After capturing their first-ever Worlds title, EDward Gaming assist Tian ‘Meiko’ Ye knowledgeable followers they may anticipate good points from the workers going forwards.
DWG KIA had already been topped Worlds 2021 champions throughout the minds of many even sooner than the occasion had started.
And however, it was the LPL’s EDward Gaming who bought right here out on prime following a five-game thriller in the direction of the defending champions.
Following the win, Meiko addressed followers and knowledgeable them they may as quickly as as soon as extra think about throughout the group after a hard-fought season.
Meiko talked about followers should have extreme expectations of EDG going forward
EDG reside as a lot as fan expectations
“I really feel the LPL is always very strong,” Meiko talked about. “Nonetheless beforehand, many people put very extreme expectations on EDG, and we’ve not always lived as a lot as them.
“I really feel that’s the explanation many people didn’t put these expectations on us this 12 months.”
It has been an prolonged freeway for the seven-time LPL champions. Undeniably one in all many strongest teams in China, EDG always appeared to falter on the Worlds stage:
- Worlds 2014: Quarterfinals
- Worlds 2015: Quarterfinals
- Worlds 2016: Quarterfinals
- Worlds 2017: Groups
- Worlds 2018: Quarterfinals
As well as they began to slip down the tier report of Chinese language language teams, missing Worlds in 2019 and 2020 whereas moreover ending no elevated than fifth in an LPL break up between Summer season 2018 and Summer season 2020.
Nonetheless 2021 was completely completely different. The workers added prime laner Li ‘Flandre’ Xuan-Jun and bot laner Park ‘Viper’ Do-hyeon earlier to the season and accomplished third in Spring 2021, their highest finish since coming second in Spring 2018.
Veteran prime laner Flandre was an essential addition in returning EDG to contender standing
EDG curse lifted after profitable Worlds 2021
They did one increased throughout the second break up, profitable their first LPL title since Summer season 2017 and returning to Worlds years after their last look in 2018.
It was there that EDG lastly progressed earlier the quarterfinals at Worlds.
“We now have broken this curse,” Meiko talked about.
Now, with a Worlds title beneath their belts, it seems like a model new interval of dominance is dawning for EDward Gaming.
“I wish to let that you possibly can put extreme expectations on EDG from now,” Meiko concluded.
The question is, can EDG do what DWG KIA couldn’t, and run it once more in 2022?
