On September 2nd, LCK Bubble Competition, T 1 vs HLE-3: 2, T 1 won the third seed of LCK, and HLE needed to play overtime with the fourth seed to enter the final.
10/0, t1vshle-the winner of the quarter-finals is one step closer to the champion, and the loser of the quarter-finals goes home.
The same team, the same BO5, the same is closely related to the S race, and the situation of the LCK bubble race reappears. The difference is that winning or losing this time is more important than the result of the bubble competition.
T 1 (original SKT)
Teammate of running water, Faker made of iron
Team SKT is the "nightmare" of all old players who are familiar with LOL. SKT has dominated the S-class competition since S3 won the championship. In addition to losing to SSW in S4 final, SKT has won three world championships. Now SKT personnel have changed many times, and the only one who can't move is Faker, the great devil of China.
After several seasons of sinking, Faker once again reached the quarter-finals with his new teammates.
HLE (former tigers)
The new team, composed of talented Dan Chovy and veteran champion ADC player Deft, was established in 2020. Although the process was a bit bumpy, I still grabbed the last ticket of the S race, although it was a pity that SKT entered the S race with the fourth seed.
I. Main points of confrontation
(1) The Great Devil Faker confronts the genius Dan Jovi.
Faker has been changing positions since he changed teams, from pure line suppression to team to function. Comparing Faker's KDA and hero selection at S6 peak with that at present, there are obvious changes (high average assists per game and low average kills per game, and the hero selection from focusing on alignment to functional heroes remains unchanged).
Faker even played an important role in the team, such as rhythm and opening a group.
Chovy is now in the top of LCK singles, and he is in the middle of singles, with a very high killing rate against the line. The rich pool of heroes makes it difficult for heroes to be targeted, and they are good at various positioning, giving people a feeling of "juvenile Faker". The multiple single kills in the group match speak for themselves, and the horrible KDA in the LCK summer match is also announcing its ability.
But Chovy's recklessness is the most unstable point.
But LOL is a team hero after all, and individual singles is not a feature of the version. The historical confrontation between Chovy and Faker is over 55. (even Faker is a small actor and won the game)
In the final of 1/4, which is closely related to life and death, whether Chovy can make a slight change from individual to team may be a more critical factor.
(2)2) Can Morgan (former WE Shangdan) break through the hero key?
Looking at HLE's summer games, whenever Morgan can't get the two heroes, the green eagle and the crocodile, he becomes the breakthrough of HLE directly. In the bubble competition with T 1, BP was targeted, and being killed by Canna alone became a common occurrence. Naer, who grew up inexplicably (the first and second games) and Dao Mei, who was eaten by Kennan indefinitely (the third game), led the team to rely on Jovi to seize the opportunity skillfully.
Morgan is HLE's fatal flaw (no hero).
On the contrary, Myna is quite modest and occasionally gives opportunities.
(3) Deft with slow driving force and high pressure is forced to be invisible.
Equipment causes ADC to work more and more slowly, and the living/output space is compressed, so it is difficult to grasp the situation when downlink. ADC often has to go alone or be forced to go with the flow.
In addition, Chovy's playing style is more radical, and Deft's playing space is limited, so he has to be invisible (occasionally sick).
On the other hand, T 1, Faker changed into many successful functional styles, which provided the output space for the ancient horse rain silk. Coupled with more conservative play, the death rate of Gumayusi is significantly lower than Deft.
(4) Young team and frequent mistakes.
Most members of T 1 and HLE are relatively young. In addition to the veteran Faker, although being young means being more daring to fight, on the other hand, several other personnel will always provide opportunities inexplicably. The reversal of HLE's advantage in the group stage by RNG is also one of the performances.
The funniest one-minute T 1VSHLE bubble contest: the first game 13: 00 starts the continuous rice filling operation.
Misoperation of T 1VSHLE foam competition: the chain reaction of a single canna fatal mistake was in the third game at 25: 05t 1 lore.
Second, the forecast of the top eight
Based on the recent situation of T 1 and HLE, the overall strength of the two teams is not very significant. Korean operation has long been engraved in the hearts of most LCK teams. Faker, Chovy and Morgan are the key points of the game, followed by avoiding mistakes as a whole.
However, HLE lost the last game in the LCK bubble competition, which inevitably produced a certain "devil" to T 1.
My guess about the result of this game is (hit me in the face! ):
The final score of T 1vsHLE should be 3-0 or 3-.
In the case of BP against Morgan, the winning percentage of T 1 is higher.
When the score is 2-2, the winning percentage of T 1 is high.