Recently, T1 finished the sixth week of competition with two victories against KT Rolster and DRX. Among these two teams, KT is the one that defeated T1 in the first round right at T1’s Home Ground – the home of the reigning champions of the 2023 World Championship. Meanwhile, DRX is also showing a certain level of annoyance with their impressive young roster. In reality, T1 faced many difficulties in both matches. And perhaps viewers watching the games also realized that if the opposing teams had played more cautiously, or if T1 could not control their own mistakes, the results might have completely turned 180 degrees.
In a recent interview, Faker also had to admit the issues that T1 is encountering. Specifically, he candidly stated that the team is really not performing well: “This is definitely not our preferred version, but I think we need to fix that. However, instead of blaming the version, what’s more important is the individual performance of our players. There have been some mistakes that led to the poor performances of the team members.”
True to Faker’s words, most of the factors causing T1 to lose stem from the players’ own performances. Even with the same champion Ezreal, in the 3 games against BNK FearX, Gumayusi only performed well in game 2, which was also the game T1 won. While Gumayusi has always been the most stable player for T1. Or in the case of Keria, even though Zeus used champions he is comfortable with, they could not provide good performances to help the team secure victories against FOX or later against Hanwha Life Esports.
Currently, T1 still has two very strong opponents, Dplus KIA and Gen.G, in the return matches. Not to mention, FOX is also in great form coming up. However, T1 is showing signs of returning to the race, and fans have every reason to believe that T1 can regain what they have lost.