Faker’s T1 secured one more League of Legends World Championship look after a 3-1 comeback win over Dplus KIA within the LCK 2025 playoffs.
Within the decrease bracket of the LCK 2025 Season playoffs stage, an all-important match determined the destiny of two groups: the defending, back-to-back world champions, T1, and Dplus KIA (DK).
Within the vital best-of-five match, DK acquired off to a flying begin, beating T1 in simply over half-hour. In true T1 trend, the world champions bounced again with dominance, successful three video games in a row to shut out the sequence 3-1.
DK couldn’t face up to the strain of T1’s onslaught. Picture Credit score: Riot Video games
With the win, T1 has secured a coveted spot at League of Legends Worlds 2025, and DK will miss the annual occasion for the primary time within the group’s historical past—however that’s not the tip of the season for both staff.
What’s subsequent for T1 and DK?
The LCK 2025 Season isn’t over simply but (ends Sept. 28), as the ultimate 4 groups nonetheless have to duke it out for the highest seeds within the area and a prize pool of simply over $400,000.
Importantly for T1, they’ll need to make it previous Gen.G Esports and earn not less than a #3 LCK seed at Worlds 2025. If T1 loses to Gen.G Esports in a best-of-five decrease bracket match on Sept. 21, it should duke it out within the Play-In stage of Worlds 2025 in opposition to the #4 seed from the LPL.
10TH WORLDS FOR FAKER. 🐐 pic.twitter.com/Q7DJzmtXOn— LoL Esports (@lolesports) September 18, 2025
At Worlds 2025 (Oct. 14 to Nov. 9), T1 will try to elevate the Summoner’s Cup for the sixth time as a company, and the “Unkillable Demon King,” aka the GOAT of LoL esports, Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok, will battle to turn into the one six-time champion.
Coincidentally, it was DK who got here out on high in opposition to T1 with a 3-2 within the first spherical of the LCK 2024 Regional Finals. T1 went on to beat KT Rolster 3-2 to assert the final spot at Worlds 2024.
The season isn’t over simply but for DK, because the roster will compete on the just lately introduced Asia Invitational (Oct. 6 to 12), created for LCK, LPL, and LCP groups who narrowly missed out on Worlds 2025.
