As it is known, recently, T1 had a confrontation with one of the opponents that Faker and his teammates would probably encounter at the upcoming LCK LCK playoffs round 2024 – Dplus. Since starting to rank in LCK (2021) up to now, DK has always been considered as one of the big teams of the League of Legends and the world. However, currently DK has lost a lot of strength. And the recent defeat against T1 is not out of the audience's expected. This also prolongs DK's unforgettable achievement whenever T1 clashes with the most powerful squad.
DK has really caused many difficulties for T1
However, it is undeniable that DK also makes the T1 players difficult. In particular, in both games, DK has done more than what the previous rivals of T1 (except Gen.G) do. They not only “shut down” zeus but also makes other T1 lines hard to support each other. If not for T1 regaining the spirit and performance as well as the focus, it is likely that the match score is not 2-0 in favor of Faker and his teammates.
DK does not let T1 take up too many advantages (in gold, pillars, defeated networks or charms)
Not to mention, one more problem has been pointed out by many viewers, that T1 has a match where the fact that they banned from choosing has not been too “max ping”. The Lucian General was once again used in this match and this was Gumayusi's 9th game with Lucian, and only Senna was the T1 gunner used as many as the purge. Worth mentioning, the general of Gumayusi in the LCK group stage of the 2024 Spring LCK up to the present is very wide with 11 generals. But Lucian is still in both the number of matches used and the win rate.
The audience LPL said that T1 banned the choice not really “max ping”
Not to mention, only one match against DK, the ban of T1 did not bring too many supporting factors for Lucian of Gumayusi, except for Nami of Keria. In the skill set of Taliyah or Nocturne, all “killer” elements, self -attacking targets and then handling itself rather than cover for a general that needs a lot of space, equipped like Lucian. Not to mention, the opponent on the other side of the battle line is Smolder. And fortunately for T1, Aiming also has a bad day. If not, maybe T1 has “embraced” right from game 1.
Perhaps T1 needs discussions and adjustments before entering the playoffs
Of course, Lucian – Nami is still a very strong combo. And as mentioned above, Gumayusi possesses an extremely impressive win rate for this champion (77.8% after 9 matches). But it was the Lucian – Nami combo that became “harmless” in the match against Gen.G. Moreover, Lucian is a general that requires a lot of factors to be able to work in fighting. Therefore, the tactics revolving around this champion of coach Kkoma can bring many risks, if encountering strong opponents and studying T1 carefully like Gen.G, for example.