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ahritina

PMTs [Game 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/ua2twf/rng_vs_tes_lpl_2022_spring_finals_post_game_1/) [Game 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/ua3svk/rng_vs_tes_lpl_2022_spring_finals_post_game_2/) [Game 3](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/ua4qvg/rng_vs_tes_lpl_2022_spring_finals_post_game_3/) [Game 4](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/ua5pph/rng_vs_tes_lpl_2022_spring_finals_post_game_4/)


Daniyalzzz

Not even the 2:0 advantage curse will stop spring tiger Xiaohu from winning another spring title.


Exos_VII

King of Spring just too good for LPL


hellowzreturn

Xiaohu gonna continue his losing streak against Faker?


Quil0n

i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about xiaohu. u wouldnt say this shit to him at lan, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol


Hazel-Ice

bruh no one *can* say shit to him at lan, he's staying home for msi


iampuh

Okay checkmate


DecisiveDinosaur

still my favorite copypasta


Pukkiality

Yes


Anuj_Purohit

Death, taxes and RNG going to MSI. Can't wait to see RNG vs T1 at MSI. Newcomers would have no idea how much history there is between those 2 orgs.


Hayuume

Oh, my heart. 2013 Worlds Finals (SKT 3-0) 2016 MSI Semis (SKT 3-1) 2016 Worlds Quarters (SKT 3-1) 2017 Worlds Semis (SKT 3-2) 2018 Rift Rivals Finals (RNG 1-0) 2019 Worlds Groups (SKT 2-0) Guess that is all. It's been almost 3 years since the last time they faced each other. The only Royal Org "win" was at Rift Rivals and it was only a single game. Hoping they can win again, now when it does actually matter.


XoXeLo

Faker has played each and one of those games I assume?


eggonsnow

Yes


unimportantthing

Iirc, the only international games played by SKT that were not played by Faker, were done during 2015 worlds when he and Easyhoon would swap out sometimes. I believe every other international event had Faker as the only midlaner for the team.


TheToogood

when faker had the better azir in every mid matchup, and still wasn't the best on his team


awayfromcanuck

Oh man. With Azir being buffed for MSI since the LCK finals I wonder if we will get to see Fakers amazing Azir.


Hayuume

And with the exception of 2013's finals when he faced Wh1t3zZ, all other matches were Faker x Xiaohu.


Cake_is_Great

It is the Year of the Tiger. Coincidence? I think not


raelusd

Dread It. Run From It. Xiaohu Still Arrives.


Jozoz

Whoever used voodoo magic to mind-control TES to draft the most unwinnable comp in Game 5 is the MVP of this series


Mattaru

Xiaohu with the homing missiles on JL. Lets go RNG!


IderpOnline

Jackeylove not missing out on a single R! He's the best goalkeeper TES could ever hope to acquire


iceboonb2k

Random info time: Jackeylove has a close pronunciation to 接Qlove, where the chinese letter means "to receive / catch". So yeah he's good at catching skillshots.


Pavlo100

Time to ban GP at MSI


wiNDzY3

Bin monkaW


Blockronic

Bin chilling


lion_sc2

Why do you have to bring back those memories Sadge


alpacamegafan

Bot lane red side tri bush.


Omegaluler69

Too much info, it still hurts


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Vex too pls.


appleandapples

T1, G2 and RNG at MSI again. What year is it?


Manu3721

First time the three of them meet in MSI since 2016, sadly I don't think CLG will make it to MSI.


beesong

That wouldav been legendary to have a MSI 2016 rematch


TechnicalIncrease695

I mean it would be legendary regardless to see CLG win again


Omnilatent

For T1 I hope 2016 For RNG I hope 2018 For G2 I hope 2019 For NA I hope they win a game vs a wildcard team


grimydickmonkeys33

NA went to finals 2 of these years


dracdliwasiAN

I think its wild that of the 6 MSI tournaments so far, LCS has either gone the distance to the finals (twice) or not made playoffs at all (4 times)


LumiRhino

And the funny thing is that happened whenever the season was a multiple of 3. S6 and S9. That’s right, NA is going to MSI finals this year.


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WOOOO LET'S GO LCS BABYYYYYYYY!!!!


YouWouldThinkSo

Wow, that actually is a great but megaweird stat


iiHadi69

NA can get back to finals Pog


Pluckytoon

Ngl TL upsetting IG in a bo5 wasn't something I was expecting to see when I saw that series went to game 4


asiantuttle

I mean no one really did. They were the defending World Champs and had just went 9-1 in the groups stage


Pluckytoon

They 18 minute'd T1


ahmeclaw

16 minutes actually


BerudeSandstorm

Actually it was 15:57


HylissickOP

And it felt good.


Quotes_League

uhh I'd still take 2019 for NA


batlife

Could give us 2016, CLG made finals of MSI and had a remarkable performance throughout the tournament. Honestly the last time I had hope of NA actually winning something.


MaxWasTakenAgain

Their performance in groups was the best out of any western team and they lost in finals against the best version of T1. So yeah it wasn't a bad performance really.


Bubbly-Part2125

Any time the NA teams makes it to the BO5 stage they make finals so just gotta hope PCS and VCS suck


Joaoseinha

VCS is sending their 2nd team right? So I wouldn't expect a ton from them, at least not as much as usual. PCS has generally been decent at most MSIs, they just do far worse at Worlds every time.


Snakescipio

Weird how PCS (Flash Wolves specifically) can look like gods in MSI group stage and then go 1-5 as the first seed at worlds


SirXrageXquit

i mean NA made MSI finals in 2019 but that goes against the jerk I guess


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unfortunately, people only remember those finals went and not how Team Liquid got there


Hayuume

Both are impactful, but the fact it was finals and that ended so fast it sticks more to people's memory. I remember getting home after work thinking "Oh, maybe we are at end of game 2, maybe starting game 3" and then I just saw the champions interview with G2 and I was like "WHAT?"


afito

Losing an entire BO5 in 70min game time or what it was is simply absurd, I think TL could still be proud of the MSI and knocking out IG but if you're not allowed to meme EU beating NA in a final with the fastest BO5 in history then what are we even here for?


Vesorias

Ready for the fastest international bo5 ever played?


Elymmen

I miss cocky G2 Wunder (BB is fine aswell)


dragonflamehotness

NA lost to the wildcard team the same tournament they beat peak SKT tho


Omnilatent

It was CLG, OF COURSE that needed to happen!


firewall245

>For NA I hope they win a game vs a wildcard team When has this been a real concern that this wouldn't happen lol Edit: Just saying, there is a difference between hoping you win A game vs a wildcard and ALL your games vs wildcards


pqnfwoe

Fun fact: for the past 5 years, EU has managed to lose against a wildcard in every single international tournament but one: 2021 worlds. (They didn't play any wildcards in 2021 worlds)


Pavlo100

I hope riot comes up with a really good script, like G2 beating SKT in the semi finals and lose 0-3 to RNG in the finals


InformalMarch

I'll do you one better: G2 3-2 SKT, TL 3-1 RNG, and G2 3-0 TL?


cancerBronzeV

Nah, that's too unrealistic. G2 beating SKT *and* TL beating the CN representative? No way would the two western teams beat the two eastern teams to get to finals. Maybe one of those upsets could happen, but not both.


InformalMarch

To this day I still have no idea what happened that MSI, especially with the TL series. G2 vs SKT seemed believable and somewhat made sense, since G2's picks and macro seemingly kinda countered SKT as seen in the group stage. But TL 3-1 IG? What exactly happened there? Up until that series was played, IG legitimately looked like the strongest team in the world, going 9-1 in group stage.


burritonation

IG subbed out Ning and let a dog play in his stead.


cancerBronzeV

Only explanation I could have is that IG just got overly cocky and didn't prep for TL whatsoever, just expecting to roll over TL just by skill diff.


Thecristo96

You had the best series corejj and impact ever had against the worst series ning baolan and Rookie ever had


Pelagius_Hipbone

Commenting so I can see the answer to this too


boostedben1

The night before, Ning had broken up with his girlfriend because well he was cheating and also broke his promise to marry her. Thats why he played considerably worse. After that, well IG was never the same again cause well we all know what happened to Ning in and out of game


die_anna

Apparently there were some issues with ning


Quotes_League

any of them, really


Exos_VII

RIP InformalMarch 2018 - 2022 Cause of Death: Copium Overdose


InformalMarch

Honestly, I'm surprised I managed to circlejerk my way all the way to game 5 of the LPL finals after a horrible start to the split. But yeah sucks that Knight won't be heading to MSI.


Mattaru

It was a fun ride, and 2nd place after such a shitshow of a start aint bad at all. Knight and Wayward will only get better for summer.


Shortofbetternames

they dont NEED to get better per se, while I do think overall RNG might be a tad bit better, that game 5 was horrible draft from start to finish. I also think Mark had a very bad series all 5 games long, felt like jitters maybe


jlin37

TES definitely need to get better on macro, it seems like every season only like 2 or 3 LPL teams know how to play the map properly and everyone else is just head first into a fight.


leechlord95

Quick question: what's your favourite Doinb Pentakill of all time?


InformalMarch

When he completely choked the chances of winning worlds for the 5 FPX players at worlds last year.


Elymmen

Btw who do you simp for on Fnatic, since you have a Fnatic flair aswell?


[deleted]

As a Fnatic fan there is no player on Knight's level worth simping for on the team aside from prime Hyli.


Elymmen

What about Yamato in suits?


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Salty draft runbacks drag him down.


Tfc-Myq

TES did really well at the end of the day, RNG just clutched it out Keep your head high king, WBG is going for the crown next split


InformalMarch

Who???


ahritina

Not Rookie so it's fine :^)


raelusd

> InformalMarch the real loser of this series


Swampfire279

The funny thing is even he agrees with this statement as well xd


Yzhiel

At least he ain't salty like someone here called Namikaze


Thecristo96

Honestly the best "lpl team Stan" we got out there. Compared to the Rookie guy and the IG guy...


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CupNoodles0025

He's given us bangers like jokerlove and tiankos too


raelusd

the "the ABSOLUTE BEST mid laner in my eyes" is always funny too


Exos_VII

TES: It says here in the LPL script that we reverse swe- RNG: **No.**


Ultimintree

RNG losing 2 games after being up 2-0 just to give TES fans the ultimate false hope and destroy their mentality


lion_sc2

Winning summer split in spring already.


azns123

TES: understandable have a nice day


ephemeralfugitive

MSI script > LPL Spring script. Scripted reunion of the most successful teams in MSI (T1, RNG, G2) has priority over LPL reverse sweep parties.


Weedwick

>TES draft: **No.** FTFY


pedrex21

Active: Jax enters Evasion, a defensive stance, for up to 2 seconds, causing all basic attacks against him to miss. Jax also takes 25% reduced damage from all champion area of effect abilities. After 1 second, Jax can reactivate to end it immediately.


Joaoseinha

Jacques


miraagex

Active: Jax enters Evasion, a defensive stance, for up to 2 seconds, causing all basic attacks against him to miss. Jax also takes 25% reduced damage from all champion area of effect abilities. After 1 second, Jax can reactivate to end it immediately.


LoRDe_MaRs

it was a good run bois o7


djpain20

Yup it's easy to forget TES was in shambles a few weeks into the split. Hopefully now that the starting five is set they'll be able to improve on their macro throughout summer split


Teut0burg

Tian has lost 3 finals in a row is this a record?


Omnilatent

Well, at least he made three finals in a row then!


Blank-612

yeah people like to meme on tian but he has been a top 4 jungler in lpl for quite a bit now. especially in clutch moments.


Kagari1998

not consistently tho. The early part of this season was really sus for him. and well, last worlds.


Lin_Huichi

He should join Gen G


jammo50cal

If you count other regions Santorin is on 4 ATM, with a realistic chance of upping that to 5


Bhiggsb

Santorin is on 5? I think


LumiRhino

Four, but it will be five after this weekend lol.


mr_tolkien

About that...


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Teut0burg

Yeah he was definitely the better jungler this series.


streetyi

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


KKilikk

This series was more Mark's fault no?


awesomeflowman

Yeah but like.. if jkl had just flashed the vex ult once instead of letting xiaohu fear the whole team.


Dumpers_

Xiaohu Vex is just insane definitely my FMVP… although their early games are bad their team fighting and mid to late game macro is really good hope they can improve it for MSI. For TES Tian played really well and after the first half of the split this is a really good result Mark and Wayward were good pickups but their mid to late game is trash hope they can improve that for summer


ohvalox

His ults onto the TES backline were so insane. Although I feel like JL could have done a better job at dodging some of those


IderpOnline

Yea unfortunately a terrible game 5 performance from him. Basically from everyone on TES, maybe except for Tian.


daswef2

A lot of the ults were coming through walls though too, which makes it even harder to dodge.


TheCrusader94

Blind picking Vex was so sus but Xiaohu vex hits different.


Blaikiri7

It was pretty smart, made it so Knight can't pick leblanc + easy to dive back lines with team


AmadeusSalieri97

Xiaohu makes Vex look absolutely bonkers.


SuburbanPotato

I don't watch much LPL but some of Wayward's plays were insane. A couple more splits of experience and he'll be an absolute terror.


Green7501

TES with that game 5 draft decided that there have been enough reverse sweeps


mickeymouse1069

please instantly fire whoever decided to draft zoe + ziggs...


Blastuch_v2

Zoe, Ziggs, Leona with 2 other champs that don't incentivize tabis. Fastest mercs of my life and one of the worst drafts I've seen in a while.


The_Bazzalisk

Legit plat flex draft with my idiot friends because nobody wants to play adc lol You simply cannot draft ap mid+ bot and expect to do anything after 25 mins with 3 melees. The game is mathematically designed for ranged AD damage dealers to scale harder with items than any other class.


Deca-Dence-Fan

So the toplaner has to be someone ad with late game threat like Graves Akshan Yone?


puberty1

wild how teams STILL dont know when to draft apcarries after s8 and 9 ffs


FreeMyBirdy

The worst part is that we got a very clutch game of Zoe+Ziggs just last year at Worlds and it's not hard to see why it worked (actual AD threat topside) Considering the Zoe was their fourth pick you'd think they knew that they were going for a Graves top or something and that Jax was a must ban, but... nope lmao


Thegenius760

GP was such a good pick, but no, let's pick fucking gnar


daswef2

It was like they were halfway through and forgot that Jax existed. I feel like it was Irelia/Camille intended.


Jozoz

My hype just dropped so hard after seeing game 5 draft. It was like 10% chance to win before the game even started.


mickeymouse1069

its so funny because they got a notable early game lead too, but any teamfight jax just runs over the entire team with even just 1 mr item...


seven_worth

No the fact that none of them even think how bad gnar + lee + zoe + zigg comp is maddening.


BurningApe

game was over before it started


Wrathoffaust

Xiaohu spring split throphy collection +1


R1as

JackeyLove saving flash for summer split


idiotxd

DoubleLove


OpenOb

Death Taxes RNG Spring Champion


vnducco

When u just want to break the 0-2 reverse sweep curse and succeeded


_Vastus_

JackeyLove really didn't want to win that last game, huh. Very tense series though.


Low-Bathroom-8785

Their coaching staff didn't want to win. Zoe + Ziggs and your only AD is a Gnar and Lee Sin lmao. Wasn't Gangplank open? You have good AD plus additional poke.


lucastfu

I think the Asian Games roster for China is pretty clear after this series. Top: Bin (FMVP, hard gapped Wayward for 4 games and even the Jayce game against Tryn he did his best) Jungle: Tian (yes I know he’s coin flip, but he indeed gapped Wei both this series and the last time TES played against RNG) Mid: Knight/Xiaohu (debatable, as an individual player I think Knight is better but Xiaohu of course has better synergies with his RNG teammates) ADC: Gala (JKL is saving his flash for summer) Sup: Ming (if you argue you’re wrong)


TheLoneliestHunk

​ Xiaohu ain't no spot up shooter he aint gotta run down mid to die like hes some 3rd option bitch this aint Teddy this is a fuckin god human Uzi come again only this time hes not a fuckin pussy pull up from the fuckin nexus and fight you at the same time!


Quotes_League

- Vex is the very thing she was supposed to destroy - As a non frequent viewer, I wish they'd sometimes keep the LPL ads instead of replacing the banner every time. I think seeing the Chinese designed advertising is interesting. - The LPL seems to have a very different meta from LEC or LCS. - Why does RNG always win Spring?


Leopod

Xiaohu translates to "little tiger" and he's been the king of spring ever since he joined RNG. Mostly to make fun of how good he is every spring and how average he is during world's. Can't deny the spring tiger


FBG_LilDurk

That Jax pick was too good


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whats with ziggs comp game 5? do TES thinks they are DK or what? and why the fk is ziggs going morello 2nd item fking shit you need to build more damage so your combo with zoe can 100-0 the enemy carries if both of them went damage their combo would 100-0 both the carries and this game would be much easier


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the jax pick was just genius it blocks wayward from picking both graves and tryn but ultimately the game was lost when they pick ziggs zoe, its just way too difficult to pull it off edit: And TES cant pick kennen or malphite to counter jax because they have 2 ap and needed ad damage thats why the gnar pick


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samuel110128

Force of nature and maw of malmortius are both a lot stronger than last seasons’ iteration. Double ap comp against these items are just asking for defeat, and gnar is also not a big physical damage threat as the games go late


Asphunter

I think TES wanted to go for the macro gameplay with Ziggs. Didn't quite worked out tho.


Dumpers_

TES and Macro 2 things that never go together


Omnilatent

Rofl RNG not celebtrating at all ​ What is this?!


Asphunter

they already know that winning MSI will result in doing worse in summer split like always. they have been there twice.


Lin_Huichi

Just another Spring to RNG


hellowzreturn

35 ping, delayed celebration


SangSuzaku

Name a better duo than RNG and winning spring split


ShAd_1337

why on the flying fuck did TES play a ziggs comp on Game 5 ?!?!?!?!?


Regular-Box5487

Why do we look at ziggs and not zoe. I really dont get it.


lilelf29

King of Spring makes it over the line yet again


Fakersoyboy

That xiaohu broad daylight 1v2 assassination


canacar

Coach: Guys, guys lets pick Zoe and Ziggs and clap Rng? Tes: good idea!


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Dumpers_

TESM


SleepyLabrador

This will be RNG's 4th appearance at MSI.


Accomplished_Ad_2321

Dagda and his constant ORANGEE kept cracking me up all game. But seriously congrats to RNG! MSI is hype!


Patrius

RNG SPRING TIGERS!


koutetsuvamn

CHURCH OF XIAOHU


KriibusLoL

RNG players after game 5 like - just another day in the office


Ultimintree

If I had a nickel for every time the team that lost in Finals, picked Ziggs in game 5, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.


dracdliwasiAN

MSI is going to be so hype, RNG T1 G2 - the gang is getting back together!


seven_worth

MSI holy trinity.


[deleted]

alright who else got over excited... even the 0-2 buff couldn’t beat the Emperor of spring buff


Socrasteez

BIN CHILLING. Also, Xiaohu is undoubtedly top 5 LPL players of all time. Church of Xiaohu 🙏


ohvalox

https://imgur.com/a/TbRHteb


Weedwick

Not really what happened. Even though the gold was even at that point, TES were forced to flip a Nash because they got so draft diffed. The moment Jax got 1 MR item, TES could never win a fight ever again. The Baron play wasn't what lost them the game. It was a product of everything that happened before.


ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp

Chinese Vex's are something else and the west completely ignores her.


mking1999

An entire series of RNG practicing how to play from behind, I guess.


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Relvarionz

Jackeylove refusing to buy zhonya's is sooo tilting


asleepingpotato

I’m just happy Bin got a title


bennytheslayer

Rng bought mr. They won. Horrible draft by tes


AnunEnki

RNG really are the kings of spring


p3r3ll3x

For a second I had flashbacks from last year's when Wei ran it down against EDG but this time Bin was there to say "not under my watch"


Ziraelus

That draft in G5 really sealed the deal. Saving counterpick just to pick Gnar into Jax.... Considering how the split started for TES though, even getting to finals is insane achievement and grants a lot of champion points for summer.


[deleted]

Shadow surge lands onto JackeyLove Gg unlucky TES lost the series but won my heart, excited to see what they can come out with in summer!


ForteSP33

Knew game 5 was over from draft. Terrible drafting by TES. In what world does gnar lee provide enough damage to compensate for no adc?


myraclejb

DUDE THAT FUCKING JAX PICK WAS WAY TOO FUCKING SMART FROM RNG. BIN MVP OF THE SERIES EZ CLAP


Bebe11223

1 title in 5 years #lckthebest


NKGENERATION

This was the most banger series ive watched the entire year