T1 participates in the 2024 World Championship Final
In the past few years, the epic rivalry between T1 and Gen.G has always attracted the attention of the audience as the two teams always offered spectacular and dramatic matches. Therefore, when T1 has to clash with Gen.G in the Semifinals of Worlds 2024, the audience also expects that this match will maintain this drama. However, that did not happen when Gen.G was completely overwhelmed by T1 for most of the Semi-finals with excellent performances from many positions.
The highly anticipated star on Gen.G's side – Chovy had a rather underpowered day and failed to make a big enough impact. On the other side of the front line, T1 players played extremely well from laning to fighting. They took turns shining and helping the home team gain an advantage and eventually overcome Gen.G with a convincing 3-1 score. T1's opponent in the upcoming Final will be BLG, who is also in very high form after defeating WBG with a score of 3-0.
LPL fans “raise the white flag” before T1
Immediately after T1 won against Gen.G, this match became a hot topic of discussion on many League of Legends forums. As for the LPL region, the audience here is not very optimistic about the upcoming Finals when they learned that T1 is BLG's opponent. Many players even made comments with the intention of “raising the white flag” of early surrender to T1, saying that BLG was still not strong enough to defeat Faker and his teammates.
Indeed, when looking at T1's current performance, it is understandable that the LPL audience is pessimistic before the Finals. It is important to know that in recent matches in the playoffs, T1 players all took turns to shine and they were not too dependent on one individual. Meanwhile, BLG seems to rely too much on Bin in the Top Lane position to be able to take advantage of split pushing and moving around the map. This could make BLG pay a heavy price if T1 finds a way to lock down this player.
Furthermore, the history of World Championships is also on T1 and Faker's side before the upcoming Finals. Accordingly, Faker has never lost to an LPL representative in Bo5 matches at past World Championships. If BLG does not find a suitable tactical plan to surprise T1, it is likely that Faker's remarkable achievements above will continue to be extended after the upcoming 2024 World Championship Final.