In the evening of February 1, Vikings Esports had a team encounter. This is also the second strongest opponent in the 4 -match match of VKE at VCS Spring 2024 to the present. The match attracted attention because this would be another high -dose reagent for VKE's ambition in this season. In addition, a victory will also help the TW temporarily dispel doubts, after the first match, the “salt face” champion of the champion of the Esports. TW needs a truly strong opponent to prove that they are still a formidable name in the championship race.
VKE needs to win to determine the position in the VCS race in the spring 2024
But the game in both games can be said to be a bit … one way. If in game 1, VKE can wave when the upper wing is still overwhelming, the lower wing is completely overwhelming. Not having too many difficulties, “whales” ended two games that were somewhat quickly followed the same script: hit the game slowly -> organized a big target by winning the lane early -> snowball rolling at the end of the game. The defeat helps the TW to maintain the chase and basically have not affected too much on VCS Spring 2024 of VKE.
But it had to be impulsive when the centimeter was too strong
But there is a remarkable parameter discovered by the VCS community: TW makes VKE the first team in the history of Vietnamese League of Legends by the opponent to use Baron Power Play to get nearly 9k gold advantage. This is also the largest amount of money at the VCS that a team can exploit from Baron charms since Riot made editors for the amount of gold obtained from the downstream of the teams.
VKE became the VCS team with the difference in Baron Power Play
However, in the history of League of Legends, VKE can “comfort” a little when they are not the team that the opponent uses Baron to exploit the most effectively. In the past, there were 2 pairs of matches also had a high amount of gold from Baron Power Play. The first is the match between Funplus Phoenix and Sprlyce with 9187 gold from Baron Power Play. But first, the match between Afreeca Freecs (the forerunner of Kwangdong Freecs) and Phong Vu Buffalo (VKK's predecessor) under the Worlds Group of Worlds 2018.
FPX – SPLYCE match with more than 9k gold difference
But the record belongs to the AFS – PVB match with more than 10k gold Baron Power Play
And perhaps the audience has noticed the accident: VKE is the team acquiring the entire Saigon Buffalo (which is PVB renamed). Thus, it can be said that VKE has continued the “achievement” of the old PVB in the past. Only thing, the context is in an internal match of the regional tournament.
And PVB is the precursor of VKE
Back to Vke, SOFM's team obviously had a lot of work to do. Not to mention the title competition or a good ranking, VKE also needs to have a yard that meets the expectations of the audience, that is the most important thing for this “rookie” VCS team.