SKT T1 vs BBq Olivers – KeSPA Cup 2018

The KeSPA Cup is back for its 2018 edition! The best teams of the LCK and Challenger Series will compete for the last title of this year and the 80 000 Euros of the cash prize.

The reason we have picked this match is that it is the battle between possibly the best SKT T1 lineup against the struggling BBQ olivers and will be a great practice to comprehensively look at SKT T1’s new lineup.

The Resurrection of SKT T1

The SKT T1 2017-2018 season has been a one to completely forget. The Korean team has been the best in the world in League of Legends for a long time. However, the previous season has been a horrible one. SKT stayed out of the LCK Playoffs for the first time in their highly decorated history and was not able to reach the Worlds.

Considered by many as the best player in the world, at least until this year, Faker, has also been well below the expected level and has not found a way to help his teammates to reach the goals. In addition to going through this delicate situation, there was even talk of a possible departure from Faker.

Not only they failed to win the LCK, but they were left out of the Worlds, just a year after getting a second place with a lot of suffering. For this reason, they are aware that they have to make a comeback for the upcoming season. At that point, up to seven players of the 10-man roster of the team led by Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun left the SKT T1 colors, forcing the organization to make a winning template around Faker, Effort, and Leo. So, two months ago the Korean organization decided to develop a series of tests to find young talent to be able to incorporate their staff for the next season of the LCK.

Big news for SKT T1 Fans

Soon SKT T1 began to surround Lee ” Faker ” Sang-Hyeok with new and talented players. After the non-renewal of many of the organization’s historical recordings such as Bang, Wolf, and Blank, SK Telecom T1 management was quick to hire new players with whom they dreamt to rebuild the most dominant team in the competitive history of the League of Legends. Kim “Khan” Dong-ha, Kang “Haru” Min-seung, Park “Teddy” Jin-seong, Kim “Crazy” Jae-hee and Kim “Clid” Tae-min were signed as the five new companions of Faker.

Khan, the highly respected kingzone and Teddy toplaner, ex- player of Jin Air who holds the farm record in an official match with the 1464 minions kills won in January of this year against SKT, are is now the club’s bet for the next 2018-2019 season.

In the jungle, there are two novelties. On the one hand, we have Haru, who dazzled in his early years in Samsung Galaxy, to become a force to be reckoned with. In the jungle meta, he was clinical for Samsung against KSV and Gen.G. While, the other singing is Clid, who has been one of the keys in the good year of JD in the Chinese LPL thanks to his aggressive style. The signing of Crazy, in principle as a substitute for Khan, speaks of SKT T1’s intentions to maintain its bet with the ten-player rosters, two per position.

After completing these impressive signings, the last position to fill out was support and the organization completed the lineup by signings arguably the best Supports of the year.

Important signings for SKT T1

One of the most important signings in the history of the League of Legends worldwide took place a couple of weeks ago. One of the best players on the planet and possibly the most outstanding support amongst all the players competing in South Korea, Cho ” Mata ” Se-hyeong, was announced as a new player of SK Telecom T1.

Chris “Papa Smith” Smith, one of the LCK’s greatest scholars, affirmed the news and also said that Mata is the only player who can fight to be the second-best player of the Korean LoL after Faker. An honor reserved for players who, in addition to marking an era, are capable of altering the history and gameplay of the game. It’s not just that the signing of Mata for SKT is to add even more quality to a team that has plenty of talent, but that it is the leadership that the former star of KT Rolster brings what the club most needed.

With the signing of Mata, SK T1 also confirmed that Kim “Fly” Sangcheol, former coach of Jin Air, becomes the SKT T1 coach. In the process, the club was also forced to fire legends from the team: Bengi and PooManDu from their respective coaching positions.

Thus, the current lineup of SKT T1 aspires to absolutely everything. In fact, it is possible that, in recent years, it is the group that best surrounds its star: Faker. Just wait and see if SK Telecom T1 can return to the Olympus of League of Legends and regain the throne of the best team.

BBq Olivers

The side of BBQ Olivers sees new signings where the Support role will be taken up by Rebel while joining him in the mid lane is the ADC, Wind. Autumn will be in the mid lane. While in the top lane we have HeoKong. These players don’t have any competitive history, since, BBQ Olivers is their first pro team. Therefore, it will be a mountain to climb for the side against SKT T1. These rookies are joined by YouthCrew and Zzus who have a decent but not the best competitive experience.

While the last player of the team is a jungler, from Switzerland called Malice. He has competed at the highest tier of Swiss region and even represented his nation’s colors. He is reputed to be quite talented and aggressive.

Final Verdict

The SKT T1 lineup will confident against BBQ Olivers, who have beaten 5 times in the last 6 meetings by the decorated Koreans. The inexperienced lineup of BBQ will need a miracle to win even a single game of the series against SKT T1.

Odds on bookmakers

Bookmakers	SKT T1 Odds		Bbq Olivers Odds
	European	American	European	American
GG.bet	1.03	-3333	9.07	+807.00
Loot.bet	1.02	-5000	11.20	+1020.00
Bet365	1.01	-10000	13.00	+1200.00
X-bet.co	1.04	-2500	9.32	+832.00