JD Gaming surged into third place with their fourth straight win Saturday in China's League of Legends Pro League Summer Split in Shanghai.
JD Gaming (5-2, plus-5 differential) swept Invictus Gaming (5-3, +2) with MVP performances by jungler Jin-hyeok "Kanavi" Seo and bot laner Dong-wook "LokeN" Lee.
In the day's other match, EDward Gaming (3-4, лучшие сео специалисты (redirected here) 0) swept winless Rogue Warriors (0-7, -12) behind the MVP efforts of jungler Li-Jie "Jiejie" Zhao and bot laner Jie "Hope" Wang.
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 5 concludes Sunday with eStar Gaming (2-5, -2) facing second-place Victory Five (5-2, +6) and Royal Never Give Up (4-3, +1) taking on FunPlus Phoenix (4-2, +4).
LPL Summer Split standings through Saturday (record, map differential):
1.
Top Esports, 7-0, +12
2. Victory Five, 5-2, +6
3. JD Gaming, 5-2, +5
4. Team WE, 5-3, +5
5. Suning, 5-3, +3
6. Invictus Gaming, 5-3, +2
7. FunPlus Phoenix, 4-2, +4
8. LGD Gaming, 4-2, +1
9. Royal Never Give Up, 4-3, +1
10.
Vici Gaming, 3-3, -2
11. EDward Gaming, 3-4, 0
12. Oh My God, 3-4, -1
13. Bilibili Gaming, 2-4, -4
14. eStar Gaming, 2-5, -2
15. LNG Esports, 2-6, -8
16. Dominus Esports, 1-7, -10
17. Rogue Warriors, 0-7, -12
--Field Level Media
