At Worlds 2023, the match between JDG and T1 in the semi -finals has attracted a lot of attention from the audience. The reason is because JDG is at that time facing the opportunity to create a “golden road” with winning all titles in the season. However, this could not come true when T1 defeated JDG convincingly and then ascended the World Championship 2023.
At Worlds 2023, it was T1 that the team ended the “golden road” of JDG
It should be known that the current JDG gunner – Ruler also has a lot of debt in the past with Faker and T1. Therefore, many fans expect that JDG will seek to pay the above defeat debt in the 2024 season. However, it is sad that the LPL press is pessimistic about this.
Specifically, in the recent match, JDG received painful defeat against LNG with a score of 1-2. Moreover, this defeat also shows that the performance of the JDG collective is relatively low when even stars like Kanavi and Ruler play below expectations. It is this failure that is making the belief in JDG having a ticket for Worlds this year to become serious.
Trang Sohu proved quite pessimistic about JDG's Worlds 2024: “JDG's squad this year is much weaker than last year. Even when it has spent the spring period to get used to the new squad, JDG is simply not strong enough. Lack of stability. The biggest weakness of JDG is still the upper line and jungle.
With the defeat against LNG, JDG dropped to 3rd place on the Summer LPL ranking 2024 despite the number of matches they played more than other teams. It should be known that at the present time, BLG and TES still show the formidable strength and LNG is rising strongly. Most likely these are the teams holding the highest seed positions of LPL at the upcoming Worlds.
With the additional additional supplement called Wei, the current BLG is even stronger than the spring period
At that time, the chance to come to JDG's Worlds was almost just competing “Seed 4”. It should be known that teams that have been considered “underlying” such as AL, WBG or FPX also have made quick progress in recent years. Therefore, JDG will also face many difficulties in competing the position “Seed 4” and can absolutely have to sit at home to see the upcoming Worlds.
JDG is not too good at the present time
In addition to the stars like Ruler, Kanavi does not keep their form, the human resource fluctuations also negatively affect JDG. Typically in the upper position when they broke up 369 and brought back a young player (Sheer) and a player who rested the 2023 season (Flandre). It is difficult to ask such players to immediately shine, so the decline of JDG is understandable.
It is difficult to ask a player with too little experience like Sheer can shine in the first season to play at JDG
Fairly, the opportunity to win tickets to Worlds 2024 of JDG has not been extinguished. However, if the JDG team kept playing below the expectation as in the match against LNG, it is difficult for them to compete for the position of the LPL in the upcoming Worlds. Perhaps it was only when stars like Kanavi, Ruler regained the highest form that JDG had the hope of returning to the international arena and “revenge” T1 in the future.