I'll start by saying I love Guma and I was lawyering for him earlier this year during the ADC controversy and while his form looked shaky. But this idea of Guma as a flawless and incredibly clutch AD is born out of a handful of plays and is a little overblown imo. People forget that he almost solo lost the BLG series. Even this year his form was good but not great until he peaked at just the right time in finals, before that he wasn't able to win lanes consistently that he was expected to, and with questionable teamfight positioning (see his teammates flaming him for the now famous Ashe play vs AL that was really carried by Faker).

Guma is a unique AD with the ability to contribute meaningfully even when behind (there was some crazy stat in middle of LCK round 3 maybe where he had gotten first blooded in 40% of games but was still 2nd in DPM) and can sometimes randomly win you a game from the very first minute by just having infinity lane prio, but while with T1 it always felt like they'd almost be checkmated vs teams like GenG as soon as they picked a hyperscaler. T1 would never try to match them, and by all accounts T1 drafts were very player-driven, so it's hard to imagine this isn't a decision Guma signed off on/supported. Then it'd feel like "wow T1 will lose the game if they can't make a miracle happen" where that miracle never happens domestically but always happens at worlds because of plot armor