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The League of Legends World Championship 2025 Finals kick off on Sunday, November 9th. T1 and KT Rolster will face off in Chengdu, China, to crown the Season 2025 World Champions. Will T1 win for the third time in a row and claim their sixth overall title, or will KT bring down the reigning champions in an upset for the ages?
| Match | T1 vs KT Rolster – LoL Worlds 2025 Finals |
|---|---|
| Kick-off | November 9, 2025, at 8 am CET / November 8, 2025, at 11 pm PST |
| Top pick | T1 to win 3-1 |
| Betting favorite | T1 |
Telecom Wars are the matches between T1 and KT. So named because of their parent companies (SK Telecom and Korea Telecom). For a long time they have been exciting match-ups as well. The first encounter between these two teams dates all the way back to 2013, and they’ve both been a part of the LCK ever since.
However, in recent times, this was less of a rivalry and more of a guaranteed win for T1. The last Best of 5 series that KT won against T1 took place in 2018. Since then, all 6 Bo5 featuring these teams went T1’s way. Additionally, the last time these two teams faced off in a finals was in Spring 2017, and ended in a 3-0 for T1 (then SKT).
Looking at these teams today, though, we’re seeing a different story. This is the weakest that T1 has looked in their last four Worlds appearances. While on the other side of the bracket, KT is looking great. The LCK’s third seed enters the Worlds Finals after taking down Gen.G, who were the tournament favorites.
Anything can happen in this ultimate match. However, betting against T1 for a LoL Worlds Finals is crazy, that is unless you believe in patterns.
Time for the history section for the superstitious ones. 2017 bears several similarities to the 2025 LoL Worlds Finals!
In 2017, SKT was the back-to-back reigning World Champion. However, unlike in 2015 and 2016 when they faced little to no obstacles on their way to the trophy, they looked much shakier this time around. Fourth place in the regular season, merely runners-up in the playoffs: SKT weren’t just beatable; they were beaten.
At Worlds, SKT still reached the Finals one more time after barely beating the strongest Chinese team 3 to 2. On the other side of the bracket, Samsung Galaxy (SSG) advanced to the Finals by eliminating tournament favorites Longzhu Gaming.
2017 World Championship Finals Stage at Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China (Image Source: Riot Games)
SSG went on to win this series 3-0 in a one-sided stomp. The undefeated SKT was beaten at Worlds for the first time. The win streak was broken, and T1 would not reach the World Finals again until 2022.
Today, the story is very similar. Our back-to-back champion T1 has made Worlds in their shakiest form to date, limping in as LCK’s fourth seed. T1 still came to play, and they took down the strongest Chinese team, Anyone’s Legend, 3 to 2 in a nail-biter of a series. Korea’s fourth seed does not look convincing, but they made it, and they’re going to play in the Worlds Finals once again.
Against them stands KT, the Korean team that dismantled tournament favorites Gen.G last week.
In the 2025 LoL Worlds Finals, will history repeat itself, or will T1 complete their seventh straight year without losing a Bo5 to KT?
Photo: Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games
2021 semifinalists, 2022 runners-up, 2023 champions, 2024 champions, T1’s hot streak of excellence keeps going strong. With the upcoming match being their 8th Worlds Finals, this stage is their comfort zone. In fact, only seven teams have appeared at Worlds as many times as T1 has appeared in the Worlds Finals.
In 2025, though, T1 took a backseat, and the team that previously seemed unbeatable spent most of the year in the shadow of Gen.G and Hanwha Life Esports. Champion pool issues, worsening mechanics, inconsistencies, and their weaknesses were glaring.
However, after a shaky Summer and Swiss stage, T1 displayed a much better form during the Knockout stage of Worlds 2025. The team that Gen.G ran circles around all year long was not the one that showed up to beat Anyone’s Legend and Top Esports. Instead, it’s the superteam led by the undisputed best player of all time that will take the stage on Sunday.
Worlds Finals are T1’s home turf, and their opponents are merely there as one-time guests.
Photo: Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games
Nobody saw KT coming – let alone storm through the World Championship the way they did. Most of all, Gen.G certainly didn’t see them coming, as this unbeatable team that was guaranteed to reach the Finals saw its year brutally cut short by KT.
KT Rolster is an odd bunch. With an unimpressive top laner and support, and a utility-focused bot laner that is sub-par on carries, they aren’t your typical Worlds finalist profile. However, now that they’ve made it this far, every single one of these players deserves respect.
KT’s road through Worlds was easy until they went up against Gen.G. Now that they’ve beaten them – something that no other team had managed (in a Best of 5) since the start of Spring – they’ve shown that no opponent is above them.
KT is a team that has been around since the dawn of League. A team that was there to witness T1 be defeated in two Worlds Finals.
A team that is ready to make it three.
KT has a clear game plan going into each match. This team wants to draft an engage support, a utility marksman, and either Renekton or an easy teamfighter top lane. These picks set them up ideally for success, and these three players then need to hold down the fort.
Afterwards, they rely on Cuzz and BDD to play the best League of Legends of their life. As luck would have it, these two are very consistently capable of doing it. Most notably, BDD can and will carry no matter what champion he’s given.
When KT is allowed to get their hands on their ideal tools and is in good form, the games are smooth sailing.
T1, however, is very aware of that. There is a reason why they’ve had KT’s number for 6 consecutive years. Especially with the help of Fearless, they will not let those three players sit on their comfort picks and will most likely target Deokdam’s champions in particular.
Here is where it gets interesting. At Worlds, the criticised players from KT did branch out from their picks of choice, and they even beat Gen.G with champions they’re usually weaker on, like Lulu for Peter or Caitlyn for Deokdam. KT has often resorted to banning Yunara even on the blue side, though, and that could hurt them.
On the other side, it has been the same story for T1 as well. Faker and Gumayusi were called out on their shallow pool of comfortable champions, and in the end, these two have played the most unique champions out of any player at Worlds. Faker’s Mel, in particular, has taken the world by storm.
T1 should still try to attack Deokdam’s pool and steal away PerfecT’s preferred champions.
Photo: Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games
The mid lane should be the most explosive part of this match. BDD is a stellar mid lane carry, and the player that KT wants to play through and funnel resources into. Faker, on the other hand, has regularly fallen behind in the mid lane this year. KT will be looking to have Cuzz focus his attention on the mid lane to put Faker on the back foot.
From that point on, the mid-jungle duo should be able to suffocate Oner and lead the charge over to the rest of the map.
The big question mark behind this plan is Faker’s form. Stage nerves will never be higher than at the Worlds Finals, and the GOAT is not affected. Furthermore, like every year, Faker has levelled up significantly with each passing match at Worlds. The Unkillable Demon King had one of the best performances of the tournament in game 5 against AL, and he will not be the easy target he was two months ago.
Photo: by Yicun Liu/Riot Games
T1 has the option of matching KT’s focus and having Oner put pressure back on BDD. However, the other approach they might take will be playing through the bot lane. Gumayusi is a monster on his comfort picks, and Keria is just a monster overall, while Deokdam and Peter could crumble.
Guma has levelled up, and Keria has been in his top form. What’s more, Keria still has access to his Pyke pocket pick, and Deokdam’s Ashe and Jhin are particularly vulnerable to it.
The bot lane could quickly turn into a disaster for KT, and the deeper they run through their champion pools, the greater the risks.
With these two points of focus for the two teams, the top lane should be a much quieter place in comparison. PerfecT should look to stonewall his side, and Doran will most likely be happy to accept that handshake.
KT’s game plan banks on the form of a Faker that has been way too scary in the Knockout stage. Faker will also step up to the occasion, while the same isn’t guaranteed for the KT players. T1’s form is more solid, and I expect them to take the Worlds Finals with a score of 3-1.
| Market | Odds |
|---|---|
| T1 to win | 1.46 |
| KT to win | 2.63 |
| T1 to win with a map handicap of -1.5 | 2.09 |
| KT to win with a map handicap of +1.5 | 1.71 |
| Over 4.5 maps | 2.35 |
| Under 4.5 maps | 1.55 |
In summary:
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Featured image: Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games
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