Not GenG but T1? The S13 Swiss round opener is played by Faker!

★ Game Horseshoe Original

Faker leads T1 to the Swiss round opener

Usually, every year in the opening match of the S race and the mid-season MSI, the big brother of the host region at that time will be the team that starts the opening game. Unless due to the time difference, it is necessary to cooperate with the adjustment to bring more suitable viewing time to the audience in other competition areas, it will basically not change. For example, this year's MSI main draw opener was host European G2 vs. GenG, while last year's Grand Final opener was North America's C9 vs. Fnatic. This time the global finals are different, and the opening match is not GenG, the host South Korea's 3-in-a-row title, but T1, which has been runner-up for more than a year by 3-time champion Faker.

The real king of Korea?

This arrangement is not because GenG's opponents are Europe and the United States and need to adjust time, because the first opponent of GenG's Swiss round is GAM, which is scheduled for the third game. T1's opponent TL is not a strong team worthy of the opener, and the only reason that can come to mind is that TL's Pyosik is last year's champion, and DRX is the only one he and Deft in this year's Global Finals. So why not use DK against G2? The match seems to look more exciting as an opener.

That is, of course, because Faker's influence in the world is too great, as the only player who has played for 10 years in the LOL World Championship and won 3 global finals, and recently won the Asian Games gold medal, and is the host Korean division, naturally Faker will be regarded as the soul of the division, and it is more obvious that he will play the opening match. The achievement of 3 championships in his early years has made Faker still the first person in LOL professional history and the undoubted king of the Korean division.

GenG third inning, DK fifth inning, KT last inning

The other three Korean LCK teams were placed in the third, fifth, and final eighth innings respectively. 1358 perfectly covers the first day's opener, climactic and closing phases.

Faker kicks off the opener as the face of Korean esports;

Chovy's GenG followed as LCK's 3-in-a-row champion;

Last year's championship, and this year's MV protagonist Deft plus Canyon and Showmaker vs. G2 brought the first day to a climax.

KT's final match debuted and BLG staged the only first-round China-Korea matchup.

T1 Last chance?

Considering that this is a global finals hosted by South Korea, this arrangement is also reasonable. It's just that GenG, who has won 3 consecutive championships, did not play the opener, which is indeed an unexpected choice, and the only thing that can be explained is the match that requires Faker to appear with the previous players, then it can only be Faker+Pyosik. The odds of TL winning this opener are slim, and based on their strength on paper this season, they are unlikely to win T1.

The T1 and Faker finals are here again, and this may be the last chance for their lineup to win the championship, and the official has given Faker enough face to play the opener. Especially after this year's losing streak of singles substitutions and winning gold medals at the Asian Games, many people wonder if Faker, Keria and Zeus are back to Oner and Gumayusi's teammates to win the S13.

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