In the highlight match of the first week of the LPL Spring 2022, SofM and TheShy’s Weibo Gaming defeated Bilibili Gaming with a score of 1-2. The loss was unfortunate, but WBG can only blame themselves for making too many mistakes. In addition, praise must also be given to BLG for having an excellent game. In particular, the young AD carry Doggo, in his debut at an official tournament under the LPL framework, brought the pressure of being the one to push Uzi to the bench, also had a very good match.
SofM and WBG lost against Doggo’s BLG
Many players and experts also paid attention to the “LPL media war” between WBG and BLG. In which, Doinb – former star of FunPlus Phoenix and also a person who is quite close to SofM, in the BLG component, there is also former teammate Crisp, of course also not outside. After the match, the mid lane of LNG Esports pointed out the weakness that has existed at WBG since the time when it was still called Suning. At the same time, this player also admitted that SofM is really a problem for WBG.
Doinb commented on the weaknesses of the WBG as well as the problems of SofM
“The WBG problem has been said many times: they’re easy to kill in the mid and late game because they don’t have vision. SofM only prioritizes control of the bush area, while the whole team needs vision to the side. No offense but this is the truth and has been said many times.It’s not a matter of whether you want to do it or not, it’s about the team.WBG is probably the team that gets caught the most out of the 17 teams in the country. In the jungle, like the match against WE, SofM and ON were arrested about 10 times, constantly having to lie down, especially WBG’s ability to make decisions at key moments is not really good. SwordArt is better than ON but SwordArt is not as strong in laning as ON.Can only look forward to SwordArt improving on its own and returning to the main WBG roster, otherwise waiting for new updates. of the WBG is still alive.” – Doinb said on the stream channel.
SwordArt can overcome WBG’s problem of not being able to make decisions at a critical time
Indeed, in the last 2 matches of WBG in the LPL Spring 2022, one can see a team with a strong early game, or at least equal to the opponent if TheShy or Huanfeng are too much camped. But entering the important stages, they often only play rhythmically and coordinate “smoothly” when they already have a great advantage from the laning phase. Games 2 and 3 in the match against BLG are the clearest evidence that WBG can’t really solve its problems if the opponent keeps the balance, or gets a little better after the early game.
WBG and SofM themselves are also having many problems
Either way, the LPL Spring Split is only through its first week of competition and teams still have plenty of opportunities to rework. WBG itself has certainly seen its problems and SofM and his teammates will have to quickly find a way to fix it, if they don’t want to go into their own “falling down” in the 2021 season last year.