Preface: Since IG advanced to the LPL playoffs in a dominant manner from the Knight's Path, many LPL viewers have been cheering and celebrating, believing that IG was "pretending to be weak" in the Nirvana Group. In fact, IG's true strength is very strong, and even many IG fans have started analyzing the final route for IG to advance to the World Championship. However, after the first day of the LPL playoffs ended, many IG fans felt devastated because TES, known as the "domestic powerhouse," surprisingly lost to LGD, meaning that one of IG and TES will definitely be eliminated from the subsequent playoff schedule.

Because IG advanced from the Nirvana Group, they have to start from the loser's bracket in the playoffs, and the loser's bracket does not have a "playoff resurrection armor." Therefore, if IG wants to directly advance to the World Championship, they must win five consecutive BO5 matches. If IG wants to participate in the LPL Regional Qualifiers, they need to win at least two BO5 matches. If IG is eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, they will miss the LPL Regional Qualifiers and the upcoming S16 World Championship due to insufficient World Championship points.

Initially, most IG fans believed that IG's first-round opponent in the playoffs would be LGD, since although TES often loses face in international competitions, they are still very strong in the domestic league. However, something that shocked many LPL viewers happened: TES surprisingly lost to LGD, which means that TES and IG will inevitably meet in the loser's bracket, and one of them will be eliminated. If TES is eliminated, they still have a chance to compete in the Regional Qualifiers based on their points advantage. If IG unfortunately loses to TES, then IG won't even be able to participate in the Regional Qualifiers.

TES's loss to LGD was really bizarre. In the first and second games, TES was quickly pushed by LGD. Many viewers thought that TES players were in poor form and would be easily swept by LGD. However, in the third and fourth games, TES players collectively fought back and eventually dragged the match into a decisive fifth game. In the fifth game, TES's coach chose a very late-game composition. TES fell into a huge disadvantage early on. Many viewers thought TES would repeat the first two games, but then TES executed a miracle team fight in the mid-game. After seeing TES win, many viewers thought TES had it secured.

But something that made many TES fans feel devastated happened: TES's core player JKL made two major mistakes in the match. The first was dying in his own jungle, leading to the loss of the Baron Nashor. The second was during the Ocean Soul fight, where he "E'd forward without hesitation." In the decisive game, JKL played a Zeri + Yuumi hyper-carry AD combo. Logically, as long as JKL didn't use his E to dash into the enemy, TES would be hard to lose. But JKL kept using E forward in team fights and died instantly, allowing LGD to come back from a disadvantage.

Although TES has higher World Championship points than IG, many IG fans think that IG facing TES is a good thing, since TES's current form is very off. TES's jungler Tian often gets lost in the jungle and gives away kills, and bot laner JKL frequently dies in team fights. Meanwhile, TES's top laner Zuian, who often carried in the regular season, will have to face LPL's top laner TheShy. Many IG fans believe that Zuian will be taught a lesson by TheShy.

Conclusion

Who do you think will win between TES and IG? TES's performance in international events in recent years has really not been good, so personally I still hope that IG can beat TES. After all, IG really only has one life left. I want to watch more IG games. More importantly, if IG loses to TES, they won't even be able to participate in the upcoming "District King Cup."