T1 Anivia Surprise Tests BNK FEARX in LCK Game 4

TL;DR: In LCK Game 4, BNK FEARX’s Yorick, Maokai, Viktor, Corki and Nami face T1’s Nasus, Skarner, Anivia, Miss Fortune and Neeko, with the draft model favoring BNK FEARX 51% to 49%. Faker’s Anivia is the defining wrinkle: the champion has only 43% in 61G in LCK, yet holds 62% in 26G versus Viktor.

T1 have deliberately accepted a low-baseline Anivia pick to lock Viktor in lane and build a controlled front-to-back map around Faker. It is not a forced-looking comfort selection: it asks Oner’s Skarner and Keria’s Neeko to create the engage windows that let Anivia wall off BNK FEARX’s exits before Yorick can split-push.

Compositions: BNK FEARX vs T1

BNK FEARX want Maokai engage into Viktor zone control, with Taeyoon’s Corki supplying poke and Clear’s Yorick threatening a side-lane split-push. Raptor must gank early enough to protect VicLa’s lane, then BNK FEARX can snowball through objective setups where Nami keeps the carries alive.

T1’s composition has more direct engage through Oner’s Skarner and Keria’s Neeko, while Doran’s Nasus can pressure Yorick later and Peyz’s Miss Fortune punishes clustered teamfights. Faker’s Anivia gives T1 scaling and terrain control, but the comp needs clean setup rather than messy early skirmishes.

Key Picks and Stats

Clear’s Yorick has a 46.4% global WR over 364G, a 50.0% LCK WR over 44G, and Clear is only 20.0% over 5G with a 1.7 KDA. Doran’s Nasus is a surprise counter-pick rather than a standard meta answer: Nasus owns a 55.6% global WR over 27G and a 100.0% WR over 2G versus Yorick, although that sample is tiny.

Raptor’s Maokai is BNK FEARX’s most reliable individual signal at 52.0% global WR over 125G, 80.0% LCK WR over 10G, and 100.0% over 3G with a 12.5 KDA for Raptor. Oner’s Skarner has a 52.4% global WR over 414G, but only 50.0% over 30G in LCK and 50.0% over 2G for Oner.

The mid lane favors T1 statistically. VicLa’s Viktor has a 50.3% global WR over 746G, but 34.7% over 49G in LCK, 0.0% over 2G versus Anivia in LCK, and 40.0% over 5G for VicLa. Faker’s Anivia carries a 52.6% global WR over 576G, a 61.5% WR over 26G versus Viktor, and Faker is 63.6% over 11G with a 4.8 KDA.

Taeyoon’s Corki has a 40.9% WR over 22G versus Miss Fortune, while Peyz’s Miss Fortune posts 59.1% over 22G into Corki. Kellin’s Nami is 66.7% over 3G with a 7.5 KDA, but Keria’s Neeko is 77.8% over 9G with a 3.3 KDA and has a 60.0% LCK WR over 5G versus Nami.

Draft Edge

Neither forecast B1—T1 Ambessa or BNK FEARX Rumble—appeared in the final draft, and the supplied draft does not confirm which forecast bans occurred. T1 have the sharper lane counters through Nasus and Anivia, but BNK FEARX have the stronger Maokai signal and a more coherent poke-plus-split-push fallback. T1 must deny Yorick’s side lane; BNK FEARX must prevent Skarner-Neeko engage.

Polymarket Market

Polymarket prices Game 4 at BNK FEARX 38% — T1 62%, sharply favoring T1 despite the model. The series market is BNK FEARX 56% — T1 44%, after BNK FEARX rose from 16% pre-match by +29.0 percentage points. The market is substantially more optimistic about T1 in this specific game than in the series, likely respecting Faker’s Viktor counter and T1’s engage tools.

Prediction

The model remains BNK FEARX 51% — T1 49%, but the lane data justify trimming that to BNK FEARX 50% — T1 50%. BNK FEARX won Games 2 and 3 after T1’s Game 1 win, so series momentum favors BNK FEARX, while T1’s 62% Game 4 market price reflects its stronger season profile and counter-pick execution.

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*Data: draftlol live draft model + Polymarket, draft close.*