TheShy tasted the bitter fruit of defeat, IG created three major highlights, and Rookie's career night ended in regret.

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Yesterday, LPL held a focus match in the Rebirth Group, where two previously undefeated teams met. The winner would become the first-round Rebirth King. As a result, IG regrettably lost 1-2 to NIP, dropping to second place.

Swallowing the bitter pill, TheShy becomes the breakthrough point.

Before this match, TheShy was in excellent form, performing well in two games, winning MVP and being named LPL Top Laner of the Week for two consecutive weeks.

However, in this round against Hoya, Hoya's personal performance had some issues.

In the second and third games, Yashen's Jax made some mistakes, showing that his proficiency is indeed lacking. His timing of engages and ability usage gave the opponent opportunities.

The most regrettable was the third game. In this game, IG's main carry responsibility was on the Jax. Against Poppy, he could free farm and once developed, he could dominate the late-game teamfights. However, TheShy was solo killed twice in critical situations: once by a Sivir who was behind in levels, and once by a Sylas in the mid lane.

The Jax failed to have an impact in teamfights, becoming the team's weak point. After this match, TheShy needs to conduct a thorough review to see if he can improve his proficiency with these two champions.

Three major highlights, Rookie's regretful end.

While TheShy was underperforming, his teammate Rookie was burning brightly like a sacred relic. His Viktor in the third game was a career-night level performance.

In this match, Rookie's personal damage conversion rate reached an astonishing 423.18%, ranking first in LPL mid lane history and second across all positions, breaking Fofo's previous record of 376.13%.

(The highest damage conversion rate in history was set by Viper, who achieved 441.3% with Ezreal).

Rookie's statistic also became a major highlight of this BO3. In addition, there were two other highlights from the NIP team.

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First, mid laner Care, in a situation where his team was significantly behind in the second game, led the comeback with a strong performance and secured a pentakill. He also played at a career-defining level.

Then, Korean jungler Guwon, using Skarner in the third game, built Heartsteel but had 0 stacks at 40 minutes, drawing mockery from the audience.

IG identifies problems, team communication needs improvement.

In my opinion, IG exposed many problems in this round. First, TheShy is not as strong as expected. As a veteran who just returned not long ago, it's normal for him to have a poor performance. As a viewer, you can't expect TheShy to carry every game. Just identify the problems and solve them.

Then, regarding IG's team communication, their ban/pick in the second game had major issues—the mid lane Ryze pick was not good. This is something to review in the BP phase. Moreover, in actual gameplay, reading the game and executing the tactical system, IG sometimes becomes sluggish and greedy, giving the opponent opportunities.

In simpler terms, the error rate in team direction is relatively high, and they cannot execute each round's offense and defense as well as strong teams do.

Next, IG will face the second round of the Rebirth Group's round-robin. They need to be wary of WBG, which might burst out. They should aim to take revenge on NIP later. The two teams are actually evenly matched; if IG can perform a bit better, they still have a chance to win.