Riot has a change of suspicion directly to minimize the power from the familiar play of T1
For those who regularly watch T1 or watch the matches of this team, understand a very typical play of T1 that they will find a way to occupy Baron, even when they are in the period of losing or when they need to “roll snowball”. However, T1's play is at risk of disappearing in the new season, due to Riot itself.
T1 is a team that regularly attacks Baron before the 20th minute to control the game according to his tactical intent
Specifically, in a recent information, Riot will be able to change the forest monster mechanism when they decide to add another element to the game. A new monster named Atakhan will appear between 15 minutes to 25 minutes. And Baron charm will be pushed down from 25 minutes onwards. Worth mentioning, Atakhan in the form of Voracious can give players the ability to revive for a certain period of time.
The appearance of Atakhan will be able to make the tactic around the familiar baron of T1 “bankruptcy”
The new moves of Riot can be said to be aimed at pulling the match to a certain period of time (not too long nor too short), strengthening the fighting between the game as well as forcing the teams to accelerate the pace of the match before Atakhan appears.
However, according to the community, the gameplay around Baron before the 20th minute is almost a feature of T1. Therefore, this “Nerf” can say that T1 will have to reconsider its tactics. They will have to promote from the road, especially when confronted with strong rivals or more than T1.
Atakhan has also been introduced before
The community is also “worried” for T1
On the official X, G2 Esports also sees this is an editing that greatly affects T1. The defending champion of Worlds 2024 does not depend on Baron. But obviously, if this charm is pulled until the 25th minute, there is Atakhan, it will force T1 to be more careful in the fights as well as from the path of the road.
G2 also stated that Riot reduces the power T1
But as a title team, T1 is forced to solve problems as an indispensable. Not to mention, some other mechanisms such as Fearless Draft (being tested) or 2 main guard pillars can eventually revive (will also be able to participate in the 2025 pre -update of the 2025 season) are also issues that T1 as well as all other teams must be carefully calculated.