Since the beginning of the historical line of the professional League of Legends arena, LCK has always been considered one of the two most powerful areas. LCK owns all elements, from reputation to teams rich in achievements, especially possessing Faker – the player is considered to be the Goat of League of Legends. In particular, in the World Championship alone, LCK is dominating with a total of 8 championships and 4 of which belongs to SKT T1/T1. However, MSI is a “evil land” for the teams of League of Legends.
SKT T1 2017 is the last team of LCK to win a MSI period and nearly 7 years ago
According to statistics, the Battle of the Bo3 and Bo5 matches in MSI when confronted with LPL, the LCK teams lost 7 times while only finding themselves 1 victory. The last time a LCK team could win against a LPL team in a Bo3 – Bo5 chain nearly 8 years ago, with the 3-1 victory of SKT T1 against Royal Never Give Up in the MSI 2016 semi -finals.
And also SKT T1 is the nearest team of LCK defeating a LPL team in a Bo3 – Bo5 chain at MSI
Worth mentioning, even when LPL representatives are quite weak compared to LCK, they can win against LCK in the MSI tournament. Typically, the RNG of 2021 defeated the “king” Damwon or then a T1 unbeaten in the spring of 2022 also defeated before RNG itself in the most controversial MSI.
T1 Undefeated from LCK Spring 2022 to the final of MSI 2022 but then collapsed before RNG
MSI 2023, for the first time both T1 and Gen.G joined, turned into a nightmare for LCK. Carrying great expectations, T1 collapsed before JDG (2-3) and BLG (1-3), while Gen.G also lost to BLG. Worth mentioning, Gen.G was also dropped by the T1 itself to the branch losing even though they were the reigning LCK champion at the time. The urgent nature, forcing the players to adapt extremely quickly and are ready to confront the “heterogeneous” choices that are completely opposite to the style of LCK – a place of discipline and absolute Meta compliance. This is probably one of the key causes of LCK to have a bowl achievement at MSI.
ChoVy and Gen.G are also pushed down to the losing branch and the runner -up of LPL at that
Up to now, only SKT T1/T1 is the team from LCK that has defeated the LPL representatives in the Bo3 – Bo5 chains and also the only LCK team that owns the MSI championship. If compared to what LCK is done at Worlds, there is obviously a huge difference.
If continuing to maintain good performance in international matches, T1 is still the biggest hope of LCK at MSI this year
In the upcoming MSI 2024, with a “good” achievement at the international playground of Gen.G, the possibility of T1 will still be the greatest hope. Of course, Gen.G has changed a lot but no one dares to say that the superstars of the LCK champion will play well at MSI, especially when some pillars like Kiin or Lehends have never even experienced in this tournament. Meanwhile, the most disturbing respect is that JDG was at home. And if continuing good performance in the international arena, T1 is a more reliable choice than genes.