MSI 2025: T1 Versus Anyone’s Legend Korea Proves They Are the Best Region

Draft

T1 – Blue Side

• B1 – Lucian
• R1+R2 – Trundle+Yorick
• B2+B3 – Braum+Ryze
• R3 – Orianna
• R4 – Karma
• B4+B5 – Lee Sin+Renekton
• R5 – Ezreal

Summary

Oner dives Flandre to get the First Blood. T1 gets plays on both sides of the map. They kill Flandre and Kael, with the kills going to Gumayusi and Doran. T1 pushes AL off the Grubs to get two of them and two kills onto Doran. Keria covers Doran while T1 gets the second Drake and a kill on Shanks.

The snowball continues by denying the dive onto Faker, and they secure four kills. T1 brings AL to Atakhan and gets the ace AL before securing the objective. Cloud Soul and Baron are free for the LCK second seed. They use the Baron to set up the positioning on the Elder Drake. AL can not reach the objective, and they lose the fight. The game ends.

Game Three

Draft

AL – Blue Side

• B1 – Varus
• R1+R2 – Neeko+Jarvan IV
• B2+B3 – Rumble+Leona
• R3 – Ornn
• R4 – Aurora
• B4+B5 – Viktor+Xin Zhao
• R5 – Miss Fortune

Summary

First blood goes to Hope on Gumayusi. Doran runs to Drake to secure the objective for T1 and finds an ultimate on Hope for the kill to recover Gumayusi’s position. The gold is even as we move into the mid-game. Oner chooses the wrong player to engage on for the Rift Herald, and they lose the fight. AL uses the Herald to get a 3k gold lead. AL uses the lead to dive and get the Atakhan. Tarzan directs the charge for AL, and they shut down the LCK representative in every fight. At 31 minutes, AL ends the game.

Game Four

Draft

T1 – Blue Side

• B1 – Corki
• R1+R2 – Ambessa+Sylas
• B2+B3 – Jax+Rakan
• R3 – Maokai
• R4 – Senna
• B4+B5 – Lillia+Xayah
• R5 – Tahm Kench

Summary

AL dives Doran to deny the farm and get the First Blood on Hope. T1 gets the first Drake while two of the Grubs go to AL. The first fight on the second Drake goes the way of AL. Keria returns with the Smite summoner spell to keep the Drake stacking. The LCK team secures the Rift Herald. Shanks dies first, but Doran is traded. T1 pushes AL away from the Drake and secures the Infernal Soul point.

The game is tense until the next Drake fight. AL starts the Atakhan. Doran teleports in and distracts AL while he has Seeker’s Armguard. Gumayusi gets the final blow on the objective. In the Infernal Soul fight, Oner smites the objective and lands a four-player ultimate to win the game.

Game Five

Draft

AL – Blue Side

• B1 – Twisted Fate
• R1+R2 – Alistar+Jinx
• B2+B3 – Ziggs+Poppy
• R3 – Skarner
• R4 – Hwei
• B4+B5 – Aatrox+Olaf
• R5 – Gragas

Summary

On Gumayusi’s swap, T1 dives Flandre, with Oner getting the First Blood. The first Drake and Grubs go to AL. Oner catches Kael to get Gumayusi a reset and forces AL off the Drake. They catch Shanks as well and get the objective. Both kills go to Gumayusi. On the Rift Herald, Gumayusi last hits the objective, and they ace the fight.

The teamfighting from Keria is nearly perfect, and Gumayusi is up 3.5k gold. The saving grace for AL is that they secured the Drake. The snowball continues as AL can never get onto Gumayusi thanks to Oner, Keria, and Doran. T1 secures the Baron after killing four AL members. The Hail Mary from AL on the Baron push only kills Faker, and the series goes to the LCK team.

Reaction

Finding a player to blame for this series is impossible. All ten players played exceptionally well. While there were mistakes on both sides, they all had moments where they carried games. With more experience on AL’s side, they could become dominant in the next few months. T1 has set up a rematch with GenG in the Grand Final to ensure a fifth straight international win for the LCK. The Grand Final promises to be exceptional, considering the last meeting between the LCK teams went to game five.