Live broadcast on August 15th: The 2024 LPL Summer Playoff continues, today's match is between NIP and WBG.

In the first game, early on Leyan's bot lane gank lacked damage, Tarzan ganked top lane, and Light and Shanji exchanged kills. In the dragon fight, Crisp's Rell charged into two NIP players, Light's Miss Fortune ult secured a double kill, but Shanji and Rookie teamed up to take down Tarzan and Crisp, resulting in a 3-for-4 trade in favor of NIP.

In the mid-game jungle fight, Leyan quickly killed Tarzan, but Rookie's Tristana ult pushed Light away to help him escape. Xiaohu's Zeri entered the fight and secured a double kill, leading WBG to a 1-for-5 team wipe against NIP, gaining a 5k gold lead.

In the late game, NIP gave up Baron to WBG, who then used it to push down the bot lane and wipe out NIP again, directly charging into the base to take the first game.

First game:

BP:

Blue side WBG: Breathe's Renekton, Tarzan's Brand, Xiaohu's Zeri, Light's Miss Fortune, Crisp's Rell

Ban: Zyra, Rumble, Leona, Kennen, K'Sante

Red side NIP: Shanji's Aatrox, Leyan's Ivern, Rookie's Tristana, Photic's Ezreal, Zhuo's Braum

Ban: Lucian, Ashe, Lillia, Nidalee, Maokai

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Match details:

[5:12] Ivern ganks bot lane, MF and Rell get stunned under the tower by Braum's passive, but NIP's trio lacks damage, and both sides disengage.

[7:07] Brand ganks top, WBG's trio dives the tower and kills Aatrox, with Rell securing the first blood, but MF overextends and gets traded, resulting in a 1-for-1 trade.

[11:28] Rift Herald fight, Aatrox traps four WBG members, Tristana kills Brand, Renekton ults from behind and melts Aatrox, WBG secures a 2-for-1 trade, gaining a 2k gold lead.

[13:50] Dragon fight, Rell engages on two, MF ults and kills Braum and Ivern, securing a double kill. Renekton ults from behind and cuts Aatrox to half health, Brand flanks and kills Ezreal. Aatrox and Tristana team up to take down Brand and Rell, MF and Zeri stay bot lane, Braum stuns Zeri, and Tristana secures the kill, resulting in a 3-for-4 trade in favor of NIP.

[21:08] Jungle fight, Aatrox traps four WBG members, Tristana ults MF away, Ivern quickly kills Brand, Zeri electrifies and kills Aatrox and Braum, securing a double kill. MF kills Tristana, WBG secures a 1-for-4 trade, and Ezreal is isolated and chased to the top lane outer turret by three WBG members. Zeri jumps over the wall, and WBG's four members melt Ezreal, securing a 1-for-5 team wipe and a 5k gold lead.

[24:41] Aatrox gets killed by MF's ult in the bush near his base turret, Ivern is caught in his jungle, WBG secures a 0-for-2 trade and starts Baron. NIP's trio tries to disrupt, but WBG backs off, maintaining a 7k gold lead.

[29:22] After a mid-lane skirmish, WBG easily secures Baron, gaining an 8k gold lead.

[30:15] WBG pushes bot lane, Aatrox initiates but gets instantly killed by Renekton. Zeri and Rell flank and secure a double kill, MF ults and also secures a double kill. WBG secures a 0-for-5 team wipe and takes down the base, winning the first game.

In the second game, early jungle fight, Leyan's Brand was left with low health but managed to stun Crisp and kill him. Rookie's Zeri solo killed Xiaohu, disrupting WBG's formation and allowing NIP to secure a 0-for-4 trade. Later, Leyan's successful ganks in mid and top lanes helped NIP gain a 5k gold lead.

In the mid-game dragon fight, Rookie's Zeri electrified and secured a quadra kill, leading to a 7k gold lead at 17 minutes. In the late game, the outcome was already decided, with NIP securing Baron and pushing down WBG's base to win the second game.

Second game:

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Match Details:

[3:02] Bottom lane 3V3, Nidalee was caught while clearing the Krugs, Sejuani's W caught Nidalee, Nidalee used Flash but died, giving first blood and red buff to MF.

[4:50] Sejuani ganked top lane, K'Sante without Flash was harassed by Kennen to half health, Sejuani knocked up K'Sante and secured the kill.

[5:22] Nidalee without Flash invaded Sejuani's jungle and was spotted by the river ward, Zeri and Sejuani caught her, then Nidalee invaded WBG's Krugs again and was killed, Leyan's score became 0-3-0, WBG had a 2k gold lead.

[7:34] Alistar was caught recalling in the bush, Rell's Q hit Alistar, and EZ secured the kill.

[10:04] WBG's three members flanked bottom lane and caught Rell, Zeri easily secured the kill. Nidalee invaded WBG's top jungle again, clearing the wolves and Gromp, surpassing Sejuani in level.

[11:39] Rell and Smorde were dived under the top tower, Kennen and Alistar knocked up Smorde, Kennen secured the kill, then four members of WBG came top, Alistar perfectly tanked the tower, Rell gave Kennen a double kill, WBG had a 3k gold lead.

[13:48] K'Sante and Kennen traded ultimates in the bottom lane, both retreated with low health, both junglers arrived, and the teams disengaged.

[16:48] WBG secured the second dragon, released the Rift Herald in mid lane, and took down NIP's first tower, leading by 5k gold.

[19:38] Kennen was caught pushing the top lane by K'Sante, Smorde, and Rell, NIP's three members killed Kennen, Smorde secured the big kill, WBG pushed down two outer towers in the bottom lane, leading by 6k gold.

[22:06] WBG's three members started the dragon, K'Sante used his ultimate in the jungle to knock Kennen away, Kennen ulted and fought back, Zeri TP'd to the minion wave and killed K'Sante, Sejuani secured the dragon, WBG was on soul point, Nidalee killed Alistar, in the dragon pit Zeri activated her ultimate, killed Smorde and Nidalee securing a double kill, WBG had a 2 for 4 trade, leading by 8k gold.

[24:32] WBG's three members secured the Baron, Kennen held off Nidalee and K'Sante in the bottom lane, WBG led by 10k gold. Then the dragon respawned, WBG secured the dragon soul, still leading by 10k gold.

[30:47] Rell face-checked the bush in the jungle and was caught, Rell flashed and ulted two members, Smorde's damage was insufficient, the dragon soul helped WBG heal, after disengaging WBG pushed mid lane and stormed NIP's base, MF ulted to cover Zeri who killed Rell, WBG pushed down NIP's mid and top inhibitors, and ended the game, taking the match point.

In the fourth game, Leyan continued to choose Nidalee against Tarzan's Lillia. In the early dragon fight, Tarzan's Lillia flashed and slept three members of NIP, Light secured first blood on Leyan, WBG's mid, bot, and jungle secured kills, WBG had a 3 for 0 trade. Then Xiaohu's Zeri TP'd to the bottom lane and killed Rookie, Leyan followed and died, WBG led by 3k gold.

In the mid-game dragon fight, NIP had no chance in the frontal fight, Shanji's Renekton was solo killed by Breathe's K'Sante, WBG had a 1 for 4 trade, leading by 6k gold. In the late game, WBG crushed NIP in the jungle with a 3 for 0 trade, Light secured a triple kill, WBG secured the Baron, leading by 10k gold.

Finally, Xiaohu was caught in the top lane, WBG's four members in the bottom lane fought 4v5 and wiped out NIP, Breathe secured a triple kill to end the game, WBG pushed down NIP's base, winning the match 3-1 and advancing to the next round, while NIP bid farewell to the 2024 LPL playoffs.

Fourth Game:

BP:

Blue side NIP: Shanji's Renekton, Leyan's Nidalee, Rookie's Azir, Photic's Jhin, Zhuo's Nautilus

Ban: Ashe, Alora, Lucian, Sejuani, Maokai

Red side WBG: Breathe's K'Sante, Tarzan's Lillia, Xiaohu's Zeri, Light's Ezreal, Crisp's Braum

Ban: Zyra, Miss Fortune, Rumble, Ziggs, Kai'Sa

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Match details:

[6:38] Dragon fight, Lillia hits level six and puts three NIP members to sleep, EZ kites back and takes down Nidalee for first blood, Azir and Leona are killed, WBG gets a 0 for 3 trade, leading by 1k gold.

[10:49] Lillia and Braum head top, Braum's passive procs and Lillia puts Renekton to sleep, K'Sante secures the kill on Renekton.

[11:20] Rift Herald fight, Jhin secures the Rift Herald, Zeri and Braum flank, Braum Q hits Jhin, EZ procs passive and gets the kill. WBG leads by 3k gold.

[14:18] Azir teleports behind mid lane and kills EZ, but Leona gets caught by Lillia in the river and gives up a kill, both teams trade 1 for 1, WBG pushes mid lane with two players, Leona uses ultimate under turret to protect the first turret. Azir and Nidalee push bot lane, Zeri teleports behind bot lane and kills Azir. WBG leads by 3k gold.

[17:53] Dragon respawns, K'Sante solo kills Renekton in bot lane, Lillia puts Nidalee to sleep and Braum secures the kill, EZ kills Leona, WBG gets a 0 for 3 trade, Zeri gets pushed back by Azir in mid lane, Jhin secures the shutdown kill, Lillia flanks Jhin in mid lane, EZ uses ultimate, Lillia kills Jhin, WBG gets a 1 for 4 trade, leading by 6k gold.

[21:16] Jungle team fight, EZ's smooth combos with Lillia instantly kill NIP's mid, top, and jungle, EZ gets a triple kill, WBG gets a 0 for 3 trade and secures Baron, leading by 10k gold.

[22:48] WBG pushes mid and takes down NIP's inhibitor, Zeri gets caught by Leona's R in top lane, Azir follows up and secures the shutdown kill. WBG's four players push bot lane, Renekton flashes and bites Lillia but gets knocked away by K'Sante, NIP's four players are low on health, WBG dives the turret, WBG gets a 0 for 5 trade, K'Sante gets a triple kill, EZ gets a double kill, WBG pushes and destroys NIP's base to secure the victory.