After the fight was a "catastrophe" with Kingzone DragonX on Tuesday, the next opponent this week of SKTelecom T1 will be KT Rolster - one of the longtime "enemy" of the SKT T1 since its inception. set up team For both teams, winning this match is extremely important. It not only brings confidence but it is also the reputation of the team that is bet. In addition, the SKT T1 is in desperate need of a ticket to the Play-offs, so every win regardless of the outcome is very important to them.
SKT T1: The price of the "blood change"
This year, all the burdens put on Faker shoulders,
For three years now, since SKT T1 merged their two teams under the policy at LCK, SKT are welcome every year one or two emerging superstars or have joined the team's reputation. In 2016 they have Duke, 2017 have Huni with Peanut. This is both beneficial in terms of competition and other factors such as economic, of fans, ... The most important thing is to provide a safety latch to save everything if Faker trouble.
At the same time, it is an attempt to reconstruct the SKT T1 2015 team. At that time, SKT always had two or three threats on the map. Each time a spot is attacked, the other two will gain the advantage. The result is that SKT T1 become a god unbeaten that year because there is no team that can disable a moment all three of their road. However, this year, everything is different than two years ago.
SKT T1 has decided to "change blood" with up to four young players, never had a name but have the talent. This means the safety pin is gone. If the veteran players like Faker, Bang, Wolf, Untara, ... make mistakes also means ... losing the battle. This is what happened in the last match between SKT T1 and KZ. Their recruits are too inexperienced, the key members to make too many mistakes.
We have no time to question the tactics of the team as this year,
SKT T1 needs now is time, a lot of time. Their problem is too much and too big. The first is the lack of engagement, lack of experience of rookie. They now play with a myriad of vulnerabilities from macro to microphone. The second is tactics. It seems that from the LCK Summer 2017 finals, their picking ability has been a problem. Perhaps not a time that we find it difficult to understand the decision to choose SKT team as this year.
If you have to choose a chart to describe the current state of KT, the most obvious description will be a Sin chart. At the sublimation, their fans may be happy to cry but when it comes down, it is also sure to "bathe in tears" always. At the beginning of the season, KT has shown a devastating performance against many of the extinct issues that lasted from last season.
At the stage two weeks ago, they came to the top of the scale with great wins. Even KT showed a rare calm in the match against KSV eSports. They played a safe against the macros and strangled opponents in both games. The fans have told themselves, the super team has finally made the most of the strength, the ability to go deep and win the cup seems to be within reach.
But life is not dreaming, KT's performance has not broken down in the last week. There is no rhythmic shift between the "tigers" and the "calm", without the "assemblies" of the opponents due to human advantage. KT suddenly became passive in a confusing way, the members constantly make many mistakes difficult to understand. What the fans thought was solved. As a result, KT lost to white ROX Tigers score 0-2.
Although winning KDM but KT still made many mistakes are not worth it
Thankfully, at the end of the week, KT has temporarily reassured the fans by winning the KDM 2-0. This is a good sign but it is equally worrying. On the one hand KT has shown that his style is still okay, crush the opponent with a newcomer Ucal debut. On the other hand, they also make mistakes on the macro side. For KDM, they are not qualified to punish KT for these errors, they are just a bottom team.
Epilogue
It can be said that SKT and KT are now in the position of eighteen people half weight. The situation of both teams is seriously the same. In the first leg, SKT almost beat KT even though their form was extremely poor. If Faker did not go too deep, could KT be able to win? Will this time SKT pay the feud in the first leg and re-set his "yoke"? In KT, this will be an opportunity for them to truly prove they have overcome SKT. Overcoming the biggest specter in their team's established history.
Now it's version 8.4, maybe KT has prepared well for this version. SKT, their ability to suddenly play well after the painful defeat before KZ is not without. Let's wait and see! Will this be a bloody match or a "chicken quilt"?