Invictus Gaming won the LPL Spring Split on Sunday sweeping the Cinderella story of JD Gaming 3-0. With this, they lifted their first ever domestic trophy and secured themselves an MSI 2019 Main Event spot.

Although hailing as one of the heavy favorites to win the title in Vietnam and Taiwan, Invictus Gaming are not allowing their confidence to overtake them. In his post-final interview, IG top laner Kang “TheShy” Seung-lok looked towards LEC and LCK champions, G2 Esports and SK Telecom, as two teams they can’t underestimate.

“We are actually slightly worried going into this tournament,” TheShy said (translation courtesy of Redditor /u/ynhnwn). “This is because SKT from the LCK have also qualified. Another team that have qualified is G2, which we met during Worlds. They probably will want revenge if they meet us so we are also slightly worried about them.”

TheShy is right to worry about these opponents. SKT had no trouble sweeping LCK regular season champions Griffin, winning the grand final in a quick 3-0. Korea’s most powerful LoL dynasty has had its own resurgence, led by a back-in-form Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok and star bot lane duo pf Park “Teddy” Jin-Seong and Lee “Mata” Sang-ho.

When it comes to G2, however, IG might end up having an easier time than anticipated. In a recent post, the primary support of the “samurai”, Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle revealed that his recurring wrist injury and hand pains might keep him away from MSI, in which case G2 will have to sub in Hampus “promisq” Abrahamsson.

TheShy also spoke about meeting what many fans thought to be his top lane rival, JDG’s Zhang “Zoom” Xing-Ran. The top lane match-up was one of the most hyped storylines for the grand final, with Zoom playing a major part in carrying JDG through to so many upset victories, but their meeting was heavily spoiled by the champions Zoom ended up playing.

“I personally think that Zoom is a very strong player, but I thought it was kind of a shame that him and [JDG’s] coaches decided to put him on tanky champions during the series,” TheShy explained.

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