WE vs. IG or disadvantage? Unless you make it to the finals, you'll never be favored!

★ Game Horseshoe Original

IG vs. WE

Putting the names of these two familiar teams together, it is also a very old showdown. Back in the days when LPL was not yet established, in 2012 and previous games, it was IG and WE teams. And because WE won more championships in the early years, their popularity was the highest in the early LPL period. However, in 2018, IG became the first team to win the World Finals on behalf of the LPL, and the popularity and status of the two clubs reversed. As two veteran teams with more than a decade of club history, it is very rare to see IG vs. WE in the playoffs to this day.

WE is still not favored?

Even though WE eliminated JDG and TES, they are still not the favored side in the upcoming match against IG. Of course, this is not a comparison based on the actual competitiveness of the two teams, but simply because IG's popularity is too high and the number of fans is too large, it is natural to say that they can win the mainstream. On the other hand, even if they hand-sent off the champion TES in the first stage, and JDG, who has been in the top few positions this year, the player configuration of WE still makes many people feel that they can't go far. These evaluations based on the player's past record are also understandable. After all, the worst IG players on the opposite side are 2-crown MSI players. When it comes to IG, it is a high ceiling, the top laner who is the first to operate, the middle laner who always tries his best, Kaisha's invincible ADC, the Grand Slam support, and the all-round king jungler. It looks like WE is a foregone conclusion.

The head-to-head record is also dominant

IG and WE won both rounds of meetings in the group stage, one 2-0 and one 2-1. If you want to say the good news for WE, that is, the two sides played 2-1 in the second round, but that was the version and performance of 1 month ago. For the playoffs, which have passed 2 editions, WE and IG play each other in Bo5 completely depending on the current state and performance of the players and coaching staff.

WE multi-location advantage?

Cube has a poor reputation due to his previous departure from the professional arena, but he has played well in the playoffs against both Ale and 369. But Theshy may indeed be a little stronger than these two. After all, after Ale's front-row experience this season in JDG, his offensive attributes and 369's are not very strong. Cube's ideal state is not to be suppressed too much by Theshy, and as a model for the prodigal son to turn back, I believe he knows better than anyone where he stands now.

On the one-sided side, Rookie may have an advantage. However, in terms of junglers and ADCs, we think WE is the more advantageous side. Auxiliaries are all unstable points, so in general, WE vs. IG has a chance to win, and it is not as one-sided as the difference in popularity between the two sides, and there is no suspense.

BLG awaits in defeat

No matter who wins IG and WE, it is BLG who awaits them in the defeat, and it is obvious that WE is indeed the least favored among these three teams. Most people naturally think that it is impossible for WE to knock out IG and BLG in a row to advance to the finals, and under normal circumstances, everyone still thinks that the stronger teams are relatively easy to win. Even if you don't look at the hard power, it is the popular team that wins and cheers more. But it can only be said that WE has come all the way here, and they obviously have their own unique abilities, and there is still suspense in the playoffs of this second stage.

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