There are suspicions that T1 continues to be “isolated” by LCK at the 2025 World Championship
At the 2023 World Championship, T1 had an incredible journey. From being the lowest-rated team, they became the sole hope of LCK as other representatives were eliminated one by one. But even more surprising, after the tournament ended, KDF revealed that T1 couldn’t find opponents to practice with, and this team was one of the few that agreed to be a “scrim partner” for T1. At the 2025 World Championship, the story seems to be repeating itself.
Accordingly, alongside statements from Gen.G players expressing their desire to meet opponents from IG, Viper also mentioned: “GALA is an explosive AD Carry.” Zeus himself admitted that he wants to face off against TheShy. Thus, both top teams of LCK have shown a preference for IG’s victory over T1.
The only team that did not directly mention IG is KT. However, KT players indicated that they had scrimmed with foreign teams coming to LCK early for practice, and Cuzz acknowledged that this team is very strong. According to previous information, IG and FLY are teams that have come to LCK for training. The community speculates that the team Cuzz mentioned is IG.
T1 Faces Many Challenges at the 2025 World Championship
Besides the performance of the players, the difficulties in training can also affect the players somewhat. As former RNG coach KenZhu once shared, T1 is not only “attacked” by LPL, but the other three LCK teams also seem hesitant. Clearly, T1 entering the Main Event of the World Championship is a very strong T1. Meanwhile, every team hopes to win the World Championship.
However, based on what has been shown in the domestic league, the possibility of IG causing an “earthquake” theoretically exists but is not very feasible in reality. Faker has never lost to any LPL team in a BO5 at the World Championship, and that is the strongest factor T1 can rely on at this moment.