Before the match, the T1 coaching staff suddenly announced that Gu Gumayusi would not play and Smash Gunner from the Challengers team would replace. Entering the first game, T1 was played first on the blue side and selected the main duo Viktor – Kai'sa, and the KT prioritized the strong couple with generals like Vi – Sylas. T1 proceeds to change the road and immediately create a distance of up to 3,000 money with KT after only 14 minutes. In the middle period, T1 continued to fight to raise the difference to 6,000 money.
24 minutes, T1 easily won Atakhan charms and started attacking Baron. KT wants to stop but failed and lost 3 people, since then the reigning world champion won Baron. Only 3 minutes later, T1 easily won the fight at the Dragon cave, lowered 4 people and ended the game, leading 1-0 in the BO3 series.
In game 2, KT changed to the blue side and selected the fighting team with the choice of Wukong – Ahri – Jinx. Meanwhile, T1 prioritizes the poke with the Nidalee – Ezreal duo. The original match was quite slow and it was not until the 10th minute that T1 won the first feat for Smash. However, KT has made efforts to return, putting the defeat point for the gunner Deokdam. In the 22nd minute, T1 was suddenly lowered by 2 people and lost the Atakhan charm into KT.
By the 29th minute, KT's bottom duo was arrested and T1 won Baron. However, only 3 minutes later, KT created a clean sweep when T1 was too much to participate in the fight. Accordingly, KT continuously won the goal before defeating T1 in the last fighting in the 39th minute, equilibrium 1-1.
In game 3, T1 returned to the green side and selected a lot of key damage such as Rumble – Aurora – Xayah, while KT used the main magic damage duo Swain – Ziggs. In the first phase, T1 easily took the lead with the consecutive defeat point belonging to the main force. With this advantage, T1 easily pushes all the external pillars of KT to increase the distance.
In the 25th minute, T1 won the fight in the mid lane, created a clean sweep and won Baron. Taking advantage of the charm, T1 entered the bottom line of KT and ended the game after 28 minutes, set the score 2-1.
