Chovy wins his back-to-back MSI title as Gen.G wins 3-2 against the World Champion T1.
The League of Legends 2025 Mid‑Season Invitational has finally reached a breathtaking conclusion as Gen.G defeats the reigning World champion T1 in 3-2 fashion.
Gen.G entered the finals as reigning MSI champions, having claimed the 2024 MSI trophy, and carried momentum into this year’s competition. They had previously bested T1 3-2 in the Upper Bracket- Round 3, forcing T1 into the Lower Bracket. There, T1 faced the LPL number 1 seed, Anyone’s Legend, and triumphed over them in a close 3-2 victory.
With the lower bracket-round 4 victory, T1 yet again faces Gen.G, with hopes of taking down the reigning MSI champions.
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T1 vs Gen.G, Yet Another Five Game Banger
Like the previous T1 vs Gen.G showdown, many expected it to be yet another five-game banger, and it delivered.
Game 1 of the series started with Gen.G picking the blue side and denying Doran one of his most successful picks, Jax. On the other side of the map, Ruler picked Lucian, with Duro playing one of the strongest Support picks, Braum. Unfortunately, these advantages weren’t enough as T1 managed to win out on all the early game objectives, leading to them getting Feats of Strength early. However, the game stabilized somewhat after that until T1 won a massive teamfight at the fourth dragon contest, leading them to get Baron and a massive gold lead, and ultimately winning the game 1 in the series.
Game 2 of the series stayed relatively close early. However, thanks to Kiin’s solid Sion performance and some well-timed Realm Warps from Chovy’s Ryze, Gen.G managed to get ahead. This led to a 30-minute victory for Gen.G with over a 10k gold advantage.
Game 3 of the series was a masterclass by the T1 support Keria, proving that Renata wasn’t the problem; Kalista was. Jokes aside, Keria in this game single-handedly shut down Duro’s Rell engages, which led to them getting advantages in the Bot lane early. After that, the game state became quite even, but again, Keria’s fantastic Hostile Takeover in the Rift Herald fight completely decimated Gen.G and their chances of game 3 victory.
Game 4 was a do-or-die game for Gen.G, and thus, they brought out one of Ruler’s best hyper carries, Zeri. On the other hand, Gumayusi players Jinx, leading to a battle of two hyper carry ADCs. Fortunately for Gen.G, despite falling behind early, Ruler managed to edge out the opponent Jinx, leading to a game 4 win for Gen.G.
It’s game 5 time, it’s all or nothing for both teams. T1 picked Renekton, Viego, Ahri, Caitlyn, and Karma, a very strong early to mid-game team composition. On the other side, Gen.G picked Canyon’s signature Nidalee, Aatrox, Aurora, Miss Fortune, and Duro picked Pyke. As most game fives go, it was supposed to be very close, and it was in the early game. Oner with his Viego picked up a couple of kills early, shutting down Canyon’s Nidalee. Unfortunately, when it comes to teamfights, Gen.G is a different beast. They executed their team comp perfectly, leading to them winning almost every team fight and ending the game at 35 minutes.
Thus leading to Gen.G‘s back-to-back MSI trophy and one of the most dominant performances of any team in MSI history. However, will they be able to keep up the momentum leading up to Worlds 2025?
