2022 LPL Summer semi-finals preview: EDG vs TES

Although everyone’s looking at the 2022 League of Legends Champions Korea finals happening tonight,

the League Pro League is featuring a potential preview of Worlds 2022;

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Top Esports is taking on Edward Gaming for a spot in the 2022 LPL summer finals

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EDG have played close to their Worlds 2021 peak as soon as they entered the 2022 LPL summer playoffs

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After a down split — at least by their standards — EDG turned up the heat by taking down FunPlus Phoenix

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Looking at how EDG earned their wins in the last TES series, it was mid laner

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TES and EDG match up well with each other

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both teams are basically evenly matched in every lane.

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