In the 2021 season, EDward Gaming surprised many. First, in the LPL Summer Finals 2022, EDG excellently defeated FunPlus Phoenix – a team that had previously beaten EDG in the group stage. Entering the 2021 World Championship as the number one seed from LPL, EDG still did not receive complete trust. Therefore, when the LPL representative defeated DWG KIA to officially take the crown at the 2021 World Championship, it was truly a seismic event.
However, since their triumph at Iceland, EDG seems to have lost themselves. No one recognizes the team that once defeated DK and Gen.G Esports, as well as having a 1-1 score against T1 in two group stage rounds. Currently, EDG sometimes gives the audience the feeling that they are incredibly fragile, and the 2021 World Championship is the highest peak that this team can achieve. EDG lost 0-2 to WBG, but anyway, SofM and his teammates are still formidable names. But the loss to Anyone’s Legend was a comprehensive defeat that EDG cannot deny.
Recently, Karsa and Knight were chatting during a livestream. Specifically, Knight mentioned he just practiced with EDG, and the mid-laner of Top Esports said the practice session ended quite quickly, exceeding expectations. Karsa guessed Knight was tormenting his opponents but this player commented that EDG is getting worse and worse. Karsa himself confirmed this in a screenshot of the last message.
It is evident that not only the results in matches but even in practice, EDG is not performing well. Ignoring Flandre’s injury and the fact that he is not at peak performance, the remaining names like Jiejie, Scout, Viper, or Meiko have been playing since the official start of LPL Spring 2022 until now, and they themselves have almost lost the form they had in the 2021 season.
Additionally, there is also a conspiracy theory suggesting that “EDG is cursed by the World Championship title.” For those who don’t know, SKT T1 was the first team to create this “curse.” Faker and his teammates won the 2013 World Championship but ended up empty-handed in the following 2014 season. In fact, they didn’t even qualify for the 2014 World Championship.
Currently, hopes for EDG’s playoffs in the LPL Spring 2022 have not completely vanished, but they are truly on the brink. In the remaining three matches, EDG will face Bilibili Gaming, LNG Esports, and Rare Atom. These are all tough names that could very well make EDG “suffer” if this team does not soon regain the form of a champion.