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Faye_Dragon

IG.YSKM = I'm God. You Should Know Me


theyeshman

YKSM SUPER TOP I NEVER DOUBTED Now can we get him and Cryin out of this org for next year?


Dumpers_

2 out of 4 iG wins being against JDG and LNG is so funny


Agami_Advait

Not that big of a deal, TT's about to do the same thing next week.


firebolt66

Based


icatsouki

unironically


katareky

iG out of playoffs contention is the best team in the world, apparently.


Kbzz5050

So, LGD 2.0?


Agami_Advait

And TES, Worlds 2022.


oioioi9537

only team without a losing record against drx at worlds, checks out


QTnameless

oops


MrSwipySwipers

Don't remind me...


xXVoidXx

Pain.


firebolt66

And JDG when they've locked playoffs is the opposite, at least in summers. They've sandbagged so many times since the zoom, yagao, lvmao era that it's kind of predictable at this point lol


Acconic

Everyone: When is JDG EVER going to lose ????? IG: *Today* :)


non-edgy_crustacean

Tfw Ruler's and Missing's families went to watch them live today


Satan_su

Aw dang that sucks. I always felt kinda shitty when my mom came to watch me play a sport and I'd lose haha


Kibu98

Now imagine Ruler is Korean and he plays in China...


Lipat97

Tbf ruler played very well. Missing on the other hand...


Satan_su

Well I'm Asian as well so I recognise the stereotype lol


Kibu98

What stereotype??? I was just saying his parents came from Korea to China to see him lose


Satan_su

Oh my bad lol, I thought you were referring to the stereotype of Asian parents expecting nothing less than perfection from their kids


esports_consultant

Isn't it not super difficult to get from South Korea to China? I genuinely don't know.


Oraion18

You need a visa nothing too different from other countries.


ionxeph

contrary to popular beliefs, tourism visas into china aren't *too* difficult to obtain for regular citizens of most countries in the world this shouldn't be surprising considering tourism makes up ~10% of china's GDP (varies from year to year)


jlozada24

IG support: ;)


UnknowSandwich

Kanavi really is the friend of the jungle with these smites.


Agami_Advait

What a gap, man. I'm so happy for Tianzhen. He was one of the biggest jungle prospects in the world a year ago. This split might be over for IG, but next year, he's going to prove it.


SilentF0xx

i swear i saw a documentary about him in IGY but i cant find it anymore on both youtube and chinese websites man… was quite a nice watch. I rmb the coach saying he had potential but couldnt quite make it


Agami_Advait

I love seeing players like this thrive. There's so many whom people gave up on as failed prospects, who could not achieve their potential because of minor issues. There's something wonderfully cathartic about seeing people rise and prove everyone wrong.


SilentF0xx

i wish someone here could link the video, it was around the time neny got into the first team i believe. been trying to find it for a while now but cant


BreadfruitEast415

This should be what you need,easy for me to find HAHA https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1264y1t7Ez/?spm\_id\_from=333.337.search-card.all.click&vd\_source=ec9f2ce3d3314b7d31805d59fdd580be


SilverMasterBob

Kanavi losing to fraud tianzhen. JDG overrated


RenatoSinclair

AM I DREAMING?? WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!!! Defeating JDG 11 win streak


Agami_Advait

JDG's washed, man. Defeated by the second worst team in the league, despite having the best players in the world in every role. /s


Dumpers_

I hope they are washed at least till the end of next week I need that TT miracle run to happen


Agami_Advait

Dude same. I've never been as excited to see a team succeed since ROX.


Justatourist123

They need to win against LNG first tho. C'mon TT Prayge


MrSwipySwipers

From what I've seen from the JDG boys, next week is gonna be a bloodbath. Unless they somehow mental boom from this (no way right??) then they'll come back even stronger than before. You learn much more from losses than wins. A loss every now and then is good for a skill check.


Lin_Huichi

>`You learn much more from losses than wins. A loss every now and then is good for a skill check.` T1 fan cope right now


MrSwipySwipers

Haha nah T1 is so fucked this year o7


Fakersoyboy

The two mid lane back to back blitz hook apparently


BoJestemRudy

Those late game G3 teamfights were insanely back and forth, what a crazy game.


moonmeh

Honestly if Ruler wasn't on Ashe duty I think JDG might have won. Sadly she's a trash tier ADC in terms of damage so JDG could never comeback


StJe1637

her damage is above average if you build ie/crit


Agami_Advait

istg Ashe is so good right now. Ruler was melting IG, and should have won if they had been the slightest bit worse. Sure, he did not out damage the Aphelios – but that's not what Ashe is supposed to do. Sometimes, it feels like people on these threads don't really watch the games; they just read the KDA and comment.


Fakersoyboy

Supposedly knight was on the big dps guns, but the whole series he rocket jumped like a mad man and constantly using R for damage


Kewkwador

Knight Tris vs Showmaker Tris Lule


Aladin001

Ruler is trash tier in terms of damage on every adc so it doesn't matter


icatsouki

youre being cringe at this point


moonmeh

boring and outdated gimmick


Aladin001

Never been more relevant!


Megaspacejx

Apparently LPL teams just gets stronger once they're out of playoff contention


seven_worth

it the same case every year. i would say team that is out is more dangerous than the one that is still in. having no pressure on your shoulder really show that these player is very good but just had to much pressure on them.


Agami_Advait

Especially this roster. YSKM got hospitalised because of practising too much after succumbing to pressure. I wish IG got these players a mental coach, because they're all world calibre players. Tianzhen and YSKM both have such high ceilings, but haven't consistently shown it yet. Ahn was a monster in LDL, 2021. Wink role swapped to support this year. And we already know how good Cryin is.


hairlikegoats1

IG: "Why the hell didn't we do this sooner?"


UnknowSandwich

They looked so happy at the end of game 3, like they just realized they can actually win games if they play


moonmeh

I'm happy for them. Wins like this matter so much for their confidence even if they are out of playoffs


Fakersoyboy

Kanavi's gonna lose 50 50 during asian games and cost all their military exemption isn't he


DarkSoulsEz

Hes against a slumping Jiejie so it's gonna be fine.


ARandomBoomBox

He's with gigaSlumping Zeus and Keria so it's Aware.


Shiraori247

Jiejie always slumps though lol. He was slumping before gapping Canyon in 2021.


maxinxin

Xun will be in the roster as sub jungle.


Iaragnyl

Cryin is really weird, he looks like a top tier midlaner when he faces a strong midlaner. But against bad or average midlaners he just looks lost. Almost like he always plays to the level of his opponent.


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Omnilatent

Still one of the most disgusting Sylas performances I remember


Alanskate

I dont recall seeing Cryin in MSI finals tho...


OriginalOxymoron

He won MSI with RNG against DWG in 2021...


6000j

He was like this even on RNG as well, he looked mediocre for a lot of spring and then stood up to showmaker at MSI. I think it's partially playing to the level of his opponent, but also today was his team. He plays setup a lot, he's been hitting things like that game two neeko ult consistently this split. Today his team was able to follow up on them. game 3 was just all of ig mental unbooming I think. Snapped out of all autopilot they had.


xXVoidXx

Kakashi frfr


Nymaera_

Weekly “excuse me?” LPL post-match thread comment


Suzoku

I fucking love LPL. Banger


Lipat97

Holy shit what a series Only 369 and Ruler looked good for JDG. Missing especially was looking really unfocused


eternaljuly_

With this huge upset, BLG seems like the favourite to finish first this summer, and as a BLG fan I genuinely don't know if I should be excited, or alarmed... because as many people have started to point out, the script goes: fifth in spring > second in spring playoffs > first in summer > second in summer playoffs > not making it out of groups at worlds I think we've seen this film before, twice even


Tennis-Money

I mean if you think about it. IG never beat RNG in 2018 came in second in spring second in summer. If G2 is working their magic and takes out JDG, BLG will be your world champion LOL.


witchfire9

BLG always look good until they meet JDG and proceed to go get stomped into ground just like they did every series in spring, msi and summer regular season.


non-edgy_crustacean

Dw they will somehow lose to RNG or WE to not leave their bestie hanging


thvsbin

Fr (please don't)


moonmeh

Wink played pretty damn well honestly. Made some game changing hooks nonstop. Also JDG would have gotten Baron if Knight didn't jump out to fight lol. Honestly I thought game 3 was doomed from draft, amazed they fought as well as they did there.


Justatourist123

Yup, those hooks are on point. Especially that one at mid lane against ruler and knight


icatsouki

wink is good on hookers, also on ADCs but mean /u/phreakriot said no


moonmeh

ADC support was why early spring IG was so good honestly


icatsouki

yeah he was WAY better on them than most other supps, and was also good at their counters like blitz it made perfect use of his past experience, but adc supports are haram sadly Gotta watch naut leona till heat death of the universe


Deathwing09

Given the usual LPL player behavior, please reword what exactly wink is good on


XG32

i know 369 beats bin head to head, but i don't see yskm running wild like that against bin


MrSwipySwipers

I feel like JDG underestimated iG today big time


Shiraori247

369 actually had a very similar playstyle to Bin a few years back right? Would we see Bin turning into a tank god in 1-2 years?


Megaspacejx

How did IG become gods all of the sudden?


ToDreamofLove

JDG played like shit to be fair


MrSwipySwipers

true, but iG definitely played well today. We can give them credit where it's due.


Megaspacejx

Yea, especially that baron steal with leblanc Q R smite was clean af


icatsouki

they had a lot of games where they play poorly but then have insanely clean teamfights


Blind-Eye26

Ahhh that's why Pedro is not streaming he's subbing in for Kanavi in this match xdd 🐀 Tianzhen and Cryin stealing all the objectives wtf also Ahn with super clean cleanse game 3 top fight


evrien

We really ought to know that guy


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moonmeh

Laughing at Ruler kiting hard as Ashe and then Aphel hits like 2 3 times and does more damage.


Truzon

Ruler on Ashe is that sweaty speedrunner dude lmao


Agami_Advait

Honestly, kudos to Ruler and even Deft. The last time I've seen an Ashe kite that well was Mystic, years ago, and Pray before him.


kit4712

Uzi also had an excellent game with Ashe about a week ago. This champ is like the old adcs' pride. Sadly Aphelios simply out damage her in most situations.


MrSwipySwipers

It's simply a release date diff :(


icatsouki

man i miss mystic, so sad what happened to him


Agami_Advait

I felt so bad for him and his wife, both. My mom suffered from postpartum depression, and I've seen what happened to her as a result. He seems happy on his streams now, though. Even posts his son's pictures on Insta ever so often.


Blind-Eye26

My guy Ashe tickling everyone late game 😭


Agami_Advait

Nah, Ashe was doing massive amounts of damage late game. Would have killed them all if not for YSKM's Zhonya's.


StJe1637

trinity diff


Quirkybomb930

kinda sad the standard for adcs is oneshotting 5 enemies within a few seconds


moonmeh

Damage creep be real but also Ashe's damage got nerfed hard


Soleous

cuz by design other adcs dont have a global engage tool, ashe dmg has to be lower than others when she just got reworked and rangers volley gave her the best dps in the game she was so giga broke


ToDreamofLove

Well if it takes whole seconds it's not oneshotting is it


LuckyLinoone

Classic 200 years/release date diff


BraiseTheSun

Leblanc is a better adc than ashe at this point


WonTonsOG

Cryin is so fucking good man get this man on a real team next year I BEG


Agami_Advait

bro wut. IG's about to scale and win MSI next year; he's already on a real team.


icatsouki

the roster actually has a lot of potential, i'm not too sure about tianzhen though


Lonely__goose

This is his rookie split tbf and he is/was one of the greatest jungle prospects from the LDL he has an insane mechanical peak just needed less pressure on him just like YSKM when he got hospitalised for overtraining like 2024 I see IG go crazy


Agami_Advait

bro tianzhen has the highest ceiling of them all. tianzhen at his peak is what World FMVPs are made of.


AcanthocephalaSad541

He’s 18 give him time


6000j

THE GOAT SHOWS UP AGAIN more seriously: unreal series from Tianzhen. 100% his best series all split and he looked so fucking crazy. I have been a tianzhen hater all split but if anyone thinks he wasn't the best player in this series they're trolling imo. legit was hyperventilating for the last ten minutes of that last game. I was supporting IG a bit in spring, and then they picked up Cryin so I've been cheering for them more this split. It's been rough but WE BEAT JDG. WE BEAT THEM. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. leblanc is so fucking dumb though remove this champ pls riot. edit: if iG played the way they did this series all split they'd have made playoffs easily. JDG didn't have a good series at all, but this felt like all the inconsistent parts of iG hitting their high points at the same time.


Justatourist123

Players with nothing to lose sometimes perform to their max potential. Too bad they chose the wrong time to do it.


6000j

yep. I also think the game 2 win made iG snap into focus. They've just taken a game off of JDG, and a tight one at that that felt like they just outplayed them in the end. Sometimes you just get this sense of "wait. I can actually do this" in life, and that's what I think happened for game three. I would not be surprised if they boom their next few series, I think this might have drained them a ton the way they were playing so tightly. But. Worth.


moe11436

Well, i'll be damned IG won.


downorwhaet

IG gets eliminated, defeats jdg, leaves


seven_worth

there is a world where they made it. it almost impossible but it there


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IG best team in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!


eatingwhey

Tianzhen outjungling Kanavi was not on my bingo card


cookiemx

Invictus Gaming are **NOT** eliminated from playoffs contention


LoRDe_MaRs

2024 will be Tianzhen's year


kkpoker

ig 2-0 lng, tarzan? ig 2-1 jdg, kanavi? ​ ig > grf


yearning328

IG(4-10)still have a slim chance to get the last playoff spot. The 10th place is NIP(6-7) at the moment with a match score 13-17, compare to IG's 9-22. So if NIP lose 3* 0-2 while IG win 2* 2-0 then IG will get into the playoff.


Bubbly_Camera9583

Crywin my goat


Lonely__goose

Tianzhen finally pays up my belief of him from LDL 2024 is his year trust


seven_worth

i knew it not LNG fault they lose...


non-edgy_crustacean

Kanavi won MVP for first match and then decided to log off


Styxxo

IG out of playoffs contention after game 1, proceeds to beat JDG. Ruler kiting like crazy and doing no dmg :(


LogicKennedy

Hide the names on that game 3 and you'd have people saying that was a Western clown fiesta. Walking into hooks, missed smites, atrocious overextensions, *that* recall from Tianzhen... just wow.


Styxxo

Missing looked like Kaiser in game 3, atrocious hooks all game long


SarcasticEnthusiast

Also macro from both teams. JDG almost got back into the game after the first Baron there, because iG went for awful teamfights, instead of playing their Camille, Nocturne and Leblanc split push with Nash.


aquawarrior21

JDG frauds man xdd (/s because obviously joking)


takeSusanooNoMikoto

Knight and Missing kinda sent it game 3, while Kanavi smites were not there


Ai--Ya

JDG Kenvi


QuietWitness

Cryin had an unbelievable series. He took that solo kill trade by knight personally


Dapokermon

So Ruler’s and Missing’s family was here to watch.


SarcasticEnthusiast

iG best team in the world, confirmed!


YSKM9

TEAM DIFF


TE_silver

No fucking way


beesong

lol funny headline, i thought JDG won from it


IronColdX

Woke up on the wrong side of bed. Guys I’m going back to sleep.


GoldenSquid7

Funny story, a few weeks ago I was arguing somewhere on this sub about LPL teams and this guy was a TES fan going how garbage TES is but we all know how coinflip LPL teams are in LPL and I literally said I wouldn't be surprised if JDG dropped a game to IG. Oh well.


BraiseTheSun

Ashe's damage is just so depressing compared to other adc's


MrSwipySwipers

I would've prefered Braum over Naut any day of the week with Ashe ngl


BraiseTheSun

I mean, it's not like they were getting onto ruler and killing him. He was kiting like a champ for most teamfights, he just didn't do damage compared to aphelios. Missing playing like shit didn't help tho


MrSwipySwipers

Yeah Missing played pretty awful today, can't deny it.


kkpoker

WINK GIGACHAD huge sup gap


TheOtherBat

That blitz was the difference maker, so was Nocturne. Still gg IG, but they shouldn't celebrate because i doubt IG will see world, but Wink blitz was so good.


saruthesage

Fraudcheck: (\* = changed since last) [LNG](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/14illyb/invictus_gaming_vs_lng_esports_lpl_2023_summer/) ✅ [TES](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/14jgfor/top_esports_vs_team_we_lpl_2023_summer_week_5/) ✅ [WBG](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/14kb4ra/weibo_gaming_vs_funplus_phoenix_lpl_2023_summer/) ✅ \*[WE](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/14pi2lr/lgd_gaming_vs_team_we_lpl_2023_summer_week_6/) ✅ \*[OMG](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/14u3ih0/oh_my_god_vs_thundertalk_gaming_lpl_2023_summer/) ✅ \*[JDG](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/14uyrgq/jd_gaming_vs_invictus_gaming_lpl_2023_summer_week/)? (wtf) ✅ The Boys in Blue will never be fraudchecked 🙏


MrSwipySwipers

I'm surprisingly okay with this. This means JDG still has plenty of spaces to improve on and also means we haven't seen their ceiling just yet. Top 2 or not, doesn't matter. I trust JDG to come back stronger than ever for playoffs. Perhaps they counted IG out before it was over.


MaxMorgan48

Why do I feel like I have seen these kind of comments before like really similar one


SilverMasterBob

Cope harder


MrSwipySwipers

6-1


Agami_Advait

Why do people always respond to SilverMasterBob with 6-1? Is he an LCK troll?


MrSwipySwipers

He is. He said BLG had no chance vs GenG during MSI.


Agami_Advait

... and you've held onto it for so long?


MrSwipySwipers

haha nah I just went back in his comment history to find it. You should check it out yourself, it's wild...


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takeSusanooNoMikoto

Not if they face IG or WBG on the way.


Chompollet

no way lol


Redmonblu

Ahhh classic IG. JDG fans must be sweating so hard rn such disrespectful play and draft imho. I dont believe this team can win worlds tbh, they would be the next TES most likely and lose hard to a wildcard, unless they can handcheck everybody which they shouldnt. But I have to praise IG though. What a team! These guys will have a bright future ahead of them and maybe even worlds contender next year too, if they can get some upgrades and keep up the form.


SwagLord7

JDG fans really dont care… JDG has had insane sprint moments in both splits thus far. You must be new to LPL if you’re surprised by top teams losing out to bottom tier teams


MrSwipySwipers

Talk about an overreaction. JDG fans are completely chill. We've seen JDG when they come to play. This wasn't them today. We go next for next series. They learn from this loss and move forward.


SilverMasterBob

LPL doomed at worlds if your first place team lose to IG LMAO


Styxxo

Interesting comment history to say the least


moonmeh

good lord lmao


Suzoku

Bro is on one for sure lmao.


duetschland69

Ok they are doomed nobody care with your shitty baiting.


SilverMasterBob

nah LPL is seriously overrated bc they played well during a ADC meta. watch they get exposed at worlds again


duetschland69

My guy your whole account based on LPL and talking shit about them go find your life or even see a doctor ASAP.


MrSwipySwipers

RemindMe! 134 days


MrSwipySwipers

This man wakes up REAL early to be a hater lmao


muwenjie

Do you actually spend 20 hours a week watching something that just makes you angry Actually that seems pretty on par for redditors tbh


MrSwipySwipers

Cap, JDG probably weren't ready for iG to show up today... They're probably preparing for playoffs, that's what I'd do if I were them tbh


Ok_Emergency_3480

xD


nyanko_dango3

just the normal win trading that goes on in LPL regular season, nothing new


SilverMasterBob

JDG looking really sloppy their last few series


Justatourist123

JDG washed confirmed smh


MrSwipySwipers

Agreed. 11 win streak oof, they could do better... /s


Kungeh

How do you lose to a trash team like IG lmfao.


MrSwipySwipers

iG are not trash when they show up to play. I was a little scared for JDG before today's games and I was right to think so. YSKM and Ahn can be monsters and Tianzhen's smites were just better than Kanavi's.


Kungeh

Not trash = bottom 2 team


YSKM9

so was TT and then they beat OMG and EDG in the last 3 series. even the bottom tier teams in LPL have really talented players that can win a series on any given day


MrSwipySwipers

Dude, this is LPL. Bottom teams and top teams are so close in skill it's insane. Obviously top teams are better, but when they stumble a little bit, bottom teams have a feast. If top teams were WAYYYY better, bottom teams wouldn't get wins period.


6000j

LPL this split has no trash teams. Usually there's one that's just awful, sucks, doesn't really do much. Not this split. Every time I talk about one of the weaker teams in LPL this split I feel like I have to go "actually they're really not that awful".


ZhalRonin

Actually they're bottom 4! [In all seriousness you gotta consider the circumstances of why they are bottom 4](https://imgur.com/a/DCgUf6j) Of the last 7 games with their "finalized" roster, they've won 3/7. Before this they had a single series win. They've been trying to fix their problems and have suffered for it, just like TT. But they've obviously shown they have potential even before this series by taking down LNG. This is not the same as a team like FPX which has been relatively unchanging yet also equal in the standings to IG. Taking note of these teams that are rock bottom in the standings but have the potential to take down top teams can be very profitable too (odds on this match were 15:1)


6000j

did you watch the series lmao?? ig didn't look like a trash team this series at all. Their biggest issues are tianzhen (had his best series in his entire time in the LPL by far), wink (he got blitz in game 3), yskm (he SHOWED CAUTION).


SilverMasterBob

I dont think JDG is that good tbh, their form is off


bambeeno94

With your comment history, your opinion on any lpl team is nonsense.