After a two-day hiatus, the LPL second-stage intra-group matches kick off again. During the break, WE announced new jungler Tyrion's加盟. For the match against WBG, WE opted to bench Monki and start the rookie. Tyrion playing immediately after being announced suggests his scrims outperformed Monki significantly; otherwise, management wouldn't dare field him without磨合.

WBG's current form is unstable. Compared to other teams, WE has a better chance to secure their first win of this stage. However, Tyrion just joined; expecting him to lead a victory over WBG is too demanding. At least playing a full BO3 against WBG would count as success, since WE hasn't even won a single game yet—can't expect to become a胖子 overnight.

WBG announces Kim will handle on-stage BP.

For WE vs. WBG,微博 made a small adjustment: from this match, team supervisor Kim will join coach Shine for on-stage BP. Changing赛训 seems微博's only viable change now. But the team's biggest issue isn't BP; if players are underperforming, even with strong picks, lane phase struggles.

Personally,微博 should get Jiejie moving. Protecting bot lane ELK enables him to carry mid-late. But Jiejie's recent games show no early opportunities or resource control, just farming;节奏 relies on Xiaohu. That's hard to win. Jiejie moving, giving Xiaohu tools, focusing on bot, is微博's only破局 way now.

Zuian makes Weekly Best lineup.

LPL Week 2 Best lineup is released. Compared to Week 1, top and AD changed. Last week's Best top was Bin, but after losing to TES, Zuian replaced him. Bot lane "husband" didn't retain;哥哥, after comeback,首次 got Weekly Best. The other three positions: three players retained,连续两次上榜.

Tian,左手,ON上榜 again—their performances确实 best in their roles. Weekly Best only includes TES and BLG players. Last year's小王 AL has no上榜 for two weeks,陨落彻底. Zuian,刚登上LPL, beat Bin and got Weekly Best top, could win Best Newcomer this stage; keeping up might even get一阵.

Former RNG VP discusses all-Chinese lineup.

RNG may be gone, but its impression remains deep. Recently, foreign media published "Rise and Fall of RNG," interviewing former RNG overseas VP. Part discussed RNG's proud all-Chinese lineup. The ex-VP's评价: the all-Chinese执着极具号召力,却也像一座牢笼.

This statement is spot-on. RNG's peak indeed relied on all-Chinese噱头. But同时, unable to recruit strong Korean reinforcements to补足短板 was a major reason RNG couldn't突破 in Worlds. According to the VP, RNG's decline began with S8 loss to G2; after that, player沟通频繁出问题, core veterans相继离职.

Conclusion:

Though words sound nice, RNG's downfall was entirely management's doing. Talented players were locked—not playing for RNG meant退役. This合同卡人方式毁了不少选手. So when exiting,人人喊打 is deserved;退出只能说退得好.

So what's your评价 on all-Chinese lineup?

Welcome to discuss!