Underestimated? NIP is in good form and is expected to enter the Worlds this year!
Speaking of NIP, many people should know that the predecessor of this team actually emulated the previous V5, and remember that the V5 at that time was built with Casa and Rookie as the core, but I didn't expect to play well in the spring game, but in the summer game, V5 replaced Casa, but this did not reduce the strength of V5 much, but instead made them enter the playoffs, and almost entered the world after entering the bubble game.
Under such circumstances, V5 changed its name to NIP and re-established the team, but did not achieve good results. Seeing the poor results, V5 also decisively replaced the players in the team, with Rookie as the core of the team, and re-found more strong teammates for the team. And this time NIP's idea is even clearer, Rookie is definitely wanted, Casa is not in the scope of consideration, but they introduced OMG Ueno, who performed well last season, and the bottom lane is Photic and Zhuo, such a lineup is actually more luxurious than the previous V5.
Judging from the results, this NIP team is still in good shape, although they lost to JDG, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that their run-in at this stage is not in place, and even if they lose to JDG, as long as they can win other teams and squeeze into the top four, they will have a chance to enter the World Championship. And judging by their intensity, this is something that is possible.
At present, the top three teams are BLG, JDG and TES, these three teams are playing well, and LNG and WBG also want to play results, but the current state is unstable, if NIP really wants to enter the World Championship, the next thing they have to do is to improve their ability, as long as they can have enough confidence to beat LNG and WBG, they have enough opportunities to enter the World Championship!