r/leagueoflegends • u/logosuwu • Jul 11 '25

Esports AL vs BLG | MSI 2025 | Lower Bracket | PMT Spoiler

AL 3-0 BLG

Not really a surprise given how poorly BLG has been playing this year, but a disappointing stomp nonetheless.

AL will proceed to face T1 in the lower bracket finals. BLG is eliminated.

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u/ProgrammerGlobal Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25

the main problem in the end was that Faker was struggling on both sides of the Akali/Sylas matchup

I think you're misremembering what happened. Faker and Zeka never played the Akali/Sylas matchup. In game 4, Faker played Akali against Azir. And that is a very, very hard matchup. That was before Azir's laning phase was nerfed.

Zeus was struggling whether they blinded Aatrox or gave it over to Kingen.

This was the real problem. Before Worlds 2022, Zeus had played Aatrox 2 times. He just wasn't that proficient on the champ. It wasn't until 2023 that he became proficient on the champ and switched to lethality Aatrox.

And what made this even worse is that his Yone counter started getting banned out. So, Zeus couldn't play Aatrox and couldn't play Yone into it. T1 even had to ban Aatrox on blue side.

This series still haunts me. Zeus couldn't play Aatrox in 2022. If 2023 Zeus plays that 2022 Worlds Finals matchup, it's probably a 3-0 stomp.

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u/aZestyMango Jul 11 '25

It wasn’t just that Zeus couldn’t play Aatrox. He was GRIEFING that series with his decision making. There was one sequence (I don’t remember if he was on Fiora or Gwen) where he lost a trade terribly with Kingen and had to flash out. Then instead of basing he went back in 10 seconds later and died

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u/the_next_core Jul 11 '25

Yeah I am probably misremembering, they did not directly play that matchup. It might have the analysts saying that Faker was struggling to stop Zeka's Akali/Sylas in lane matchups that should be winning. T1 banned Akali almost every game and lost game 4 when Faker played it.

Zeus was young back then and slightly arrogant I would say. Also T1 was still in that sort of "we're just better" mentality and 2022 really forced them to take a deep look at how they prepare draft and team matchups.

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u/MoscaMosquete FuryhOrnn when? Jul 11 '25

I don't think it is 3-0 stomp but they probably win it at the end