Since the entire BLG roster received the regular season First Team accolades, many LPL fans have been eagerly anticipating their playoff performance. Quite a few viewers even think that BLG could make history by becoming the first LoL team to achieve the "Golden Road." After all, before the playoffs began, numerous casters and streamers were praising BLG as "invincible" in the LPL. However, something unexpected occurred: BLG was shockingly defeated by WE in the very first round of the playoffs.

Before the match started, no BLG fan believed that WE could beat them. After all, WE doesn't have a single star player, while industry insiders revealed that any random player from BLG could buy the entire WE team. Moreover, WE had been crushed twice by BLG during the regular season. Many BLG fans joked that WE would be lucky to take even one game off BLG. But who could have imagined that WE would pull off the biggest upset in LPL history, directly sweeping BLG 3-0 and advancing to the LPL winners' bracket?

After BLG's upset loss to WE, their coach, Danshen, faced some "pointed questions" from the host during the post-match interview. For example, the host wanted to know: "Does BLG regret choosing WE as their opponent?" (As the LPL regular season first-place team, BLG had the right to select their playoff opponent.) Danshen admitted that choosing WE was a team decision. Since BLG had already faced WE in the regular season and were familiar with them, they all believed that picking WE would be the easiest path to victory.

Finally, BLG coach Danshen criticized the players during the interview. He stated that the reason BLG lost to WE was the players' lack of discipline during matches. It wasn't a matter of throwing kills, but rather serious errors in in-game judgment. In his opinion, given BLG's current state, they would have lost no matter who they faced in the first round. What do you think of BLG's performance today? I personally noticed many questionable decisions from them during the games.

In the third game between BLG and WE, BLG had a 7,000 gold lead in the mid-to-late game but refused to fight WE head-on. Instead, they had Viper's fed Caitlyn attempt a backdoor, which allowed WE to easily secure the Ocean Soul. In the fourth game, BLG again had a huge lead but failed to clear dangerous minion waves, opting instead to force a mid-lane push. This ultimately led to WE counter-pushing and winning the game. It feels like all five BLG players made significant "thinking errors" during the matches.

Of course, one team's sorrow is another's joy. After WE's victory, LPL viewers across the internet praised WE's captain, Monki, for his impressive performance. According to WE's post-match voice comms, both the coaching staff and players followed Monki's calls and arrangements closely, which made WE look very cohesive as a team.Moreover, many viewers believe that Monki possesses leadership qualities. Back when WE was on the "Knight's Road" and faced a 2-1 match point against LNG, support erhao started sighing during the game. But Monki encouraged him not to sigh, and ultimately WE came back to win 3-2 against LNG. Now they have completed the "Dark Horse Miracle," going from the bottom seed to defeating the top seed.

Conclusion

After the new patch, BLG's performance has indeed been underwhelming. In the Esports World Cup qualifiers, BLG was swept by WBG, and now they have lost to WE again. As a result, many BLG fans are complaining that the game designers are deliberately targeting them. Do you think BLG's loss to WE is due to the patch? Do you believe BLG still has a chance to fight their way back from the losers' bracket? And what do you think are their chances of winning the second split championship?