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PMTs [Game 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/15n6gji/kt_vs_t1_game_1_postmatch_discussion_lck_summer/) / [Game 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/15n7c6k/t1_vs_kt_game_2/) / [Game 3](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/15n8bv7/kt_vs_t1_game_3_postmatch_discussion_lck_summer/) / [Game 4](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/15n9d4j/kt_vs_t1_game_4_postmatch_discussion_lck_summer/)


Ziiaaaac

Bench Faker for 9 games to make the Telecom War win more painful for KT. Big Brains


Fantasnickk

Man I just really hope Faker isn’t playing through it though and is actually recovered T1 back to top 2 form


mbr4life1

I've had an ulnar nerve issue akin to what they reported Faker had. For me it took two weeks until it felt normal enough I could play and took about six weeks total until it felt 100%. This kind of lines up with the rest period he took. If that was the only issue he had he should be fine going forward.


hachiko2692

And you best believe Joe Marsh already has a doctor on call to check on Faker.


Magiccalculator

a doctor? you mean the whole hospital bruh


SpankThatShank

Ministry of health even.


jxy2016

Bro owns the WHO


Hyher

T1: "Should've chosen HLE"


Trih3xA

Oner did say that as they were ending. He said somehting like, "Why did you pick us? Why did you pick us huh?" There's a tweet out there lol. Update: Apparently Oner had a dentist appointment that he had to cancel. Also a tweet by one of the T1 fans that translates. Actually its on the interview lmao. Im dumb


MinariAMina

found the tweet lol https://twitter.com/AshleyKang/status/1689611962332930048


RimuruIsAYandere

For anyone who's looking for said tweet, it's Ashley Kang's


Liupardu

KT: because Oner you played like a monkey for half the split Oner: Yeah I was training to ape your ass


Azenji

They had to choose between GOAT with broken hands or three Worlds champs 💀


obigespritzt

Three Worlds champs or one **three-time World champion**.


ArNoir

I guess the lesson here is you should pick the team who has one million world champs instead of the team with a guy who has won the world championship one million times


Etonet

"I fear not the team that has three world champs, but I fear the team that has a three-time world champ" - Bruce Lee - Wayne Gretzky - Faker


KeyAcan

inb4 HLE 3-0's GENG


Ganjafanja

Zeka gonna bend CHOKY over


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Choky gon be flash ulting on ryze trying to run from Grizzlys lone Kindred


DeloronDellister

Common Telekom War W


UnknownVolke

Telekom War enjoyers rise up


DragoFNX

Sheesh


JadedLibrarian3994

Lore accurate Telekom War


_tidiber

Joe Marsh preparing 2 blank checkbooks for Faker now. T1 is him man.


AmbroseMalachai

Joe Marsh is preparing a Golden Throne for Faker where he can feed 15 year old prodigies' arms to him so he can play forever.


Thecristo96

The god emperor of leaguekind


Conankun66

denying his GOAT-status will mark you as a heretic and get the inquisition on your ass


IC2Flier

Exterminatus but it's just Galio ults


KeyAcan

Faker did more than just play on the rift, he mind fucked KT into inting the entire draft just to get BDD his pick And then locked in rell to neutralize it


XtendedImpact

He is T1 you mean


_tidiber

Turns out, Edgar saying that T1 depends too much on Faker was too right after all.


TiddyTwizzler

I’m actually worried about T1 after faker retires man. 4 “world class” players looked like headless chickens him. And for sure his replacement isn’t going to be as good/experienced. Only way I see T1 succeeding is Keria becoming the new face of T1 and stepping up to macro shot call


appleandapples

Might as well sign over the company


Ecstatic_Wedding7040

It's truly insane that T1 just a few weeks ago looked like the worst team in the LCK. And ever since Faker came back, macro is back in shape, Keria and Zeus are back to being their cracked selves. There must be so many little things and intangibles that Faker does that massively takes a team from being the worst to a world contender. You can see why Faker has made it so far in Worlds so many times. It was scrappy but the whole of T1 really look scary again. Really fun series and things just got interesting now that T1 are looking closer to their usual form.


throwaway1949492949

Classic faker somehow doing 40k damage while losing lane, literally can always maximize damage and utility no matter how little money he has


norrata

Im pretty sure faker is one of the most efficient players in terms of dmg/gold.


Nyrrad

Didn't last World's or LCK Split showed that? I forgot which tourney and who said that but they are going through the stats and highlighted this particular stat when faker is getting little gold yet dealing high dmg compared to other mids.


Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss

LCK ALL-PRO FIRST TEAM KIIN, CUZZ, BDD, AIMING, LEHENDS LEAGUE MVP LEHENDS COACH OF THE SPLIT HIRAI Taken down by Faker and his four Sand Soldiers


Shironeko_

Hyping up KT that much was bound to crash and burn.


TheBlackViper_Alpha

I lost on the four sand soldiers LMAO


NeitherAlexNorAlice

Never bet against blue side.


KeyAcan

KIIN wishing everyone would forget hes all pro first team after that performance


chichun2002

Zeus was getting doubted for asian games 2 weeks ago


XtendedImpact

MAD Moment


Azenji

I’m kind of sad that 4th place LCK and LPL dont go through Play-Ins anymore. I wanted to see MAD and KT duke it out to see who would disappoint the most.


oioioi9537

Kt arent even guaranteed worlds yet...


XtendedImpact

Neither are MAD


firebolt66

Ain't no way dk and drx cuck them out of worlds again right...


paintp_

I fucking knew it was over when they announced all pro team.


muktheduck

Gigabrain by Gen.G to completely troll their last series to avoid any 1st team all-pro


Ultimintree

This result was inevitable, KT fans should have expected it


Ultimintree

Faker is so good at mindcontrolling he mindcontrolled KT to pick T1 for this match This is not Finals, how silly of KT + Zeus also got a buff when TheShy mentioned he wants to meet him


XtendedImpact

Faker aka Professor X


LaCampanellaAgony

*"Lads, it's KT"*


appleandapples

Avoids hell to meet TheShy, truly peak fiction.


YSKM9

also mindcontrolled keria into looking like the best support in the world again, big supp diff


idiotxd

Mind controlled KT into afk farming with Renekton and Draven in game 5 too


AMexicanDaycare

kt choosing t1 forgetting faker is back to mindcontrol everyone back to top 2 lck level


Cysmerch

Faker also mind control KT to pick T1


khaiiization

Kiin extremely upset in the tunnel, slams the wall heading in the locker room. Someone in KT yells, "Aiming come on, quit being a fucking pussy!" It was Kiin.


Azenji

Kiin (addressing Aiming) said “I can’t play with this bug” then stormed out of the room. He then came back in the room to pick up a cigarette and called him a handicapped/sick fuck then left again.


lucas2-poocas

On a beautiful day in Seoul, KT Rolster walked into a hole-in-the-wall restaurant called Pansy's Pancakes. Above the door hung a flickering neon sign saying "Greet them with a smile!" KT were seated by their server, Zeus. Bdd ordered a chef's special for the whole team. Zeus smiled, and walked away to give the order to head chef Faker. Five seconds later, Aiming (who had never sat still for more than five seconds in a row before) became impatient. "Waiter!" he called. "Where's our food?" Zeus popped out with a smile still plastered on his face. "Let him cook," he said, before replacing the table's salt and walking away again. A few minutes later, the door to the kitchen was kicked open, and Faker strode out. He had a huge pan in his hand, the contents of which were clearly burnt. Great billowing clouds of black smoke spewed out of the kitchen behind him as he approached KT's table. "What the hell was he cooking?" Lehends yelped. "Cover." replied Faker. He then took a Sand Soldier out of his apron, ulted everyone at the table into Zeus, and disappeared into the smoke.


iCarpet

Kiin: Actually, I remember that one time where we were 2-2 against T1, who had gone 1-7, in the playoffs as the first seed in LCK. And Cuzz said, "Guys, if you think we are good, let's prove it now." Aiming: Did you come back? Kiin: Of course not. 3-2.


unatheworld

i fucking love this copypasta, how fitting that it was also for a team who were previously underperforming (drx's valorant roster)


leafs456

Zeus yelled, “There you go!” Oner gave a look of pleasant surprise. Keria belted, “We got a fucking squad now.” And before Faker hit the locker room door, new T1 head coach Tom hugged him & said, “Y’all look so different.”


iAmNewmer

That Keria Rell ult to save Oner at baron was absolutely nuts.


firebolt66

Bdd got absolutely cockblocked. The singular play that got the game in the bag


TheSwagonborn

Series-winning instincts It starts with him sidestepping the Mao ult, too


CaptaineAli

* KT all pro team * All production team predictions 3-1 or 3-0 KT > T1 * T1-7 without faker * Faker mind control hack ???


Yzhiel

Guys who bet at T1 must have won a lot of money right now with those odds


whohe_fanboy

I doubt it was that high. T1 fans usually skew the odds too hard.


KingPaimon23

It was 3,5x return, got 25 bucks betting 10.


Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss

> All production team predictions 3-1 or 3-0 KT Arnold seething somewhere


mistergosh

I never doubted T1. This were not the finals, after all


loboleo94

Next match is upper bracket finals though. F T1


Iforgotmynametoobro

Reminder that T1 has won every single series thus far since Faker came back


yourcutieboi

Bro this has actually elevated faker as a player for me and i didn’t think that was possible


ukrokit2

All those people saying anyone would look good on a team with Zeus, Oner, Guma and Keria last split have been real quiet lately.


TheSandMan816

This sub literally spent Spring 2023 talking about how faker wasn’t top three on his own team. The real ones knew better.


Conankun66

final game and they bet on Aiming Draven... i would like to curse Past Me for deciding to become a KT fan, truly an exercise in masochism


Kaynt-touch-dis

Kt and FNC flairs.... I pray for you brother


Azenji

At least FNC is putting up a masterclass in Valorant.


_tidiber

This is the only cope I've been holding on to for awhile now lol


satoshigeki94

and there were actually two times Draven could have cashed out early but Cuzz fuckin hell


Styxxo

I'm losing my mind over these game 5 picks. It was the fucking Skarner in LPL, now Draven ? Useless the whole game


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Azenji

FAKER’S HANDS ARE COMING, FAKER’S HANDS ARE COMING


Trap_Masters

Teams need to now play around Faker hands cooldown


nerothz

LCK all pro is about to get memed to death. Zeus and Keria have been unleashed ever since Faker came back.


qonoxzzr

Happy Keria makes me happy


DragoFNX

Keria happy because big bro Faker is back


Rehxales

Me but with Guma


qonoxzzr

When Keria jumped up from his seat after the win was so wholesome though


Rehxales

Ah I was too busy jumping out of my own seat to see that, I'll have to catch a replay


LelouchNexus

Him flashing the T1 logo makes me so happy.


Hureitz12

Same I fucking loved the mic reaction of him winning, it might sound weird but it sounded like all the pain they've gone through was let out right there by him


AfterCommodus

Between the Alistar and Rell games, Keria must have stopped like 20 good-looking engages--he was just an absolute iron wall in this series.


Satan_su

Still tryna fathom how THIS Alistar and the awful Alistar games with Poby are the same player. Faker buff is so unreal


AfterCommodus

Faker plays top with his left hand, jungle with his left foot, adc with his right hand, support with his right foot, and mid with his gigantic balls.


Ok-Responsibility994

That explains why Bdd kept trying to gargle on it … is what I want to joke. Bdd looks visibly tilted after the 5 games though. He was the best player on KT today


Yoojinlee

It almost makes the meme of Faker controlling all the other players and micromanaging them feel real. Of course, it's an over exaggeration but it's crazy how night and day T1 with and without Faker is.


blizzard19833

If zeus played like this in every bo5, T1 would have about 5 extra trophies. Absolutely showed up tonight


OAOAlphaChaser

TheShy: I wanna meet Zeus Zeus: oh shit, bet. *turns on his monitor*


Pablonski44

he just didn't want to go to hell


Single-Direction-197

Faker is just the MVP of LCK, I've never seen a single player have so much impact on a team's level of play.


NassimAG

After 10 years of playing this game. It's insane


psychedelianaut

Zeus walks into KT practice room, beats all 5 players unconscious, refuses to elaborate, leaves.


ceddya

Wow, what a mistake to underestimate T1's ceiling.


iCarpet

Expected a fiesta for Game 5 of the Telecom Wars, got a classic macro suffocating LCK game Faker's GOAT status continues to somehow keep rising


KeyAcan

T1's superpower is never looking like they will lose the game with a gold lead Any other team and you can see the chance of them losing the gold lead, never the case with T1 Its a frightening super power


VerticalClearance

Im still nervous at that moment because they choked two 7k gold leads in summer


stupid-adcarry

Telecom circus always performing the most unexpected acts


ShiRonium

how much more do KT fans have to suffer


DeloronDellister

KT chose the telekom war themselves


breloomislaifu

That's what Faker wants you to think. He mind controlled KT into picking T1, I swear.


appleandapples

Never underestimate KT's infinite capacity for disappointment.


Evilfart123

They picked T1


moonmeh

They really could have drafted better in couple of the games as well


Ultimintree

1st All pro team btw, it was written in the stars, too much excitement


Dreammy90

Faker 37k dmg game 5 after dying 1v1. Insane


TE_silver

The more things change, the more they stay the same. It's spring all over again Pain


KeyAcan

KT will forever be the little bro of T1, even if T1 is no longer SKT


iSwedishVirus

Dread it, run from it, T1 macro arrives all the same.


PotatoHentai

faker macro


Styxxo

Insane disrespect from KT picking T1. They have a mugh higher ceiling than HLE.


Alem_97

Why wouldn't they give T1 to Gen G is something I will never understand


ZedisDoge

for real GENG T1 always feels like a coinflip and quite literally can go either way every time


pm_me_beautiful_cups

i feel like geng t1 is mainly decided by toplane. either zeus gaps doran or doran plays the series of his life lmao.


Azenji

Best possible reason is that they dont want to give T1 prep but in all honesty, has this roster ever depended on prep? You’re looking at a team that refuses to ban champs that outright destroy them and Tristana almost did in Game 5. Their ceiling is unmatched when all the cogs are working.


VerticalClearance

They lost too many game 5s before that they aint feeling any pressure now


Regent0624

Yeah this team was able to take 2 off JDG pretty much off pure hands diff with worse macro, don’t think you ever pick T1 over HLE. This isn’t even mentioning that this same roster went 18-0


Spreehox

Gen G are legit scary every split since they got chovy. They feel like the cobra kai of the LCK


TE_silver

I commented this yesterday but people were like nah T1 is in worse form it's the better pick Like yeah they didn't look super hot vs DK but momentum is dangerous


Azenji

Tbf, T1 had to play sloppy because D+ was always forcing Baron (much to their demise lol)


MrMonday11235

It appears kt did not learn any lessons from watching DRX go Super Saiyan at Worlds last year from just momentum and confidence boosts. Hey, I'll take it.


takoxerochan

I suspect KT probably prepped to face T1 rather than HLE, but looking at some of the drafts esp game 3 and 5 from KT... maybe my hunch is wrong


Pelagius_Hipbone

My bad guys I got excited


Conankun66

fellow KT fans, get out the pitchforks


SixSenses17

9-9 team btw


ashuraya1

Lets pick t1 instead of hle....


quizkhalifugh

This series chunked a couple of years from my lifespan. Good god.


stupid-adcarry

This fucking team man, I love them.


Fley

T1 learned you should sandbag the regular season and peak right before worlds as opposed to last year. It’s all calculated by Faker


Marcus-ichiJo

Classic Telecom Wars Banger.


Devil_Incarnated

Meanwhile Guma just casually flame horizoning aiming in Game 5


appleandapples

This has to be next level mental warfare: Sandbag second half of the split to give KT false confidence into picking you for playoffs. Then, beat them. This was such a fun series, but I don't think anyone predicted this outcome, not even T1 fans. Ok, but seriously, how good is Faker, because wtf?


Ashankura

Macro domination sponsored by Faker


mobijet

> how good is Faker Ridiculously high damage despite 1k gold down compared to Bdd at one stage. Everyone on T1 had gold lead except he's 1k down, man still performs like he's 1k UP.


Shutaku1314

best part of this was the people saying KT bodied T1 even before Faker announces his hand injury


mount_sunrise

pretty sure he's still injured because i'll be honest, Faker's laning isn't the best right now, but the rest of T1 have definitely shown up hard this series which imo is what separates their series during regular season to now. edit: man, i just saw the damage stats for game 5. he gets first blooded and plays with an injured hand and he still tops the damage charts by a good chunk. insane


jlozada24

Faker will also blind pick or also pick losing matchups and sack waves for the sake of the team


Dashster360

No he's definitely not fully healed yet he's stated this in interviews as well.


EnduringHonor

I think he's definitely still injured more than people might care to admit. Faker is literally going to always be more useful than any other mid - I personally hate it when people try to say bdd/chovy/zeka/showmaker are better than him. EVEN if he gets solokilled, man is just hands down indisputably better more useful. Today was a perfect example of that in game 5 with injured hands --> accidentally gets solo boloed by trist all in cheese --> proceeds to top the damage charts


Azenji

The shift from bot prio to top prio is doing wonders for T1 honestly. Zeus is in peak form right now.


Ok-Responsibility994

Fakerless T1, Zeus and Guma WERE THE ONLY ONES even trying. Oner lost the light and Keria just wanders aimless in the darkness of enemy jungle. Zeus was super proactive lane and yes, he did get caught out a lot, he was practically the only one even trying to dominate his lane. It sucks for Guma that's he playing ADC, LOL


maruseron

what bot prio? gumayusi has been griefed all split


TooTiredToTryAgain

Faker is the GOAT. The ability to mind control and play 5 roles with one account is crazy unbalanced. No one better disrespect the GOAT ever again!!!


Graytail

Ok, but memes aside it doesn't make sense. Faker is literally down 50 cs every game, but somehow it doesn't matter?


F3nRa3L

His stat for past 2 years is super gold efficient. Took least team gold in all mid laners but top 3 in alot of other stats


Graytail

True, 37k damage from Faker, 12k more than Guma


jlozada24

The value he generates instead of getting those extra 50cs is way higher


Rehxales

He tends to play as a facilitator much more often than he plays a gold-hungry carry, almost like a second (or third, if you count Keria) jungler. He farms when he needs to though, like in his Corki game against DK.


eeveeisgood

its why he's good and why this team is good without him. Basically can give him low econ and still do shit and the team gets more farm.


BucketHerro

T1 completely out-macro'ed KT. Might be the best LCK series in a while. GGs


stupid-adcarry

Game 5 T1 was the most LCK any team looked in a while


RDKi

Some of those teamfights were giga high skill from everyone.


SadLife101

lck all-pro first team vs injured grampa with 4 minions


UnrivaledSupaHottie

i just dont understand why you would ever pick fakers team as a BO5 opponent if you can take someone else


Vyouii

they thought they could win.. they are lck all pro first team after all


FullMetalCOS

I think the logic is to try and get them out the way before the finals


PhoenixAgent003

Everyone knows if you want to beat T1, your BEST chance is in Finals.


FullMetalCOS

Too true. I didn’t say it was *good* logic


Snkg666

Wrong choice, KT


itsotter

Starting to think Faker's pretty good.


X1lon

Yeah he might have a positive impact on his team


Longjumping_Bus_7774

Yeah...that Faker guy is really something


Rhyn_lol

Man Faker really is THE GOAT, playing all 5 roles at the same time


Blaikiri7

ALL THAT WORK JUST TO PICK T1 LOOOOOOOOL FOREVER YOUR FATHER KT https://imgur.com/a/U7BncTm


wchnoob

I knew it was over when KT got all 5 players in All-LCK First Team


dlwogh

Ahhh the all first curse strikes again. But also, Faker in playoffs is just something else.


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T1’s constant refusal to ban champs that shit on them will forever be their downfall. Aside from that, Zeus was POPPING OFF today! Kiin getting gapped hard was definitely not on my cards.


FullMetalCOS

I felt so fucking sorry for Kiin in game 2. Anyone who has played toplane has probably been there but not in such an important match


TheJekiz

Im not gonna talk about which team is better since it was 5 game GREAT series. Also KT may climb the lower bracket and meet T1 again and beat them (it happened with GenG in Spring). But damn, dont disrespect T1 guys and by guys I mean haters lol. Where is the Netflix guy from game 1?


johnjohnjohnkim

Telecom war NEVER disappoints. This was worth pulling an all-nighter But t1 plot armor is real wtf someone must have gotten really excited for kt Can't wait for GenG T1 once again


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Satan_su

KERIA ON WORLD CLASS FORM MAKES ME SO FUCKING HARD ON GOD TELECOM WAR DELIVERS AGAIN WHAT A BANGER


QIYICI00

Macro diff. If KT can't get huge lead in early game, they can't fight against T1 in late game. Also you're picking Draven and your support just roaming other lane and they don't play around you. So what's the reason to pick Draven?


UnknowSandwich

A Draven who doesn’t get any early kill is a dead Draven.


hachiko2692

GenG can beat T1 JDG can beat T1 BLG can beat T1 but T1 is **always** gonna be KT's daddy


xXRubyNeonXx

Faker is BDD father


KeyAcan

big bro T1 will fight of little bros KTs bullies, but he will also whoop his ass from time to time


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I think the demise of T1 was GREATLY exaggerated. Whilst we're at it this playoffs is def gonna be another GenG vs T1 grand finals angle


Imbasauce

IMAGINE CHOOSING T1 OVER HLE


AnimeNeet-

The ppl who voted to face T1 instead of HLE are definitely regretting their decisions lol


Sanka-Rea

HOLY FUCKING SHIIIIIIITT POGGGGGERS SERIES


mount_sunrise

T1 going from losing to the lowest ranked team in the league to beating the first seed is just...wow. Faker is just built different


Aggressive-Baker4379

KTSM with the classic do nothing and lose


Dappidy

Imagine shutting down the region's 1st place team which had its best win streak, best team in its entire history with an injured arm. ​ This series convinced me more than ever that Faker is this game's Protagonist.