Third game of the Round 1 of Worlds 2025 got KT Rolster taking on Movistar KOI – looks simple enough on paper, but honestly, this could end up a lot closer than people think. KT walk in with all that LCK weight on their shoulders, while KOI – the fresh faces from EMEA – just want to show they actually belong here. It’s one of those early-round games where confidence matters way more than history ever will.

KT Rolster’s form this year’s been a bit up-and-down, but still solid enough to keep them near the top back home. They’ve got that veteran backbone, with Bdd in mid and Cuzz running the jungle – both keeping things calm when it starts to get messy. Peter’s looked good too. When KT get early map control through Cuzz’s tempo, they usually turn that into objectives pretty cleanly. The issue? Sometimes they over-think mid-game setups and let teams slip back in. It’s like they hesitate for half a second and poof – momentum’s gone.

Movistar KOI, meanwhile, come in with nothing to lose, and that’s the thing that makes them scary. Their regional run was all about swinging early and never backing down, even from bad fights. When they get ahead, they go full throttle – it’s fearless stuff. But that same chaos can work against them. Against a Korean team like KT that actually punishes oversteps, one bad engage can snowball the other way fast.

So yeah, style-wise it’s another control-versus-chaos kind of clash. KT like their clean setups and map control, KOI just want to throw the first punch and see who flinches. If KT’s lanes stay stable, they should close this out on discipline alone. But if KOI pull off an early dive or two, we might have a real game on our hands.

Prediction time? KT Rolster 1-0. They’ve got the experience, the pacing, and probably the nerves to keep it steady. KOI might make it scrappy, and they probably will – but I think KT should still come out ahead.