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T1 go unbeaten in the MSI group stage and extend their winning streak to 26.
T1 becomes the third team at MSI 2022 to complete the group stage without dropping any games. The South Korea champions followed the path of their counterparts, G2 Esports and RNG after their dominant win against Saigon Buffalo.
Their undefeated streak at MSI also means that the team is yet to lose a professional League of Legends series in 2022.
With a 3-0 record, T1 entered the last day ofMSI 2022group stage needing only one win. However, given the undefeated streak of G2 and RNG in their respective groups, many expected them to match T1’s performance. After securing the fifth win againstDFM, T1decided to switch things up in bot lane with a Rumble and Kalista bot lane.
While the Rumble support had been played in the LCK before, it was the first time for T1’s Ryu “Keria” Min-seok on stage. T1’s bot lane. Keria decided to go a step further and shocked everyone with his combination of Ghost and Cleanse on the champion.
Even though it’s normal to see, T1’s bot lane pulled it off and quickly took over the game just after 13 minutes. With a good early game and winning lanes, T1 closed out the game with almost a 12,000 gold lead and 17 kills. While we may not see the draft from T1 again, it shows the depth of Keria and
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