Although the result between T1 and Gen.G is already there, all reasons will only cut more pain for the losing team, but this will be a lesson for Faker and his teammates.
According to statistics before the final match of the LCK Spring 2023. Gen.G has 3 times lost to T1 with overwhelming results. Therefore, the reversal of the situation in the final really shocked viewers. What is the reason, it all can only be based on the player’s performance, the quality of the champion and the way the team plays. Here are 5 reasons why T1 can’t win when meeting an overly optimistic Gen.G.
Doran’s makeover in the final
First of all, Doran, this is Gen.G’s weakest link, he is also the place that opponents often choose to take advantage of in the lane. Specifically, when fighting, Doran also often makes mistakes and contributes less than the rest of the members. But that only showed before the finals. In the grand finals, Doran seemed to be completely transformed when holding the cabinet general Gragas. Thanks to that, the R throws to the maximum effect that he made were normal, according to what he said in an interview after the game.
Not only did Doran play well, but this guy also got lucky when in the 3rd minute of game 1, level 3 Gragas was ganked by Sejuani and Jayce of the same level. Quickly flee to the turret, thanks to 1 shot from the turret and 1 Q – Belly Roll Doran has put Zeus on the count board. 5 minutes later, Zeus alone with Doran, once again Doran survived with only the last 5 drops of blood.
After 2 miraculous survivals, Doran played extremely sublime with his R throws. Gragas’s R was very versatile, Doran threw R to pass a champion to his teammates for Chovy, Peyz got the kill point. Or he also used it to push the T1 members away, whenever he wanted to withdraw. In game 4, Doran took the general K’Sante, paving the way in the final fight phase, closing the dream series of BO5s of Gen.G.
Zeus lacks soul when playing
No matter how well Doran played, in the finals, Zero failed as much. In the first two games, Zeus held Jayce, Kennen had the advantage of champion quality in the laning phase, with the support of jungler Oner, but in the end he lost to Doran. Zeus’s KDA in the first 2 games was 2/13/11, creating a huge burden for teammates and losing effect every time.
In game 4, Zeus’s Sion made a good barrier for T1 in the first few fights, right after that into a fragile sandbag no less. Zeus’s Sion can’t hit champions from a wide-area skill set. And Zeus’ Jayce, Kennen, Sion had a worse performance, different from what he did in the group stage.
Zeus forced T1 to spend a round of banning Gragas in game 3, then forced T1 to change tactics from winning lanes to raising ADCs. Because of that, he himself couldn’t hit his forte gladiator champion, but switched to parry, so that the player supporting Keria also had to use the tank champion Tahm Kench, Braum like him.
Faker has no star moment
This is the reality of the final against Gen.G. Faker played the role, not burdening the team, but it was not explosive enough to make the team sublimate, breaking the second place. In game 1, Faker held Veigar with Space Bend ability, he stuns the enemy champion corner, this champion also requires a lot of time to have impressive power from the ultimate ability Cosmic Explosion. Veigar this game was actually harmless because Chovy and his teammates managed with Space Bend quite easily.
At a higher level, the slow animation time of the move like Veigar can’t make it difficult for Gen.G players, Veigar is exactly a wrong choice. Although Faker continued to hold Veigar in game 3, it was Gumayusi’s game that really shined, so it would be more reasonable to let Faker hold Ahri, Azir, Kassadin.
Peyz has a lot of decisive moments
Along with Doran, Peyz has the MVP title, he has the advantage of champion quality in the bot lane. But in terms of Peyz’s play, the kills he brought in throughout the game were invaluable to the team, and the 17-year-old’s tough game mentality truly deserves credit.
The way to play makes the game turn
It is easy to see in valve 2, after 20 minutes of play, T1 is 3k more money than Gen.G, if late, there is a 50 50 chance for both, but T1 is better in the game. T1 dragged Gen.G out of Baron’s cave, giving Doran’s Gragas and Peyz’s Aphelios a chance to score.
Next in game 4, Gen.G chose a 2 AD carry squad, this squad had 2 extremely weak periods, that was in the laning phase and 35 minutes later. T1 knew that, so they concentrated on destroying Chovy early, but Gen.G still managed to pull it off. Until Chovy and Peyz get the Water Monster Hook, T1 can’t fight them right away. After that, T1 needed more time to make the squad stronger, but T1 continued to accept a challenge from Gen.G, even though they had 3 dragons, the result was “deep greed” Gen.G finished T1.
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