T1 clean swept Top Esports and advanced to the Worlds Grand Final, where they will face KT Rolster in Chengdu on Sunday, November 9, 2025, starting at 8 AM CET. The back-to-back World Champions have now reached their fourth consecutive final after once again taking down an LPL team. Today, it was three games, three dominant stomps from T1 — one on blue side to open the series, two on red side to close it. A clean and convincing win for the LCK’s fourth seed, now heading to Chengdu to face their regional rivals.

Sheep Esports compiled ratings from its editorial team to present an average reflective of the collective view on the performances throughout the four games of the series.

T1: 8.5

T1 were nearly flawless today, coming in perfectly prepared after their intense quarterfinal against Anyone’s Legend and making quick work of Top Esports. Starting on blue side, they took full advantage of Orianna being left open, handing it to Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, who delivered a masterclass performance. In Game 2, Lee "Gumayusi" Min-hyeong brought out his surprise pick of the tournament, Kai’Sa, and completely dominated. The series ended with Faker’s unexpected Mel pick in Game 3. None of the games lasted over 30 minutes, and the series wrapped up in just two and a half hours.

Doran: 8

Choi "Doran" Hyeon-joon has just qualified for the first Worlds final of his career. In his post-match interview, the toplaner highlighted the impressive mental fortitude T1 display in high-pressure moments — the so-called “T1 effect” at Worlds. In Game 1, there wasn’t much for him to do, finishing 1/0/1 on Mordekaiser in a 30-minute game where T1 faced little resistance. In Game 2, he stood out more on Camille, with 16 kill participations out of 25, though the game wasn’t decided topside either. Finally, in the last game, he served as a massive frontline presence on Sion.

Oner: 8.5

Mun "Oner" Hyeon-jun was one of T1’s standout performers today. In Game 1, he outclassed his jungle counterpart. In Game 2, he delivered a flawless performance on Jarvan IV, finishing 4/0/21 with 100% kill participation, consistently finding his way into the enemy backline. He wrapped up the series on Pantheon, perfectly containing the opposing Qiyana’s aggression and landing decisive ultimates to send his team to the final. At this point, he’s simply the best jungler in the world.

Faker: 8

Massive BO5 from Faker. In Game 1, TES left Orianna open — by far his best champion in 2025 — and he completely took over, finishing with 100% kill participation and 37% of his team’s total damage. In Game 2, he pulled out Galio to peel Gumayusi’s Kai’Sa, before closing out the series on his surprise Mel pick of these Worlds. Faker now qualifies for his eighth Worlds final, having won five (2013, 2015, 2016, 2023, and 2024) and lost two (2017 and 2022). He’s now chasing his first-ever three-peat, the one that was once denied by Samsung Galaxy.

Gumayusi: 8.5

The deeper T1 go into Worlds, the stronger Gumayusi seems to get. The AD carry has quickly adapted his picks and champion pool throughout the knockout stage. Today, he started with a calm game on Varus, before once again pulling out his Kai’Sa and finishing 11/3/8 with 947 damage per minute — massive numbers. And he didn’t stop there: in Game 3, he went back to Ashe, a pick he already used two days ago against AL, providing constant damage and relentless slow to close out the series.

Keria: 8.5

Ryu "Keria" Min-seok is our MVP of the day. His level in these finals has been exceptionally high. He started with a game on Rakan, achieving 100% kill participation, then played Neeko — probably the champion he’s best in the world on — creating plays only he can see and using the clone with impressive precision. In the final game, he excelled on Renata, participating in 28 of his team’s 34 kills. In a post-match interview, Keria spoke about approaching the final against KT and mentioned that he’s no longer as obsessed with winning as before, showing that reaching the final and winning Worlds has, in a way, become routine for T1.

Top Esports: 2

The last representative of the LPL ran into a wall standing before them as the ultimate executioner of their region. Top Esports tried a lot, playing very aggressively as they usually do, but without much success. Outmatched from the very first teamfights, in objective taking, and in regrouping, there was just no room for TES to assert themselves today. Game 1, however, started on a good note with a first blood in their favor before Atakhan broke their morale. TES tries in the second game but leaves a teamfight-oriented composition to T1 that is far too strong to play against. They repeat again in Game 3 and their opponents take over too easily. TES comes out with a big sense of helplessness.

369: 6

A sense of déjà vu that must still be just as bitter for him. For the fourth year in a row, Bai "369" Jiahao is eliminated by T1 at Worlds. Yet this time, free from his usual tormentor Choi "Zeus" Woo-je, he had more opportunity to express himself. He had very good laning phases before often finding himself as his team's only hope in teamfights. His Mordekaiser and Ambessa are too well controlled in team fights. His Ornn, played like an assassin given the damage from the rest of his team, did what he could but obviously couldn't hold out alone.

Kanavi: 3

It wasn't the best birthday gift to make him face a team that has tormented him in the past. Just like 369, this is just another year where Seo "Kanavi" Jin-hyeok gets eliminated by T1 at Worlds. He tried to be very aggressive in the first game, only to end up wasting too much time compared to his opponent. He tries again in the second game but nothing was working for him, like a flash in the drake pit early anticipated by T1's botlane. He gets a few kills in the third game with his Qiyana but T1 makes him implode right from the first fight at the drake. Overall not a good showing today.

Creme: 2.5

The strongman of the quarter-final won against G2 did not repeat his performance today. T1 had taken care not to let him have his Yone throughout the entire BO. Despite this, Lin "Creme" Jian still tried to shine with his Akali in the first game, but apart from a good move on the first blood, he couldn't do much. His Ryze is outmatched by the entirety of T1's composition's ultimates, and his Aurora will have no impact on the game, despite a fairly well-played lane given the matchup. If he has a milestone to reach in his career, it definitely won't be this year.

JackeyLove: 3

You can never fault Wenbo "JackeyLove" Yu for his aggression and desire to do well. Unfortunately, when the whole team is sinking, there's not much left for him to do. Not far from achieving good scaling with his Sivir, he cracks at the same time as his team and won't be able to fully exploit his pick. Target of all enemy ultimates in the second game, he will hardly have the chance to play. He goes with his heart champion, Draven in the last game but the gap between the teams was so huge that even a cash-out in a teamfight proved useless. He never had the chance to dominate the lane as his team seemed to want.

Hang: 1.5

For his third appearance in the final stage of the Worlds, Fu "Hang" Minghang completely misses his match. This is not the first time for him at this stage of the competition. His Karma severely lacks impact. He can't receive the engages from T1 when his Nami was supposed to provide him with that possibility. A final game that was quite empty where he will have to play the bad role of the engage support by playing from behind. Transparent today, just like his team in the end.