Yesterday – February 16, the highlight match of the 5th week of LPL Spring 2022 between Victory Five and Royal Never Give Up officially took place. As two teams that are in the top 4, both V5 and RNG have shown that they have performed extremely well and have their own powerful weapons. However, on a day when Karsa and Rookie played too well, Photic got both Pentakill and Zeri, V5 still had a convincing 2-0 victory over RNG.
Despite their best efforts, RNG still had to lose to an excellent V5
The biggest highlight of this match was definitely the ending of the Victory Five team’s utopian match with the initiator named Karsa. Specifically, after many failed attacks because Jinx and Corki on the RNG side became too strong, Karsa made a very bold decision to stand in the Top lane for 1 minute and 30 seconds to “bait” RNG. that they were eating the Elder Dragon. As soon as RNG moved to the Dragon cave, Karsa rushed into the opponent’s main house, warding off for his teammates to Teleport and end the match.
V5’s unbelievable “backdoor” phase when Karsa hid for 1 minute 30 seconds to pull RNG out of the base
After winning the final 2-0 against RNG, this unbelievable “backdoor” phase of Karsa and his teammates became an extremely hot topic. It was even mentioned in the post-match Rookie interview, and Victory Five’s Mid lane praised Karsa for this extremely smart move.
Q: How did Karsa figure out the “backdoor” at that point?
Rookie: I don’t know either, Karsa just said that when he wards everyone has to teleport to end the match. Maybe he really is a Jungler genius.
Karsa was also voted as the MVP of that game
Not only mentally, but Karsa’s handling phase also directly helped Victory Five take a very long step on the LPL rankings. Specifically, they rose by the win-loss difference with SofM’s WBG and shared 2nd place with this team. This is as an affirmation of “outcast” players like Karsa, Rookie, Photic that they are still extremely excellent and ready to compete for the championship, not out of time.
V5 is on par with WBG and is sharing 2nd place on LPL chart
Meanwhile, the one struggling after this match was obviously Royal Never Give Up when they lost the opportunity to put pressure on LNG Esports. It should be remembered that RNG will have an extremely difficult battle with LNG itself on Sunday. If they continue to lose to another direct competitor, it is entirely possible that RNG will be left behind in the race to the top 1 position of LPL Spring 2022.
