T1 goes into MSI as favorites and I don't think that's wrong. But anyone who watched JDG's spring playoffs needs to acknowledge their champion pool is the widest we've seen from an LPL team since EDG 2021. They drafted 23 different champions across 9 games in the playoff run. That diversity means you can't ban them out of comfort picks — every ban is a resource spent on one of many threats. T1's draft style tends to lock in Faker's comfort heroes which is reliable but predictable. If JDG's scouting team has done their homework on T1's five-ban patterns, the draft could disadvantage T1 even when they're the better team.

]]>https://spveforpit.com/topic/172/t1-at-msi-2026-favorites-but-jdgs-draft-diversity-is-genuineRSS for NodeSun, 26 Apr 2026 13:21:43 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2026 20:50:00 GMT60JDG's draft diversity is real. They're the first LPL team in years where I genuinely don't know which champions their mid-laner will pick in a must-win game.

]]>https://spveforpit.com/post/388https://spveforpit.com/post/388Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:22:20 GMTT1 fans love saying Faker is irreplaceable but the data actually supports it this time. Their win rate with Faker at 100% vs 80% health is dramatically different.

]]>https://spveforpit.com/post/387https://spveforpit.com/post/387Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:23:00 GMTT1 goes into MSI as favorites and I don't think that's wrong. But anyone who watched JDG's spring playoffs needs to acknowledge their champion pool is the widest we've seen from an LPL team since EDG 2021. They drafted 23 different champions across 9 games in the playoff run. That diversity means you can't ban them out of comfort picks — every ban is a resource spent on one of many threats. T1's draft style tends to lock in Faker's comfort heroes which is reliable but predictable. If JDG's scouting team has done their homework on T1's five-ban patterns, the draft could disadvantage T1 even when they're the better team.

]]>https://spveforpit.com/post/303https://spveforpit.com/post/303Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:50:00 GMT