Recently, the most anticipated event of the LPL offseason has been the Demacia Cup, especially this year's German Cup. Before the tournament, the official asked each team to send their main lineup, and even the team that has already qualified for the World Championship must send at least three main players to participate in the battle. This regulation made the German Cup competition more intense, and the players from all walks of life showed their peak form, attracting many key matchups.
In the end, the German Cup came to an end, and BLG won the championship. However, the focus of this Derby Cup has fallen on some underperforming players who have become the winners of this Derby Cup"Black list"。TES's bottom laner JKL and top laner 369, LNG team's bottom laner GALA and jungler Weiwei, and team NIP's top laner Shanji have all been in the spotlight for their poor performance in the match.
First of all, NIP's top laner Shanji was once regarded as the future star of LPL top laner. However, when it came to BIN against BLG, it was completely suppressed and the performance was disappointing. In the loss to BLG, the collapse of the bottom lane became the main reason, while the other three lanes were equally difficult to compete with BLG.
For the LNG team, the most disappointing was GALA, followed by Weiwei. Gala had a terrible performance against Assum, lacking depth in the hero pool and being suppressed by the opposing young group. Weiwei didn't play well against the rookie jungler, and the overall performance of LNG was not satisfactory, and the gap with BLG was obvious.
As for the TES team, despite putting together a strong lineup, the performance of 369 and JKL was disappointing. In particular, the bottom lane combination of JKL and Meiko performed poorly in the face of Ruler's line pressing. This makes TES make more mistakes overall, and it becomes a member of the black list.
In addition to the above five players, there are also RNG's bottom lane duo LWX and Ming, which are also attracting attention. However, due to the relatively low expectations for the pair, they failed to make the black list. They went 1-28 against BLG's bottom lane, and the performance was equally deplorable.
These players are in the black list, not because of their lack of personal strength, but because they have not performed well in the German Cup for a number of reasons. This can involve a number of factors, such as not adapting to the version, personal mentality or state issues, and insufficient team run-in. The Derby Cup has a tight competition cycle, with players and teams lacking more time to adapt.
Overall, there is still a chance for the blacklist players to bounce back in the future. The German Cup provides them with an opportunity to identify problems and work hard to solve them through the competition. It is expected that in the LPL Spring Tournament, these players can smoothly adapt to the format and requirements of the new season, and win more honors for the team. Hopefully they will be able to play better in future matches and respond to the expectations of the crowd.