The 2025 World Championship wrapped up a few weeks ago, and once again T1 claimed the title, securing their third consecutive crown. As always, the longest international event of the year delivered plenty of standout highlights and spectacular plays. Here are the best plays from Worlds 2025.
Probably the most impressive play of the entire tournament. With T1 backed into a corner and trailing 2–1 against Anyone’s Legend, Keria locked in a creative pick that suits him perfectly: Neeko. As both teams gathered around the Rift Herald, Keria pretended to send in his clone toward the enemy carries — a common trick used to briefly gain vision.
But this time, the surprise was complete: it wasn’t the clone at all, it was the real Neeko. He forced LeBlanc’s flash and practically handed the opposing ADC over to his teammates, who simply had to follow up and secure the kill.
A massive gamble that paid off, as T1 went on to win that game, then the next, and eventually claimed the World Championship title. Another display of ingenuity from the best support player in League of Legends history. His Neeko also made headlines at other points during the tournament — including an ult on two players while disguised as a small raptor against TES…
In that same series against AL, Game 5 was still incredibly tight. But T1 were able to rely on their eternal clutcher, Gumayusi, to seal the deal. As Oner — playing Mundo for the first time — had granted access to the enemy backline by dying early in a 4v3 skirmish near Elder, Faker, Keria, and Guma grouped up to give their ADC all the space he needed to unleash maximum DPS, peeling for him as best as they could.
As if destined, Guma’s Flash came off cooldown at the last possible frame before he would have taken a lethal hit. He deleted Aatrox and then Sejuani through immaculate, limit-pushing kiting. Faker also regained just enough mana to finish off Jinx. An epic ending to a series that will forever be remembered as the greatest match of Worlds 2025.
And it wasn’t the only moment where Gumayusi’s mechanics proved decisive. In Game 5 of the Grand Finals, he once again sealed the victory by executing Bdd’s Smolder with near-perfect spacing. He was even awarded Finals MVP. A masterful tournament run and a display of resilience from a player many had doubted.
And if there’s a second BO5 that truly left its mark this year, it’s undoubtedly Gen.G versus their LCK runner-up, HLE. In a breathtaking Game 2 — with Viper seemingly determined to win it on his Ziggs — HLE pushed toward the Nexus, facing only the two surviving Gen.G carries after the previous teamfight.
That’s when Chovy landed a perfectly timed Shockwave that allowed Ruler to follow up and buy just enough time for the rest of the team to respawn. With nerves of steel, the mid-laner turned around a game that would eventually stretch to 58 minutes, swinging the momentum back in Gen.G’s favor. They went on to close out the series 3–1.
A fitting final flourish from Chovy to his former teammate Peanut, who retired right after this match…
There was another Shockwave that left the entire League of Legends community stunned — and it carried enormous weight in the story of these Worlds. G2 Esports were facing FlyQuest for a spot in the knockout stage, with the added pride of settling yet another chapter of the EU–NA rivalry in a clash between two regional champions.
In Game 3, SkewMond was playing Mundo and looked virtually unkillable as the match went on, while the Samurai built up a comfortable lead. But the unthinkable happened: G2 lost a fight — then another, with Mundo getting one-shot before he could even press his ultimate. Yet, drawing on the resilience they’d forged over the year, the LEC champions refused to give in. They found a pick on Bwipo, pushed forward, and set up a beautiful engage on the NA squad to finally close out the game.
Caps called it, and his teammate followed through: “Flash, flash, flash!” With Orianna’s ball on his back, SkewMond flashed straight into the remaining four FlyQuest players, landing a massive Shockwave followed-up by a Rell’s Q and a Jax’s E that punched G2’s ticket to the quarterfinals — an achievement they hadn’t reached since 2020.
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