Recently, the 2023 LPL Spring Regular Season ushered in the showdown between NIP and UP. For LPL fans, this should be regarded as a relatively special game, because this match is the debut of former iG world champions Nofu Ning Wang and Baolan after returning to the arena. In the end, with an even better performance, NIP easily defeated UP with an aggregate score of 2-0 to win the first LPL victory of the new season and the renamed LPL.
Judging from the performance of both sides in this game, NIP lost Rookie in the transfer period, but played very well in this game. Interestingly, in fact, in the 2022 season, NIP played without Rookie, and they also played quite well at that time. So, for NIP, the situation they face in the new season is actually a bit similar to RNG. Because of Rookie's departure, this will change the focus of NIP in the new season, and some changes in this team can be clearly felt from this game.
In addition, in the 2022 season, NIP's ADC player Photic has a very good performance. In this game, Photic also continued his wonderful performance last season. For two consecutive matches, the double road of Photic and Zhuo directly suppressed the double road of UP. It can be said that Photic's excellent performance is also the main reason why NIP can beat UP.
As for UP, from the overall performance, UP's Uenakano played quite well. Especially King Ning, he could see that his state was recovering well. But unfortunately, perhaps because the UP lineup has not been running in for a long time, there has been a big problem with the team's cooperation. For example, in the second game, King Ning's monkey had many problems of disconnection with the team, and King Ning also played quite good team battles many times, but the other players were not able to keep up with King Ning's rhythm.
In the case of the UP double road, Doggo and Baolan did not play well, and you can even feel that their form is a little sluggish and lose their proper level. Of course, UP has just undergone a restructuring after all, and just one game does not explain too many problems, I hope they can still run in well and play at the level they should have.
Finally, dear friends, how do you evaluate the debut of the new season of UP?