Faker was also surprised to witness Riot’s drastic move.
Riot is determined to erase the lane-swapping meta but leaves Faker “dumbfounded”
A short while ago, Riot announced new updates and the most notable of which is that this publisher is determined to erase the lane-swapping meta that has dominated professional LoL since MSI 2024. In particular, Riot also provides a lane-swapping warning system and greatly increases the damage of single lane towers. And recently, Faker has become a “victim” in Riot’s efforts to change the meta in professional LoL.
Specifically, when Faker tested Riot’s new anti-roaming mechanism, he used Rengar and tried to attack the Top Lane turret. However, when Faker just moved to the Top Lane and had damage exchanges with the opponent champion, the system sent out a warning. And at the time Faker wanted to dive the turret, the result was that he was shot by the turret, losing 3900 health and being defeated.
But this change could benefit Faker and T1 themselves
In fact, having to combine lane rotation and Fearless Draft (if any) has caused T1 a lot of difficulties in the recent LCK Cup 2025. Not only did they lose lanes in all 3 lanes when facing strong opponents, but Faker himself also lost possible options that are suitable for his current playstyle.
In case the lane-swapping style ends, T1 will be able to return to the “win lane, win game” style based on the two bot lanes with the strongest laning skills in the world of League of Legends – Gumayusi and Keria. This also reduces the pressure on the Top or Mid Lane as well as easily creates the premise for T1’s snowballing to the bottom side to be done more effectively and thoroughly.
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