To prepare for the Worlds 2023, of course, the players of T1 will have many suitable strategies for each match. Keria has even shared that T1 is ready to bring out “unusual” picks that do not follow the meta as long as they are effective. In fact, the creativity of the T1 stars is even more frightening as, given a moment of calm, Keria could consider bringing back Ashe Support. However, not every “unusual” champion has the opportunity to be used by T1, such as the Top Lane Tahm Kench from Zeus.
Accordingly, Zeus actually practiced Top Lane Tahm Kench to prepare for matches at Worlds 2023, in case opponents ban or pick all of his comfortable or meta champions. However, as we know, Tahm Kench only has the opportunity to appear in the Support role in T1’s lineup under Keria. Meanwhile, Zeus can only play familiar Top Lane champions like Aatrox, Yone, or Jayce.
However, recently, Zeus shared a “funny” reason why Top Lane Tahm Kench has not had the chance to appear. It turns out that alongside professional reasons, there also is a factor related to Gumayusi. Zeus said: “During a practice session with Top Lane Tahm Kench, I told Gumayusi that I would protect him at all times and be ready to use Devour to support him if he was in danger. But when the match started, I “accidentally” used that ability on Faker while Gumayusi got taken down.”
Of course, using Devour with Tahm Kench also has to be suitable for the situation, and it’s not like Tahm Kench can only swallow one ally throughout the match. Perhaps at that moment, Zeus reacted instinctively and chose the nearest target to devour.
Moreover, the shares about the memories surrounding Worlds 2023 also show that opponents will really face a lot of difficulties in reading T1’s strategy. This is because they are not entirely a team that plays strictly according to the meta, but sometimes, T1 is the team that “creates the meta”. And their gameplay is effective enough to even inspire T1’s opponents. But perhaps the effective operation can only be achieved by Faker and his teammates.