weaknesses, I also think we could end up losing.
Gumayusi (Source: Ashley Kang YouTube)
So what happens next? World champion T1 must win every game in order to emerge victorious at MSI for the third time. Tomorrow, May 15th, they will face Team Liquid. It remains to be seen whether T1 has made any changes and how the team will fare against Team Liquid. In any case, Gumayusi describes his teammate and LoL legend Faker as an almost perfect player: Faker is still missing one thing to be a perfect player