T1 vs. DRX League of Legends LCK 2023 Summer Split: Head-to-head, livestream details, and more

T1's final opponent in the first Round Robin game of the League of Legends LCK 2023 Summer Split Group Stage is DRX. The former are currently sitting in third place, while their opponents are ninth. Only the top six teams from this stage will proceed to the Playoffs. Furthermore, the winner of this tournament will directly qualify for LoL's 2023 World Championship's Swiss Stage.

Although this is the same matchup as last year's World Championship final, the circumstances are completely different. Firstly, T1 are not in their best form and are struggling to win against underdogs. Meanwhile, DRX is now a completely different team. Only their support player, BeryL, from last year's lineup is still in this squad.

This article will look into the T1 vs. DRX matchup in more detail and offer their most recent head-to-head statistics.

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Preview of T1 vs. DRX at League of Legends LCK 2023 Summer Split Group Stage

Prediction

T1 is having a bitter-sweet League of Legends LCK split. Although they've only lost to the top two teams in South Korea, Gen.G Esports and KT Rolster, they are still presenting underwhelming performances against opponents in lower positions.

Last week, they faced Nongshim RedForce and lost the first game. Despite winning the next two and winning the overall series, T1's overall team performance lacked synergy and focus. Their neutral objective controls were disappointing, as were the mid-jungle laning phases.

The only performer in this series was T1's top laner, Choi "Zeus" Woo-je. He was destructive during the last two matches with his Gnar pick. He carried his team in both and won the sole MVP award. Furthermore, the botlane duo of Gumayusi and Keria performed well too.

It's important to point out that the legendary League of Legends midlaner, Lee " Faker" Sang-hyeok, is currently suffering from a right-arm injury. After the game against Nongshim, he mentioned in a press conference that he was experiencing some arm pain that was preventing him from playing properly. He asserted:

"Since the match against OK Savings Bank Brion, my performance has been subpar due to my arm's poor condition. It had a significant impact."

However, it's still unknown what the exact cause of his pain was or when he'll recover from it. As for the match against DRX, T1 Zeus stated on stage that he believes the match will be difficult, but that they will perform better than they did in the previous match.

DRX, on the other hand, is seeing a disappointing back-to-back season; so far this split, they have lost six games and only won two. Although they replaced their ADC, Seo "deokdam" Dae-gil, with Park "Padeck" Seok-hyeon, at the start of this season, their performances have still been underwhelming.

On a positive note, they won two out of their last three games, so they might be able to put up a strong fight against T1 in the League of Legends LCK Summer Split. However, their botlane duo needs to step up massively and implement macro plays in a positive way to have a chance against the Telecom giants.

T1 should be able to defeat DRX in a straightforward 2-0 fashion.

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Head-to-head

T1 vs. DRX is a pretty common match in recent League of Legends history. The former has won it 14 times, while the latter has come out on top only thrice.

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Previous results

T1 won their previous matchup 2-1 against Nongshim RedForce in the League of Legends LCK 2023 Summer Split. DRX lost their series against BRION 1-2.

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LCK Summer Split rosters

T1

• Top: Zeus
• Jungle: Oner
• Mid: Faker
• Bottom: Gumayusi
• Support: Keria

DRX

• Top - Rascal
• Jungle - Juhan
• Mid - Fate
• Bottom - Padeck
• Support - BeryL

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Livestream details

The League of Legends LCK 2023 Summer Split match between T1 and DRX will occur at 3:30 am PT/4 pm IST on July 5, 2023. You can tune in to LCK's official streams on YouTube and Twitch to watch the game live.