T1 at risk of lacking Worlds 2024 as high LCK orgs crush them

T1 usually are not assured a spot on the League of Legends World Championship because the groups has not earned sufficient Championship Factors to get an automated bid to the occasion, and the squad has not been in good kind.

T1 doesn’t have a simple path to Worlds 2024 and the squad doesn’t appear like its common self within the LCK Summer season Playoffs. The group got here into the occasion on a three-game win streak, defeating OK BRION, BNK FearX, and Kwangdong Freecs, however are already within the decrease bracket after a 3-0 loss to Hanwha Life.

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Within the sequence towards HLE, T1 didn’t handle to place up a lot of a combat, because the squad solely managed 25 kills throughout all three video games and didn’t even break into their opponent’s base.

T1 basically has been in a hunch, which has brought about a lot frustration for the group and its gamers resulting from its fanbase’s excessive expectations and their spectacular Esports World Cup win.

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T1 are arrange for a sequence towards Dplus KIA on September 1 that can have main seeding implications for the Area Finals, which may very well be the group’s final shot at a Worlds look.

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T1 can nonetheless win out within the Summer season Playoffs to qualify for the World Championship, however that might contain defeating Dplus KIA, Hanwha Life, and Gen.G. T1 has a 2-0 report towards Dplus KIA within the Summer season Break up, however has a 1-3 report towards HLE and a 0-4 report towards Gen.G throughout Spring and Summer season.

Within the Regional Finals, T1 ought to have a neater time qualifying, as they solely have to position within the high two, and neither HLE or Gen.G ought to be within the bracket.

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The Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok-led squad ought to have a greater time going up towards Dplus KIA, KT Rolster, and FearX to make the championships occasion, no matter how the format for the Regional Finals shakes out.

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Nonetheless, there’s a state of affairs the place HLE is caught within the Regional Closing with T1, which may trigger complications for the group. Nonetheless, that might contain Dplus KIA occurring a miracle run via the Summer season Playoffs’ losers bracket.

In all eventualities, T1 must put collectively a number of sequence wins and overcome their dip in kind in the event that they need to transfer ahead. Whether or not that can come to fruition stays up within the air, which is why their probabilities at making Worlds appear so precarious.

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