In the final of the LoL Worlds 2022, League of Legends saw the two teams DRX and T1 face off on the night of Sunday, November 6. After 5 close matches, DRX claimed victory, despite T1 having Faker, the greatest player of all time, on their team. At the crucial moment, a risky move led to their defeat.
These were the Worlds:
- Since September 29, 24 teams from around the world competed for the championship in the LoL Worlds 2022.
- In the final on November 5, DRX and T1, two teams from Korea, faced each other.
- T1 has Faker, the best player in the world, as their midlaner. He already proved in the match against JDG why he is celebrated as a national hero.
- At DRX, 26-year-old Deft plays as ADC. Deft and Faker are old school friends and the reason for the close matches.
This was the final moment: In the 5th and last match of the finals, around minute 40, the two teams faced off at the Elder Drake. The dragon provides the team that can kill it with a strong buff.
T1 seemed to have the upper hand in the skirmish before the fight, constantly nibbling at DRX’s health bars and almost killing their support BeryL. He survived with only a few health points.
However, T1 did not notice that DRX’s top laner, Kingen (on Aatrox), was lurking behind them and stealing their red buff. T1 began the fight against the powerful dragon, but were interrupted by DRX and finally put in serious trouble by Kingen himself.
The team around Faker decided to make a brief retreat. They had no chance left at the dragon, so midlaner Faker and top laner Zeus attempted a risky move: they tried a “backdoor”.
Both teleported directly in front of the enemy base and attempted to destroy the last two towers and the nexus. However, the dragon-boosted Kingen came back and killed both. Meanwhile, the extremely aggressive support Keria died as well, and DRX’s jungler had a clear path to push through the middle and end the game. T1 no longer had enough defense alive:
5 close games to victory for DRX
The final games lasted over 4 hours in total, with both professional teams playing the entire duration of 5 matches. DRX and T1 delivered a true neck-and-neck race.
While the first round went to T1, DRX was able to catch up in the second round. There followed a 2:1 for T1 and finally an equalization to 2:2 for DRX, until both teams played for everything in the 5th game.
Before the finals, DRX was considered an absolute underdog, ruining 8 perfect bets with their victories. They fought their way from the play-ins to the final. The favorites for the title before the Worlds were actually Gen.G and T1 themselves.
T1 appeared open to disappointment about their loss, throwing their hands over their heads while DRX celebrated. After the match, however, Faker found sporting words for his former school friend: “Deft is a player who fully deserves the Worlds title. Congratulations.” (via invenglobal)
In the portrait of Faker, we explain how he became a living legend:
The emotions surrounding LoL were also audible in the audience. Not only the players are passionately involved, but also the spectators, who cheered continuously since the fight at the dragon. Faker himself was even welcomed with thunderous applause when he entered the arena – even though he made at least one embarrassing mistake in the Worlds:
LoL: Twitch streamer sees his idol totally mess up and die at the blue buff – “Faker?!”
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