At the present time, perhaps the attention of the worldwide League of Legends audience has been gradually focusing on MSI 2024 – the first international tournament of the year. This year, to increase the appeal of this tournament, Riot has made major changes in format. In particular, the Kick-off round will attract a series of powerful teams, typically the presence of T1. This MSI is expected to be dramatic, especially when the audience went through 5 extremely tense games in the recent LCK Spring 2024 final. And the reigning MSI champion JD Gaming himself did not even have a chance to defend the title when he lost to Top Esports.
T1 has probably now turned its full attention to MSI 2024
With what they showed against Gen.G in the final, T1 will obviously still be one of the top candidates for the MSI 2024 championship. But recently, many viewers accidentally realized one thing. Important: The location of this year's MSI – Chengdu, China, may be a “good land” for T1 thanks to a factor in the past.
MSI 2024 will be held in Chengdu, China if nothing changes
Specifically, in this team's first championship, at MSI 2016, SKT T1 was also crowned in China, specifically in Shanghai. The next special thing is that in 2016, SKT T1 also retained almost the entire roster, except for the Top Lane position of captain MaRin and that was the least lineup change of SKT T1 after they won a World Championship. In 2024, T1 will do even more thoroughly by retaining the entire squad that won the throne together in 2023.
The first time SKT T1 won the MSI championship was also in China
Not to mention, in 2024, the fierce opponents that once caused difficulties for T1 in particular and LCK in general at MSI have all changed a lot or even “faded” (like JDG). Therefore, there is absolutely reason to believe in the two representatives of LCK, especially T1 – the team that always has good performances every time they have the opportunity to set foot in international tournaments.
The rare opponent from the LPL that could have caused T1 trouble last year was JDG, who was absent from MSI this year.
Another MSI is approaching and as always, T1 will be highly appreciated again. Of course, to win the championship, the most important factor is the performance of the players. But at least from now on, T1 fans have a basis to believe in the home team's ability to compete for the title.