Estar ended being on the losing side against Bilibili Gaming 2-1 when the jungler forgot to take smite.
Despite being so close to victory, their lack of smite gave the game to BLG, as they took objectives uncontested. This was a rookie mistake made by a top team.
BLG has no choice than to thank ADC Wang “Wings” Shu-Kai, who became the saving grace for the team, showing his prowess on Aphelios in their first game, which they won. He was also on Ezreal to secure the second victory for the League of Legends team. He was deathless in the Ezreal game by showing how to kite properly on the Prodigal Explorer.
Estar committed the rookie blunder when their jungler, Yan “Wei,” Yang-Wei, failed to take smite, which is an essential summoner spell for League junglers. This gave Wei a hard time clearing his jungle.
Riot had over some years ago restricted jungle items so that laners won’t abuse them again. As a result of this development, any jungler that forgets to pick up smite will end up falling far behind because they couldn’t get bonuses from a jungle item.
With a superior objective control by BLG, they won the tie despite eStar being close to winning it. This shows how smite was crucial in the game.
After losing the first game, EStar cleaned the second, with Wei redeeming himself on Ekko after his smite blunder in the first game. The jugler got into an early lead and built on it for his team and secured all neutral objectives except for the first Rift Herald. The lead helped eStar to equalize the series at one game apiece cleanly.
In the third game, Wings showed up with another top performance as he was superb on Ezreal. The ADC got a huge advantage for the bottom side of BLG, and eStar couldn’t match his mechanical prowess with a fed Ezreal.
eStar and BLG will be facing teams higher than them at the moment in the LPL’s Summer Split standings next.
Estar will battle LNG Esports, who reverse swept FunPlus Phoenix in their last game, while BLG will tackle Victory Five roster that has been exceptional so far this split.
