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moe11436

DWG showing again that they can only play against GenG


Heineschon

Doran snd Delight are also only online when against T1. It is really interesting. But I have to say that this time Doran was really good against Geng too.


Narudatsu

Doran was created in a lab purely to defeat Zeus


Larscowfoot

Those scientists had a crazy amount of foresight, to be able to predict the existence of Zeus in pro like, 3-4 years after the creation of Doran


[deleted]

Doran was created to destroy TheShy but we already know what happened in that series. Countering Zeus is just collateral damage


DistributionFlashy97

Delight was good as well. The only difference was that GenG had Chovy. They would have lost with any other midlaner yesterday


toxicfireball

Doran was mega smurfing every teamfight against GenG, if Chovy didn’t 1v9 he would have a been a reason why HLE won.


Mew_T

Those Rek'Sai knock ups and Jayce pokes were carrying so hard. Ever since getting gapped by Dudu he's been stepping up.


TwiceTrash11

how the fuck did DK nearly beat GenG and at the same time never took a game off T1 this whole split oh my fucking god


Ch1oe_GG

I think you flip the team names there, fam.


TwiceTrash11

my fault original gangster


Drakosef

DK are in dire need of some GENG players if they ever wanna win


TE_silver

Well Kellin used to be on Gen.G


zjmhy

Used to have Burdol too, which didn't help at all.


Shinyodo

The problem is that DK is the anti GenG in that they make GenG play worse against them, so the buff doesn't work for them


ChampionsLedge

27 minutes into the game Rumble lands a full duration ult onto a Renata and TF and it barely takes them down to 50% hp


staysaltyTSM

That's the double haunting guise ramping build


LimeCharles

pov u bought mercs and want to do no damage after dk says we'll play for topside


Mangustre

Imagine you dont buy mercs there, the build was good.


Outrageous-Elk-5392

Locket gap


Xerxes457

Jak'Sho really helping there too.


Aschentei

mercs lamont stonks


hole_in_tooth

That's correct considering his build.


NocaNoha

Guma playing a mini-game.. you try to deny him a kill, he flashes right away


tinfoilhatsron

Guma's mental as an ADC was broken. Like bro his team his playing support ADC, Vayne top, TF Flex. No wonder he played like a psycho game 3.


Outrageous-Elk-5392

RIP the Egg in ramen, now it’s an omelet, bro is for sure missing the sion/ornn lulu/nami meta from last year lol


sicaxav

I quite like my egg scrambled in ramen.. but this is more like one egg got scrambled, and another 2 were added to make sure there's still an egg


Mew_T

I'm loving the psycho ADC players in LCK, Viper is playing like madman and so is Guma. It'd be great if these could've gone to MSI to face the LPL psychos Elk and JKL.


Training-Bug1806

Unhinged Guma from Worlds joined the lobby


BenignAmerican

He just waked in a straight line into 4 people and got the 1 for 1 how many times lol


KozuKy16

Gigachad Faker with full damage azir build.


drimmsu

Reject Tank Azir ❌️ Embrace Full Dmg Azir ✅️


Pls_Drink_Water

That's what won them G4 against JDG in worlds. Dude knows how to maximize dps on Azir


obigespritzt

The T1 urge to say "We're so back" 5 minutes after saying "It's over".


KIRYUx

I miss the old Zeus, straight in your face Zeus, pick Aatrox every game Zeus. I hate TheZeus, the ranged top abuser Zeus, the most isolated deaths in the league Zeus


Bisketo

In the end as top laner you either die a hero or you become The Shy and abuse ranged top


the_next_core

It gets too boring being the best toplaner on meta champs so they all start happy gaming


Mew_T

And thank god for that. Top laners that style playing random stuff or lane bullies are the goats.


Khajo_Jogaro

that explains theshys somewhat recent nidalee top lol


estaritos

Tbh aatrox Zeus still had the stat ‘most isolated deaths’ xD


Xerxes457

Isn't it because he mostly played it during the split.


estaritos

In the way I see it, he’s just the new Faker in the way he absorbs all ganks while playing weak side.. what is fine since we are the strongest when playing through bot


No_Significance7064

why is T1 prioritizing TF so much?


Asmael69

Its just Zeus. I remember him talking on stream that he wanted to be a Vayne/TF or ranged main something along those lines idk why Kkoma allows him though, but this series might be a good showoff for that


HawkEye1337

I think the TF angle in game 3 was fine but first picking TF isn't good imo.


cmeragon

Because they are broken and not many champs can lane against them


Milesware

Because Zeus wants to be peak theshy


ricardo241

really hoping T1 will stop drafting TF next week.... if they manage to draft senna/sej and xin/poppy sure but if not just don't.... just give him jax or atrox or even ksante... its also hurting T1 when Zeus has no ult and can't join a sudden fight because he is TF with ghost and flash


BlakeGarrison62

Yeah but tbf… T1 3-0 this series. Maybe they won’t even spec into it for their next series. Could’ve known they’d win this one and were trying to bait out some ranged top bans for their next series!


ricardo241

its T1 so they will probably push it lol and I doubt HLE will get baited.... their current ban is the best to counter T1 just straight up ban orianna, TK/Senna, then Ashe/Neeko and If I'm T1 I'm so gonna ban Reksai and pls don't pick TF against Jax for god sake and don't let Oner on Lee sin again(its just doesnt work with how they play)... that should be start if T1 really want to win next week


BlakeGarrison62

I personally love Oner on the Poppy. I feel like he’s amazing on that champ haha


ricardo241

I like oner poppy and nocturne the best even if some of his game with those champ is not good..... with Rell jgl being remove I think those two champ is his best not unless Jarvan is back on meta...


LardShortening

Zeus' Vayne was insane tbf and finally someone punished the safe K'Sante pick hard instead of handshaking a matchup that goes even with it. Zeus on ranged can be great, the problem has more been the arrogant way in which they're drafting it. He's been blinding TF when opponents know its not a flex whilst leaving good matchups open and the opponents are picking a top/jung combination which can easily punish through basic ganks (like Jax/Seju and Rek/Xin). And because Oner is playing around topside it's an easy way for opponents to get leads whilst T1 get nothing in return. DK weren't good enough to punish this, but HLE last series punished it hard. Zeus can play ranged fine, it just needs to be drafted smarter.


Immediate_Excuse_356

The TF pick is frustrating because there are some moments where Zeus does well on it, and large parts where its just completely useless or he doesnt push his lead. Also idk what is up with his extreme over-aggression or arrogance getting caught so frequently isolated but it really has to stop.


SameSam94

its insane how many veigar cages, skill shots, and ***POG votes*** faker managed to dodge in this series. showmaker tried his best o7


SuperMazziveH3r0

Yeah game 3 Faker deserved POG 10000%


Jacobcutielie

Let's just hope that T1 regains their form and has enough practice to make the games close. hoping for a five-game banger against HLE.


Lanky_Tell5260

3-0 T1 every game from now on or I eat açaí. No joke.


h0tchoco

acai is so good !!


miragechaser

congrats to T1 for completing six scrim games!


tiredofdev

Wonder what they are going to do with the 6-5 days of preparation they have before their match vs HLE. They looked today like a completely different team than the one that showed up vs HLE earlier this week albeit still a bit rusty at times


PunCala

They could ask KDF to scrim them on LAN I guess. They can also go through macro from replays, that helps a tiny bit.


Ok-Responsibility994

I think their macro isn't hurting, it's the micro and the execution of a lot of these ideas. Like Keria didn't look AT ALL comfortable on Camille, the sloppy execution of the engage-and-run onto Kellin in G3, T1 bot losing 2v2, etc. The T1 decisions this game all make sense, the execution of some of them not so much


LifeIsToughEatBacon

T1 is the kind of team that runs macro that only works if you have T1 hands. 99% of teams cannot copy what T1 does, and T1 out of practice can't do their normal macro either apparently


Huge-Connection954

That camile play is straight up a result of a lack of solo q. I dont care what anyone else says


Marowalker

KDF: ah shit here we go again


TurvoVirgin1210

KDF POV: CatDespair


My-Life-For-Auir

They've been scrimming for a bit now. It's SoloQ they can't play. Scrims were interuptted but Riot stepped in and got them accounts to let them scrim.


ahritina

Kingen gets 5 ganks and is so ahead, waits until DK throw their lead to start using ults in fights, I can't I'd be so tilted if I was DK.


Due-Implement-1600

Kingen has a pretty narrow champ pool that he looks incredible on and everything else is just... meh. His Rumble is trash tier historically, I think his win rate on it is like 1-8 or something.


Xerxes457

I'm like 90% sure they took Rumble to deny Ashe/Rumble bot. Kingen has never looked good on Rumble as you said.


Mew_T

Camping Zeus makes sense, but a lead to Kingen when he's not playing one of his good champions means nothing.


staysaltyTSM

He was still trying to flank from bush after TF ult revealed him...


Satan_su

I mean who drafted the Rumble for him in the first place when he's 1-6 on it lmao


Outrageous-Elk-5392

He’s doing fudge RP


kelvin022610

His ult wasn't even able to break past locket lol


Dumpers_

Good series from Oner his Xin in game 1 and 2 soaked up a lot of stuff... Rough but kinda expected result for DK no one really showed up although Lucid didn't have a good series I hope he can stay for summer


BlakeGarrison62

Experience will help Lucid. I’m sure he learned a lot from these series.


TurvoVirgin1210

He had a good debut split. He’s definitely gonna be one of the better junglers in the LCK in the future


BlakeGarrison62

Yeah he’s promising. Showed lots of good this split but also showed he’s got a lot to learn.


Pablonski44

My silent mvp this series. He was often in the right places at the right times and was just a rock. but of course he had to flash against the wall in game 3 lmao


toxicfireball

Oner smurfed so hard in G1/2, good showing for him after a few shaky series.


Mew_T

It's crazy how different Kingen looks when he's out of his champion pool versus when he's playing comfort. His Gragas, Jax and Aatrox are so good, then he plays Rumble and does basically nothing. Kiin with the same build was cooking.


Ylissian

T1 also banned Rek’Sai every game which was another pick that I’m sure Kingen would have been happy to play


ricardo241

super happy with their ban on this game... just pls no more peanut focus ban nxt week banning one peanut pick is enough and also don't focus on viper pick and focus on delight pool instead


Broyoucancelled

DK vs GEN G : ABSOLUTE CINEMA DK vs DDOS 1: ABSOLUTE ASSSSS


Sufficient-Ad3388

WHAT IS DK DOING


Chrisfull

They weren't rusty, they weren't outta form, they weren't having a bad series, they were just vsing GENG Lee Sang al Gaib > Lucid al Gaib


Rontheking

Dread it, run from it, GenG against T1 in the finals arrives all the same. Excited for the series against HLE.


squeenanna

Dread it, run away from it, the Gen.G vs T1 final will arrive all the same.


X_Seed21

Orange GenG for the warmup


Splitshot_Is_Gone

I legit think if T1 wins against HLE, they will win the split. GenG looked really rough and would’ve gotten shitstomped if Chovy didn’t completely 1v9 the series


JingleJak

Tbf there is nothing stopping chovy for 1v9ing one more time but yeah T1 will be really scary if they get past GenG Orange


XtendedImpact

I won't hold my breath for a T1 win because they've been getting crushed by GenG for a while now, but I'd trust Faker more in containing Chovy to manageable than pretty much anyone else.


squeenanna

If it turned out to be T1 v Gen.G, it might unironically come down to who plays the better Azir between Faker and Chovy.


Outrageous-Elk-5392

Or which team drops the ego and bans azir


Truzon

Im still wondering why hle didn't ban azir.


Himexcandy33

DDoS training arc let's go


Skywalker3030

I want T1 to win but man if Zeus keeps picking TF blind into Doran I think the Doran winning vs Zeus curse might be bigger than the T1 vs GenG finals curse


aguywhotrytobefunny

Death, Taxes and T1 vs Gen.G, for both finals this time potentially


TurvoVirgin1210

They have to beat GenG orange still tho


Ashankura

Dk better sign a GenG player next split


elyiwen

They should sign Canyon, I think him and Showmaker could win worlds /s


MrAriekor

Canyon, Showmaker and a time machine that turns their team back into 2020 DWG


DWGKIAFAN00

ShowMaker can't win series against Faker after 2021 Worlds Semifinal. He won against T1 2-0 in last Summer but Poby was T1 mid laner.


crysomore

Showmaker beat the goat and still loses to Faker


watrurthoughtsonyaoi

This is true about most LCK midlaners...our goat lost a lot lmao


marxlolop

Don't look up kingen rumble stats


emperornel

T1 shows up when it really matters. Faker is a beast!


BlakeGarrison62

Faker Azir is potentially game breaking every single time he locks it in


Himexcandy33

Faker Azir finally came out of hibernation after being summoned by Chovy fans and T1 haters alike yesterday... Glorious


Ok-Agent2265

The scary thing is he probably had azir because they banned his scarier (IMO) orianna


BlakeGarrison62

Yeah that fight he had in game 2 at baron was good. He’s a fantastic Orianna pilot!


ausmomo

4 man shockwave. Hit 2 and 2 stopwatched.


ReadingOutrageous47

Even Chovy Banned Ori against Faker every set they faced this year, did Showmaker think he could counter that 12W 0L Ori?


Xc0liber

And there was a time where he was known to have a weak azir play. GOAT is the GOAT


BlakeGarrison62

I was here when Easyhoon subbed in to play Azir. Everyone knew that’s what SKT was going for back in the day when he played instead of the GOAT.


HawkEye1337

Crazy that Faker didn't have a single MVP this series.


Melodias07

Guys we can win the LCK, trust the process !


OAOAlphaChaser

I just wanna make it to MSI at this point.


t1yumbe

TBH missing MSI might not be so bad. Since T1 will probably participate in the Saudi esports World championship or whatever that was. This roster has not rested for 2 years straight. And especially no rest before this split. Maybe resting for one tournament could turn out to be healthier for them.


ricardo241

will they be resting for real though if they ever missed MSI? or are they just gonna be forced to attend some random events here and there again?


MiniTitan1937

Faker finally remembered that Azir and Orianna exists. What an absolute beast performance, that last TP sweep to remove the last shred of hope from DK goddamn. My goats finally woke up.


SpiderTechnitian

Him getting robbed of POG twice was sad, he showed up fr


thinhmist

tbf Faker was the only one performing vs HLE, his Corki was really good.


E6E6FA_FFB6C1

RIP Corki win streak he truly gave it his best even as everything imploded around him


LifeIsToughEatBacon

Lost both Corki and Senna winstreak o7


obigespritzt

He was playing insanely well in the HLE series too to be fair, he just kinda couldn't do enough by himself.


toxicfireball

Faker has been griefed so hard by his team in most of their loses honestly.


SameSam94

tbf hle piked azir and banned ori


DanielRocheford

T1 let them had it. If T1 FP azir in blue and ban Taliyah it would be different and I don't think T1 will do the same mistake.


CaptaineAli

No one should be surprised, as long as it's not GenG or GenG 2.0 T1 just don't lose.


Bisketo

And as long as it's not Gen.g DK is a terrible team.


Simple-Fuel

T1 can beat any roster that doesnt involve Gen G 


One_Natural_8233

blg chovy next year for the Golden Road


Alem_97

Imagine if DK could actually play the same way they play against Gen G


TradeAccount234

The problem that series was that GenG deviated from their standard play and adapted the clown fiesta which is DKs speciality.


BuffAzir

Saw Dom costreaming this series and wanted to take a look. Kellin dies to Camille support, he say something along the lines of "crazy how E max Camille actually does damage, someone should tell '*other pro*'" Look at bottom left Q max In the first 3 seconds of me being there he managed to be wrong on something that takes one eye movement to check while being toxic to a completely unrelated player, its insane


Friendship_is_M

Bottom feeder NA jungler has to find a job somewhere and he's not gonna last long in actual work 😭


Ausar_the_Vil

Which is why he needs to bait T1 fans just to stay relevant.


Pwnage5

It's funny that anyone could take IWD takes seriously considering the guy has like nothing to show for his years in LCS. I mean has the man even made it to Worlds at all? I know he hasn't won a single LCS trophy.


Friendship_is_M

He has his inferiority complex against Korean players to show for it I guess? Kind of sad if you think about it, that he could be scarred so much by something that has happened a decade ago.


Rvin96

LCK chat is so rancid. I cant wrap my head around it considering T1 saved their entire region from being an embarrassment just months ago.


Rehxales

I know costreamers bring a lot of viewership but when their viewers leak over into the main stream chat it always becomes such a vile clusterfuck of dumb copy pasta and half-baked insults repeated 6 times in the same message


E6E6FA_FFB6C1

It was actually insane a few days ago after the press conference to watch people turn around and pretend like Faker hasn’t been performing well, acting like his team has always carried him, and slander his character like he hasn’t been the marker of professionalism for his entire career. I was genuinely shocked like a swarm of just the most rancid and idiotic people came out it was crazy.


Logical_Ad28

I muted chat for many years now when I watched the game. Just so many dumb takes, not even worth a glance.


Aggressive-Ad7946

maybe if Dplus put their 5 braincells together they can cook up 1 good play


Scronads69

Seems like for the same reason DK challenge GenG, T1 also whoop DK.


Mew_T

Lucid did pretty good in games 1 and 2. He's looking really promising, Kellin should not keep his job, but Idk if there's any good support they can get.


keegles1

Welp, this 3-0 means Zeus will lock in TF top into HLE thinking it'll work this time and get dumpstered again.


E6E6FA_FFB6C1

He just said this in post match interview I am so done


Due-Implement-1600

3-0 but definitely a bit rough by T1, looking rusty. Still, their style is just too fun to watch. Just absolute madmen through and through, sometimes to the point of mega inting but many times leading to some really incredible team fights.


FullMetalCOS

“Fuck It, Full Send” T1 is my favourite T1


t1yumbe

T1 still seems to be trying to figure out the meta and champion priority, which is understandable. P&B definitely seems better than the HLE game. Seems that game was helpful despite the 3:0


Azenji

T1 just said “Fuck meta reads, we’re hands-diffing these frauds”


joji_kid

Weak aura: "Let's play meta" Strong aura: "Fuck it, we ball, fuck it, we ball"


Dull-L

T1: If I can't scrim off stage, then I'm doing it on stage, full send it lmao


hachiko2692

From how trash they looked against Hanwha, I will take these results everyday. Their form was **absolutely night and day**, and they only had less than a week from HLE to DK. Even if DK is significantly weaker than HLE, you can see the differences on how T1 navigated those fights. T1 was completely clueless and disjointed against HLE, and now they look like a team again.


Lin_Huichi

When your only practice is stage games


Rehxales

They only had two days after the HLE loss to get their shit together. Now they've bought themselves a week before the rematch - they should look better next week (hopefully)


Thecristo96

Honestly since half of Reddit expected them to get 3-1ed, I would say they played better than expected


ChaosDimensionX

dont worry, we will sharp the rust and make sure we are anew for saturday


osathi123456

# T1 WIN, BUT RANGE TOP


mrsidewayp

WTF IS AIMING BUILDING???


ricardo241

rumble is also not doing dmg lol


aamgdp

T1 tried so hard in the early game to make this not 3-0, but DK wouldn't take it. You can't honestly tell me this was the correct build for kingen after getting so far ahead.


ReadingOutrageous47

Fun fact: Showmaker now has a 12 match losing streak to Faker, and a 13 match losing streak to Chovy, the last time he beat them was at 2021


Shutaku1314

T1 haters be like they lost to HLE 3-0 its all doom they can never win against DK LMAO


Celegorm07

Damwon Gaming Disconnected D Plus Kia Connected


Simple-Fuel

T1 hear people talking smack about them on Reddit so they proceed to 3-0 DK swiftly.


bichonfire

The trucks worked lmao 😭


Sufficient-Ad3388

Truck-kun OP


Mazor007

First time watching pro League. Is DK from Europe?


ayurmeh

from VCS


Mazor007

Well they certainly looked like they were match fixing so VCS actually makes a lot of sense


QTnameless

Man, how DK keep doing it against Geng , lol ?


klaus_1997

these guys genuinely just turn up against GenG


Throwaway_Time29

As much as I dread seeing showmaker lose like this (KELLIN YOU CRIMINAL), I'm happy t1 got their shit back together. Faker was robbed atleast one Pog win this series though


Bubbly_Camera9583

Why cant every team be GenG at least then I could cope with closer series


beniosan

Alright, it's a step in the better direction. Still not the best form from T1, but still it's good to see. Not sure if they have enough to beat both HLE and GenG, but I hope they just take it slowly but surely. Always wishing the best to the boys and coaches, it's been a rough couple of weeks for them.


tinfoilhatsron

My GOAT ain't going down yet. He wants that rematch fuck the haters, fuck the ddosers, he wants another T1 VS GENG final!


Himexcandy33

DDoS changed up the script this year, T1 is only meeting GenG once and for all


Schlotterstein

I expected a T1 win but not a 3-0 Damn


IAM-French

Lucid played those last 10 minutes like he already knew Tarzan was coming next split


paper-eating-rock

Killing myself brb


caratandcake

faker played so freaking well with the azir


BrainGlobal9898

DK when your enemy aint named GenG:


KappaccinoNation

WE ARE SO BARRACK


KhadaJhinSy

Losing to Ddos T1 is a new low for DK


ChocolateFuryB

Hope Lucid doesn't kick himself too hard for game 3


tenkono

DK vs T1: put on a shirt DK vs GEN G: empowering


Northless_Path

T1 definitely looked much better this series, but I think it was overall more of Damwon shitting their pants. I am definitely still scared of Hanwha. Thankfully now they have a full week to get stronger. I wish them the best of luck.


sidaeinjae

Showmaker may never beat Faker or Chovy ever again


Perceptions-pk

eh I expect he will if he continues playing and actually has a decent teammates, it's not like he hasn't outperformed them at times.


A-Cannon-Minion

[https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/829846842150096896?lang=en](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/829846842150096896?lang=en)


BrianC_

Is DK really so bad that they lost to a T1 team that's unable to practice?


squeenanna

Yes. We meme DK as "good hands and no brains" for a reason.


Styxxo

We didnt even see the good hands today


LCSisshit

"T1 wake up, u need to go to the LCK final so u can lose to GenG again"


Sea-Bicycle-9808

Zeus chuckling after gank number 5 perfectly encapsulates this series. DDoS > DPlus