Six matches were held yesterday on the first day of the Group Stage for the League of Legends 2022 World Championship (Worlds 2022). It’s quite a successful day for three teams from the LPL, RNG, EDG, and JDG on their debut. RNG defeated LCK’s first seed GEN 1:0, T1 beat EDG 1:0, and LPL’s first seed JDG won the match against EG 1:0.
In the match between RNG and GEN, RNG enjoyed outstanding coherency among its Mid-Laner, Jungler, and Support, building an excellent tempo and considerable advantage. While on the side of GEN, they chose the uncommon duo of Senna and Singed for the bottom lane and, during the match, made some unexpected mistakes.
One of the pivotal moments took place at 30 minutes when the two teams fought for Baron, RNG killed four of GEN’s champions while losing only one. In the end, RNG took the win and RNG Xiaohu earned the MVP Award.
At 30 minutes, when the two teams fought for Baron, RNG killed four of GEN’s champions while losing only one.
Between T1 and EDG, T1 picked a more powerful lineup. Its pair of Yuumi and Fiora, and the duo of Yuumi and Akali, demonstrated their strong offensive power and chasing abilities. In the end, T1 defeated EDG quickly in the match within 23 minutes.
Between JDG and EG, despite some back and forth, JDG Kanavi became a crucial element in JDG’s victory and showed his dominance, ending the match on 12/1/9 and earned the MVP Award for the match.
In the other three matches, The LCS teams at home suffered three losses. The detailed results of the six matches are as follows.
The results on Day 1 of the Group Stage for the Worlds 2022