T1 begins a series of second leg of the LCK group stage 2024 with strong opponent Hanwha Life Esports. This is also the team that has won close to T1 itself last week and is in the top 2 rankings. Many viewers have expected T1 to win, not only a revenge against the loss but also to regain their performance and spirit of competition for the upcoming stage of the group stage. However, all was completely opposite when this time, HLE even destroyed T1 faster than the recent meeting.
T1 is having difficulties from the opponent and the players themselves
In both games, T1 is not without the chance to win. But if game 1 HLE has fully accumulated resources and turned Jax in Doran's hands into a real “monster”, game 2 was the too hasty, mistaken handling of the T1 players. The rare highlights in game 2 are probably the Doran solo screen in the top lane of Oner and Faker's leaning. Meanwhile, HLE plays more carefully and ends T1 neat after only a few small fighting phases. Failure to HLE is the third consecutive defeat of T1 and makes this team fall into a dangerous situation both in both achievements in the rankings and psychology.
T1 lost the battle full of weakness before the hle
However, for the audience, T1 losing is acceptable but the way T1 plays really makes many people worried. Even T1's hard fans cannot understand what is happening to the reigning champion of Worlds. After returning from Esports World Cup 2024, they only won one more match and lost all the remaining matches. If last week could think that T1 was too tired, then in this week, the reasons no longer stood firm to explain the fading performance, just like the amateur young players of the T1 star.
“Nothing much to say, honesty is not angry anymore but feel sad. I feel sad because it is sorry to see them playing like this. Hope they can overcome the dark period.”
Many viewers do not understand what is happening to T1
Of course, the hope that T1 is not necessarily over when they have been in a more difficult situation last year. But obviously, if continuing to play like that, the possibility of T1 still entering the playoffs but it is possible to compete for tickets to the Worlds will be very difficult, when there are at least 3 other teams ready to destroy T1 as weak as this, the other DPLUS, HLE and KT Rolster.