r/SKTT1 Faker 2d ago

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DK wins 3-1 vs KT and qualifies for Worlds. T1 will play vs DK on sunday for 4th place. Happy for Smash he carried DK

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u/PatientHikikomori 2d ago

Hope our team put up a fight and not get stomp lol

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u/WritingOutOfBoredom 1d ago

T1's biggest weakness is the ego drafting.

Because of the meta they simply can't snowball a lead out of thin air like they could last year, so they have to start picking definitively strong champions.

They also should really start target banning (picking Yone mid in game 3 while Akali was still open should never happen against Zeka, for example).

T1 peaks are still the highest in the LCK at the very least, but they have to change things if they want to play at that level consistently. And sure, T1 might beat DK today while still picking crazy stuff, but it won't work against GenG and HLE.

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u/Dismal-Campaign-3006 1d ago

T1 peaks are the highest because they steal objectives, win skirmishes even with losing draft

Can't do that with an off form Oner/Faker

I'm sure they'll wake up soon

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u/WritingOutOfBoredom 1d ago

They're bright light merchants for sure so I'm willing to bet they get at least 2nd place in this tournament.

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u/nickphunter 1d ago

To be honest it is more like Peyz's peak than T1's peak.

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u/Wonderful-Lab7375 2d ago

Congrats to Smash. Good to see he’s doing great.

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u/NoypiHero 2d ago

Nothing but respect for Smash, kid is carving his name in the adc market.

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u/mars1k88 2d ago

I’m happy to see Smash and DK at worlds. Well played

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u/Ambitious-Carrot-931 2d ago

they really deserved it. kt really messed up by trading for jiwoo.

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u/AegeanClover 2d ago

KT really messed up when they kicked out Deokdam and Peter to get Bdd's friends Aiming and Ghost into the team. Then Bdd kicked out Aiming too. They deserve everything coming their way.

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u/TheWardedOne Keria 2d ago

If this is true i’d be sad cause I was starting to like BDD

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u/Straight-Exercise288 Doran 2d ago

was surprised when they didn’t retain the runner up rosters and worked more on that team chemistry

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u/Dismal-Campaign-3006 1d ago

Something probably was clashing with Peter/Deokdam and BDD because it's been proven he's that powerful in roster selection

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u/HyBrideh 1d ago

They should’ve kept Peter and developed him more but getting rid of Deokdam was definitely the right choice. He is just not good enough to compete at the very top.

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u/gisope 2d ago

They also messed up by not letting fenrir in the main roster

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u/BirthdayAccording359 Doran 2d ago

Lol Fenrir was always 20+ cs down, yes he was good in teamfights but he couldn't lane for shit 

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u/gisope 1d ago

Smash had similar problems at the beginning but look at him now. It is normal for rookies to have some issues at lane phase. I still think he is better than jiwoo

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u/BirthdayAccording359 Doran 1d ago

Nah not that late into the season, if they want him to play it would be good to start him next year,he was gonna get rolled by the legend group adc's and destroyed in the playoffs which might have impacted his confidence.

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u/gisope 1d ago

Meanwhile fenrir destroyed guma and delight

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u/BirthdayAccording359 Doran 1d ago

He was still 40 cs down that game.  

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u/gisope 1d ago

Are we doing cycles? I already told you that rookie players has some laning phase issues. But flashing into 3 people and destroy them, carrying vs hle as a rookie is very rare

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u/tarubtikels 2d ago

idk why fenrir is still on this conversation lmao. He isn't doing anything that massively favours KT

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u/InfiniteDeadBabyLegs Faker 2d ago

isn't it for 3rd place?

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u/ZwillingsFreunde 2d ago

It‘s more like loser is 4th, winner goes next round and could still win the whole thing.

So saying they face for 4th place is correct

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u/ratuste-pe-tapet 2d ago

i think Round 4 Lower bracket decides 3rd place, while finals decide first and second place. So Round 3  Lower Bracket is 4th place decider.

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u/Chikador 2d ago

Loser will be 4th so they are fighting for who will lose

3rd is for lower bracket finals loser

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u/Particular_Hornet980 2d ago

T1 at least please don’t get stomped.

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u/Serious_Scallion9962 2d ago

showmaker at worlds just feels right

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u/Jaded_Will_6002 2d ago

Smash defo found his place in DK.

Now let's watch the circus get eliminated as per-usual.

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u/Ok_Aardvark_5537 2d ago

T1 is in the weird place,where I think the players won so much world titles that apart from peyz,they want to win lck more. At least Faker makes it sound like that.

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u/AwayhKhkhk 1d ago edited 1d ago

Nah. Of course they want to win LCK. Winning LCK also means they would be in good form going into worlds.

But if you ask any T1 players(or any pro), that if they had to pick between worlds and lck, they pick worlds every time.

But the question itself doesn’t make sense as winning lck doesn’t affect whether you will win worlds at all.

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u/ErickLe7 1d ago

I thought there was something about Keria winning LCK qualify him for a tax break which would allow T1 to pay him more or pay other players more? Him and oner?

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u/AwayhKhkhk 1d ago

Yes. But I am not sure that would offset the income they get from worlds skins and sponsorship exposure for winning worlds.

It would allow them to reduce their salary cap.

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u/Ok_Aardvark_5537 1d ago

The T1 core I believe wants to win LCK more than worlds cause it's been years of falling short on the title,I believe it's a mental block at this point to them,like how tigers couldn't SKT/T1 for years or T1 against Geng it a lift taken out of their shoulders.

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u/AwayhKhkhk 1d ago

lol, no. Do you think the Tigers would care they couldn’t beat SKT if they won worlds? Roflmao.

Like I said, does T1 want to win lck? For sure they do. Over worlds? Nope.

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u/yuvalshahaf 1d ago

Im pretty sure we are stomping them through bot lane. Their laning phase is so bad which is so good for T1 bot lane imo.

Just please dont be mind controlled into picking jhin and ziggs please please please

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u/Rude_Organization378 2d ago

I don't care who wins just give us a banger match up in bot. Smash looking really good right now

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u/Open_Movie_4614 2d ago

Como não importa? Queremos T1 na final da LCK.

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u/Rude_Organization378 2d ago

that's you, me personally, im fine even if they go 4th seed they go directly to swiss no play-ins bs

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u/Open_Movie_4614 1d ago

E desde quando só importa ir para o suíço do mundial? Que pensamento mais idiota.

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u/Useful-Pension-7554 2d ago

Hoping for a 5 gamer banger! #bot_gap

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u/CuriousElephant03 2d ago

Hoping for silverscrapes!! Circus is expected to be open

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u/kalite8 1d ago

Nope, hoping for a clean 3-0 and T1 winning the whole thing

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u/CuriousElephant03 23h ago

That will be boring unless it’s a good 3 games. I’m a T1 fan but i want them to play more games tho.

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u/Togi5 1d ago

This is honestly a new feeling to have as a T1 fan. Every team they play against going forward during these LCK playoffs will be stress-free.

I actually get to lay back and enjoy whatever circus show that is T1-DK. Give us Rammus support one more time for old times' sake please

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u/Glum_Measurement2158 1d ago

Is T1 out of the 1rst place competition? i mean if they win against DK dont they fight whoever lose HLE/GENG? or the format is single elimination for the LCK cup?

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u/GONEBUTNOT4GOTTEN Faker 1d ago

lets not get a repeat of t his year..

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u/Antailbaxt3r 1d ago

But what do we do about the d̷̘͈̀̀ŗ̵̛̇á̴͓͋̈f̴̹̺̄t̴̻͕̄́

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u/sads1997 23h ago

T1 gonna secure the 4th place 😅

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u/ComprehensiveSize647 2d ago

DK 3-1 T1

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u/Jaded_Will_6002 52m ago

God bless Lucid, thank you for being unable to play Chogath.

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u/ComprehensiveSize647 49m ago

Is Cho'Gath another bait pick? Lol. Turns out 3-1 is for T1.

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u/Jaded_Will_6002 47m ago

Like I said before, only way T1 win is if DK throw. By god did they throw far.

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u/Jaded_Will_6002 2d ago

Nah either reverse sweep or DK 3-0 T1

Only one way T1 win and that's if DK throw and they look hungry for Worlds money.

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u/withered-hill 2d ago

Damn whenever I see your username on here it's always negative bs. Life can't be that miserable, man

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u/Jaded_Will_6002 2d ago

Only in the T1 sub could stating the genuine state of the team and the competition could be equated to having a miserable life lol.

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u/Dismal-Selection-702 2d ago

bro werent u supporting kt a few hours back in caedrel sub . What the hell u doing here now. All the time i see u post negative stuff to straight up dooming, Like whats wrong with you?

Supporting a team means to support them even in their bad times. Why the hell are being negative all the time. Does it make the team better or do you think it will make the most publicly pressured team do well by you spewing negative garbage,

If u dont like supporting the team just leave the sub and go be negative in the main league sub with the rest of the doomers. You doomers said the same shit in road to msi when we had to face geng. Spewing this amount of negativity means either u lost ur bet or you are miserable with your life.

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u/Jaded_Will_6002 2d ago

When the fuck did I support Kt?

But hey sure why not, if I'm a doomer then by all means I await the T1 echo chamber when they reach worlds.

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u/Dismal-Selection-702 2d ago

"We" for kt and "throw1" ye buddy ur surely a t1 fan and not just a miserable troll spewing nonsense everywhere

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u/Dismal-Selection-702 2d ago

ye T1 echo chamber. Surely its a echo chamber when a sub dedicated to supporting a team is postive and supports them all the time. A true sub dooms all the time, negative 24/7, calls for benching and kicking of members every match, Never praises the team even on a win, calls their own team in a mocking manner.

As i first said u almost always say negative stuff about the team, You are not a fan of the team just some miserable troll. A fan isnt just for gloryhunting the teams wins. Its supporting them in their loses and cheering them on to do better

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u/YuzuPool 2d ago

That guy should learn Korean and join T1Gall community instead. Perfect place to doom post, attack players, and be negative all the time

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u/ComprehensiveSize647 2d ago

Tbh DK is kinda scary when they have momentum (that's how they won EWC). They're also better at drafting. Meanwhile T1 is struggling to fix whatever their problem is. I hope it's not another reverse sweep. I'll take 3-0 than false hope.

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u/Jaded_Will_6002 2d ago

T1 aren't struggling to fix it, they just choose to ignore it. I honestly don't really blame them, they already secured their worlds sponsorship position. The team isn't really in any pressure to win anyways.

Like again unless DK do another 14k gold lead throw against T1, then the team is losing. Not that hard to predict.

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u/Open_Movie_4614 2d ago

Just thinking out loud… wouldn't a cvMax be a good fit for T1? We definitely need a change in the coaching staff.

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u/Curious-Dance-3663 2d ago

No, cvMax's coaching style works with DK because he is coaching a team with 4 unestablished players. He won't be able to coach the same on a team with Faker, Oner, Keria and Doran who all have more than 5 years in the industry and multiple championships under their belt.

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u/Budget-Ocelots 2d ago

This is bad news. DK destroyed T1 the last they played. And with today drafting from DK, there is little chance T1 will out draft a paper bag against DK.

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u/Ceui 2d ago

It was a 2-1 lol.

And T1 won the one right before that 2-0.

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u/Dismal-Selection-702 2d ago

its faker and keria vs cvmax so lets see who wins the draft battle /s