After the LPL transfer season, teams have announced their lineups for the new season, and then the upcoming German Cup matches are in the spotlight. This time, the LPL officially issued a new rule that stipulates that all teams must send the main team to participate in the competition, which makes the gold content of the German Cup greatly increased, and the ratings are expected to soar.
At this year's Demacia Cup, the LPL officially stipulated that teams that qualify for the World Championship send at least three main players, while teams that do not qualify for the World Championship must participate in the main team or face a fine. This rule puts a lot of pressure on the players. Often, teams are unable to send their main players due to the reluctance of the players or some other reason, such as some Korean players are not in China, business plans, etc.
The implementation of the new rules means that players are reluctant to compete, and teams will have to make players pay fines out of their own pockets. Generally speaking, the German Cup is an excellent opportunity to hone one, and just after the end of the transfer season, there is just such an event that can provide a chance for the new squad to grind and experience. As a result, most performance-seeking clubs will field an all-out main force unless there are very special circumstances.
Recently, the grouping of the German Cup was also officially revealed, divided into four groups, one of which is nicknamed the "Death Group", consisting of TT, AL, NIP and EDG, and another university team. Why is it called a death squad?The reason is very simple, because these four LPL teams, judging from the lineup configuration after the end of the transfer season, are very close in strength. The overall lineup of TT has not changed much, it belongs to a pure midstream level team, and the advantage lies in the tacit understanding and cooperation of the team.
NIP is considered to be the dark horse of the transfer season, with a squad configuration that includes Shanji, Aki, Rookie, Photic and Zhuo, and is one of the top configurations in Group A, but they have struggled to perform due to their recent formation. EDG's most likely lineup is Ale, Jiejie, Fisher, Le**e, and the second team of small supports, and Jiejie is likely to rotate with Monki. Al lost ZDZ and Xiaohao, but the new season introduced Hery, the jungler introduced Korean aid Croco, the middle lane is Shanks, and the bottom lane has Hope, and the competitiveness is still strong. 
In contrast, the other three groups were less competitive. This German Cup will arrange four teams to advance to the World Championship to defend and meet the challenge of four teams. A brief analysis of the other groups shows that RNG's grouping is obviously a good draw, and they have a very high chance of qualifying, but they need to guard against the emergence of dark horse teams. If RNG advances, they will play directly against BLG. The difficulty of TES is relatively high, because WE's lineup has been strengthened, with mid laner FOFO and bottom lane PRINCE, which are strong for double C, and top laner Wayward and jungler Heng. If TES advances, they will face JDG directly, and the pressure will be great for TES, which has just been formed. 
In general, there are a lot of highlights in this German Cup, and almost every LPL team, except for a few bad teams, has its highlights. The most anticipated in the group stage are TES, NIP and RNG, and of course WE and AL are also expected. In addition, the strength of the strong team in LDL cannot be ignored, and the possibility that the LPL team may overturn cannot be ruled out. 
The only regret is that the format of the group stage may be a single round-robin BO1, which is more accidental. It would be better if a double round-robin BO1 format could be adopted, and only one team could qualify from each group, which is a rather brutal rule. League of Legends Demacia Cup