2024-04-13 17:47:27
T1 advanced to the finals with a 3-1 comeback win against Hanwha Life Esports (HLE) in the semifinals. They lost the first set due to HLE’s sharp tactics, but later calmly won the game.
T1 will clash with Gen.G Esports for the fourth time on the 14th for the championship trophy. T1 coach Kim Jeong-gyun and ‘Kumayushi’ Lee Min-hyeong said, “We will prepare well and show no regrets tomorrow.”
T1 faced Hanwha Life Insurance in the semifinals of the ‘2024 League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) Spring’ held at KSPO Dome (former gymnastics stadium) located in Olympic Park, Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 13th. T1 lost the first set to Hanwha Life Insurance in a best-of-five match, but afterward, they showed concentration at every key moment and succeeded in coming back 3-1.
T1 and Hanwha Life Insurance selected ‘Bottom’ as the battleground at ‘2024 LCK Spring Media Day’ on the 9th. As the junglers and supports on both sides are excellent at determining and changing the direction of operation, it was predicted that the bottom line match with the jungle involved would be key.
The victory went to T1, which consistently maintained control of the bottom. Hanwha Life Insurance’s strategy of targeting ‘Zeus’ Woo-jae Choi in the first set was effective, and they continued to attack the top until the last set. The strategy was to block Zeus’ main champion, ‘Twisted Fate’ in the 1st set, and target the top line by mobilizing upper body laners and supports in the 2nd to 4th sets.
Zeus escaped Hanwha Life’s onslaught by using Zach, Xanthe, and Bain in turn in the 2nd to 4th sets. Hanwha Life Insurance, which invested resources such as mid, support, and jungle in the top, had no choice but to lose the power of the bottom line, and the early growth of ‘Viper’ Park Do-hyeon was stopped.
The experience that T1 has accumulated so far also shined. Set 3: Hunt Baron by targeting situations where the opponent does not have the ‘Teleport’ spell, or use Kumayushi’s Varus to steal Baron. In the 4th set, the team took the lead from the beginning by using ‘Big Vayne’ to put pressure on the opponent’s main dealer.
In an interview immediately after the game, ‘Peanut’ Wang-ho Han said, “We had improved our performance compared to the regular season, and the game itself was worth playing, so (the loss) is more disappointing.” “I will prepare and achieve better results,” he said.
T1, which confirmed its victory that day, will face Gen.G Esports again at the same stadium, KSPO Dome, on the 14th. Starting from the 2022 summer season, they met Gen.G in the finals four times in a row and lost.
In the winner’s interview immediately after the game, Kumayushi said, “I think I can just do what I normally do,” and added, “I just don’t feel pressured, manage my condition well, have fun like I did today, and win tomorrow.”
Meanwhile, the winning and runner-up teams in the 2024 LCK Spring will be given the opportunity to advance to the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a ‘Semi-Worlds (Worlds Cup)’. T1, which won that day, and Gen.G Esports, which has already reached the finals, will advance to MSI to be held in Chengdu, China in May.
(Seoul = News 1)
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2024-04-13 17:47:27