Since 2018 the LCK has won five of seven MSI titles when T1 reached the final. The LPL counter: they beat T1 in two of those finals. The structural argument for 2026 being different: JDG's roster has more international LAN experience than any LPL team since EDG's 2021 championship squad. The meta entering MSI heavily favors scaling team compositions that LPL teams have been drilling all split. T1 are still better individually in most positions but the gap in team coordination specifically has closed to something within tournament variance. I'm not calling the upset. I'm saying this is genuinely 60/40 rather than the 75/25 the odds suggest.
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Since 2018 the LCK has won five of seven MSI titles when T1 reached the final. The LPL counter: they beat T1 in two of those finals. The structural argument for 2026 being different: JDG's roster has more international LAN experience than any LPL team since EDG's 2021 championship squad. The meta entering MSI heavily favors scaling team compositions that LPL teams have been drilling all split. T1 are still better individually in most positions but the gap in team coordination specifically has closed to something within tournament variance. I'm not calling the upset. I'm saying this is genuinely 60/40 rather than the 75/25 the odds suggest.
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