T1 sweeps Nongshim RedForce

League of Legends results can blur together fast, but this one matters because T1 suddenly looks like a real force again. On May 13, T1 swept Nongshim RedForce 2-0 in the LCK regular season at LoL Park and moved to 9-4. That is the clean part. The more interesting part is how one-sided the series became once T1 got control. Faker took MVP, T1 crushed the map 16 towers to 2, and Nongshim never found a stable way back into either game. ### What actually happened in the series? T1 won in straight games. Game 1 lasted 24 minutes and ended with T1 snowballing hard after mid-game fights, then closing with Baron. Game 2 took longer at 31 minutes, but the pattern was similar — Nongshim hung around for stretches, then T1 won the decisive fight, took Baron, and ended cleanly. (invenglobal.com) ### Why did Game 1 get away so fast? The first map flipped when T1 started turning scattered skirmishes into clean objective control. Faker’s Ryze and Oner’s Xin Zhao helped create the first real edge, but the bigger swing came when T1 won a dragon fight without losing anyone, invaded aggressively, and pushed the gold lead past 5,000 before 17 minutes. From there, Nongshim forced plays that were already losing plays. (invenglobal.com) T1 punished them immediately. ### Was there one signature moment? Yes — Peyz’s Ashe getting the pentakill in Game 1. That was the exclamation point on a stomp that was already leaning T1’s way. It also captures the shape of the series pretty well. This was not a weird cheese win or a single throw. T1’s carries had room to play, and once they had room, Nongshim’s comp stopped looking playable. (invenglobal.com) ### What changed in Game 2? Game 2 had more resistance. Nongshim found some life in teamfights, and Scout’s Viktor helped create at least a plausible comeback path. But T1 had stronger solo-lane pressure — Faker’s Akali solo-killed Scout, and Doran’s K’Sante solo-killed Kingen’s Rumble. Those isolated wins mattered because they let T1 reach the later mid-game with multiple threats instead of one fed lane carrying everything. (invenglobal.com) ### How dominant was T1, really? Pretty dominant. Across both games, T1 finished with a 42-23 team kill lead, a 16-2 tower edge, four dragons to three, and two Barons to none. Faker posted a 13/3/6 line and won MVP. Peyz ended the match with 16 kills and the highest damage per minute on the server. Keria was involved in nearly three-quarters of T1’s kills. That is not just “won the series.” That is control in almost every category that matters. (invenglobal.com) ### What does this mean for T1? It means the climb is real enough to take seriously. T1’s record is now 9-4, and the recent match log shows a run of wins over Nongshim, Dplus, BNK FearX, and others across LCK play and the EWC Korea qualifier. Basically, the team that looked shakier earlier in the split is now stacking clean series instead of surviving messy ones. (liquipedia.net) ### And what about Nongshim? The catch for Nongshim is that this is starting to look less like a rough patch and more like a pattern. Their recent results show repeated 0-2 losses, including against T1, Gen.G, OKSavingsBank BRION, and others. Even when Nongshim finds a few good fights, the team has not been able to hold map control or convert those moments into wins. (liquipedia.net) ### Bottom line? T1 did not just beat Nongshim. T1 looked faster, cleaner, and more coordinated for almost the entire day. In the LCK, that is the difference between being dangerous and being a contender — and right now T1 looks much closer to the second group. (invenglobal.com) (liquipedia.net)