On the evening of October 6, the 2024 World Finals Switzerland round of the 1-1 group match was ushered in. Although before the start of the game, I felt that it would be difficult for WBG to win G2, after all, the fourth seed in the LPL played the first seed in the LEC, and G2 was in good form in the previous game. Although WBG lost in the first round of the Switzerland round, they played badly against TL in the second round, and what they didn't expect was that the game against G2 directly hit the lower limit, which reminded LPL viewers of the scene of the summer positioning match. From the BP at the beginning to the decision-making of the game, WBG did not have the demeanor that a strong team should have, and the pre-game preparation was not sufficient.
First of all, the BP link, after the red side took on the Ban positions of Yon and Alora, G2 grabbed Callista to play the right line, and as a result, WBG took Ember and Rambo first. Obviously, there is Moteng who can cooperate with Rambo, and the previous game has proved that when Moteng turns off the lights, Rambo can't put it out at all. And G2 directly chose Galio with a backhand, and this Galio must have played a single position. Throughout the 2024 World Finals, Galio appeared a total of 3 times, 2 times he played the top laner for Kante AP hero Rambo, and the other time he hit the mid laner and chose the double AP lineup of Giggs on the lower lane. This hand Galio also won the MVP in the end!
In this case, in order to prevent Gary O'Conte from having two mages, WBG gave up the AP mid-laner and planned to take the AD mid-laner, but the team did not directly lock Lucian on the third floor, but put it in the second round to choose. G2 naturally banned Lucian directly, and Xiaohu proved that he couldn't use the summer tournament to prove that he couldn't Smod, so he chose Tristana on the fifth floor of the red side, but this hero was no longer able to suppress the AP mage after being weakened many times. After the end of this BP, WBG has no line rights in the three ways, which is really outrageous, no point can withstand the early and middle periods, and can only rely on G2's own mistakes.
And WBG's in-game performance was even more disappointing, less than 3 minutes Galio against the single kill Rambo, although Galio has not appeared and played on the road for a long time, but this hero has been in the top ten versions of the Hanbok win rate list. As a professional player, Breathe actually underestimated the damage, and was easily killed by BB. Without changing lanes, Ember Kalista is pure torture, and during the lane matching, you can only hand in skills to make up for the knife. Although 6 bugs were lost, and Bai gave three roads and one tower, WBG still stabilized the situation, and at least 25 minutes later, both sides got 2 dragons each, and the economic gap was only a few hundred.
In other words, WBG can still wait for Rambo and Tristana to develop and let Xiaohu apply pressure on the wing. And the typical onset of G2 in the middle of the game made Crisp open a good wave, and WBG got the big dragon after killing the two G2 people. Originally, it was thought that the WBG could take this opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief, but they let go of the draw dragon for the sake of the human head, and did not use the big dragon buff to push down more defense towers. Tarzan also started to get sick, and was caught by G2 in order to save flash, causing the team to lose the second dragon. After G2 got the big dragon buff, the offensive pressure was full, and the WBG gave in all kinds of concessions, resulting in a rapid opening of the economic gap.
At the beginning of this game, I was thinking about who could start the WBG lineup. As a result, after the team fell into a disadvantage, Tarzan and Crisp's ultimate was very casual, and many times it could only be as big as one person, Breathe's ultimate rarely hit full damage, and Light's ultimate was used to close the game. So Xiaohu took the initiative, the rocket jumped bravely forward, and then ate the AOE and crashed directly. When a team needs Tristana to start a group to keep people, it's outrageous. In the face of G2's big move flow lineup, WBG always has no skills to fight back, and the team's communication and decision-making have big problems.
Switzerland has already reached the third round, but WBG's form is getting worse day by day, and it has not yet had the spirit of the game against GEN. What's more, the team's BP thinking has not improved at all, and they can't even copy homework. Crisp had fewer mistakes in this game than in the first two games, and the problem was that the other teammates took turns to make mistakes. It's not terrible to lose the game, it's scary that the team doesn't have the courage to resist, since G2 got the big dragon, WBG has been in a passive situation and waited for the loss, and the team has lost its resilience and confidence. There are still a few days to adjust before the start of the fourth round, so let's hope that WBG can reflect on itself and get back to form.