Recently, the second round of the 2023 LPL Summer Playoffs ushered in the match between WBG and NIP. From the overall strength of the two teams, it is obvious that WBG is superior. In the end, the match was not too unexpected, and WBG managed to defeat NIP with an aggregate score of 3-1 with a better performance. At the same time, WBG also successfully qualified for the World Championship with this victory.
Judging from the overall performance of the WBG in this match, the selection of the Tsar's tiger for four consecutive games is undoubtedly the key to WBG's eventual defeat of NIP. Especially in the fourth game, when the development of the Tiger Tsar was not particularly good, he repeatedly used very wonderful roundabouts to help WBG find opportunities to turn over. In the end, WBG also completed the turnaround of NIP under the excellent performance of Tiger. I have to say that if it were not for the big heart performance of Xiaohu in the fourth game, once this round of Bo5 was dragged to the fifth game, the WBG with a relatively large average age was still likely to be "boiled old" by NIP.
With WBG successfully qualifying for the qualifying round, all 6 qualifying teams have been released. They are: JDG (150 points), BLG (130 points), EDG (90 points), LNG (60 points), WBG (60 points) and TES (50 points). In other words, even if these six teams lose the subsequent playoffs, they will still be able to reach the 2023 World Finals by way of qualifying.
From the overall performance of these six teams this season, JDG and BLG have a relatively large total points advantage with their excellent performance in the spring and summer games. If either of these two teams can reach the playoff finals, they can actually lock in at least the second-seeded early. In addition, the performance of JDG and BLG in the summer season is very good, as long as there is no big accident, JDG and BLG still have a good chance to enter the world competition. Once JDG and BLG lock two seats in advance, the remaining two seed seats will be born in the four teams of EDG, LNG, WBG and TES.
From the overall situation of the summer games of the four teams of EDG, LNG, WBG and TES, although EDG has a relatively low ranking in the regular season, as long as it can play the level that players should have, the overall strength is not inferior to LNG, WBG and TES. In other words, if these four teams play against each other, in fact, each of them has a chance to win the other.
Finally, guys, who do you think will be the four teams that will eventually make it to the World Championship?