T1 will be the team holding the “heavenly plan” before the confrontation with TES
In the last few international tournaments, Top Esports and T1 are starting to form a “grudge” relationship. The starting point was at the Esports World Cup 2024 in the middle of the year when T1 defeated TES to win the championship. And recently, the LPL representative defeated T1 in a match where TES gathered everything from talent to luck. And now, the fate of fate has pushed them to continue facing each other in the first Quarterfinal match of both teams at Worlds 2024.
T1 and TES have almost similar playing styles: a Mid Laner who knows how to make play, a talented Support, a Top Laner who can carry the team when in good form, a Jungle full of mutations, and especially the 2 best ADCs in the world. gender. But at Worlds, T1 can be the team that holds the “heavenly opportunity” when possessing a number of factors that surpass TES.
First, T1 is in good form as they have started to regain their winning rhythm, recently against two strong opponents Bilibili Gaming and G2 Esports. Meanwhile, after the T1 win, TES was also quite miserable. They defeated Gen.G and only advanced after winning against two clearly much weaker opponents, Fnatic and Dplus KIA. Furthermore, in the most recent confrontation between the two teams in a BO5 match, T1 gave TES an absolute defeat without a single win (EWC 2024 final).
In addition, T1 also has a psychological element. In the history of all their World Championship appearances, T1 has never lost to any LPL team in BO3 or BO5 matches. Even the mighty JD Gaming of 2023 could only find exactly 1 win against T1. In addition, also last year, T1 defeated all 4 LPL teams in BO3 and BO5 matches to win the championship.
T1 still cannot be completely assured
However, as mentioned, TES is a strong team and T1 cannot rely solely on the past for peace of mind. With just a small mistake, TES will be able to make opponents pay the price. Even if it was Gen.G's undefeated squad, they had to “hold grudges” against TES.
The match against TES will be the first important stage that T1 must overcome. Whether or not history can repeat itself remains to be seen by the performance of Faker and his teammates.