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The final day of the LoL Worlds Quarterfinals is already here! This LoL Worlds knockouts match promises to be the most interesting one. Will the hope of the LPL push through and hand T1 their first ever quarterfinals defeat to likely contest GenG? Or will the most decorated team ever repeat what they’ve done every single time and reach top 4? Here’s all you can expect about AL vs T1.
| Match | Anyone’s Legend vs T1- LoL Worlds 2025 Quarterfinals |
|---|---|
| Kick-off | October 31, 2025, at 12 am EST / 8 am CET |
| Top pick | T1 to win 3-1 |
| Betting favorite | AL |
The last quarterfinals is the hardest to predict. AL has looked fantastic in their games at Worlds, much better than they did regionally. While on the other side of the table, T1 keeps showing the same weaknesses they have had all year long. Turn the name plates off, and it’s an easy AL win.
But they are facing T1. And you can never bet against T1 at Worlds.
Odds subject to change.
Presenting an opposite story at KT Rolster, Anyone’s Legend got their 3-0 scoreline by beating two extremely strong teams, and a good one. And all their opponents were in good shape – they simply played perfectly clean League all throughout.
CFO was able to show cracks in their early game, but AL demonstrated superior objective control, map setup, and teamfighting throughout their Swiss run. They were not promising during the Summer, but now, they’re one of the stronger opponents to beat in the playoffs.
They don’t really fit in a category. Every other team has distinct things to say about them, be they bad or good. AL has just been clean, but the title of oppressive, inevitable team is solidly occupied by GenG. And AL will have to convincingly beat T1 tomorrow in order to claim the right to challenge that title.
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T1 is an enigma. Their play-ins games were good, but not great. The same can be said of their matches against 100 and FLY. But they looked disastrous against CFO, GenG and most recently MKOI. In their last match, Faker held the fort, but the other players took turns going from questionable plays to unjustifiable ones.
What’s worse, T1 has lackluster champion pools for both Faker and Gumayusi. Ironically, these are the two players who have played the most champions at Worlds so far. But they lost games due to playing these champions they aren’t comfortable on. And shallow champion pools are (and in their case have been) a massive disadvantage in Fearless Bo5s.
But T1 has never finished below semifinals in any Worlds they’ve been a part of. This isn’t a product of luck. In the last match, despite everything, Faker was ramping up to be poised to extend that streak.
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Between those two teams, the laning phase is where things might look the most dicey. In this tournament, they’ve both made questionable plays in the early game. This caused both MKOI and CFO to be able to get leads against T1 and AL respectively. And while neither of these teams was able to convert that into a win (save for one game in CFO’s case), both of the squads at hand have much better objective setup and control. If they are to be accelerated thanks to early game mistakes, they can convert that into a domination of the map, something the LCP and Western teams have repeatedly failed to do.
But the issues might be more severe on T1’s side. Faker and Doran have been inconsistent in lane all year long. Other LCK mid laners have regularly beaten Faker, and Doran flip-flops between being the best top laner in the world and doing Rise group impressions. But in their series against MKOI, it was Keria and Gumayusi who were repeatedly caught hanging out in places they had no stretch of reason to be in. And that’s a lot of problems to present to a team of AL’s caliber.
If they’re offered the opportunity to breathe through the early game unscathed, let alone ahead, AL will cruise through the game.
What’s more, T1 is always plagued by their champion pool weaknesses. Guma and Faker have too many champions they’re not looking great on, and their game against GenG showed that this hasn’t changed. If the series goes to game 4, nevermind game 5, they are going to pay a hefty price for that, and I do not see them winning if it goes to 5.
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But how many years have we already said that about T1? Against GenG last year, JDG in 2023, RNG in 2017? We already saw how that went. Last year in particular, GenG did not look competitive against T1. As soon as T1 took the first game, it was easy to forget GenG were the favorites coming into it, as the eventual T1 win felt like this inevitability it always is. They have never placed below 4th at Worlds for a reason.
One thing is for certain, though. Both teams love to teamfight to the death, and the T1 vs iG play-in was fight after fight indeed. So as viewers, we’re in for a blast.
| Market | Odds |
|---|---|
| AL to win | 1.76 |
| T1 to win | 2 |
| Over 4.5 maps | 2.23 |
| Under 4.5 maps | 1.6 |
Odds subject to change.
I’ve explained it before, it all boils down to the fact that I don’t want to bet against T1 in Worlds quarterfinals. As a series between two closely-matched teams, I believe momentum will prevent it from going to 5 games.
Don’t leave for too long, because the Semifinals begin on the very next day (see the LoL Worlds schedule), on the 1st of November! Check back for more LoL Worlds coverage and Knockout stage previews.
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