Recently, the 2023 LPL Spring Playoffs Winners' Group Final ushered in the showdown between EDG and JDG. It is worth mentioning that from the overall state of these two teams in the playoffs, it is clear that EDG is better. Coupled with the fact that EDG swept JDG in the regular season, many people naturally optimistic that EDG can complete the "double kill" against JDG in this game. But what I didn't expect was that JDG's ability to adjust was so good, not only successfully avenging EDG in this crucial game, but also completing the sweep of EDG with an aggregate score of 3-0. So far, JDG, who successfully advanced to the Spring Finals, also won the first MSI ticket in the LPL division. What's more interesting is that the GEN team with the LCK division also advanced to MSI. Then, this MSI is likely to see the meeting of left and right hands and Ruler facing his old club.
So why did EDG get swept away by JDG? Judging from the performance of the entire game, three big problems have arisen. The first is the play of the road position Ale. In fact, judging from the recent performance of these two teams, Ale's form is clearly better than that of the 369. However, in this game, Ale not only suffered 369 singles when facing the line, but also did not play well in the team battle. On the contrary, JDG's singles player 369 played his regular season singles level in this game. Especially in the third game, Quisanti is like a god of war. Therefore, the gap in the performance of the players on the road in this race became one of the reasons why EDG lost the game.
The second is wild player Jiejie, who played an embarrassing 3-16-12 from the performance of these three games. Although Jiejie cannot be blamed for EDG's final defeat, after all, the state of the entire team has a relatively big problem. But during the game, Jiejie made some avoidable mistakes. And JDG's wilderness player Kanavi played quite well in this game, playing three consecutive wild monkeys very well. Especially in the team battle, Kanavi even single-cut the back row of EDG with a monkey, which is very impressive and shows the charm of the wild core.
The third is naturally the hidden danger that has always existed in EDG this season, ADC junior Leave. In this game, Leave was really caught by JDG. Although Leave also made some mistakes in previous matches, Leave's mistakes will naturally be infinitely magnified when facing top teams like JDG. It became one of the other major reasons why EDG lost to JDG.
Finally, it is not difficult to see from this game that EDG's overall competitive state has a relatively big problem. Although they still have a chance to hit MSI after being defeated by JDG and falling into the losers' group, if they don't have a way to adjust in a short period of time, I am afraid it will be difficult to defeat BLG.
Guys, what do you think?