T1 staved off elimination by defeating 100 Thieves in a do-or-die match, keeping their hopes of advancing to the quarterfinals alive.

Game 2 opened quietly with no kills on the board—until River (Kim Dong-woo)’s Pantheon stole away the first dragon to get 100T off to a flying start. Riding that momentum, Pantheon used his ultimate to gank mid and pick off Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok)’s Orianna, then converted the next ult into a kill on Keria (Ryu Min-seok)’s Neeko. In response, T1 conceded the Rift Herald but knocked down the outer mid turret, buying themselves time to scale by forcing whatever kill trades they could find. Faker even turned a 1v2, taking down Dokla’s Rumble.

100T answered back on the side lane, repeatedly catching out Doran (Choi Hyeon-joon)’s Galio—and, as a bonus, Oner (Moon Hyeon-jun)’s Jarvan IV. Even so, T1 breathed a little easier after collapsing quickly to shut down the fed Akali. T1 then secured their third drake during 100T’s reset window and came out ahead in the ensuing teamfight as well. 

The flow of the game steadily swung toward T1. 100T set up an ambush to try to delete Orianna, but T1’s rapid collapse flipped the script, and it was 100T who hemorrhaged more kills. Seizing on a moment where Jarvan IV and Orianna had been picked, T1 turned the apparent crisis on its head by catching out Rumble and Pantheon and then taking Baron. They also claimed Infernal Soul. Marching down bot lane, T1 closed it out with four kills without a single death, putting a period on the series.

This article was translated from the original that appeared on INVEN.