League of Legends MSI 2022 Day One Recap

ByFeisal Merali Hours
T1 on stage during MSI 2022.

Last Updated on: 25th June 2022, 05:38 am

The first day of MSI 2022 has come to an end, and every team has played its first games of the tournament. Did T1 continue the dominance that they showed in the LCK, will RNG feel different playing remotely instead of in person like every other team?

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MSI 2022 Day One Results:

  • T1 > Saigon Buffalo
  • Team Aze < DetonatioN FocusMe
  • G2 > ORDER
  • Evil Geniuses < G2
  • Royal Never Give Up > fastPay Wildcats
  • PSG Talon < RED Canids

T1 Still On Form

Faker giving a thumbs up at the League of Legends MSI 2022 Groups Stage on May 10, 2022 in Busan, South Korea.
Faker giving a thumbs up at the League of Legends MSI 2022 Groups Stage on May 10, 2022 in Busan, South Korea.

Coming off a split in the LCK, the Korean national league, where they did not drop a single series, T1 continued their winning streak against the Vietnamese team Saigon Buffalos. The second-place team out of VCS did give T1 a run for their money, however, with the bottom lane specifically swinging in their favor.

Despite that, T1 still played a methodical game that negated any lead that was gained in the bot lane. The other lanes for T1 also created leads for themselves that made that task a lot easier leading into the mid-game.

This game was the first time that a team from Vietnam has played internationally since the pandemic started. The second-place team from the VCS did show what the league can do, but it left questions about what would have happened if the first-place team GAM Esports were able to play at this tournament.

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PSG Talon Aren’t The Same

At last year’s MSI, PSG Talon was able to make it all the way to the semifinals before being knocked out by the eventual winners Royal Never Give Up. This year, however, the team does not look as strong.

In their opening game, they lost to the CBLOL representatives RED Canids, a team that many people predicted to be the third-best in the group. The team just isn’t the same as it was last year, and if they do want to make it out of the group stage, let alone back to the semifinals.

Day two of MSI 2022 continues the action that happened today, with G2 Esports and Evil Geniuses going head-to-head again at 1 AM PST/4 AM EST/ 9 AM GMT. All the action rewards for watching, and schedule can be found at lolesports.com.