Team WE
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Team WE produced one of the most shocking results in recent LPL memory on Saturday, knocking reigning Split 1 and First Stand champions Bilibili Gaming down to the Split 2 playoffs lower bracket with a stunning series win. It was BLG’s first defeat to WE since February 2023, and the gap between the two sides on paper could not have been wider.

BLG entered as ultra-favourites at 12-2 in the Split 2 regular season, fresh off a and Zhuo "" Ding's fourth regular-season MVP. WE, by contrast, had finished 1-13 in the Ascend group, dead last. Their only previous lifeline this split came at the Knight’s Rivals stage, where they beat Nirvana group leaders LNG to avoid relegation for Split 3 and become .