Confronting NS RedForce, who was not in good form in the Elder group, T1 quickly won 2-0. Accordingly, Faker and his teammates won their 7th victory in the Baron table, and also rose to the top of this table.

In this match, T1 still chose to use Smash instead of Gumayusi. Right in the first game, T1 was played on the blue side and selected the strong line with options like Jayce, Viktor and Caitlyn. With NS, this team also uses a lot of key damage such as Aurora, Hwei and Ezreal. 

2025 LCK Cup: Destroying NS RedForce, T1 holds on to fragile hope for the Baron table

In the early stages of the game, T1 quickly demonstrated their overwhelming laning ability when they soon took down NS's bot lane tower. This helps the reigning world champion actively attack and control the goal of the game, although there are also times when NS catches T1's odd situations. Towards the middle stage, the two teams started competing around the goals.

The turning point only came in the 27th minute, T1 attacked Baron, NS tried to stop but Kingen and Lehends were captured, thereby T1 won this buff. Just 2 minutes later, T1 won a decisive fight in the mid lane, killing 4 people and destroying the main house, taking a 1-0 lead. 

Parameters 1

In game 2, NS changed to the blue team and chose a squad with strong attacking mains like Renekton - Akali. Meanwhile, T1 surprised with Smash's Jinx protection lineup, and Faker chose mid lane Ambessa. T1 continued to be the dominant team on the road and quickly created a gap of up to 2,000 coins. 

The big advantage of money helps T1 control the map and conduct "snowballs", win the Atakhan charm in the 22nd minute. Soon after, T1 attacked the lower lane of the NS and won the soldier and 4 defeat points . Finally, T1 won Baron in the 27th minute before entering the main house of NS and ended the game just 1 minute later, setting the final victory 2-0.