In the current Spring 2022 season, teams are showcasing their strength in domestic leagues. Notably, the LPL and LCK tournaments are the most highlighted with two names: T1 and Victory Five. In Korea, Faker and his teammates are the “undefeated champions” of the League of Legends world with an incredible record of 18 wins – 0 losses. Meanwhile, V5, led by Rookie, is completely dominating the LPL Spring 2022 standings with 14 wins – 2 losses. The teams that V5 has defeated include the “Royal Army” Royal Never Give Up and the reigning 2021 World Champion – EDward Gaming.
However, despite this, the community within the LPL does not truly believe that V5 will make an impact if this team can attend MSI 2022. The main reason given by most is that T1 is currently too strong. Some opinions even point out that although Rookie can be viewed as a “kryptonite” to Faker with a record of 5 wins – 1 loss in their encounters, T1 is currently a very different team. In fact, LPL fans also argue that while Rookie may be considered one of the top two mid-laners alongside Faker, the other lanes of V5 struggle to compete with T1 at this moment.
– Faker and Rookie facing off at Worlds 2022, I would be willing to pay a lot of money to see it!
– Rookie has good records against Faker, but this will be hard to replicate. T1 is really too strong now. It’s a pity that in the past, they had too few opportunities to face each other.
– IG performed poorly at Worlds 2015. If they had performed better that year, there might have been a chance.
– That year, LPL teams understood the new patch too poorly.
– T1 will easily ‘handle’ V5. V5’s mid lane (Rookie) is strong, but the other lanes are where T1 shows superiority. They will create a significant gap.
Overall, these opinions can be considered reasonable. T1 at this moment is the perfect combination of experience and youth, talent and luck, as well as the efforts of the entire team. Not to mention, names like Keria, Gumayusi, and even Oner and Zeus have enough potential to create breakthroughs. Besides, Faker is said to be making a strong comeback after several seasons that seemed to be leading him to retire from professional play.
Meanwhile, V5, despite being at the top of Chinese League of Legends, has had several underwhelming performances in this very Spring 2022 season. A notable example is the match where V5 was completely dominated by Weibo Gaming. In that match, although V5 won game 1, the following two games could only be described as a “disaster” for Rookie and his teammates.
Nevertheless, V5 cannot be underestimated as they still maintain good form. If Rookie can lead V5 to victory at LPL Spring 2022, it would be a well-deserved reward for the former Invictus Gaming star after a tough time. Above all, if V5 faces T1, it will undoubtedly be an incredibly exciting match – a battle between the top two mid-laners in the world right now.