T1, which proved to be the strongest in the LOL World Cup, beats Gen.G and tries to become the 5th top in history
Oct 28, 2024
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T1 advanced to the finals with a 3-1 victory in the semifinals of the '2024 League of Legends World Championship" (LOL World Cup), where LCK (Korea)'s two strongest teams, T1 and Gen.G, faced off at Adidas Arena in Paris, France from the 27th to the 28th (Korea time), aiming for the second consecutive LOL World Cup and the fifth world title ever since last year. T1's final opponent is LPL's strongest Bilibili Gaming.
T1 has been thoroughly pushed back over the past three years to the extent that it lost the final to Gen.G. for four consecutive years from the 2022 summer season to this year's spring season. But the LOL World Cup was different. In international competitions, especially in the LOL World Cup in the fall, T1 players' 'crazy mode' remained unchanged again this time.
T1 won relatively simply in the first set after a sustained dominance based on its dominance from targeting empty larvae. In the second set, he allowed Gen.G to fight back, but in the third and fourth sets, he was ahead in all aspects, including various strategies, one-stroke fights, and bold charges, to determine the final line.
T1's amazing momentum has already started from the Swiss stage (the round of 16). He lost to LPL's TES in the first game, but after beating Payne Gaming for the first time, he reached the quarterfinals by beating Billy and G2, the strongest players in the region. T1, which won a landslide 3-0 victory over TES, which met again in the quarterfinals, showed that it completely switched to the LOL World Cup mode, overpowering even LCK's archrival Gen.G.
On the other hand, Gen.G easily passed the round of 16 with all three wins, but failed to overcome the momentum that fell to the point of only a 3-2 come-from-behind victory after being on the verge of defeat by LCS' fly quest, which was considered a weak player in the quarterfinals. At the international competition MSI held in May, he won the title by defeating the Chinese team, including Bilibili, and has shed the stigma of 'domestic team', but has not continued as much as in the LOL World Cup.
Meanwhile, Bilibili, T1's final opponent, also struggled with two losses in the Swiss stage, but in the quarterfinals, Hanwha Life e-Sports, the No. 1 LCK seed, and Weibo Gaming in the same region, which lost to them in the semifinals of the LOL World Cup last year, proved to be China's strongest team to beat LPL this year and reached the LOL World Cup final for the first time.
The final match between T1 and Bilibili will be held on November 2 at the O2 Arena in London, England.
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