Canna and T1’s weaknesses in the top lane have begun to show
Against an underperforming and unstable Damwon Gaming, everyone believed in a victory for chairman Faker, thereby helping T1 solidify their position as number 1 before the Playoff round begins. Faker and the T1 team understand the importance of finishing the group stage in the Top 1 position, as it would give them a significant advantage in pursuing the championship cup at LCK Spring 2020. However, the match’s developments did not unfold as T1 had hoped.
As we know, T1 in the Spring 2020 version is a team with many new names, which has made many fans extremely worried about their favorite team. Notably, experts pointed out that the top lane, with two relatively inexperienced names, Canna and Roach, would be T1’s “fatal” weakness this season.
In reality, in T1’s previous matches, their opponents also tried to exploit this weakness; however, the excellence of Teddy and Faker helped T1 maintain an impressive winning streak. However, today, against Damwon Gaming, a team with one of the best top laners currently in LCK, Nuguri, that “fatal” weakness was fully exploited.
A day of brilliance for Nuguri as he continuously solo-kills Canna
Those who watched the recent match between T1 and Damwon Gaming might have noticed that T1 played very well and tightly today; however, the key to their defeat lay in the top lane position. The top player of T1, Canna, a rising young star, could not withstand the onslaught from a highly skilled player like Nuguri.
Canna was truly “shut down” by the famous top laner of Damwon Gaming, Nuguri, who has been dominant in the last two seasons. With his familiar “big hands” style, this top laner used a strong aggressive playstyle in the first game. Playing as Jayce, a champion with strong early attack and long-range poke, Nuguri perfectly utilized the strengths of this champion, continuously achieving impressive solo kills against Canna in the top lane, creating a significant advantage that helped Damwon Gaming win the first game.
Realizing that the reason for their loss was in the top lane, T1’s new jungler had to pay more attention to Canna in the second game. However, this plan was thwarted. Despite being “cared for” quite well, with the champion Gangplank, Nuguri maintained an excellent farm score, acquiring a large amount of items, which then made the entire T1 team struggle against his powerful “cannon barrage” plays. Attempting to care for Nuguri but failing, T1’s other lanes were overwhelmed by Damwon Gaming, and they had to officially accept their second defeat after more than 30 minutes of play.
With this loss, not only did it push T1 down to second place just 24 hours after “reaching the peak,” but it also sounded the alarm about the top lane position that T1 is encountering. Damwon Gaming has learned to effectively exploit their strength in the top lane with Nuguri and attack T1’s “fatal” weakness.
Thus, it is not DRX or Gen.G but rather Damwon Gaming who has used the correct secret to achieve victory over T1 at this time, which is “To win against T1, your team must have an outstanding top lane.”
Will Faker and his teammates in T1 quickly regain their form to continue competing with other strong opponents after this defeat when the LCK Spring 2020 is approaching crucial rounds for the championship title?