GAM Causes a “Tremor” at ASI 2025, LPL Fans Point Out the Worst Performers
The ASI 2025 tournament initially didn’t receive much attention from teams and players, as it was considered a test event and even referred to as the “C2 of League of Legends” due to the limited number of participating teams, the short duration, and the fact that these teams had already lost their spots in the 2025 World Championship. However, recently at this tournament, GAM unexpectedly achieved a 2-0 victory over JDG – a very strong representative from the LPL compared to the teams from VCS.
The keyword “JDG defeated by GAM” immediately became a hot search on the social media platform Weibo. Meanwhile, for netizens on HUPU, the JDG players simply had a disastrous day of competition. In particular, the bottom lane trio of Scout – Peyz – Zhuo received the lowest ratings from HUPU. Throughout both games, Peyz had no impact whatsoever despite using his familiar “signature” champions.
Notably, during the playoffs and regional qualifiers, among the teams that fell into this bracket, JDG was considered one of the highest-rated teams. In their lineup, Xun is the World Championship runner-up, Scout is a former World Champion, and Peyz was even rated higher than Gumayusi at one point last year. However, in both games, this trio was the most disappointing, leaving no mark or impact to change the outcome of the matches.
GAM’s Victory Also Reveals a Truth About LPL Teams
But from GAM’s victory, it also highlights one thing: besides the good performance of the yellow-black players, LPL teams clearly did not have enough focus for the ASI 2025 tournament. According to Doinb, teams didn’t even practice for this event and competed with a “just get it over with” mentality.
Nonetheless, GAM’s efforts cannot be denied. This victory for GAM is also the first time a VCS team has defeated an LPL team in a BO3/BO5 match in the history of all international tournaments attended by both regions.