Oct. 13 marked the beginning of the second phase of the group stage at the 2022 League of Legends World Championship, with Group A fearlessly stepping onto the testing grounds of Summoners Rift to prove they are worthy of the knockout stage. Since T1, Cloud9, Fnatic, and EDward Gaming stood a chance to advance to the next stage, it would be an understatement to say that yesterday’s matches were adrenaline-packed rollercoasters for viewers across the world. One of the biggest highlights of the evening was easily an honorable one-vs-one between Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok and Jensen.
During the match between C9 and T1, the veterans of League finally clashed in a skill-intensive standoff with Jensen playing Akali and Faker on Sylas. The matchup is historically known for being one of the biggest skill matchups in the mid lane since both Sylas and Akali have the necessary tools to outplay one another, like healing, dashes, CC, and invisibility. At the 22-minute mark, Jensen and Faker stumbled upon each other in T1’s jungle for an epic showdown.
Sparing no effort, Faker and Jensen used every tool at their disposal to outlast each other, including abilities, items’ actives, and even flashes. In the end, Faker won the duel thanks to a timely Stopwatch that denied Akali’s Perfect Execution. As Faker and Jensen were measuring their skills in the jungle, the rest of T1 were finishing the game and sending C9 packing.
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Although C9 won’t continue their run at Worlds 2022, Evil Geniuses and 100 Thieves—although heavily behind the rest of the pack—can still make the knockout stage if they roll their sleeves up this weekend.
