Faker's seven-game winning streak was snapped, T1's official social media blew up, Bin delivered on his promise, and Doran was completely crushed.

Greetings to all LPL viewers and League of Legends summoners, this is the Game World.

In the first round of the main event at the MSI Mid-Season Invitational yesterday, BLG and T1 battled it out over five games, with BLG ultimately prevailing and advancing to the next round, while T1 fell to the loser's bracket.

This match was a hard-fought victory for the LPL in recent years, and Bin successfully fulfilled his pre-match promise.

Faker's seven-game winning streak was snapped, T1's official social media blew up.

First, regarding the LPL's historical record against T1: before this match, LPL teams had lost seven consecutive BO5 series against T1. In other words, Faker had achieved a seven-game winning streak in BO5 matches against the LPL at international events, a streak that was ended by BLG yesterday.

Of course, it must also be noted that T1 still maintains an undefeated record against the LPL at the World Championship, so the LPL still has work to do. However, BLG's victory has undoubtedly given fans renewed confidence.

After the match concluded, T1's official social media was flooded with comments. Within just a few minutes, thousands of remarks appeared criticizing the team's players. Among the most upvoted were those attacking jungler Oner, claiming his performance across all five games was outclassed by Xun. Some even brought up military service to mock him, suggesting that some people are destined for military duty.

This refers to Oner not being selected for the Asian Games national team, and he also failed to make the ENC national team roster.

Criticism of Oner was the most prevalent, followed by attacks on the coaching staff. Surprisingly, there wasn't as much blame directed at Doran, which reflects the current pecking order within the T1 team.

Bin delivered on his promise and completely outplayed Doran.

In the top lane, Bin and Doran had exchanged barbs in pre-match interviews. Bin claimed Doran was worse than he imagined and that beating him would be easy, while Doran said he intended to teach Bin a lesson. When the matches actually played out, Bin indeed made good on his word, utterly dominating Doran.

Looking back at the five games, Bin's initial form wasn't great, and his playstyle was somewhat impatient. However, aside from team support, he still held an advantage over Doran in the laning phase.

The most impressive part came in games three and four, where Bin created massive gaps in the top lane. In game three, he built a Miner's Sabotage on Gwen and achieved near-perfect laning dominance, at one point building a lead of over 1,000 gold. In game four, although he lost with Gwen, he still managed a solo kill on Doran and maintained pressure. However, his teammates made poor rotations and didn't play around Bin, leading to him being repeatedly targeted and killed, ultimately resulting in a loss due to the large deficit.

In the final game, T1's coaching staff seemed genuinely worried about the top lane, picking Gnar, but Doran still failed to make an impact. Bin's superiority in the top lane was too overwhelming.

In terms of player performance, BLG's top side and mid lane were significantly ahead. The bottom lane fell behind their opponents; Viper's unconventional plays were decent, but Peyz's overall performance was indeed superior.

Knight applied pressure in the mid lane but needs to control his error rate.

Statistically, Knight nearly completely outclassed T1's mid laner. His best performance came in the game where he played Swain and delivered an exceptional showing. In other games, he generally executed the team's strategies well, coordinating with the jungler to create advantages. Two instances where he forced solo kills were blemishes, but it was clear Knight was trying to do more for the team.

In my opinion, from an overall perspective, BLG's main issue is controlling their error rate. Korean teams' resilience and ability to punish mistakes remain formidable, causing BLG to lose games from advantageous positions when they allowed opportunities for comebacks.

From a broader viewpoint, games one and four were opportunities for BLG to better execute their compositions and minimize errors to secure wins. Considering this was BLG's first match at MSI, some mistakes are acceptable. What matters is that they won the first series, which is significant for their future performance.

Editor

I believe BLG will only improve as the tournament progresses. In my view, BLG's roster is still top-tier. The key will be their potential match against HLE, where both teams' raw talent will be tested. Whether BLG can maintain their advantage will largely determine the outcome of this championship.