Still the favourites to win the LCK championship, everyone points to Faker

The 2024 LCK Spring Split will officially start on January 17, and as is customary, the LCK officially held a media day recently. What's more interesting is that there was a surprising unanimity in the prediction of the new season's champions on this media day. Because with the exception of T1 (T1 voted for GEN), everyone on the field pointed to Faker and thought that T1 would be the champion team of the new season. I have to say that this is not only a great respect for Faker, but also a recognition of the strength of the T1 team.

In fact, judging from the lineup list of the major teams in the 2024 LCK, the four teams that can really fight against the original team T1 are none other than GEN, DK, KT and HLE. However, these four teams do have certain shortcomings compared to T1. First of all, there is GEN with Kiin, Canyon, Chovy, Peyz and Lehends. At the same time, it is also called the new "Galaxy Battleship" by many people. This team has a super midfield combination of Canyon and Chovy, but even if GEN's midfield can suppress T1's midfield, there is still a certain gap between the top and bottom lanes and T1.

DK's lineup for the new season is Kingen, Lucid, ShowMaker, Aiming, and Kellin. Compared to T1, ShowMaker, who may be younger, can limit Faker, and it is still a bit difficult to suppress T1 head-on in the rest of the position. And even if Kingen and Zeus are both world champions, there is a gap between the champions and Zeus, not to mention that as a newcomer, Zeus still has a relatively high ceiling.

KT has PerfecT, Pyosik, BDD, Deft and BeryL. It can be said that the return of Nosuke Pyosik and BeryL has made KT one of the teams to be reckoned with in the new season of the LCK. There are even many netizens who feel that there is not much difference between this lineup and the DRX lineup that once won the championship. But what you need to know is that DRX was able to win the championship at that time, and it was more because the whole team continued to evolve during the S game. And, judging from the overall performance of each champion member in the 2023 season after DRX won the championship, it is actually unsatisfactory. Therefore, if KT wants to become a stumbling block on the road to T1 championship, it will be even more difficult than other strong teams.

Finally, there is the HLE team, a lineup composed of Doran, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, and Delight. Among them, the Ueno combination of Doran and Peanut is considered by many to be specifically used against T1. Because during the GEN period, this was indeed a relatively big threat to Ueno, T1. As for the mid lane and double lane, the gap between them and T1 is actually not that big. Therefore, among these teams that are a threat to T1, if Doran and Peanut can still play the same style as GEN Ueno against T1, HLE may be the most threatening team for T1 in the new season of the LCK.

Therefore, judging from the comparison between other strong teams in the LCK and T1 in the 2024 season, it can be said that there are very few teams that can really say that they are sure to win T1, which is no wonder that all other teams are optimistic that T1 can win the championship in the new season.