The reigning League of Legends world champions EDG were defeated by Weibo Gaming yesterday during the 2022 LPL Spring Split Week 5 Day 2. While JDG didn’t string out their matches with OMG, taking them down 2:0.
In game one of the first series, the high point was the confrontation between two of the best Top Laners in the league: WBG’s TheShy and EDG’s Flandre. TheShy picked Gwen, who is the champion he excels most at. Flandre picked Graves, and it was neck and neck. Besides that, and because of Angel’s good performance with other WBG teammates’ efforts, WBG took the lead after 20 minutes and ultimately won the match.
Stats of game one between EDG and WBG
In the second game, with the help of Jungler SofM, TheShy gained an advantage over Flandre. While on the bottom lane, EDG easily destroyed the first Turret by the 10-minute mark. At about 22 minutes, Angel’s Orianna killed Flandre’s Renekton, adding momentum that saw the team to its final victory.
The latest team standings
In game one of JDG vs. OMG, JDG led in Kills 4:1 at 15 minutes. Two minutes later, JDG was leading in gold by about 2k, and JDG’s Yagao had a killing spree soon after. In game two, JDG was favored from the beginning and performed a landslide victory.