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★Game Horseshoes Original

The previous battle between NIP and LGD

NIP and LGD were the last two teams in the Summit Group. In the final battle of 0-7 vs 0-7, LGD won 2-1. Afterwards, both teams defeated the teams in the Nirvana Group in the play-offs and advanced to the playoffs. Interestingly, they will become opponents again and meet in the first round of the playoffs. Since it is a single elimination stage, a Bo5 game will determine the winner. The winner will continue to move forward, and the loser will have to enter a long offseason to prepare for the 2025 season.

NIP was crushed

In the same 14.14 version, NIP won the Bo5 against RA 3-0, but was crushed in the previous Bo3 against LGD. This makes people wonder how much stronger LGD is than RA? On the other hand, Leyan has only been on the team for a short time to replace Aki, so maybe the whole team has just found a sense of tacit cooperation. Will this make the next Bo5 between NIP and LGD different?

Also a former IG group

The last time Leyan and Rookie partnered up was in 2019, which was five years ago. The summer season at that time was Leyan's first debut in LPL, and he participated in the S9 World Finals with IG. After playing for IG for a year, he transferred to VG, the predecessor of RA, in the summer season of 2020. Later, some public opinion storms about Leyan were more eye-catching than his own strength.

NIP realized that there was a problem with their jungler at the end of this season, and eventually replaced Aki by recruiting Leyan as a free agent. However, he was unable to help NIP avoid the fate of 0-8 at the bottom. Although the performance in the playoffs was not bad, there is a reason why Leyan has not been able to perform well for so many years. His ability in major competitions, especially in key games, is indeed not good. This former IG mid-jungle combination was extremely unstable in the playoffs.

Can Bo5 beat LGD?

LGD is a relatively pure club in LPL. The most important goal of each season is to let young players show their worth. Entering the playoffs with a very low lineup value is already a success. The playoffs are naturally a one-shot game. If you win, you win, and if you lose, you lose. NIP at least spent a lot of money this year, recruiting Rookie, Shanji and Aki from the former OMG, and Leyan at the end of the season. It is obviously unacceptable if they are eliminated in the first round, so NIP is obviously under greater psychological pressure.

Before the start of the season, no one thought that LGD's ragtag lineup could beat NIP with Rookie, but it was NIP that lost 0-8 in the final of the Summit Group. This Bo5 may be different from the Bo3, giving NIP, who is stronger on paper, more room for error, but LGD is not a team that cannot beat NIP. This game may return to the foot of the mountain battle in the Summit Group, and it will not be easy for either team to win.