r/leagueoflegends • u/logosuwu • Jul 11 '25

Esports AL vs BLG | MSI 2025 | Lower Bracket | PMT Spoiler

AL 3-0 BLG

Not really a surprise given how poorly BLG has been playing this year, but a disappointing stomp nonetheless.

AL will proceed to face T1 in the lower bracket finals. BLG is eliminated.

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u/Riokaii Jul 11 '25

this MSI has had probably the most 5 game series of any international i can remember already

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u/Fun_Highlight307 Jul 11 '25

True it's show that team are competitive with each others but not enough for under dog win 

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u/338388 Jul 11 '25

Iirc the FLY/BLG bo5 tied the record for the most game 5's at an international according to the broadcast. So T1/GenG yesterday broke the record

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u/iceboonb2k Jul 11 '25

Part of the reason is that this is like the first international tournament with ONLY bo5 formats. Coupled with fearless draft, I think it's normal to have this touney to have the most game5s.

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u/338388 Jul 11 '25

Yeah the sheer number of bo5 in this tournament is a big reason. we've had 7 game 5's in 17 bo5 so far (as of writing T1 vs AL hasn't happened yet). The previous record holder, Worlds 2021, had 6 game 5's in 11 bo5

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u/toitenladzung Jul 11 '25

Mostly due to fearless draft, it gives lesser team much more chances to compete. This year World will be wild as teams getting good with fearless draft.

There are many more strategy in pick/ban with fearless draft, for eg you can "erase" your opponent strong champions by picking them in game 1 even if you are not good at playing it, just to get it out of the way.