The long, agonizing losing streak is over. And they also halted their arch‑rival’s 20‑match winning streak. In front of 12,000 home fans, T1 finally smiled. It was the perfect outcome. In the 2025 LCK Summer Split Round 3, on their home stage, T1 defeated Gen.G Esports 2‑1. With the victory, T1 ended a 12‑match losing streak in the league against Gen.G. They also stopped Gen.G’s overall 28‑match win streak—more specifically, Gen.G’s 20‑match LCK‑season winning streak—rewarding their passionate home crowd with a tremendous performance.

This match was a joint home‑venue event co‑hosted by the LCK and T1. T1 invited Gen.G—whom they consider their most desired opponent to surpass—to their home arena. Gen.G had been flawless up to that point: 2–0 in the split and champion of the 2025 Mid‑Season Invitational (MSI) as well as the Esports World Cup (EWC), presenting a formidable test. For T1, managing form and decisively ending their painful losing streak were both imperative. Gen.G, too, needed to avoid the humiliation of defeat on a rival’s home turf.

Both teams played around their junglers early on. T1 targeted Orianna in mid and got favorable trades, while Gen.G pushed through bottom‑lane dominance. When the match was evenly poised, Gen.G turned the tide: they reversed a gank on a T1 champion hiding in top‑lane brush, and simultaneously secured kills in bottom to seize momentum. The next turning point came at the 20‑minute dragon fight. Gen.G entered the dragon pit lacking vision—and Gen.G’s Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon landed an Orianna ultimate that hit all five T1 players, clearing an ace. From that fight, Gen.G stretched a gold lead and claimed Game 1.

Gen.G used Twisted Fate’s ultimate to target T1’s key pick, Jayce, and scored two kills. Persistently attacking top, Gen.G pressed their advantage—until T1 counter‑dived and turned it around for three kills. In the Rift Herald skirmish that followed, T1 eliminated the opposing Skarner first, secured the Herald, and widened the gap. Gen.G pressed back, but Chovy overstepped with a Twisted Fate ultimate at Baron, and T1 punished it expertly. With the resulting 4v5 scenario, T1 won the fight, seized the initiative, then held off Gen.G’s aggression to destroy the Nexus and even the series.

T1 dove successfully onto Gen.G’s bottom‑lane duo at top. Gen.G’s top laner, Kim "Kiin" Gi-in, tried to teleport in for rescue, but Choi "Doran" Hyeon-joon on T1 blocked it, ensuring the dive angle. T1 looked for more dive opportunities on Gen.G’s bottom duo, but Gen.G defended solidly and prevented any momentum swing. Gen.G placed their key Viktor pick in an isolated lane to focus on scaling. During a mid‑lane first‑tower contest, T1’s Doran on Gragas landed an ultimate that pulled Senna inward—and T1 won the ensuing skirmish. T1 then again triumphed in a mid‑lane team fight and took down the mid‑lane second tower, building a 6,000‑gold lead. Gaining control, they picked up Rift Herald and pushed into the bottom‑lane second tower. A clutch Thresh ultimate from Ryu "Keria" Min-seok—his Death Sentence catch—shined. T1 won the subsequent fight and sealed the series as the final victors.

With this win, T1 cut ties with their longstanding misfortune against Gen.G and snapped their long losing streak. Buoyed by fervent home support, the victory fuels T1’s campaign for the upper echelons of the league. Gen.G’s previously flawless run has ended—but they remain a powerful contender as they prepare for their next match.