Chapter 559: Death at the Starting Point! T1's Dream of Defeating Four Opponents in One Match Is Shattered

On the standings, in addition to KT with 18 wins, DWG, which ranks second, also has a very luxurious record.

16 wins and 2 losses, this record can lock the regular season top spot in the history of LCK in the past few years, but this year DWG has to start from the semifinals.

The current situation in LCK is that KT is the only one, DWG is trying hard to catch up, and other teams can barely see the taillights of DWG.

The team ranked third in the standings is GEN·G. The Samsung team that the colonel loves has been complained by all parties for its slow play, but their winning rate against the teams in the lower half is very gratifying. Even if they can't beat the strong teams, they can steadily abuse the weak without losing points and finally make them the top three in the standings.

DRX ranks fourth. Although Mr. Dai is getting more and more outrageous now, the overall lineup of DRX is still good, and it is not difficult for other players to carry Mr. Dai into the playoffs.

T1 barely hangs on the tail of the left half.

Two rounds ago, T1's fans were still calling Lin Cheng "good brother", asking KT to help block T1's direct competitor.

KT's consecutive wins over GEN·G and DRX have done their best for the news agency brothers. As long as T1 wins the last two games, it can complete two consecutive jumps to the third place in the standings.

Unfortunately, T1 vividly demonstrated what it means to not accept food that is given out of pity.

T1 lost the game first.

Originally, they had already won DRX 2:1 in the ninth week of the game. After KT defeated DRX in the first game in the tenth week, T1 only needed to defeat Hanhua to surpass DRX's ranking. When KT defeated GEN·G in the last round, they would have another chance to go further.

As a result, Hanhua, which only won two games in the summer season, defeated T1 unexpectedly, making T1 fans who clamored to return to the top three before the game almost vomit blood.

How did the victory that was firmly in hand fly away?

You should know that Hanhua won only three games in the entire summer season, two of which were won by T1, and one was won by SP, a 1-17 team.

It is worth mentioning that the only victory of SP in the summer was also given by Hanhua.

Meaning: even SP, a team that almost lost the whole season, was not double-killed by Hanhua, but T1 did it!

Originally, T1's last two opponents were not strong. When seeing that KT did not let the water in the early game, some T1 fans could not wait to open champagne to celebrate.

Never thought that the champagne would go wrong as soon as it was opened. The beginning of the story is the end.

The opportunity was given, but he was useless.

And this is not over yet. After losing to Hanhua in an upset, T1 lost to AFS in the last round.

After two consecutive losses, T1 finally locked the fifth place in the regular season. They will start from the wildcard game of the playoffs.

However, T1's fans are always optimistic. When they beat KT by one game, they dared to covet the S-League championship trophy. At this time, they began to arrange the script and prepare to stage a miracle of one-on-four in the playoffs.

As for the right half of the standings, except for AFS, which finally lost the hope of entering the playoffs by one point, the other teams were announced to be eliminated early.

Sandbox also performed poorly this season. The three heroes of the secondary league that made it to the top last year completely parted ways this year.

DWG bravely moved forward and tried hard to compete with KT, Sandbox ran to play in the mud with the scumbags at the end of the league, and Griffin returned to the secondary league.

As for Hanwha, it was even worse. Their investment this year was actually not small. CuVee, Haru, Lehends and Viper who joined in the middle were not cheap, but they just played a shitty result.

Since the acquisition of ROX, Hanwha has invested a lot of effort in the League of Legends division, but the ending always makes fans sad.

In particular, this year Hanwha was very close to signing Lin Cheng, but KT snatched him by chance.

Later, Hanwha fans who knew the truth were about to cry.

The regular season officially ended on August 23, and according to the schedule, the final of the playoffs was scheduled for September 5.

KT had no games for almost two weeks, and everyone mainly played RANK to keep their hands, and arranged training games with other teams.

On August 26, the wildcard qualifiers for the playoffs started, and Lin Cheng watched the game with his teammates at the base.

The wildcard qualifiers are a wave 3 system, with DRX, which ranked fourth in the regular season, playing against T1, which ranked fifth.

What was surprising was that T1's lineup was adjusted before the game, and Faker appeared on the list.

This sudden change of generals was beyond everyone's expectations. LCK commentators were all wondering whether Coach Kim hoped that Faker would help the team with his rich playoff experience.

Of course, there is another more sinister speculation that no one has said:

Since Coach Kim was criticized by T1 fans for the last two consecutive losses, it is possible that Li Ge was brought up to take the blame.

Li Ge basically did not play any training games in the second half of the league, and it seems a bit forced to bring him up in the playoffs.

After losing, Coach Kim has a reason: Look! You have been scolding me for not letting Faker play, and the effect is not good when he plays.

Don't doubt it! Coach Kim's ability to pass the buck is absolutely first-class.

From the time he coached IG to the time he coached DWG, he had the experience of passing the buck to the players in interviews.

It turns out that not all coaches will take the blame for the players like Kka!

At the beginning, they did not cherish him well, and only when they lost him did T1 fans remember the good things about Coach Kka.

In the end, Li Ge's appearance did not help T1 win. Even before Michael started to make moves, DRX easily defeated T1 2:0.

T1 fans' dreams were shattered. They died at the starting point after defeating four teams in a row.

In fact, T1's elimination was not unexpected. After all, T1, the runner-up in the spring season, was too turbulent in the summer.

There was constant off-court rhythm all day long, the team was turbulent, and fans were crazy about catching the ghost.

In this situation, it would be a miracle if T1 could still achieve good results. If they can still make it to the finals like in the spring, it can only be said that other LCK teams are responsible.

Since American capital was injected into T1 and Constance took over the operation, T1 players' advertisements have been shooting better and better, and the team has more and more sponsors.

The club is making money, but the results are getting worse and worse.

In fact, there is another very important point. The departure of the three-time champion coach Kka has a great impact on T1.

Although the BP has been criticized, Kka's good control of the team atmosphere is absolutely first-class.

He can coordinate his relationship with all the players and let the players focus on the field, but Coach Kim can't do it.

Because T1 is so special, players like Faker are surrounded by aura but are not very good at getting along with others. Coach Kim's strong and iron-fisted personality is simply not able to tolerate players and extreme fans like Kka.

The final result is that the teams where Coach Kim has been are often not very good in terms of team atmosphere.

T1's new management team obviously did not consider this aspect and let Kka go without hesitation, thus opening a series of wonderful palace fighting stories in T1.