If DRX’s miracle run by final yr’s League of Legends World Championship taught followers something, it’s to by no means doubt the underdogs. Right this moment, that logic held true as soon as extra.
Golden Guardians once more exceeded expectations by efficiently taking down FlyQuest within the decrease bracket finals of the 2023 LCS Spring Playoffs. This victory leads to not solely the group’s first involvement in an LCS grand finals tomorrow, April 9, but additionally invitations them to MSI in London, England for his or her worldwide debut.
The five-game sequence noticed neither staff desirous to again down, even when the chances have been stacked in opposition to them. From extra electrifying gameplay from the Golden Guardians bot-lane duo to synergistic teamfights from the storied gamers on FlyQuest, every recreation of the sequence appeared to move leads back-and-forth between the 2 groups—with the groups even bringing out just a few peculiar picks from deep of their pockets.
But when it appeared that the lead FlyQuest had accrued in recreation 4 was sufficient to cement a victory for themselves, Golden Guardians as soon as extra stepped up with techniques which have afforded them success of their underdog journey up to now. Within the closing battle for dragon—after having snuck a Baron for themselves—Licorice hit a three-man Malphite final on his unsuspecting opponents, in the end incomes Golden Guardians a win that saved them within the sequence.
This momentum was all Golden Guardians wanted to rapidly propel themselves by recreation 5, beginning with an progressive Sion-leash technique that introduced them two kills in three minutes. The staff saved their lead afloat all through the complete recreation by gradual coordination that they lacked of their earlier two defeats within the sequence. With grand finals and MSI of their sights, Golden Guardians marched down the mid lane to their third and closing win of the sequence.
Whereas the format for this yr’s MSI has not modified, each the LCS and the LEC have been given a second consultant for the primary worldwide match of the yr. Cloud9 earned their spot with their sweep of FlyQuest in the upper-bracket finals, with Golden Guardians now becoming a member of them on the occasion to characterize all of North America from Could 2 to 21—the primary worldwide League competitors the group has ever been part of.
However Golden Guardians’ run by the Spring Playoffs just isn’t but over. They’ve now cemented a spot for themselves reverse C9 within the grand finals, a staff they’ve but to satisfy up to now within the Spring Playoffs, however one they’d traded blows with throughout the common season. C9 has solely misplaced a single recreation of their upper-bracket playoffs run up to now, and might be Golden Guardians’ hardest competitors up to now.
The grand finals match of the 2023 LCS Spring Playoffs between Cloud9 and Golden Guardians will happen tomorrow in Raleigh, North Carolina, marking the final cease of the LCS earlier than MSI begins in just some weeks. FlyQuest will proceed their LCS run when the Summer time Cut up begins in just a few months.
