Last week, the LCS Summer Split 2023 playoffs intensified with the Lower Bracket combating for his or her likelihood to make the Summer Split finals but in addition chart their course to the League of Legends World Championship in South Korea. In the Lower Bracket, Team Dignitas appeared to upset the quantity 2 seed Golden Guardians after Golden Guardians misplaced shockingly 3 to 1 to NRG. After a surprising Game 5 win, towards TSM the week prior, Team Dignitas appeared to maintain their playoff run alive towards Golden Guardians.
On the opposite facet of the decrease bracket, Team Liquid appeared to maintain their playoff goals alive combating towards the cleanly swept Evil Geniuses; within the prior week, EG misplaced to Cloud 9 inside three video games. Meanwhile, Team Liquid had a powerful collection of matches towards 100 Thieves to advance to the Lower Bracket 2nd spherical. If TL or EG received, they’d go on to face the Winner of Golden Guardians Vs Dignitas. No matter what, every of the successful groups within the Lower Brack must play two video games all through the weekend in an effort to make it to the LCS Summer Finals.
Team Liquid vs Golden Guardians Results
Rather than recapping the collection in its six-game entirety, we will probably be going over the fundamentals of what occurred. Game 1 Team Liquid had a lead however threw the result in Golden Guardians. Then in a mid-fight, Golden Guardians took a nasty workforce combat, and Team Liquid was in a position to push down mid and finish the sport. In sport 2, the kill rely was low early within the sport, however as soon as Baron spawned, Team Liquid began selecting up kills on Golden Guardians. Team Liquid was in a position to bait Golden Guardians to choose off their carries after which simply march down mid-lane but once more.
In sport 3, Golden Guardians have been in a position to regain their composure and decide up some simple kills by utilizing tanks and burst champions; all through most factors within the sport, Golden Guardians had doubled or extra the kills of Team Liquid. With momentum beginning to swing in direction of Golden Guardians a reverse sweep was trying doable. With a catch within the bot lane, Golden Guardians was in a position to blow up Team Liquid’s most fed member APA. This allowed GG to get triple inhibitors after which transfer to Baron. Team Liquid appeared to cease it, however GG was in a position to ace them and finish the sport.
This brings us to sport 5 and that is the place issues get difficult. Now, many will argue that it is best to be capable of play it doesn’t matter what occurs, however a bug in sport 5 triggered GG to pause the sport and report the bug. Rather than returning the sport to an earlier state, Riot selected to have the sport remade as a result of they might not repair the bug. The drawback right here is that the Game 5 remake killed all of the momentum that Golden Guardians had and gave Team Liquid the possibility to adapt and modify.
In the top, Team Liquid would win however not with out controversy. When we spoke with Golden Guardians’ Jungler River, he said that the pause and the remake derailed their momentum they usually have been unable to focus.
After Game 5/6, we sat down with TL Marksman Yeon to debate the collection.
Team Liquid Yeon Interview
Coming off Game 5/a collection win how do you are feeling?
TL Yeon – Really good and drained now that the collection is lastly over, particularly after going to a pseudo sixth sport.
Speaking of sport 5/6, with the momentum beforehand swinging in direction of Golden Guardians, do you assume the pause over the bug concern killed their momentum?
TL Yeon – No, I feel each groups have been actually completely satisfied through the spot. I feel for us, we have been going to go play brief facet and win the identical manner we have been successful. Because it was like that through the collection. I feel each groups have been okay with it. Especially since we felt like we have been in a really advantageous spot with our Viego having 2 kills and Pyosik had gotten his first merchandise. It undoubtedly did really feel unhealthy for each groups.
With going through NRG, after beforehand being knocked right down to the decrease bracket by them, how do you are feeling attending to face them once more?
TL Yeon – It undoubtedly feels good. I feel I used to be undoubtedly the least excited, everybody else is on such a excessive. They are unbelievably completely satisfied. It undoubtedly feels good to win. It’s extra like, I’m glad we didn’t lose.
For me personally, I’m fairly completely satisfied I’ll get to face them once more, particularly as a result of getting knocked right down to the decrease bracket meant I needed to get rid of one in every of my pals myself (Armao and Eyla). I’m undoubtedly hoping to smash them more durable than anybody else.
With the win, there’s that driving the excessive. What do you are feeling might have been finished higher within the collection?
TL Yeon – During the collection, within the third sport, we had a whole accident occur the place through the combat two calls have been made and quite than selecting one over the opposite, we tried to do each and it turned out poorly. In the fourth sport, I feel we have been simply not as ready. In the fifth/sixth video games, we simply fought them to the loss of life.
Now that you just guys have received and going to the following spherical, what’s your mentality with going through NRG? Do you wish to stomp a sure participant? Do you wish to simply be the very best ADC?
TL Yeon – I simply wish to beat them. Go on to the following.
If you wish to study extra about Team Liquid’s Marksman Yeon, you’ll be able to watch the complete interview down under. In the remainder of the interview, we talk about how TL Yeon bought into League of Legends, time with the sport, his favourite issues, inspirations, and way more.
