Victory Five and Royal Never Give Up both collected their fourth wins Monday in the League of Legends Pro League Summer Split in China.
V5 (4-1) opened Week 4 with a sweep of Vici Gaming (1-3), while RNG (4-1) posted a 2-1 victory over eStar Gaming (2-3).
It was the second straight win for both teams, who trail only Top Esports (4-0) in the standings.
Victory Five MVP honors went to Guo “ppgod” Peng and Wei “Weiwei” Bo-Han. The MVPs for Royal Never Give Up were Lu “Betty” Yu-Hung (first map) and Li “Xiaohu” Yuan-Hao (third map), with Zhang “Wink” Rui leading eStar in the second game.
The 17-team, 10-week LPL season runs through Aug.
9. Following a single round robin of best-of-three matches, the top eight sides will advance to the Summer Split playoffs.
All matches in the single-elimination postseason bracket will be best-of-five, with dates yet to be announced. The top two teams will get double byes into the semifinals, and the third- and fourth-place teams will get byes in the quarterfinals.
The fifth- through eighth-place teams will compete in the opening round. The tiebreaker order for playoff positioning is game differential followed by head-to-head result.
The playoff winner will earn a spot in the League of Legends World Championship, scheduled to be played in China at a date to be announced.
The champion will claim more than $280,000 of the nearly $600,000 prize pool.
Week 4 action continues Tuesday with winless Dominus Esports (0-4) facing JD Gaming (1-2). LGD Gaming and Invictus Gaming square off in a battle of 3-1 teams.
LPL Summer Split standings through Monday (record, map differential):
1.
Top Esports, 4-0, slotqq +7
2. Victory Five, 4-1, +5
3. Royal Never Give Up, 4-1, +4
4. Invictus Gaming, 3-1, +3
5. LGD Gaming, 3-1, +2
6. Team WE, 3-2, +3
7. FunPlus Phoenix, 2-1, +2
8. Suning, 3-3, 0
9.
EDward Gaming, 2-2, +1
10. LNG Esports, 2-2, -1
11. eStar Gaming, 2-3, +1
12. JD Gaming, 1-2, -1
13. Bilibili Gaming, 1-3, -4
14. Vici Gaming, 1-3, -4
15. Oh My God, 1-4, -4
16. Rogue Warriors, 0-3, -6
17.
Dominus Esports, 0-4, -8
–Field Level Media
