This World Championship had a winner from every Worlds since 2016. Apart from Damwon players who fell in Swiss Stage, Faker had to face all of them.

Year Player Previous Winning Team Current Team Last match with T1
2016 Faker T1 T1 -
2017 Ruler SG JDG Worlds Semis
2017 CoreJJ SG TL Worlds Swiss
2018 TheShy IG WBG Worlds Finals
2019 Crisp FPX WBG Worlds Finals
2020 Canyon Damwon Damwon LCK Playoffs
2020 Showmaker Damwon Damwon LCK Playoffs
2021 Scout EDG LNG Worlds Quarters
2022 Pyosik DRX TL Worlds Swiss
2022 Deft DRX Damwon LCK Playoffs

All roads lead to Faker, but this is Faker’s road.

If T1 win this year, here ya go Riot, free 2024 Worlds Song video!