Top Esports (TES) are through to the League of Legends World Championship (LoL Worlds) Knockouts after beating Bilibili Gaming.
As the LPL third seeds, TES were not favoured coming into this tournament, especially with toplaner Cheng ‘ZUIAN’ Zi-Hao missing out due to visa issues.
A few weeks ago, veteran pro Bai ‘369’ Jia-Hao was streaming Valorant after stepping down for a break from LoL esports back in April.
Now, 369 has subbed in for his sixth Worlds and has miraculously continued his record of always reaching the Knockout Stages.
TES Comeback to Beat BLG 2-1
Having been called up just a week before Worlds and only getting to Emerald rank after his break, you might have thought that 369 would struggle against Chen ‘Bin’ Ze-Bin, one of the best toplaners in the world.
Yet, 369 came out with a combined KDA of 8/4/14 as he once again got the better of his long-standing LPL rival.
TES lost the first match of the series but then answered back in impressive fashion.
A monstrous team fight by Yu ‘JackeyLove’ Wen-Bo’s Lucian helped TES come back from 5k gold down in Game 2.
And then TES stomped Game 3 to lock their place in the top eight against all odds.
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Meanwhile, BLG are now in very real danger of being eliminated from the Swiss Stages with their 2-2 record.
Having already faced Karmine Corp, Movistar Koi and Team Liquid, BLG can only face Lyon or the loser of G2 Esports vs Hanwha Life Esports.
A 2-2 match between BLG and HLE is looking quite likely and would mean an early exit for one of this year’s initial favourites.
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An esports journalist for nine years with a focus on LoL Jack has written for national newspapers, interviewed major names, and driven people mad with puns. He's most proud of…
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