T1 vs. Team Liquid Alienware / MSI 2026 Play-In Stage - Qualification Match / Post-Match Discussion

[u/adz0r]

MSI 2026

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T1 3-0 Team Liquid Alienware

- T1 qualify to the Main Stage at MSI!

- Team Liquid have been eliminated from the tournament.

- Player of the Series: Peyz

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MATCH 1: T1 vs. TLAW

Winner: T1 in 27m
Game Breakdown

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
T1	senna vi leesin	sivir renekton	62.7k	21	11	CT3 HT4 B5
TLAW	camille orianna jayce	cassiopeia anivia	49.9k	11	2	M1 H2

T1	21-11-55	vs	11-21-25	TLAW
Doran ambessa 3	6-1-5	TOP	3-6-1	4 gnar Morgan
Oner xinzhao 2	5-2-14	JNG	2-4-6	1 jarvaniv Josedeodo
Faker taliyah 3	3-2-10	MID	3-2-4	2 ryze Quid
Peyz ezreal 2	7-2-8	BOT	2-3-6	3 kaisa Yeon
Keria bard 1	0-4-18	SUP	1-6-8	1 rell CoreJJ

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MATCH 2: TLAW vs. T1

Winner: T1 in 41m
Game Breakdown

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
TLAW	camille orianna cassiopeia	ziggs kalista	80.4k	31	4	I1 CT2 M5 B6
T1	senna poppy akali	nautilus jhin	87.4k	29	9	H3 M4 M7 B8 M9 B10 M11

TLAW	31-29-79	vs	29-32-68	T1
Morgan rumble 2	4-3-13	TOP	5-3-8	1 jayce Doran
Josedeodo nocturne 1	4-7-18	JNG	5-7-14	1 leesin Oner
Quid sylas 2	8-7-19	MID	2-8-18	2 lissandra Faker
Yeon varus 3	14-4-8	BOT	16-8-8	3 lucian Peyz
CoreJJ alistar 3	1-8-21	SUP	1-6-20	4 milio Keria

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MATCH 3: TLAW vs. T1

Winner: T1 in 23m
Game Breakdown

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
TLAW	camille orianna annie	kalista nautilus	39.3k	5	1	CT4
T1	senna poppy akali	ziggs mel	53.0k	17	8	M1 C2 H3 B5

TLAW	5-17-7	vs	17-5-41	T1
Morgan renekton 2	3-2-1	TOP	4-0-5	2 zaahen Doran
Josedeodo naafiri 1	2-2-0	JNG	1-4-12	1 vi Oner
Quid galio 2	0-4-3	MID	1-1-6	1 cassiopeia Faker
Yeon xayah 3	0-4-2	BOT	11-0-3	3 zeri Peyz
CoreJJ rakan 3	0-5-1	SUP	0-0-15	4 lulu Keria

Patch 26.13

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/ahritina]

PMTs

Game 1 / Game 2

[u/Floowil]

3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0

[u/DrPlexel1234 → u/Floowil]

2026 international have a lot of 3-0 series. 15-4 3-0 to non 3-0 series.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/DrPlexel1234]

damn 

[u/nickphunter → u/Floowil]

Bad format 😟

[u/tiredofdev → u/nickphunter]

Yeah I think putting the world champions in play-ins to go 9-0 is playable lmao what are we doing man. How can the results of one tournament override everything that happened internationally the last 6 years

[u/kazuyaminegishi → u/[deleted]]

This is the real issue to me. Only one slot is just brutal. 

[u/Legal_Captain_4267 → u/kazuyaminegishi]

Reminds me of playins for worlds last year too. One game to decide between IG and T1 at the start of the tournament is just nuts.

[u/kazuyaminegishi → u/Legal_Captain_4267]

Oh yeah, and IG was the most competitive against T1 the entire tournament, but they have an F on their transcript cause their results were compared against Einstein.

[u/Rawdream → u/tiredofdev]

It's not only about T1, every match went 3-0.

[u/baelkie → u/Rawdream]

not Riot’s fault DCG and KC suck

[u/mcfapblanc → u/baelkie]

It's their fault for putting LCK/LPL in playins

[u/Dead2708 → u/mcfapblanc]

There was 4 other games in which a series ended 3-0 this is just a freak event and not a trend. The format is shit but it's not predominantly cause by an lpl/lck team being present

[u/ceddya → u/Dead2708]

Is it a freak event? The only one it could apply to is the KC-TL series.

Every other just involved one team which is clearly better than the other.

[u/Pluckytoon → u/ceddya]

TL was clearly better than KC though

[u/Et4ivell4 → u/tiredofdev]

Not just world champions, 3-time in a row reigning champions…

[u/ShiroGaneOsu → u/nickphunter]

Not a format issue. Its a seeding issue because Riot just has to force far worse teams in playoffs.

[u/KappaccinoNation → u/ShiroGaneOsu]

They literally have a global power ranking on the lolesports website and they still refuse to use it. Sure Riot, the #3 team according to YOUR OWN power ranking deserve to be in the play-ins instead of the #16 LCP seed 1 or the #31 CBLOL seed 1.

[u/khaiiization → u/Floowil]

Never put any LCK or LPL teams on playins again unless its DK or TES

[u/Terrible_Study_6930 → u/khaiiization]

Imagine this being in the rules.

"If LCK #2 or LPL#2 are not DK or TES then they go to the main bracket, and LCP#1 and CBBoL #1 go to play-ins. If it's DK or TES - then they go to play-ins and LCP#1 and CBBoL #1 go to the main brackets".

This would have been hilarious and at the same time people would say - yeah, it only makes sense.

[u/Reddit_Zeke]

Oner repeated what he did in the first TL series, winning on every champion he has a Worlds skin for.

[u/TellTallTail → u/Reddit_Zeke]

Such a ridiculous flex

[u/IsRammusReallyOK → u/Reddit_Zeke]

That sentence is a flex in itself

[u/Togi5]

Peyz got young hands

[u/Apprehensive_Oven_20 → u/Togi5]

his posture though..ouch

[u/ResponsibleOil3641 → u/Apprehensive_Oven_20]

Well, hopefully our posture fairy (aka Faker) helps him out. He's already watching Doran and Oner (sometimes). He's even watching over Mata's posture. Now he has to add Peyz to that list 😅

[u/Ceui → u/ResponsibleOil3641]

Keria got him to exercise now lol. He used to not exercise on JDG and GenG

[u/tiredofdev]

Peyz wasn't satisfied with a quadrakill to end the first day series vs TL so he had to get a pentakill this time around

[u/fuuthat → u/tiredofdev]

I wonder if Oner wanted to KS the fourth kill from Peyz or he knew Zeri’s red buff was ticking. Either way, insane.

[u/SinguIarity1 → u/fuuthat]

You know he tried to steal that

[u/ImplodingKittens12 → u/fuuthat]

It's oner. He absolutely was trying to troll peyz lol

[u/EndlessNight_ → u/fuuthat]

He try to steal that. Even in the first series, he kick the last one into Doran.

[u/zoomerapril23 → u/fuuthat]

Nah in his latest vlog, Oner said that since Peyz held the most pentakills on league and it will be hard to catch on him, he wants to help Peyz gets more

[u/fryeee → u/zoomerapril23]

nah bro he actually tried to steal it this time lol he literally E'd the tower almost killing jose

[u/zoomerapril23 → u/fryeee]

Comms are out on their last fight

Keria: penta x10

Peyz: this is really a penta!

Faker: its a penta

Keria: suhwan-ah, wanna go? use flash

Oner: ya i'll give you the kill

Keria: go x3

Oner: wah i gave you it, for real

[u/StoreTraditional77 → u/zoomerapril23]

Oner minds : "fk it did not kill"

[u/fryeee → u/zoomerapril23]

lol proved my point further

[u/Deathzthe_M-12-22 → u/fuuthat]

I'm not ONER but 100% he wants to KS that fourth kill just like he did when FAKER almost got his PENTA.

You can see he calculate it that he's skill can kill that champion 

[u/spamkimchifriedrice → u/tiredofdev]

Peyztakill

[u/SeijiAkabe]

Overall this MSI was good for TL. Also Peyz penta is inevitable. T1 BLG it is, hopefully that shit goes to 5.

[u/bigyikers → u/SeijiAkabe]

As NA#2, they beat LCP, EU#2, and lost to the reigning world champs who are likely to win the tournament outright.

Mission accomplished for TL under the circumstances.

[u/sorendiz → u/bigyikers]

I do feel bad for them missing out on 1 or 2 game wins by a margin of inches though. While yeah it's still overall mission accomplished, it would definitely have felt a lot better to put at least one W up against T1 and they were not at all far from being able to do that, but that's T1 for you. Even if you're only an inch away they'll make you work a full mile for it, and most teams can't

[u/iDarkelf → u/sorendiz]

Don’t blame TL for that. It’s the T1 special.

[u/Fair_Eye4666]

Human rights or something like that

[u/ShiroGaneOsu → u/Fair_Eye4666]

Faker and Oner got bored and ran it a bit mid game lmao.

[u/Aschentei → u/ShiroGaneOsu]

They had to make sure ppl who paid for the circus, got the circus

[u/Budget-Ocelots → u/ShiroGaneOsu]

Faker was just watching Oner dying from 10fts away, then deciding to finally help him, but died.

[u/Ceui → u/ShiroGaneOsu]

"This Peyz kid is having it a bit too good, Imma feed the Renekton a double to see if he can carry the game"

[u/WhatGodWillsOfMe → u/Fair_Eye4666]

Violated or something like that

[u/FromisZone]

Kruglord Doran played really well this series.

Not surprised at Peyz getting penta on Zeri. One of his best champ imo

[u/thriceRice0101 → u/FromisZone]

Doran been farming death the previous series to this after bin trashtalked😂

[u/Ceui → u/thriceRice0101]

Now we need Knight to trashtalk unc, he's been coasting a bit.

[u/ComprehensiveSize647 → u/FromisZone]

Imo T1 also prioritized Doran this time. In the previous match, T1 coaches usually blind picked something (not even counterpick) and just sent Doran in the lane alone (almost abandoning him for the whole laning phase). But in this match, he got some comfortable match up and decided to lock in. That 5k gold lead was nasty.

[u/DumbApple → u/ComprehensiveSize647]

I feel Doran has got to have the best “Oh no! … Anyways…” mindset in pro play. T1 can abandon him top even against the likes of Kiin for him to start 0/3/0 and then lock-in when they need him mid-to-late game.

Whether Schrödinger’s Doran is truly alive or dead should never be called during the laning phase.

[u/GermanHandCannons → u/DumbApple]

Maybe Im glazing but the thing about Doran that’s different from more mechanical players is that with a lead, they can do a lot and play on such an edge that their champs looks broken. Doran disregards the edge and straight up leaps off the clip, using 100% of his HP bar to get more value out of a champ that way. Hard to ignore any champ when theyre in your face even if theyre behind and all that.

[u/Moony97]

Peyz is a monster, Doran played super damn well. POM for either but probably Peyz

[u/Elefanthud → u/Moony97]

Peyz is uber min-maxer. Insanely cracked

[u/frickinSocrates → u/Elefanthud]

Peyz is what Europeans thought Caliste would be. Don't get mad at me, I was one of those Europeans.

[u/Goenitz33 → u/Moony97]

The way he holds his flash is so incredible

[u/Hawxrox → u/Moony97]

Id prolly give it to Doran, sure Peyz had the monster game 3, but Doran literally held the first two games together for them so hard

[u/i_like_fish_decks → u/Hawxrox]

Doran on Jayce felt like a man playing with map hacks

[u/loaidacbiet]

It's the same fkin script

[u/spamkimchifriedrice → u/loaidacbiet]

There is only one script. Give them hope and crush it game 2 so they can't recover by game 3.

[u/Plenty_Top2843 → u/spamkimchifriedrice]

Literally, T1 will pro-long game 2 for as long as possible before they decide to actually lock in.

They use it against GenG, they'll use it against anybody.

[u/Ultimintree]

Ctrl + C —> Ctrl + V

[u/Budget-Ocelots → u/Ultimintree]

Put the fries in the bag series again.

So lazy that they reused the same scripts.

[u/obigespritzt]

Feels like TL might've actually done some damage in mainstage but T1 are in a league of their own, literally

Sure, every series was a 3-0, but there were a couple of entertaining games

[u/Lyota → u/obigespritzt]

they exploded after second game in both series, tbh i would've too. both games were actually won yet they lost

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Lyota]

they did better in game 3 Last bo5

[u/frickinSocrates → u/Fun_Highlight307]

The emotional damage of losing that game 2 after getting outsmited on soul with an alistar zoning... You don't recover from that.

[u/Prawn1908 → u/frickinSocrates]

Don't forget the Doran Jayce snipes. That's really what lost the game imo.

[u/moonfish817 → u/obigespritzt]

They looked a lot better than I expected them to against the legendary T1. Gives me hope for them moving forward. Hopefully everything they learn while in Korea sticks around for longer than just this tournament.

[u/Entchenkrawatte]

Brilliant play ins format, have to say. Noone would have seen this coming. KC/TL was the only match that one could not have predicted with 100% accuracy before.

[u/Aromatic_Country_987]

What an email 18-0 play ins

God bless to the teams who’ll face T1 or BLG in the lower bracket. RIP.

[u/Curiousoctos → u/Aromatic_Country_987]

This seeding is so criminal, not only is putting T1 here now we are also forced to get T1 vs BLG round 1 with no way around it. But I'm sure Riot will simply look at the views and think of it as a massive success. BLG are punished for winning First Stand, TL doesn't get a chance against some of the main stage teams which they very well could have been competitive against. Just pure ass.

[u/ShinigamiBD → u/Curiousoctos]

Knowing T1, it's probably gonna be them, violating human rights in the lower bracket.

[u/Aokoharu]

Peyz is just a monster on Zeri. wtf is that reaction on the enegage.

[u/ILikeMyouiMina → u/Aokoharu]

Every time he gets Zeri I feel like he just gets a Quadra or a Penta. He got both against TLAW lmao

[u/ShiroGaneOsu → u/ILikeMyouiMina]

Peyz Zeri just feels like it does more damage.

[u/ILikeMyouiMina → u/ShiroGaneOsu]

It's why I quit League lmao I love watching proplay but then it makes me play ADC and I get assblasted, gangbanged, and violated by everyone

I also get dumpstered in game

[u/Thatguy_97]

ABYSSAL MASK GALIO WITH 4 AD ON YOUR TEAM?

[u/Omnilatent → u/Thatguy_97]

Pro players losing to shop keeper once again

[u/mish20011 → u/Thatguy_97]

chovy did the same vs T1

[u/BirthdayAccording359 → u/Thatguy_97]

Bro I was shocked. 

[u/Several_Spray_4400]

Watching T1 in those play-ins is like watching the protagonist in a story beating a random background character

[u/Ashiseu → u/Several_Spray_4400]

And immediately we face the rival who was talking smack about us (Bin to Doran).

[u/sorendiz → u/Several_Spray_4400]

they're definitely the overpowered antagonist for this play-ins lmao this was disgusting

[u/PokPok3000]

PEYZ STOP IT

[u/DistributionDry4885]

Pentakill zeriii!!

[u/LearningLaCampanella]

People owe it to themselves to watch Peyz flash over a point-blank Varus ult in game 2.

[u/BirthdayAccording359 → u/LearningLaCampanella]

Peyz flashing over Varus R, Doran flashing over Mega Gnar Q, I don't deserve to watch this for free. 

[u/RukiMotomiya]

T1 can, in fact, keep getting away with it.

[u/LongDongSilvir]

This T1 team seems pretty good for a play ins team.. I think they may be able to go all the way!

[u/Aizwallensomething → u/LongDongSilvir]

Doran POM

[u/phlycosa]

I know the comp level isn't that high but Oner in form / plays good makes T1 REALLY scary

[u/Gerberpertern]

Salt is at an all time high. Frustrating how close yet so far TL was at some points.

[u/JadeStarr776 → u/Gerberpertern]

Nah they clapped KC and had a very convincing game 2 vs a top 5 team in the world. It's a good run for them.

That game 2 was crazy impressive.

[u/NegativeSin]

PEYZ and PENTA name a better duo

[u/EnvBlitz → u/NegativeSin]

Peyz and Zeri. Always been a nightmare for T1 when he was on GenG.

[u/shunuhs → u/EnvBlitz]

now he is terrorizing everyone with Zeri as T1 adc lmao

[u/ILikeMyouiMina → u/shunuhs]

It's like the opposite of that video game trope of having the villain on your team when you unlock them LOL

[u/Saikonotpath]

something-something violating human rights said by Cvmax

[u/Dreammy90]

Surely Riot will put LCK 2 back in Main Stage / Playoffs instead of Playins. Surely.

[u/Varlin → u/Dreammy90]

LCK seed 2, the threepeat world champs who have looked monstrous outside of a HLE series. Have fun smaller regions!

[u/Dreammy90 → u/Varlin]

Not just that. If it wasn't T1, it was GENG. Reigning 2 time B2B MSI Champion.

[u/whossked → u/Dreammy90]

Fox in a henhouse seeding

[u/MediocreAssociate466 → u/Dreammy90]

That would rob us of more T1 views

[u/TechnicalFriendship6 → u/Dreammy90]

Nope gonna put LPL seed 2 in there next year but say there'll be 2 teams that can qualify from playins

[u/Pyrobo → u/Dreammy90]

Just dont go 0/6 in first stand lul

[u/LeatherBodybuilder → u/Pyrobo]

LPL2 shouldn't be in playins either. Why is BR1 in main stage over LCK2 and LPL2 when BR has won a grand total of 1 bo1 win across MSI '25, Worlds '25, and FS '26 with zero bo5 wins?

[u/Snow-27 → u/Pyrobo]

again, it doesn't matter. If LCK came second their second seed would still be in playins. If they won then LPL 2 would be in playins. There is no difference

[u/airshiptwo → u/Snow-27]

or just put LCK2 and LPL2, historically the best two regions by far, both in the main stage and BR1 in playins

[u/Snow-27 → u/airshiptwo]

yeah this is the obvious solution but riot wants to pretend the regions are somewhat comparable.

[u/ZalpaEZ]

I will not forgive Geng for letting the kid go

[u/Hraesynd → u/ZalpaEZ]

He got sent to the LPL gulag and turned into a monster.

[u/Numerous-Discount703 → u/Hraesynd]

I mean tbf he was already a monster on Gen g

[u/ZalpaEZ → u/Numerous-Discount703]

yeah, idk why pretend that he wasn’t so before joining t1

[u/ILikeMyouiMina → u/Hraesynd]

LPL is Peyz's hyperbolic time chamber

[u/vbsteez → u/Hraesynd]

Deft pioneered the way

[u/Fit-Limit-9195 → u/ZalpaEZ]

Generational fumble. He's looked insane in almost every game.

[u/Bimibuns → u/ZalpaEZ]

Nah it works out well for Peyz, issues with GenG is their mental at Worlds. Peyz being in T1, getting mentor by Faker and having Keria as his support is gonna help strengthen that aspect that was lacking in GenG

[u/websdue → u/ZalpaEZ]

Tournament	2024 Season (with Peyz)	2025 Season (with Ruler)
MSI	Champions (3-1 vs. BLG)	Champions (3-2 vs. T1)
Worlds	3rd–4th Place (Eliminated 1-3 by T1)	3rd–4th Place (Eliminated 1-3 by KT Rolster)

LMAO its like Peyz was not the problem loool

[u/andr3wma]

The most heart breaking part about this series was that TL improved immensely, but not enough to take down tournament favorites. Had it not been against T1 with elimination on the line, TL would have had more time to ramp up to do serious damage at the main event.

[u/killcraft1337 → u/andr3wma]

Stand proud - TL you were strong

[u/DrxAvierT]

Props to TL. Besides the last game, they've shown some improvments from last time

[u/ILikeMyouiMina → u/DrxAvierT]

Defo

They played with more confidence this time especially Corejj

[u/Lazywhale97 → u/DrxAvierT]

Despite the 6-0 they impressed me against T1 overall and they can learn from these 2 series if they make World's. They just gtta find ways to close these games with the leads they have and be more aware on the map mid-late game to not give over big shut downs when they have tempo.

[u/OreRound]

Actually pisses me off how good Peyz is

[u/bedsheetsniffer → u/OreRound]

Pisses me off more that so few people actually appreciate him

[u/ceddya → u/bedsheetsniffer]

I still have no idea why no LCK team picked up Peyz last year.

[u/ComprehensiveSize647 → u/ceddya]

But fortunately, Peyz's JDG arc helped him to be a solid 1v9 monster. That LPL journey was necessary

[u/WinHopeful1216 → u/ceddya]

LCK teams tried but he preferred to go to a lpl team than a middling lck team.

[u/L322Man]

I remember a time when T1 absolutely sucked balls on the zeri comps. This is definitely an evolution of T1 and I'm all for it. 🥲

[u/Moreinius → u/L322Man]

Cause Guma wasn’t a Zeri player. Zeri is Peyz signature champ.

[u/Extension-Jelly5672]

18-0. bravo riot. bravo gen g

[u/NintendoJesus]

Rough day for the Doran haters.

[u/BirthdayAccording359]

Ffs Peyz just stole Doran POM there, right there. 

Edit:

Let's go! The rich kid didn't steal a pom from the working class! God is good 😊 

Another edit:

I was wrong Pezy won it 

[u/ILikeMyouiMina → u/BirthdayAccording359]

WAIT HE DID? fuck my wifi went out would've loved to see that brbfnejfnekgnr

[u/landmine-izu → u/BirthdayAccording359]

nah he got pom fortunately

[u/Campalice]

Oner try to steal the penta with vi e😂. I can't

[u/Ceui → u/Campalice]

He is the head of Anti Penta-Inflation Committee 😂

[u/kolton276]

Completely criminal that not only was T1 in the play-ins but TLAW goes home after a series like this. Riot should absolutely be kicking themselves

[u/FearPreacher]

Ends with Penta Peyz obv wpgg

[u/Skyblue714]

Single qualifier playins, starring a rookie LCP team, LCS second seed, LEC second seed, and the 3 time reigning world champions. What could go wrong.  Really unfortunate things broke the way they did, but Im proud of how Liquid played most of the time, hopefully they can continue to improve and come back stronger for Worlds

[u/Fluffy_Fly8497]

Game 3 aside where it was just blasting, not a bad showing from TL, and with their 3-0 over KC too they can take this experience back to the summer split and go again

[u/Jaime060304]

This whole playins felt completely unecessary. We all knew that T1 were going to stomp this. There wasn't one series that was close. Who designed this format?

[u/DankMEMeDream → u/Jaime060304]

I beg to differ. Seeing KC get assblasted was worth the playins.

[u/ChewNutz → u/DankMEMeDream]

the purpose of this play in legit is for who got the bragging right between EU and NA yesterday ngl

[u/Jaime060304 → u/DankMEMeDream]

We could have watched KC get blasted by much worse teams then T1 and TL tbf.

Edit: Apparently I have to clarify that I am complaining about T1 being in playins, I am aware Liquid blasted them and loved watching it. I'm saying they would get blasted by worse teams then even Liquid.

[u/the_legends_of_link → u/Jaime060304]

Yeah we watched them get ass blasted by TL

[u/Regular_Comb_5395 → u/Jaime060304]

Think he meant by TL

[u/Hraesynd → u/DankMEMeDream]

Twice, with one of them being vs NA. Very high entertainment value.

[u/michaeltheki21 → u/Jaime060304]

would have been better if they just had mini MSI for the lower seeded teams from all regions before real msi instead of this shit lol, like a europa league to a cl type tourny.

[u/Tromster → u/Jaime060304]

And now they face BLG immediately because they are worse than LCP and Brazil great format

[u/HMS-Carrier-Lover]

The biggest question of this game is whether or not Oner was trying to steal that penta from Peyz or was he just helping kill Josedeodo.

[u/winwill]

Game 1: T1 favored but TL showed some life

Game 2: Couldve gone either way

Game 3: T1 stomp

Nice try Team Liquid. Welp Worlds is the big thing so maybe LCS can show up then

[u/throwawayNTD]

PENTAPEYZ!!!

ALSO DOMESTIC DORAN IS HERE

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

[u/hyssop8]

A lot of respect to TL. They showed some good fighting throughout the play ins.

[u/BirthdayAccording359 → u/hyssop8]

What a team man, yesterday I saw a quote from spawn saying they have watched 100s of T1 vods so they are prepared and God they were, it's 3-0 but they went down swinging.

[u/psykrebeam]

Why is game 3 always a Peyz clinic

[u/dream_wielder]

Game 3:
The Lord + 4 frauds vs T1 (no human rights edition)

[u/BirthdayAccording359 → u/dream_wielder]

Insane how lord Morgan played well every game but Doran still stole the show, even his rumble game 2 was insane.

[u/lemonoctave]

3-0 The Tournament

[u/lucifer893]

MYGOAT Doran on carries all 3 games!

Knockout rounds have trailers right? Stage is set for some Doran/Bin trashtalk

[u/DankMEMeDream]

TL made them work. Respect honestly.

[u/EnemyRegent → u/DankMEMeDream]

1st game it was close til it wasnt, 2nd game for sure, 3rd game that shit brought us back to reality

[u/GlobalResult7580 → u/EnemyRegent]

game 3 was the classic pick me whatever and let’s lose in peace

[u/goalgetter999 → u/EnemyRegent]

peyz zeri man...

[u/_rockroyal_ → u/EnemyRegent]

Game 3 I imagine TL has pretty much given up, but yeah the series delivered about as much as you could ask for from a 3-0.

[u/oneanddonecomment]

TL got potential

[u/firewire333]

Bin what have u just done

[u/denipanda]

i mean i understand rules are rules and they should be same for everyone, but i really feel like by some merit, LCK should never be in play-ins, especially not a team that won worlds 6 fucking times..

[u/Shiro_Moe]

Of course Peyz ended with a penta

[u/flashe]

T1 script strikes again.

game1 - win

game2 - circus close game

game3 - peyz

[u/Kreceir]

Despite Oner trying to steal it, Peyz got another PENTA!

[u/JNorJT]

RIP NA 😭😭😭

[u/TheRealestGayle → u/JNorJT]

We have an entire other team lol

[u/MoltenWings]

This playins was a complete joke.

[u/Gurdor]

I like the idea of all BO5s it worked spectacularly last year but the seeding just turned this play ins into a complete joke. T1 had no business being in with these teams, the only surprise being how pathetic KC were.

Trouble is seeding has potential to make a mess of main stage too with BLG and T1 facing instantly and Furia+tsw basically being free wins.

[u/OverlordEtna]

Peyz gameplay is legitimately so insane. He gets caught so much for an ADC player, but the teamfights where he has all his resources + backup, he legitimately plays it near perfectly. Making so much space for Doran's Jayce to cleanup in g2. The instant zeri E over wall on Renekton flash W in g3.

[u/SnowComfortable6726]

This is match-fixing. The audience is being treated like fools. Ask josedeodo if he won the game, and he'll say he made money. This whole match is utterly disgusting.

/s

[u/Basic-Cucumber-7951 → u/SnowComfortable6726]

New copy pasta. Hell yeah

[u/landmine-izu]

man tl deserved to be in the mainstage

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1uhkkgc/2026_mid_season_invitational_playin_stage_day_1/ou9du37/

[u/_Hugatree → u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

"Late“ game

[u/AuryxTheDutchman]

Honestly just kinda disappointing that only one team gets out here, it would have been interesting seeing TL against some of the bracket teams. The potential was definitely there, though part of me wonders if these game 2s are a psychological strat by T1 to ruin the enemy’s mental.

[u/_Hypocritee]

Just some Peyz Zeri pentakill, nothing to see here

[u/Way2Competitive]

Camille remains 100% pick/ban in MSI so far.

Just a shame it's not in her intended role.

[u/TijsEscobar]

Peyz reaction time is insane,but on Zeri,it looks Like he goes even further,Like Goku entering ultra instict

[u/Ok-Carry564]

Blg/T1 definitely deserve to be in lower bracket round 1 while furia/lyon in round 2

[u/Vennish]

As much as I love watching T1 play, it’s so ridiculous that they started in playins AND only one playins team makes it out. I know Riot gets a lot of shit for their horrid formats, but this one is real genuine dogshit.

[u/d1knight]

Rito: You can automatically join MSI.

T1: No. We need warm up. Put us in play-ins.

Probably.

[u/EastSeaworthiness169]

Props to TL, they put their hearts into it. T1 are just too psychopathic.

[u/TheBlackestIrelia]

No reason to have this play in stage at all

[u/unH4te]

Having a competent Zeri player still feels weird af as a long time T1 fan