Faker survives with a single HP, Guma gets instantly proven wrong! T1's form returns, HLE remains unchanged.

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After the LCK season started this year, many strong teams have suffered unexpected losses, including T1, who were swept by KT in their first match of the new split. Yesterday, T1 faced their second opponent—HLE.

As a result, T1 regained their form and took down their opponent with a 2-0 score, completing their double kill against HLE this year.

Faker survives with a single HP, Kanavi's old habits resurface.

T1 performed very poorly in their previous match against KT, even suffering a staggering 12-0 scoreline from KT. Therefore, many viewers were not optimistic about T1 in this match against HLE, but T1 dispelled fans' doubts with an impressive sweep victory. Winning such a "reckoning match" is also significant for T1.

In the first game, Kanavi brought out Pantheon in the jungle and initiated an early kill in the bot lane. However, after gaining an advantage, Gumayusi made a mistake in lane and was instead killed by T1. Gumayusi's form was not great in both games of this round.

Kanavi also started to act recklessly in the mid-game despite having some early advantage. HLE's jungle and support repeatedly made absurd initiations, leading to HLE's situation collapsing. The only lane with an advantage was Zeus, who counter-killed Xin Zhao in a 1v2 situation while playing Anivia, and his strong kill on Doran in the top lane amazed everyone. However, Anivia's ability to change the course of the game was clearly insufficient.

On T1's side, Faker brought out Azir to reconnect the Shurima network. In lane, facing Zeka's guaranteed kill combo, he meticulously used E to refresh his shield and survived with a single HP, shocking the audience. Later, in a team fight, he pushed two enemies to help the team expand their advantage, and in late-game team fights, he also executed outstanding individual plays.

But the team's biggest contributor still goes to Keria, whose multiple brilliant detailed initiations became the key to T1's victory.

Oner's Lee Sin saves the team, Guma gets instantly proven wrong.

In the second game, HLE again took the lead early, securing a Gank kill on Doran in the top lane and also helping the bot lane get a kill. Gumayusi's extremely fed Yone一度 had a personal economy领先Peyz by over a thousand gold. After T1 fell into a huge disadvantage, Oner's Lee Sin stepped up, starting to drive the tempo across three lanes, killing the top laner first and then Yone, helping T1 stall the situation.

In the mid-game, HLE still maintained their lead, but Gumayusi made a mistake by强行 initiating in mid lane, eating Nami's bubble and dying.

HLE couldn't execute a smooth push to victory. At 27 minutes, Kanavi's movements were again caught by T1, who successfully stole the Baron. After reversing the situation, T1 also gave away a wave in mid lane, harvested by Zeus's Vayne. But soon, T1 executed a decisive team fight: Faker卡视野 initiated with a flash and ultimate stunning Zeka, T1 rushed in and achieved an ace to end the game.

Considering the performance across both games, T1's mid, jungle, and support were outstanding this round, which was key to their victory. Doran and Peyz, who were previously criticized, still performed averagely, but相比之下HLE was clearly worse. Their jungle and support duo were both overly aggressive, and this has already infected the team. Gumayusi, playing a core ADC, still frequently gives away a wave.

Additionally, Gumayusi was also instantly proven wrong by T1. Before the split started, he stated he would achieve a full-win record to advance to MSI, but lost in the second match.

With completely opposite forms, T1 still has room for improvement.

Personally, I think the most interesting point about HLE and T1 is that the form of their mid, jungle, and support positions are completely opposite. T1 relies on their mid, jungle, and support to drive the whole team; only when these three perform well does the team win more easily. On HLE's side, the mid, jungle, and support have now become the team's短板.

Originally thought Kanavi was the team's biggest毒瘤,没想到 the mid and support's水平 are also not good. HLE's so-called top-tier配置看起来 is overestimated; in high-intensity matches, the team has too many problems, and solving them is too difficult.

In other positions, Zeus's form is good, but HLE显然 didn't很好地发挥 the top laner's lane advantage. Zeus didn't receive more team resource帮助, and Gumayusi, after gaining an advantage, is不稳定 and cannot convert it into victory.

T1 still has room for improvement. In the current lane-focused version, they need to着重强化 the lane performance of top and bot lanes. Doran's form is不如 the first split. In the bot lane, T1有意 is锻炼Peyz's ability, wanting to提升 his上限, but currently Peyz hasn't shown signs of爆发, performing平淡 in both games.

Thus, T1's ZOFGK组合看起来 is indeed the more correct choice.连续两年换掉两个冠军选手, each year getting harder. It's uncertain whether T1 can elevate the team to championship level this year.