Many fans are quite pessimistic about IG's future in the upcoming 2025 season.

IG lost miserably to TES, fans expressed pessimism

After a noisy transfer period, IG emerged as the "new hope" of the LPL region. With an all-star team and many World Championship champions, IG makes fans hope for a strong team that can conquer many titles. And this belief was further reinforced when TheShy and his teammates had a dream start at Demacia Cup 2024 by convincingly winning the group stage.

IG had a dream start with 3 wins in the 2024 Demacia Cup group stage

However, the recent "disastrous" loss to TES was like a "pour of cold water" hitting IG and the fans. In this match, IG was completely at a loss against their opponents in both their laning ability and their fighting coordination. Even when they were in a situation where they had to compete with "macro" abilities and move the squad around the map, IG still completely failed their opponents. As a result, they were quickly defeated by TES with a score of 2-0 and were eliminated from the 2024 Demacia Cup.

IG recently lost miserably to TES with a score of 0-2

Perhaps there were too many expectations for IG before, so after they lost to TES, many viewers turned to criticize this team. Not stopping there, the fact that IG failed so quickly and had no "fight back" as above made the home team's fans extremely pessimistic. Especially in the context that many LPL teams have invested heavily in quality rookies in the past transfer period.

"Hope is gone, IG doesn't have any discipline at all" - One viewer bitterly commented

"IG has two big problems: poor coordination and match organization, and they don't understand anything about moving on the map" - Another spectator frankly 

"This is not the old version where you can win by forcing fights. Teams need to focus on organizing the squad, taking resources to snowball. And IG keeps making big mistakes in the later stages " - Another gamer shared

IG still has a lot of room for improvement

Of course, in terms of achievements, the Demacia Cup only stops at a friendly tournament and is mainly for testing the team. Therefore, IG's failure will not greatly affect this team's performance in the upcoming season. However, the loss against TES showed that IG is playing too risky and lacks the control needed to win against strong opponents.

IG's risk paid off dearly when they got too involved in the fight and left their opponents with many kills

This style of play can help IG win spectacular matches, but it can also cause them to fail miserably. Obviously, for a team with many superstars and ambition to win, this style of play is not suitable at all. Therefore, LPL audiences are right to be pessimistic about IG's future in the upcoming 2025 season. Perhaps in the near future, the IG team still needs to put in a lot more effort to improve their performance and stability in their gameplay. If this is not done, tragic losses like the recent TES defeat will probably appear extremely frequently and make it difficult for IG to compete for the title, at least in the LPL.