MSI 2025: T1 Versus Bilibili Gaming The Defending World Champion Dismantle The LPL Second Seed

Draft

BLG – Blue Side, T1 – Red Side

• B1 – Taliyah
• R1+R2 – Pantheon+Orianna
• B2+B3 – Sion+Poppy
• R3 – Yorick
• R4 – Neeko
• B4+B5 – Kalista+Renata Glasc
• R5 – Jhin

Summary

The game starts slowly, but Doran gets put behind. When Doran tries to break the freeze, he dies. BLG catches Keria and Oner to give Elk two more kills. A four versus four for the second Drake is on a knife’s edge. T1 emerges with three kills and the Drake. BLG tries to punish a flashless Faker. It turns into an elongated skirmish where Oner gets two kills, and Doran secures the first blood tower. The snowball continues as they have a 5.5k gold lead at 20 minutes. The Atakan and Infernal Soul go to the Korean second seed, and the lead builds further. With the Baron buff, T1 ends the game.

Game Two

Draft

BLG – Blue Side, T1 – Red Side

• B1 – Annie
• R1+R2 – Viktor+Xin Zhao
• B2+B3 – Wukong+Rumble
• R3 – Ornn
• R4 – Caitlyn
• B4+B5 – Ezreal+Rell
• R5 – Braum

Summary

Doran gives the first blood to Knight’s Annie. The early objectives are traded between the two teams. The teams race for the first tower, but neither can finish the objective. Oner and Faker commit to the tower kill, but get punished by Bin and Beichuan. With BLG’s lead, they secure their first Drake and the Rift Herald. T1 finds a pick on Knight to get the Drake.

Elk chunks Keria, leading to BLG forcing Atakan. Oner managed to enter the objective, getting two kills to one. BLG keeps forcing onto Faker, but the attempts fail, and they lose Baron. The advantage allows the Korean second seed to get Ocean Soul. Gumayusi ends the game with an unofficial pentakill, heading to match point.

Game Three

Draft

BLG – Blue Side, T1 – Red Side

• B1 – Vi
• R1+R2 – Varus+Skarner
• B2+B3 – Ambessa+Ahri
• R3 – Renekton
• R4 – Alistar
• B4+B5 – Xayah+Gragas
• R5 – Ryze

Summary

BLG catches Faker when he looks to place a ward in their jungle. Elk has a disastrous start to the game, having to give up a lot of farm. T1 secures the Grubs with the bot lane advantage. First Blood Tower, the first two Drakes, and the Feats of Warfare go to the LCK Giants.

The Korean representatives get five kills to stifle the BLG gold lead. BLG responds by winning two consecutive fights. Soul point goes to the LCK team. The tempo gives BLG the Atakan. With BLG having a vision advantage on the Drake, T1 uses Ryze’s ultimate to Baron. They turn on BLG, get four kills, and secure the Mountain Soul. On the Baron push, the teams trade two for two. BLG gets baited by the same Baron play. Doran flanks to find Knight, and they end the series.

Reaction

BLG had moments in the series, but whenever they got the chance, they got shut down. In the team fights and skirmishes, the LCK second seed was far better. Faker earns his 200th international victory. They move on to face GenG Esports in the Upper Bracket Final, while BLG must journey through the Lower Bracket. They begin the recovery against FlyQuest.