Although the 2024 Esports World Cup is in full swing, the LPL Summer Tournament also ushered in the second round of the regular season this week, after all, the LPL has a full 17 teams and cannot take a week or two off like other regions. They only postponed the schedule of TES and BLG, which participated in the Esports World Cup, but there are still other teams competing this week. The spring runner-up JDG's upset loss to WBG surprised the LPL audience, who would have thought that WBG, who would have stumbled into the summit group, would be able to kill JDG.
This was the first match between the two teams in the summit group. In the first game, Kanavi's Zyra was caught by 1 for 3 in the early stage, Xiaohu's plane was killed in the sixth level of the lower lane, and the mid-WBG Nakano linkage pushed the middle lane one tower. The WBG's offensive rhythm was very good, and the team quickly took control of the Earth Dragon Soul and the Great Dragon. Although it is said that JDG relied on Yagao's small cannon to grab the ancient dragon, and once tied the economic gap. But Tarzan firmly controlled the follow-up Ancient Dragon, which laid the foundation for WBG to win the game, and his pig girl also won the MVP.
If the first game was a fierce battle, JDG looked for opportunities in the inferior game, and WBG's Nakano played well to let the team win the final victory, then the second game was WBG's offensive situation. JDG started the game with a lead in the lanes, with the bottom lane duo getting heads in quick succession and invading the WBG jungle to put pressure. But as Breathe's crocodiles began to join the group, WBG won team battles one after another to narrow the economic gap, and the fat crocodiles made it difficult for JDG to deal with. After WBG got the two big dragons, he easily pushed off the crystals and won the victory.
As a team with a 3-5 record in Group D, WBG has improved significantly after entering the summit group, and Xiaohu and Breathe, who did not perform well in the fixed group, have both performed well in this series, thus making Tarzan more comfortable. The two teams met each other in this year's LPL Spring Playoffs, when JDG swept WBG 3-0. But at that time, WBG completely relied on the top laner Zdz in C, and he was suppressed by Flandre, and this time the newcomer sheer was suppressed by Breathe, which led to a complete reversal of the situation.
Although Kanavi is said to be a jungler who eats economy, he is not good at jungle core heroes, but is good at turning rhythm junglers into cores. After the game, all members of the WBG team were interviewed by the media and shared their experience and team atmosphere. When asked about the content of the communication with Kanavi and Ruler, Tarzan replied easily, they just briefly talked about the arrival time, and the two players arrived two days before the competition.
Talking about the team's winning streak, support player Crisp pointed out that there is a better understanding and cooperation between team members in terms of game strategy, especially in team battle performance, which needs to be strengthened to maintain the current upward trend. ADC player Light said that the key to defeating JDG is to find a lineup that is more suitable for the team, and the run-in within the team is becoming more and more mature.
Breathe's understanding of the current version of the top laner position is that you need to do a solid job of individual tasks in the early stage, and the performance in team battles is an important factor that affects the direction of the game. Xiaohu's view on the mid lane ecology is that the coordinated operation of AD mid laner and AP jungler has become the mainstream, and when it comes to the game of small cannon vs. aircraft, although the lane advantage of small cannon made him feel a little nervous in the first game, but in the end he won with team effort.
As for the comeback victory over the top of Group A from the third place in Group D, Xiaohu believes that the victory comes from a good BP strategy and the right decisions made by the team in the disadvantage, especially the improvement of the decision-making ability in the medium term. When asked to describe the mood after the victory in one word, the team members' responses were full of confidence and joy, all of which were "good play" and "very good", showing the high morale of the team.
Coach Daeny added that the team is very happy to win over JDG, and WBG will continue to improve and show better competitive form in the future. Daeny also revealed in the interview that the team has prepared well in terms of BP strategy during the offseason, and although there is room for improvement in each game, the overall performance is satisfactory, and future games will see them perform even better. In particular, he mentioned that he chose a small cannon in the second game, because he noticed that the opponent did not ban this hero, so he reminded Xiaohu in time to choose a small cannon that he was good at, and this decision became a highlight of the game.
It has to be said that victory always gives the team more confidence, and this interview not only shows the technical and tactical growth of WBG, but also conveys the close cooperation and positive spirit of the team. On paper, WBG has so many star players that it really deserves to play in the top six of the playoffs, not the poor performance of almost falling to the Nirvana group in the first round. As the run-in between Tarzan and the upper middle player further strengthened, it laid a solid foundation for the next matches of the WBG, after all, Xiaohu and Breathe theoretically have a higher ceiling.