Weibo Gaming defeated NRG 3-0 in the first quarterfinal matchup of the 2023 LoL World Championship, leaving the West without its only remaining representative in the tournament.
Weibo entered the match as favorites, which they confirmed in three games. NRG had the greatest success in the first game, where they successfully matched their opponents, especially in the early stages of the game, but as the game progressed, they had less and less answers to Light's increasingly strong Aphelios.
It took almost 40 minutes for the Chinese team to take the lead, and after that we saw a much more dominant LPL representative play in the second and third games.
The second game was marked by TheShy on Aatrox, he helped the rest of the team to get a big lead right from the start, and this time Light was even more convincing with 9-1-4 Aphelios. Credit must be paid to the American team who fought bravely against a more skilled opponent, NRG tried to find picks and steal objectives whenever the opportunity arose, but they could not seriously threaten the superior rival.
It seems as if in the third game, the NRG players were already a bit discouraged because they had no solution for better opponent play. The players of Weibo Gaming continued with 1 on 1 kills and dominance on Rift, this time they did not allow the opponent to knock down any of their towers or take any neutral objective and in just 26 minutes they put an end to the third game and at the same time the entire quarter final.
