Legendary Chinese League of Legends team LGD Gaming has secured a spot in this year’s World Championship. They faced off against 2018 Worlds champions Invictus Gaming for Round two of the LPL’s Regional Qualifier. LPL teams Top Esports, JD Gaming, and Suning will also head to Worlds alongside LGD.
Peanut's smile is meant to melt hearts😭 They crept in as 6th seed and were considered rank outsiders, but they've finally done it.
Congratulations to @LGDgaming for an incredible playoffs showing! pic.twitter.com/1K0dHSqfMs
— LPL (@lplenglish) August 30, 2020
In a battle between both top teams, IG was no match for LGD Gaming. IG had only won one out of four games, allowing LGD to qualify as LPL’s fourth and final seed for Worlds.
We have the New in TES, JDG, & SN, we have the Old in LGD, and most importantly, we have our four LPL teams ready to take over #Worlds2020!
🔹Seed 1: TES
🔹Seed 2: JDG
🔹Seed 3: SN
🔹Seed 4: LGD pic.twitter.com/sxMdrO6Dvi— LPL (@lplenglish) August 30, 2020
The LPL casters announced LGD as winners for the first two games. They stretched out the second game to 52 minutes, a rare occurrence in pro League of Legends. Although IG dealt plenty of damage thanks to Song “Rookie” Eui-jin and Ding “Puff” Wang, it wasn’t enough to win against their rival. LGD ended the game with four Barons, pushing their way to IG’s Nexus and ending in a victory.
50 minutes, 4 Barons, 2 Elders. It was a gruelling and hard fought game from both sides, but LGD narrowly edge it out, as we head towards match point!
LGD 2⃣-0⃣ IG. pic.twitter.com/l85hwd7Cun
— LPL (@lplenglish) August 30, 2020
IG stepped up their game for the third match, earning all four drakes and pushing eight towers. The MVP for this game is IG’s South Korean top-laner Kang “TheShy” Seung-lok.
The last match proved how badly LGD wanted the win, as they finished in 28 minutes with a big gold difference. Rookie once again dealt the most damage, but LGD ended with the most kills.
GGWP🤝
Unfortuantly, our journey to Worlds2020 ends here. We are very sorry to disappoint all our fans and supporters.
There have been many ups and downs for us over the season and we fail to make it at the very last stop. pic.twitter.com/5Pl2BesUg6
— Invictus Gaming (@invgaming) August 30, 2020
LGD returns to Worlds
This will be the first time since 2017 LGD veterans mid-laner Su “xiye” Han-Wei and jungler Han “Peanut” Wang-ho return to the Worlds stage. The team’s success came as a surprise since they found themselves in 15th place for spring and 6th place in the summer. Knocking IG out from qualifying for Worlds was an unexpected turn in events.
Unfortunately, Invictus Gaming won’t be attending this year’s Worlds after participating in the previous two years. They hold the title as the 2018 champions and finished 4th place in 2019.
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