Bilibili Gaming outlast FlyQuest at the 2025 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational | GosuGamers

Despite a strong showing, FlyQuest bow out of the competition in 5th-6th place.

The 2025 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational was an absolute bloodbath, with two teams in the bottom bracket clashing for another chance to move forward in the competition. In the end, it was Bilibili Gaming that prevailed over FlyQuest in a gruelling five-game series, 3-2. 

FlyQuest came to the competition as the LTA’s first seed. In Round 1 of the Upper Bracket, they lost to LPL’s first seed Anyone’s Legend 3-1, before they swept LEC’s G2 Esports 3-0 in the first round of the Lower Bracket.

Meanwhile, BLG came into the competition as the LPL’s second seed, and had to sweep their way through the Play-ins to make it to the Bracket Stage. In the Upper Bracket, they defeated Movistar KOI in Round 1, but lost to T1 in Round 2 of the Upper Bracket 0-3, dropping them to the lower bracket.

Here’s how BLG outplayed FlyQuest:

In the first game, FlyQuest came out swinging, taking first blood, a few more kills, and gaining a slight gold advantage in the laning phase. FlyQuest continued to pressure BLG’s bottom lane. However, BLG kept looking for ways to maintain gold parity with kills of their own. From the mid to late game, both teams continued to push each other, with the gold and kill advantage nearly dead-even. 

However, FlyQuest were better in team fights, especially in one crucial fight at the Dragon pit that went in their favour and allowed them to pull ahead of their opponents. As the gold gap grew, FlyQuest became stronger and overpowered BLG across the map. And after a 36-minute encounter and a 23-9 kill lead, FlyQuest destroyed the Nexus and won the first game.

The second game was another close one, with both teams testing each other’s limits as early as the first five minutes. Both sides stayed on equal footing through most of the match, trading kills and map objectives until mid game. But it was a chase in FlyQuest’s jungle that gave BLG an edge, using the narrow pathways to isolate and kill opponents, finally securing a crucial gold lead. This also allowed them to take the Baron and march down FlyQuest’s base. After a 30-minute battle, BLG destroyed FlyQuest’s Nexus to win the second game.

The third looked much like the first two games, with both teams going aggressive early and staying level until mid game. Once again, it was BLG who pulled ahead. However, a fight at the Baron pit went FlyQuest’s way, allowing them to make their way to BLG’s base and destroy BLG’s inhibitor turrets. But BLG were able to fend them off, punishing them for overextending, and turning the tables by finishing them off in a clean ace. From there, BLG went straight for FlyQuest’s base, destroyed their Nexus in 37 minutes, and took their team to match point.

In the fourth game, FlyQuest managed to gain an early lead, finding plenty of wins in the sidelines and in skirmishes. Although BLG tried to find trades across the map, FlyQuest were locked in on the Chinese team, pummelling BLG in every encounter possible and taking full control of the map. After a 28-minute one-sided siege, FlyQuest destroyed BLG’s Nexus to win the fourth game, taking the series to Silver Scrapes.

With their backs against the wall, BLG stepped up in the fifth-game decider, capitalising on FlyQuest’s mistake in the bot lane. The Chinese team played as if they were a completely different side, utterly dominating the map and giving FlyQuest no room to breathe. After a 31-minute slaughter, BLG destroyed FlyQuest’s Nexus to win the fifth game and the series 3-2.

With their win, BLG will face Anyone’s Legend in Upper Bracket Round 3, which is the Lower Bracket semifinals of the Bracket Stage. Meanwhile, FlyQuest bow out of the competition in 5th–6th place, taking home US$160,000 in consolation.