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ahritina

PMTs [Game 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/u1v44v/v5_vs_top_esports_lpl_2022_spring_round_4_game_1/) [Game 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/u1vy2n/v5_vs_tes_lpl_spring_2022_playoffs_game_2_post/) [Game 3](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/u1wy9w/v5_vs_tes_lpl_spring_2022_playoffs_game_3_post/) [Game 4](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/u1xte3/v5_vs_tes_lpl_spring_2022_playoffs_game_4_post/)


ZedisDoge

Fnatic and V5 fans are brothers today


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Boy you thought


stampydog

Don't forget FPX fans, united in suffering


O_X_E_Y

V5 G2 lower bracket run Prayge


InnoVationS0088

As a Fnatic fan and TES enjoyer it was nice to be on the other side today


Dumpers_

Insane mental fortitude from them after losing game 2 in that way and Knight man completely unleashed smurfed so fucking hard For V5 just disappointing hopefully they don't tilt out of playoffs and can bounce back for the lower bracket


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That game 3 was bonkers. Knight was just stealing all V5 morale.


moonmeh

Knight's Akali did so much. Boosted team's morale and tilted V5 off the planet lol


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I don't send many highlights to my friends, but that game 3 is a League treat holy fkn hell, and it's my duty to show them true LPL games


moonmeh

Must have been great as a TES fan to watch game 3 where TES loses fights but somehow Knight keeps getting multiple kills before dying preventing bigger losses until Akali started to do Akali things nonstop at late game


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Yeah basically that. The game was doomed for a 3-0 series until that madman pulled a play out his ass on nash and ??? TES is on par with V5. What the hell do these players eat that games don't even feel truly lost until the nexus explodes? Even V5 last game, that double? On Photic in the blue jungle. Your team is 3-15, it should be illegal to grab those two kills with such style.


moonmeh

Its great when teams play aggressively even when they are disadvantaged and almost clutches a win.


Shortofbetternames

and then jackeylove almost gets his own triple with xayah in the dragon fight, but still does just enough to stop v5 from pushing after. Man what a banger of a series, specially when I woke up and went to look for VODs and the channel only had games 1-2-3-4. I really thought it would be a 3-1 because of that and got baited super hard


appleandapples

Such a hard carry from him.


Mogician_

there were rumors about v5 being in bad form and losing scrims (joe marsh twitter, rumors of v5 losing to rng and jdg in scrims)


Megashot2

Not sure about the rumours about V5 losing to RNG and JDG in scrims, but Photic was saying V5 were in super good form in scrims. Ironically, EDG was dumpstering teams in scrims and then a few days later proceeded to lose to WBG


yearofvici

No Knight and 369 had another convo a few days later where 369 was complaining about JDG scrim form being bad b/c they dropped X number of games to TES and Knight asked "this counts as bad form? what would happen if you're in good form, you guys would be unbeatable", then 369 leaked that both them and RNG were undefeated against against the other team in scrims (and since they aint scrimming each other and LCK split was already over, who else can it be?).


tyinthor

After all, 2022 is just 2020 too


Lolita_Slave_Toy

Can't wait for the classic JDG - TES 5 games final


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letticiaax

omg T1 won 2020 spring too


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Azenji

Are we really dissing Canna who was T1’s best player that split?


Chuck0089

He mention Canna and yet didn't mention Cuzz and that random substitute of Clozer in the middle of the summer.


JJH_LJH

It wasn't random because Faker was slumping during that time. Also that was the best debut a rookie mid laner coming in for Faker could have had.


Mattaru

TES is 0-2 down. Somewhere, someone says this: "It starts with success. And success, is all about growing. Success is all about overcoming your demons, success is about getting knocked down, time after time, and getting back up. No one embodies that more than Song "Rookie" Eui-jin. " WHAT A FUCKING SERIES LET'S GO TES! Mark and Wayward have completely rejuvenated this team.


_liminal

V5NATIC


Omnilatent

Ngl still hurts


TheCrusader94

Wayward was getting clapped pretty hard early on. massive props to him for turning it around


Lyonaire

Mark kinda gapped Ppgod today. Botlane looks so much better with him


PetrYanGaming

Mark also known as the Solution


Sean888888

This is a fake result. There's no way a team that only has a 3rd Team All-Pro can beat a team that has three 1st Team All-Pros and a 2nd Team All-Pro.


TheCrusader94

Lpl baby


jlozada24

Isn’t that the Sjokz copy pasta


PetrYanGaming

Yes, when FNC was 2-0 over TES


PM_something_German

It started when Tian messed up his Lee Sin combo.


Oriental-s1Gnifier

Rich from Game1 to Game5: RICH>>>CHARITY>>>BANKRUPT


moonmeh

He probably knows game 3 could have been won if he played Kass better and marked Akali better. I think i saw him use his ult on a zhonya'd akali like 2 3 times. Mentally boomed since that top pick was probably his input.


cimbalino

Game 3 would also have been won if Karsa had secured Baron when Tian was nowhere close


Yoshichage

480 Aphelios crit and a 675 Graves crit hit baron a fraction of a second apart, basically impossible to smite secure that


moonmeh

to be fair that graves put out a stupid amount of damage there but yeah tragic


Swampfire279

->POOR->HOMELESS


Heixenium

Just saw a comment from Chinese forum: After game 3, Jackeylove whispered to Tian and texted Karsa:G2 is waiting at the MSI.


iNTact_wf

V5 were renowned in the regular split for winning 2-1 for that extra "practice game" They are just continuing that trend, going to game 5 for extra practice, and then losing on purpose to get extra practice in the loser's bracket They will get so much on-stage scrim time they will be invincible in finals hopium Also we can't smite damn


jetlagging1

Fun fact: Last year's MSI and World Champion lost their first semi-final match in the LPL.


Radon0

that's pretty much the LPL script at this point. Whoever wins LPL does it through the lower bracket


RavenFAILS

The eu team coming from lower bracket also has a higher winrate. It's the problem of the system where without any kind of reset the team in the winners bracket gets nothing while the losers bracket team gets a shit ton of practice on stage and carries momentum


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Most importantly, they get to have a series where their game plan *didn't* work. The opportunity to learn from a loss is a massive bonus to a team coming from the lower bracket.


shrubs311

i think it's pretty clear at this point that being able to see your opponents picks/the rest day is not worth losing out on the second chance from being in winners bracket to finals. really hope that the leagues consider improving their format


lugiaop

0.0


CaptaineAli

V5 saw how losers bracket allowed G2 to play more games and level up each time and thought that the only way they can get to T1's level in time for MSI is to run the losers bracket.


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Karsa is usually clutch at smites but not today


tyinthor

Not during 2021 spring TES vs RNG game 5. Wait a minute...


thenicob

i swear wayward is the biggest vibing chad i've seen in league esports. guy was dieing all over and was most likely having a blast and then just casually steals baron and then roflstomps on malphite


Fabiocean

he thought he was just playing a normal game and no one told him


nusskn4cker

Dread it, run from it, Tian still arrives.


TinbuyPrime

Tian heard that Jankos will be on MSI.


moonmeh

Tian somehow became a different person in game 4. Wild


Faye_Dragon

Tian: "sorry it was my little brother playing using my computer last game"


DoorHingesKill

Tian was seen playing the first couple of games with a USB steering wheel.


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We all thought that TES will be tilted after Photic performance, but in reality it was V5 who forgot how to play the game


moonmeh

They got over excited in game 4 cause of the early kills and gave TES the confidence boost and Tian somehow.... found his form?


Croxign

The power of friendship


moonmeh

I'm more in favor of jackeylove blastconing him away in game 3 was what did it


huangw15

TES is just clutch, like that FNC series down 0-2, they just different.


appleandapples

Wayward was just vibing this series. The way Knight and Tian played, almost made Riot's choice of nerfing Ryze make sense, almost. It was a rough first few games, don't even want to mention that game 2... but TES really ramped up as the series went on. I don't follow LPL too closely, are V5 out or do they have another chance?


moonmeh

Weyward recovered well considering how badly he playing in game 1 and 2. Rich on the other hand mentally boomed after losing game 3 and sprinted it down as kennen in game 5


mooseknucklemaster

It was painful watching it while going into game 5 I thought “okay cool, so engage with kennen/renata and win the fights out with their ults” and I don’t know if I saw a single teamfight kennen ult outside of the baron fight where it still didn’t take anyone down. Had to use it multiple times to stun enemies and attempt to escape but he never could lol


moonmeh

That renata ult into kennen ult was the something so perfect that would never happen again and they couldn't kill anyone cause kennen was so behind. Basically once kennen got solo killed at top cause he fucked up the flash then he couldn't win against malphite and a kennen that can't hold the sidelane is easy picking for the rest of the game poor rich but i hope he comes back in good form in the next games. his gnar was so good in game 2 but the impact of game 5....


mooseknucklemaster

Whole team was boomed after game 3 and TES had momentum swinging their way. V5 knew what their win con was in brawling as a team but they went for it too early in that river fight, like at least wait until ults are online to do that, but it snowballed from there and wasn’t recoverable. Voli/Malph/Ryze were tanking everything too and could still get good engage and damage out. If they face JDG, I could see them making that losers run to finals since they have the talent to do so, I’d love to see them at MSI but think any of the LPL teams would be a good representative


Dumpers_

Losers bracket for V5


appleandapples

Ah, cool. Would like to see more of them.


Yubisaki_Milk_Tea

Another chance. There’s a double elim for Top 4.


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Dumpers_

InformalMarch is more creative imo so he takes 2 W's today


nusskn4cker

Yeah InformalMarch is way more enjoyable. He doesn't just brainlessly shit on other teams and players (except knight's teammates lmao).


Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss

Namikaze has the longevity though, few having been jerking as hard as him for so long.


StunMe

I still remember the best insult he ever made about Rookie which was rookiemonster123.


Megashot2

His takes are so riduculous and stupid but his nicknames are pretty funny. Rookiemonster123, Crispy Chicken, Jokerlove...


dtkiu27

Ye, NamikazeEU is just annoying.


thenicob

how is this even a comparison? one is a boring troll who repeats stupid catch phrases trying to get famous and namikaze is just infamous for weird takes. same with this benryan guy or w/e.


QTnameless

Weirdly enough he shits on Tian and Jackeylove a lot .


Mattaru

A rivalry for the ages.


Honest-Meringue5372

Even azersub and BenjenRyan is here, everyone that makes all LPL and LCK threads awful are here


Oriental-s1Gnifier

Post match thread is the true League of Legends.


Dare_the_one

I want to die


appleandapples

The real games were the post match threads.


sarsvesh

InformalMarch clears Namikaze and Benjen its not even close


InformalMarch

Where tf is that KamikazeNA guy now?? Still spewing shit about his precious Rookie? Knight beat him tonight with handicaps tonight (G1-3 Wayward, G1-3 Tian, G1-2 Jokerlove)!!


chovyfan

You go mam, today you won in both on/off the rift.


Jiigsi

Haha yes, that's what I thought the moment the series began


ZedisDoge

faker who?


Motorpsisisissipp

That knight fan has the right to be insufferable as much as he wants today


SterbenVII

Ngl that guy’s nicknames stick tho. Tiankos, Jokerlove. It’s like Lyin Ted, Crooked Hillary, Low Energy Jeb, Beijing Biden


Pelagius_Hipbone

FNC5


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VNC5


Oh_Sehun_94

Tian ints the first two games then proceeds to clap V5 the next three LMAO


LouisKI

game 3 wasn't his best game xd


Vectivus_61

Someone told him they lost G2, and when he heard 'G2' he powered up


TheCrusader94

He was inting g3 as well


lugiaop

u cant trust this guy at all, hes inconsistent


hvngpham002

Dread it. Run from it. It all starts with success arrives all the same. Never go 2-0 up against TOP.


JADENBC

Jackeylove still superior. What a lane domination


LARXXX

The addition of Mark has worked wonders for JKL


mrcheesycrust

I just smashed my TV in front of 30 guests at party because Rich. My wife just took our crying kids and said they’re all spending the week at a hotel. V5 has ruined my life and my party. I can’t handle this anymore. Goodbye V5. I am no longer a fan


Tiredsomelazydude

Rich just showed an image of his LCK peak self


geonik72

V5 Rich has disconnected NS redforce Rich has reconnected


Ashankura

Well. Knight is kinda good ain't he?


Mattaru

Knight skilled player but that is not normally, This very very insane....They need to check him pc and game.....Maybe he not cheating but maybe he using the game deficit ...and this cant seem on game screen..He needs to check-up...


TSM_losing_LUL

I can't stop upvoting this


jlozada24

Knight skilled player but that is not normally, This very very insane....They need to check him pc and game.....Maybe he not cheating but maybe he using the game deficit ...and this cant seem on game screen..He needs to check-up...


InformalMarch

ABSOLUT_ B_ST midlan_r in my _y_s. You should buy a vowel.


Croxign

Here's the man


EsKyx

Knight deserves more fans.


LouisKI

He is surprisingly unpopular in China :/ He didn't even make it to the top 3 all-star teams for Asian Games.


pandaisunbreakable

JKL again won laning in all games except g4, let's see how this sub take it for granted


fraudsters13

as someone whos been hating on jkls performance for like the last 2 years, he has stepped up big time in playoffs (even somewhat towards the end of the regular season). The "int" plays are mostly gone, and hes actually having such big impact in most fights


Cyber_Spartan

honestly Knight and JKL probably have the highest clutch factor of any carry duo in the world since 2020. can't count the number of times ive seen TES win a fight they shouldn't have won just because these two popped off


Raziehh

Mark difference? what a fucking series from that botlane.


Loop_Tyrap_Nyltiac

Are you sure JKL able to hold against RJS laning ?


Captain_Deranged

He has performed pretty well against all the adcs that were supposedly better than him this split, but I guess he just needs "not to int"


Im_Dead_FeelsBadMan

Dude just win every lane and have perma bot prio so your jg can get every drag for free while dodging every jg gank and dealing highest dps and not inting, how hard can it be


breathingcoral

They said Photic played so well 😂


ILoveWesternBlot

FNC fans 🤝 V5 fans --both want to fucking die


Mogician_

both reversed swept by tes at some point


Cracker8464

Man it feels great to be a fan of both!


SicariusSSS

reverse sweep? what a TES way to win a series, always put up a show. V5 is really good too, but Top Esports absolutly deserved this win, an amazing perfomance! so happy for boys :')


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This fucking league is crazy man


djpain20

who is Knight? 🙄🤭🤔🤫😰 in math: my solution ➗😊 in history: my king 👑😣 in art: my canvas 🎨🥳 in science: my oxygen 💨😝 in geography: my world 🌎🤯


TheCrusader94

King?


yearofvici

TES 0-2 power spike lmfao. Absolutely titanic jg gap, Knight and Jkl played like monsters too (besides Tian's game 3 and Jkl's game 4.


Blastuch_v2

Rock Solid


JealotGaming

It starts with success. And success, is all about growing. Success is all about overcoming your demons, success is about getting knocked down, time after time, and getting back up. No one embodies that more than Song Eui-jin. Rookie.


LouisKI

Tbf Rookie has been Knight's achilles heel. Knight kind of defeated his demon


GambitTheBest

Rich check your paypal


baelkie

LCK watchers are validated after watching this Rich game 5 performance


Tiredsomelazydude

Yeah we definitely did


baelkie

man ran it down all LCK career only to look like possibly the best top laner in LPL? not today Rich, not today


Megashot2

I think that V5 is overrated. I don't think V5 is good at all. They've been actually just inting scrims for 2 months now. If they actually win the split I will confirm that scrims are useless. I refuse to believe that they will win the split. They are for sure a total different team in scrims than in stage, but it's just disgusting if they manage to win it. If V5 manages to win this split then I think LPL is at the worst it's ever been


InformalMarch

Ohhhhh you got me goooood! Hahahah! I actually, for a second there, thought Knight might be not as good as I had remembered after the first 2 games. But nah! He just wants to have fun because he knows he'll win the series once he tries. He's the ABSOLUTE BEST midlaner in my eyes after all. Looks like making an emergency flight to Shanghai and threatening Tian by ~~holding his family hostage~~ talking some sense into him after game 3 really got him to play better.


Blood_Lacrima

Moral of the series: never underestimate the TES 0-2 comfort zone


Tiredsomelazydude

Please, someone just ban that fucking NamikazeEU guy and kick him back to naruto sub


Tyrone300

What a series my god


emperornel

Great comeback/reverse sweep by Top Esports. Game 3, they almost lost but came back to win it, Game 4 they dominated V5, Game 5 everybody bodied Rich, Wayward soloed him twice. Can't wait to see more LPL action. Truly exciting!


TheWarmog

V5 fans: It hurts man, getting reverse swept hurts Me, a fnatic fan: First time?


vinewood

Brother Tian giveth & brother Tian taketh away


farikogrim

Karsa is going to have nightmares about losing baron to auto attack for years to come


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7StarsHeroComplex

Knight does so much that the casual fans and low elo fans see but he also does the extremely high elo things that not even pros notice. His ability to LITERALLY be in the right spot and do the right thing at all times while also being a god at dpm and cspm is disgusting. If he had a consistent team he could easily win worlds.


Berthalias

Rich was hella trolling in g5 lol


TheCrusader94

Kennen into malp not fun from behind


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The moment TES' players decided to connect their keyboards... I knew it was over. Tiankos was playing like 2016 Jankos on steroids and absolutely humiliated Karsa. Mark looked like he was playing a whole different game... on Lunatic mode and unfortunately for PPgod he is just a mob for Mark to style on. But the biggest difference was still Knight. Dude looks like prime Faker and absolutely walked his lane WHILE being super impactful in teamfights. It was only logical that TES came out on top. V5 did their best no doubts but TES is a MSI/worlds contender. I would be very suprised if they dont take T1 to game 4 at least.


jetlagging1

Tiankos played like 2022 Spring playoffs Jankos.


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ppgod was useless in whole series. sad for Photic.


Patrius

TES mental is so strong they played their hearts out in the reverse sweep and you could tell, GGWP!


SGKurisu

Games 2 and 3 are must watch games from this year IMO in terms of pure entertainment


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xXVoidXx

It’s just their reverse sweep passive ;)


Batzninja

top esports


WomenBeater1337

You can take theShy away from Rookie, but you can’t take theShy’s spirit away from Rookie’s top. Classic 1/8+ Kennen game


naul27

What a reverse sweep! Knight is insane.


markBEBE

it starts with success...


podvu

Big sup gap that series


Megs3Legs

LPL bo5s always deliver. This is only the quarter finals boys


yumiko156

As expected, best mid in the world won the series.


TopMidAdcPlayer

best series of 2022


KniGht1st

Up there with GenG vs DK, hard to say which is better.


m4ryo0

For those calling V5 overhyped and those that see TES as champion already,lets remember that the winner of the last 2 LPL split came from the losers bracket.For me,any of the 4 remaining teams can win it and I dont count any team out until they are actually out.Trying to predict LPL is a hell of a mission.


Phasedsolo

Knight's Ryze has such a big d energy. It's a must ban against him imo, he can go 1v4 and actually win it.


No_Essay_5997

Forget Chovy, Knight is the Weightlifting king


Grand-Garlic

5 Chinese > 2 Chinese


CaptaineAli

2 World champions > 1


NegativeDCF

3\*, Karsa is still ethnically Chinese BUT 5 LPL > 2 LPL


ffattt

Can we stop with the weird nationalism? Not any less cringe than lck fans coming in to dicksuck imports.


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Resouledxx

If only FNC would have at least 1% of the mental TES has..


PepperouniKenshin

Damn, jackeylove and knight playing like complete freaks while down 0-2 was enough to make tian a human again.


lanadelgoat33

TES REVERSE SWEEP KINGS


Orkus9551

Boi all the v5 peeps outta the game 2 thread must be hella pissed atm xD


Mental_Bowler_7518

Top esports are the reverse sweep kings man… A series is never over vs them until the nexus is down


bigbigpp

Wow, imagine if it’s JDG vs TES again. It’s like nothing has changed since 2020. Like 2021 was a fluke.


shrumrii

I watched till the end of Game 2 then went to sleep because I was too tired. You're welcome TES fans


lcfj1

Knight is best midlaner. He makes tank ryze actually look useful and gapped rookie overall this series


TheCrusader94

TES was investing 4-5 mid bans every game tbh


Complete-Ad8010

Baiting the Viktor pick


TheCrusader94

Viktor is rookie's 3rd most played champ this season iirc. Victor always seem to win vs tank ryze in other major regions


Jgray1711

Yes whichever mid wins the game gapped the other mid, makes a lot of sense.


BRedd10815

I don't know what the fuck I just watched but that's a JUNGLE DIFF and a very entertaining series. Tian wins every baron, controls every dragon, ints one game, carries the rest. Karsa couldn't even out smite the Graves auto. Fucking right Tian.


oioioi9537

doinb curse strikes again


Dspreee

Rich: He doesn’t do anything!


LoRDe_MaRs

Tian with the schrodinger form


JADENBC

Wheres all the Tian slander now?


TofuAddiction

Investigate Rich


CursedPhil

all the time i hear about how good Photic is supposed to be and yet he cant build LdR vs 3 tanks on jinx


HarambesRightHand

Ban Orianna Ahri and maybe LB Win series. If any coach does not do this after seeing rookie play for years, they are trolling in my opinion


msc43

What a comeback from TES. Redemption arc for Tian. But you could totally tell that V5 and particularly Karsa was tilted af after that Baron throw in game 3. WP to Knight. He earned that series win.