T1's playing style accidentally made one player stand out less than the rest of his teammates.
LCK Spring 2024 can be said to be one of the seasons that witnessed T1's most ups and downs. Because, this team is losing its position “King of League of Legends village” After winning the 2023 World Championship, already “fell off the horse” right in the opening match against Gen.G. It's true that Gen.G is very strong, but no one thinks that the hot T1 can fail. Not to mention, after a series of sublimation with 12 consecutive wins, Gen.G was the name that dragged T1 to the ground. The remaining stages of the group stage until the match against Dplus KIA in the playoffs saw a T1 extremely struggling, struggling in their own playing style.
T1 will prepare to enter MSI 2024 but needs to try harder if they want to compete for the upcoming title.
Recently, some Chinese netizens summarized T1's gameplay in just a few lines post. Accordingly, the post has the following content: “If Keria carries the team, the opponent is extremely weak. If Zeus carries the team, the opponent is also good but not significant. If Faker and Oner carry the team, we are preparing to compete for the championship, the opponent is very strong. If Gumayusi carries the team, it's over”.
Collaboration screen “God grief” of Faker – Oner – Keria in the match against JDG at Worlds 2023
In recent versions, the Gunner has suffered “nerf” are very strong, making these positions require as much equipment as possible and players with enough skill, experience and bravery to choose a good position and deal the most damage in combat without being chosen as a target. too much. In the first match of the playoffs against HLE, Delight's mission was extremely simple: put everything he could into Gumayusi before the fight and force T1 to always be in a 4-on-5 position, without much damage.
Gumayusi also understands that sometimes he has to accept serving the team's general playing style
Gumayusi himself also admitted: “The AD position is like this, if we use ramen noodles as a metaphor, AD will look like an egg. Top, Mid, and Jungle are like water, noodles, and spices, but sometimes it's okay if the ADC doesn't have any. Of course, if it were ramen, eggs would taste much better, but that's the feeling. Support is like a vegetable package. For example, if you order two identical bowls of noodles, the bowl with eggs is better. Only then will the role of the egg be shown. But if there's little water, no seasoning, or undercooked noodles, what's the point of having eggs? There is no benefit at all. But if all is ready, then eggs will become important. Otherwise, it makes no sense”.