100T bow out of Tier 1 League of Legends with spirited loss to T1 at Worlds; Clumsy BLG move past VKS; Worlds Round 5 draw
T1 defeated 100T 2-0 in two close games to move to the climactic 2-2 bracket at League of Legends Worlds 2025.
The reigning back-to-back Worlds champions did not have an easy time against 100T, who bowed out of Tier 1 League of Legends with a spirited performance.
100T will not be part of the LCS next year, following the sale of their franchise spot, which has been secured by Sentinels for LCS 2026.
Game 1: Faker makes the difference
100T put up an incredible fight in Game 1 as Niship ‘Dhokla’ Doshi and Lim ‘Quid’ Hyeon-seung produced fantastic performances on top and mid to start the series.
Their showings on Ambessa and Sylas kept T1 honest, with Quid securing a solo kill on Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok in the early game.
As the mid-game began, a pattern emerged, where 100T were stealing the objectives, but they could not live with the mechanics of T1 in the teamfights.
Faker’s Taliyah was especially impactful, finding combos in every single clutch moment to turn fights in T1’s favour.
Despite that, 100T stayed competitive in Game 1 until the bitter end.
An overextension into T1’s jungle proved to be the decisive fight, as they chased a Faker who simply wouldn’t die.
The superiority of T1’s shape and decision-making eventually bore fruit, and secured Game 1, but that did not erase 100T’s fantastic effort in their last showing in Tier 1 League.
Game 2: T1 outscale a valiant 100T
Game 2 showed that 100T’s Game 1 form was no fluke, as they got off to a fast start again, with Quid racing to a 3/0/1 scoreline.
Their composition allowed dives onto T1’s early-game squishy pieces, with Faker on Orianna falling victim multiple times.
However, 100T’s issue was that T1’s comp began to activate with items, scaling, and dragons.
100T needed to be bold, and Quid was when chasing Doran and Oner to lead 8-4 in kills, but their window was closing regardless.
When the Atakhan fight came, T1 were already battle-ready and dominated the fight to give the LCK team control of the contest.
T1 were now the tanks that their comp promised. Lee ‘Gumayusi’ Min-hyeong began to rip 100T limb from limb.
Baron followed, a 5k gold lead, a huge petal advantage, and five towers to 100T’s zero.
The final fight was inevitable, as perhaps the series win always was, but 100T’s valiant efforts will not be forgotten.
Their last dance, ‘the final heist,’ gained the players plenty of new fans as they go into an uncertain future with 100T’s withdrawal from Tier 1 league.
Clumsy BLG move past VKS
Bilibili Gaming defeated VKS 2-0 in their elimination contest against Vivo Keyd Stars in a messy series, which saw the LPL number 1 seed move past the Brazilian org.
The contest was more competitive than anticipated, but in truth, that competitiveness came from BLG showing a lower level than expected.
The series continued to show off BLG’s bizarre out-of-sorts form at Worlds 2025, where again they consistently made out-of-character mistakes.
In Game 1, BLG developed an early lead before Zhao ‘Elk’ Jia-Hao and Zhao ‘Shad0w’ Zhi-Qiang attempted a top dive, which resulted in both dying to the tower.
Zhuo ‘Knight’ Ding was the only player whose performance matched his name value. Both his Game 1 Ziggs and Game 2 LeBlanc were hugely impactful.
Elsewhere, both teams struggled to find shape and form, with Luo ‘ON’ Wen-Jun, shad0w, and Pedro ‘Disamis’ Gonçalves making poor errors.
VKS had their chances in Game 2 prior to Knight’s takeover, but failed to find a meaningful engagement when they were advantaged.
In the end, Knight took the game in his hands and decided BLG were going to move to the 2-2 bracket, where they will either make the playoffs or be eliminated.
Faced with tougher opposition, Knight will need more help for the LPL seed to return to the Worlds playoffs, which would have been the minimum expectation for the LPL number 1 seed at Worlds 2025.
League of Legends Worlds Round 5 draw:
Top Esports vs Bilibili Gaming
CTBC Flying Oyster vs FlyQuest
T1 vs Movistar KOI
Movistar KOI will have to move past T1 in order to join G2 in playoffs. The LEC number 2 seed would make history in eliminating T1, but will have to sharpen up to be competitive against Faker and co.
FlyQuest will have to defeat a bombastic CFO to survive. The LTA champions know that CFO will be aggressive to the nth degree, whereas FlyQuest’s misjudged aggression cost them against G2. The match promises an interesting clash of styles.
Only one more Chinese team will join the playoffs, with BLG facing Top Esports. Top Esports have gone from 2-0 to 2-2 after their Bo3 contests.
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