With all four games in the quarterfinals of S12, there are only JDG teams left in the teams that have advanced to the quarterfinals, and they will face strong opponent T1 in the semi-finals. On October 30, Beijing time, S12 will usher in the half-finals . On that day, JDG, the No. 1 seed in the LPL region, will face the No. 2 seed in LCK No. 2 seed T1. The winner of this game will advance to the championship and runner-up finals of this year's S match. As the most difficult opponent JDG has encountered in this S12, they must pass the T1 level to get tickets to the finals. Both sides will definitely do their best in this game.
This opening match of the S12 semi-final will kick off at 5:00 am on October 30, and both sides will decide the winner with BO5. In the past group stages and quarter-finals, T1 defeated almost all opponents easily in a hot state. The only game they lost was in the first round of the group stage to FNC, which is known as the strongest AD player of LEC due to a mistake. Looking back on their defeat, the main reason is that Oner played too casually and was snowballed by the combination of Luna, the FNC bottom lane.
For JDG, the game T1 lost to FNC has some reference value, but they can use this method to defeat T1. After all, it can be seen from previous games that JDG is a team that mainly revolves around Ueno. The way they won the game in the past was either Kanavi helped the 369 on the road to establish an advantage in the early and mid-term, and snowballed the game all the way, or waited for the team battle at a disadvantage, and completed the turnaround through more delicate team battle handling and stronger ability to seize opportunities.
For JDG, their hidden danger is that their ability to go against the front and mid-term is actually not excellent among the top four teams, especially the combination of Hope and Missing in the bottom lane is often killed by line when facing RGE in the quarterfinals, which lays a hidden danger for the match against T1. After all, Gumayusi and Keria may be the best performance of the bottom lane pair so far in this S match. If Hope cannot stabilize the lane in the bottom lane, then every game will undoubtedly make the difficulty of the game sharply increase. The advantage of
T1 is that their BP has more choices, which is due to the deep hero pool in the bottom lane. The two unpopular heroes, Big Tou and Hummy, need to be prepared. In the quarterfinals, DRX takes out ice assistance, so when it comes to laning the bottom lane, you should pay attention to T1 taking out such unpopular heroes. If the version understanding does not keep up with T1 and continues to get the line rights in the bottom lane, even JDG will play very uncomfortable even if the team that focuses on the top mid-orbit. Judging from the data given by professional e-sports prediction platforms before the game, the JDG team in the LPL region is slightly inferior to T1 with 2.07, but the gap between the two sides is really small. As a matchup with a even match, on-the-spot state and BP arrangement will become the key to affecting the outcome of the game.
In terms of the confrontation between the upper, middle and wild, JDG is definitely not worthy of T1 at all, and may even gain the upper hand in this BO5 showdown. After all, although T1's top lane Zeus is very strong, 369 also proved that he is one of the best top laners in this S match through previous rounds. In terms of mid-junction, JDG is actually stronger, especially the jungler Kanavi's position is stronger than Oneer in the current version, both in the hero pool and in the version. This is the possible advantage of JDG in this BO5.
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