Hello LPL viewers and League of Legends summoners, this is the World Game Exchange.
LPL played the second round of the lower bracket yesterday, IG vs. WBG, this game was widely considered by the audience to be a five-five game, and the result was that IG showed a better face and advanced to the semifinals with a score of 3-1.
The victory in this match also means a lot for Rookie.
Rookie broke the spell and couldn't believe it
This round of Rookie is to break a career curse, many viewers may not believe it, this is the first time in Rookie's career to defeat or eliminate Xiaohu in the BO5 stage, in all the previous BO5 battles, Rookie lost in the end, this thing even Rookie himself was very surprised.
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When the host mentioned this in an interview after the game, Rookie was very surprised and said that he really didn't expect it.
You must know that Rookie is a player who has won the S8 World Championship, and I believe everyone has seen the strength level at the peak of his IG career, and he has never won against Xiaohu.
Here is a brief summary of why the two have a record of fighting like this.
The first is the year when S8 won the championship, in fact, IG didn't play RNG in the league stage, and won the championship in the world championship, while RNG lost to G2 in an upset, and then the peak of the IG league was actually not that long, either it didn't meet Xiaohu when it was strong, or it was defeated by Xiaohu's team when it declined.
What must be said here is that Xiaohu beat Rookie's most ruthless BO5, which was the previous bubble match, which was won by defeating Rookie.
King Ning commented bluntly that IG won all by Xiaohu
The previous round of bubble games can be said to be a game in which many viewers judged that Rookie's strength has declined and there is no way to return to the top mid laner ranks, and many viewers have lost confidence in Rookie, plus when Rookie is playing in the league, there are often first-round tours or second-round tours in the playoffs.
As a result, many viewers are not very optimistic about this year's IG, but IG was swept by BLG in the first round and fell in three straight games, the loser group came back, first fought with FPX in five rounds and finally passed the thrilling level, and defeated the opponent 3-1 in the second round in the face of WBG, and is now already in the semi-finals, which has honestly met or exceeded the expectations of fans and viewers for the IG team.
In terms of the game, one of the funny things is that King Ning said a sentence when commenting on the later game between IG and WBG, and IG was able to win the game because of Xiaohu.
There must be an exaggeration in this sentence, but the state behind Xiaohu is indeed getting worse and worse, starting from the second Xiaohu's state is not right, the second Galio died 7 times without effect, the third plane did not find this person to play extremely outrageous, two directly developed i12, and the fourth Silas is also useless.
Analysis of the situation of the top four, whether IG can hit MSI
After the IG game, the LPL will usher in another key game, by TES vs. WE, the two teams will decide the last semi-final place, these two teams are also IG's hidden opponents, according to the rules of the LPL, the loser between BLG and AL will wait for the lower group team below in a high position, there is an innate advantage.
IG's current situation is to protect four and fight for three, and then lose and win blood, in terms of IG's current state, in addition to BLG, it seems that other teams have the power to fight, but they must belong to the inferior side, here IG first needs to adjust the player's personal state.
Personally, I think the state shown by IG against WBG in the later games is still good, especially the auxiliary Meiko, who played outrageously in the first two games, but the state in the back rose all of a sudden, and even won the MVP, it can be said that Meiko's state will largely determine how far IG can go.
If several people in the IG team can reach full state, with their upper limit strength, they will have a chance to hit the MSI seat, and you can look forward to seeing how far the No. 1 traffic team in this year's LPL can go in the end.