SKT T1 entering League of Legends
The famous Starcraft 2 team SKT T1 is creating a League of Legends section and entering the Korean competition.
SKT T1 win their first worlds
The first korean team to win the world championship. The new era in League of Legends is carry by 5 koreans by the name of Impact, Bengi, PoohManDu, Piglet and a little genius in the midlane Faker.
Second Words win & the beginning of a dynasty
After not making it to worlds in 2014 the team made some changes and recruit future T1 legends such as Bang, Wolf, Easyhoon and Marin. The team did a pretty impressive 2015, winning Spring Playoffs against a young team of Tigers. In the MSI they reach the final and lost against the Chinese team, EDG.
For the second part of the season they had a record of 17-1 in regular season, they finish the playoff with a 3-0 against KT Rolster and made it to Worlds. During this Worlds run they only lost one game. They won the final with a 3-1 against the Tigers and start the T1 Dynasty.
Keep the success going with a first MSI win
2016 start with some changes in the team, Marin and Easyhoon left and the new members are Duke, Blank and substitute Scout. They first tournament was the IEM and swept the tournament. The team manage to win the playoff 3-1 in final against the Tigers again.
The team arrive as the favorite but struggle during the group stage and ended their group stage with a 6-4 record, seeding them as the fourth team in the bracket. In semifinals they match up against Royal Never Give Up of Mata. SKT T1 start regaining their form and beat 3-1 the Chinese then taking a easy 3-0 in final against CLG and lifting their first MSI trophy that barely escaped then last year.
Adding the third star by winning the best match of History
Starting strong the summer split with a 5-0 the team start to struggle a bit and dropped some games placing them second in the round robin. During the Playoff SKT took a reverse sweep from KT Rolster and finish third. With the points won from their first place in Spring and thanks to the victory of the crowd favorites ROX Tigers over KT Rolster, the team qualified as Korea second seed.
See moreSKT started the Worlds with a 5-1 records and used both Bengi and Blank during the group stage. In quarterfinals they are match up against RNG again and won 3-1. In semifinals they met the Korean first seed, ROX Tigers. After a long and spectacular five games where ROX manage to win some games with a Miss Fortune Support and Bengi famously first time Nidalee in a 1-2 game, SKT won 3-2 and still today people call this match 'The greatest best of five at Worlds ever'. In Finals they met another Korean team, the Samsung Galaxy. After a long battle SKT won 3-2 and became the first League of Legends team to win three Worlds and the first to make it back-to-back.
New Members, still winning
Duke and Bengi left the team and were remplace by Huni in toplane and the jungle genius from ROX Tigers, Peanut. They easily won the spring split and they will defend their MSI trophy.
The team finish first in the group stage, swept the Flash Wolves in Semifinals then beating the European G2 3-1 in finals. The team got their second MSI and looked unbeatable.
The end of a dynasty
During the summer split the team start to falter and finished fourth. They made an impressive run in the playoff managing to reach the final by reverse sweep KT Rolster. Favored for the finals they lost against Longzhu Gaming 3-1 but they would still qualify for Worlds as second seed.
See MoreWorlds started with a first place in group stage but with a lot of struggles. In semifinals they are against the european Misfits Gaming and were pushed to a two loses but still manage to make it to semifinals. Then they beat the Chinese RNG again with another close 3-2. However in finals they lost against the Korean Samsung Galaxy. Devastating lost for the players and the fans with this image of Faker head in hands. Huni and Peanut left the team after the Worlds finals and the dynasty of the unbeatable SKT T1 is over.
SKL T1 changes name and rebrand as T1
After the lost in 2017, SKT struggle to find success. In 2018 they didn't qualify for an international tournament and at the end of the year Bang, Wolf and Blank left the team leaving Faker the only one from the SKT dynasty team. In 2019 with Khan, Clid, Teddy and Mata they won the spring split against a young generation of geniuses Griffin and qualify for MSI. But during MSI they face the strongest team this year, G2 and lost 3-2 in semifinal. They add another LCK victory in summer against Griffin again. SKT T1 final back in worlds but 2019 was the year of G2 and they lost against the european 3-1 in semifinal.
See moreIn 2020 the team fully rebrand as T1 after the announce in 2019 and change the logo. Here is the first logo for T1 before changing to the one we know today. T1 announced in 2019 extending Faker's contract and the departures of legendary coach kkOma. The team that start the year 2020 was Canna, Roach, Cuzz, Elim, Faker, Teddy and Effort.
Back in Finals with homegrown rookies
After a hard 2020 season and T1 start rebuilding in 2021 and recruit the promising support Keria but didn't make it to MSI. So in summer T1 start a bigger rebuilding with rookies from the academy Oner and Gumayusi. With the young players they made it to worlds as third seed but lost in semifinal against korean first seed Damwon 3-2.
See moreIn 2022 Canna left the team and Zeus from the academy join and now we have a team that will shape history: Zeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria. The young team start strong with a 18-0 in spring split and win the playoff 3-1 against GenG. At MSI they made it to finals but the step was too big for the young players and they lost 3-2 against the Chinese of RNG that finally got their revenge. First finals for this team that show great potential.
Tough lose for the young players
After a good MSI the team drop some series in LCK but made it to finals against GenG. They took a big hit and lost 3-0 and Chovy finally lift his first LCK.
See moreAt Worlds the team wanted to prove that MSI was not a fluke and start big finish first of them group. The playoff goes well and everyone predict that the final will be T1-GenG. T1 beat JDG 3-1 in semifinals and reach final. On the other side of the brackets GenG surprisingly lost against Korea fourth seed, DRX. The team with young players and veteran botlane Deft-Beryl made it to final. A complete David vs Goliath for everyone and at the end David took Goliath, after a long series T1 lost 3-2. Every T1 players told later that this finals had huge impact on them especially the young players such as Keria.
First success & the start of a new dynasty
2023 saw the addition of ex-T1 player Tom and Roach as coach. The season start well for T1 with a 17-1 record in spring split, but again lost against GenG in finals. They still qualify for MSI because of the format changes. But this time they first lost in playoff against the superteam JDG and against BLG in loser bracket.
See moreSummer was tough for the team and hardly qualify for playoffs. In playoffs they had to make the entire bracket into the finals and lost 3-0 against GenG again. Worlds started and they made it to playoff after winning in swiss round against Team Liquid, Cloud 9 and BLG. In playoff they first beat LNG 3-0 and faced the strongest team of the year in semifinals, JDG. Against JDG the team stopped the golden road with multiple insane actions like the Oner Rell flash or the Faker Azir ult on Ruler. In final they face Weibo Gaming, T1 won 3-0 and a fourth star for the team and Faker. After a tough lose in 2022 the players finally made it.
Back to Back and fifth star
in 2024 the team add a new head coach and who other than a legendary coach to fill those shoes, kkOma came back in T1. The season goes and looks the same, T1 lost against a strong GenG in LCK playoffs, made it to MSI and lost against BLG on the doorstep of the final. In Summer they didn't even reach the playoffs finals.
See moreAt worlds qualified as Korea fourth seed they beat Pain Gaming, BLG and G2 in swiss round. In Playoff they faced a weak Top Esports and faced their korean kryptonite, GenG. But Worlds is a different tournament and Worlds is T1's home. They won 3-1 and reach the finals again facing strongest chinese team BLG. After a long and tough series T1 bring it home with an impressive Faker. T1 got five stars now and a back to back victory for this generation still with Faker in the center.
Three in a row with a new toplaner
2025 start with a sad news for the fans, Zeus is leaving the team and replace by Doran. The team also got Roach leaving for military services and Mata joined as assistant coach. The team didn't qualify for Riot new International Event, First Stand. But qualify for the MSI as second seed. In MSI they reach the finals against GenG and GenG bring the trophy home after a 3-2 series.
See moreIn Regular season they reach playoffs but almost missed worlds and ended qualify as fourth seed. After winning 3-1 a decider series against IG to know which team will join the main event, they start the swiss round with a tough lost against the LCP champions CFO. They qualify for playoff on the last day of swiss round. Facing AL in quarterfinals they manage to win the series and faced Top esports in semifinals. But TES did not show up this time and T1 for the fourth time in a row reach Worlds finals. Against a strong KT Rolster T1 took the ascendant and won 3-2 making history as the first team winning three Worlds in row and carve a bit more Faker's name in history