On May 1st, Beijing time, the 2024 MSI Mid-Season Championship was grandly opened in Chengdu! This year's MSI continued last year's double-elimination format, and the highlight of the first day of the play-in tournament was led by Faker, the second seed in the LCK region and the winner of the MSI double championship, to face T1 against the Latin American LLA EST! In the end, T1 defeated EST 2-0 to advance to the upper bracket, and will compete with FLY, the second seed in the North American LCS region, for the first place in MSI to advance to the quarterfinals!
The first game
T1: Quisanti, Blind Monk, Clockwork, Callista, Niko
EST:永恩、狗熊、阿狸、德莱文、芮尔
The line-changing tactics that swept the world during this year's spring tournament shone again in this MSI: T1 chose to change lanes on the upper and lower lanes, and the counterpart of EST was that Nosuke first helped Ahri push the line, ensuring that the clockwork could only replenish troops under the tower, and then fully guaranteed that Delevingne ate the plating of the first tower on the lower lane of T1, and the two sides were forced to sacrifice the early development of the top laner. Delevin returned to the city to make a dazzling light, and had the confidence to suppress Quisanti alone in the lower lane, EST Nosuke Yu went to the top lane, wanting to help Yongen relieve the pressure, T1 side was Nosuke Bao Callista to eat plating, Keria's Niko saw EST Nosuke arrive and flashed EQ to take the lead in the two, EST leaned back against a tower and barely played 2 for 1, Yongen forced to replace the blind monk, T1 Nosuke took a head and did not lose at all.
EST saw that he couldn't suppress Callista's development, so he could only let the lower lane group come to the lane to line Callista, but Yon, who switched to the lower lane, was eaten by Quisanti to be plated, and at the same time, his own tower on the road was pushed off by Callista in less than 10 minutes, and T1's early line change treatment was perfect. In order to interrupt the rhythm of T1's economic snowball, EST took the initiative to launch a wave of team battles on the lower road, and all members of both sides participated in the battle one after another, although EST set fire to end Callista, but T1's pulling and playing skills were superior, Faker's clockwork leisurely strolled to harvest double kills, helping T1 to play 3 for 3, and also controlled all 6 Void Nest Worms plus a small dragon.
On the other hand, EST only has one earth dragon, which is already on the verge of collapse, but quickly grasps the small flaw of T1, and organizes a wave of spiritual bottom lane four packs of two, successfully kills clockwork and pushes down a tower, in exchange for T1 soldiers to pull out a tower on the top and middle of EST, Callista returns to the bottom lane to advance, cover the jungler and then control the water dragon. EST also wanted to wrap around the back of the lane, and the two teams exchanged a wave of skill points until the end. Before Dalong was born, Yongen tried to find an opportunity in the middle lane, but T1 calmly counterattacked and took it away, and cleared the EST mid lane Highland Crystal, and the economic lead came to 6,000.
EST is under pressure from the mid lane super lane, and his vision in his two jungle areas is basically zero. T1 did a good job of the view of Dalong River without pressure and continued to operate the other two lanes. EST chose to fight in the bottom lane, but the damage of the double C could not deal with the single-belt Quisanti at all, and instead achieved a wave of double kills from Gumayusi Callista. T1 played 0 for 2 and immediately opened the big dragon, and the bear hit the wall and did not grab the big dragon, announcing that the trend of EST has gone. Zeus's Quisanti was like no one on the EST heights, and Draven slashed more than ten times in a row to hurt "Gua Sha", and could only watch the blood Quisanti retreat. In the end, the strong T1 ended the game with a big advantage of 1-0!
Second inning
EST:剑魔、盲僧、阿狸、德莱文、艾希
T1: Quisanti, Foyego, Clockwork, Callista, Rambo
T1 continued to implement the previous line-changing tactics in this game: the upper and lower lanes changed lanes to protect Callista, the single sword demon on EST was inexperienced by the stuck soldier line, and spiritually swam to the middle lane to clamp the clockwork, Ahri first E flash charmed to the clockwork, and then the sword demon's Q flash predicted the flash position of Faker's clockwork, helping Ahri successfully get a blood!
In the early stage, EST was in full swing, and the best bottom lane showed his might, catching Quisanti twice in a row, and in exchange for Rambo You went to the middle lane and helped Clockwork kill Ahri, while EST controlled three Void Nest Worms. T1 In order to interrupt the rhythm of the EST battle, the upper and lower lanes changed lines again, and the sword demon who finally returned to normal replenishment was soon killed, and at the same time, the middle and lower lanes of T1 also easily suppressed EST, and the blind monk saw that his teammates in the three lanes could only eat soldiers under the tower and were helpless, on the other hand, Foyego used his teammates' troop line advantage to control a small dragon.
Keria's Rambo was quite active, going to the middle lane to cross the tower again and kill Ahri, while Foyego continued to "military training" on the road, but fortunately, the blind monk was not to be outdone, and went to the top lane in time to kill Quisanti, and then finished Rambo in the lower half of the T1 jungle. In 12 minutes, the two sides launched a 1v1 "real man battle" on the top order, the sword demon stood at the end, Zeus's Quisanti was killed alone, and EST also controlled the rhythm of the little dragon. Seeing this, T1 also began to frequently link to catch orders, and the two sides entered a fierce "big brawl" mode, playing back and forth on the sideline, and EST got all 6 nest worms, in exchange for T1 to control the dragon. Before Dalong was born, T1 pushed off the EST three roads and one tower, and the economy of the two sides was equal.
In the mid-term, EST continued to target T1's bottom lane, stubbornly suppressing Callista's development, but Faker's clockwork stepped up at this point, teleporting to the bottom lane to capture the Sword Demon and lead his teammates to recapture the vision of the Great Dragon River. In the 23rd minute, T1 hugged the big dragon and forced the group, Oner's Foyego slashed four kills, the T1 team wiped out EST to try a wave, EST still did not give up, and the generals played 1 for 4 after the resurrection to keep the main crystal! EST will compete with PSG, the "big Paris" in the PCS division of Southeast Asia, and the loser will bid farewell to the MSI stage.