In League of Legends, the Worlds 2022 are taking place in the USA. Yesterday, the first semifinal occurred: The Koreans T1 played against the Chinese team JDG on Saturday, October 29th: The 26-year-old Faker had a moment of brilliance, as seen in a Twitch clip.
Who plays in the clip? The clip shows a match that is still in suspense. Both teams have 14 kills after 25 minutes:
- We see the three-time world champion Faker (26) playing Ryze, actually a terribly weak champion, who was significantly buffed before the Worlds.
- In the clip, he plays a “one versus one” against the 21-year-old Chinese player “369”, one of the best top-laners in the world on Renekton.
- Then the bot lane of JDG, Hope and Missing, rush in.
JDG is the best team in China: They were considered top favorites to win the Worlds 2022. In the quarterfinals, they wiped out the best team in the West, Rogue, with 3-0.
Faker wins one versus one – Against Schnappi, the evil crocodile
This is the clip: In the clip, Faker attacks the wounded top laner 369 on Renekton with Ryze: The crocodile is actually perfectly suited for the 1vs1 in League of Legends: With his passive lifesteal, one can hardly win a duel against Renekton.
The tricks Faker uses to win the 1vs1:
- Faker already uses his summoner spell “Ignite” early on to prevent Renekton’s full healing and maximize damage.
- At the end of the fight, he uses his Flash to barely escape the kill zone where Renekton would catch him.
But Faker has no time to rest, as JDG’s bot lane is immediately chasing after him and would surely kill Ryze: Faker really has no chance to escape in this situation.
This is the special part of the clip: Amidst the crowd’s cheers, Faker slips into a bush that the two Chinese players are running towards. But milliseconds before they can reach Faker, he warps with Ryze’s ultimate in the opposite direction and can safely teleport back to base. The Chinese players realize they have no chance of catching him and turn back.
The game and the series could then be decided by Faker and T1 with a score of 3-1. T1 is thus in the finals of Worlds 2022 – the 4th title is within reach for Faker, who at 26 is at an age where most of his previous teammates are already retired.
100,000 have seen the clip on Twitch so far: It is a fabulous play by the veteran. Just watching and hearing the fans cheering gives you goosebumps.
Even more successful than the clip on Twitch about LoL is only the play from DRX in their semifinal.
The next world champion in LoL comes from South Korea
What’s next? It is already certain that the next world champion will come from South Korea. The last 3 teams at the Worlds are all teams from South Korea: DRX, Gen. G, and T1.
DRX and Gen G play against each other tonight on Sunday, October 30th, for the right to duel with Faker and T1.
It could very well be that Faker finally secures title number 4, which he wants so much:
But Faker has no time to rest, as JDG’s bot lane is immediately chasing after him and would surely kill Ryze: Faker really has no chance to escape in this situation.
This is the special part of the clip: Amidst the crowd’s cheers, Faker slips into a bush that the two Chinese players are running towards. But milliseconds before they can reach Faker, he warps with Ryze’s ultimate in the opposite direction and can safely teleport back to base. The Chinese players realize they have no chance of catching him and turn back.
The game and the series could then be decided by Faker and T1 with a score of 3-1. T1 is thus in the finals of Worlds 2022 – the 4th title is within reach for Faker, who at 26 is at an age where most of his previous teammates are already retired.
100,000 have seen the clip on Twitch so far: It is a fabulous play by the veteran. Just watching and hearing the fans cheering gives you goosebumps.
Even more successful than the clip on Twitch about LoL is only the play from DRX in their semifinal.
The next world champion in LoL comes from South Korea
What’s next? It is already certain that the next world champion will come from South Korea. The last 3 teams at the Worlds are all teams from South Korea: DRX, Gen. G, and T1.
DRX and Gen G play against each other tonight on Sunday, October 30th, for the right to duel with Faker and T1.
It could very well be that Faker finally secures title number 4, which he wants so much:
