On March 3, the League of Legends Japan LJL League ushered in the Spring Finals, and SHG and DFM competed for the league championship. DFM have dominated Japan over the past few years, competing in international competitions for a number of years, and they are already familiar to everyone, and this spring season continued to be a regular season helper. SHG finished second in the regular season this season, but they didn't have an advantage against DFM. The LJL Playoffs are a BO5 single-elimination tournament, with DFM and SHG both advancing to the finals 3-0.
DFM's lineup is almost the same as last year's, except that the upper unit is replaced by Rayfarky, and it still uses the lineup of three Korean aids, relying on Nakano to drive the rhythm. SHG is also a lineup of three Korean aids, and the middle field players are all Korean aids, and the biggest surprise of the team is the top laner Evi, which is the familiar praise brother. The 29-year-old is still competing in the field, returning to Japan this year after a year in Europe last year, but instead of returning to DFM, he joined SHG.
Whether EVI could end the defense of his old club DFM and help SHG win their first league title became the focus of attention of many spectators, and the result was a 3-0 sweep in three games. LJL's new league championship was born, this is the fourth championship team in the history of the Japanese division, the first three are DFM, RPG and V3, of which V3 has only won the league championship once, EVI has won the championship in both RPG and DFM periods, this time joining a new team and lifting the championship trophy again.
In the first game, DFM took out the four-core development lineup of Little Fire Dragon and Tsar, resulting in all the resources in the early stage being given up, and SHG got the draw dragon early, winning the team battle in 20 minutes to harvest the big dragon. SHG, who got the Alchemy Dragon Soul, further widened the gap, and DFM had no way to take the line out of the base, so he could only rely on the double C to clear the line to delay time. In the 30th minute, DFM directly rushed to the crystal, and Senna killed four people to win the first game.
In the second game, DFM continued to choose a development lineup, using a comet in the middle to fight against the Tsar. Evi's Sword Demon was targeted a bit miserably in the early stage, but the Blind Monk's jungler rhythm was very good, helping SHG control two waves of nest insects. At the 24th minute, the game was still very anxious, and as a result, Aria's comet was caught and killed, resulting in the release of the dragon, and DFM began to fall into a disadvantage. In the 29-minute Xiaolong team battle, although the little fire dragon did a lot of damage with his ultimate, SHG's pulling did a better job, and a wave of 0 for 4 and three teleportations directly dismantled the house.
In the third game, SHG taught a backhand to get the little fire dragon and comet, and also selected Parker to assist. The two sides played very passionately and constantly broke out, but the comet was already a supernatural record in 22 minutes. With a four-piece comet damage**, DFM is very difficult to win a teamfight even if you kill one or two people. In the 33rd minute, SHG won the team battle on the top lane, Comet and Akali advanced directly in the middle, and DFM's pig girl could not stop the opponent from demolishing the house.
This result exceeded many people's expectations, and everyone thought that DFM could continue to dominate in the past, but this tournament proved that the real league phantom god is not DFM, but EVI himself. After all, during his time in Japan, he won the league championship almost every season, except for the year when DFM lost to V3, few players in LJL can beat him on the line, and EVI's ten years of competition experience can help the team make better team decisions, and SHG has more advantages in resource swapping and team battles.
After winning the championship, EVI posted *** He became stronger with a beard, and DFM's sixth consecutive championship ended here. However, due to Riot Games' changed format, the LJL region will no longer directly get international spots, and SHG will not be able to guarantee this year's mid-season championship, and they will participate in the PCS Spring Playoffs to compete with Hong Kong and Taiwan teams for MSI spots. Therefore, whether EVI can return to the stage of international competitions depends on the team's subsequent performance, after all, the LMS division, the predecessor of the PCS division, was once one of the five major regions, and its comprehensive strength is stronger than that of the wild card region.