In the LOL league, there's a saying widely accepted by players: "spending money makes you stronger." Each star team in LOL requires a significant financial investment to form, such as T1, GEN, BLG, and IG, all of which spent heavily during the transfer period to retain and acquire players. Even AL, recognized as the biggest dark horse in LPL, only became stronger after investing heavily in jungler Tarzan and coach tabe. However, LNG in the LPL has broken this widely accepted "common sense," ending up at the bottom of the resurrection group in the new LPL season.
It's worth noting that AL's manager revealed during a call with LPL champion coach Zhu Kai that LNG's spending during the transfer period ranked among the top three in LPL, significantly higher than TES and AL. Yet, LNG's performance has been poor, leading many LPL viewers to mock LNG as the biggest "big spender" in LPL. The LNG management has been striving to reverse the team's fortunes by searching for players to strengthen the roster, but LNG's performance shows no signs of improvement, and the number of player rotations continues to increase.
After LNG dismissed support player zhuo, they finally defeated LGD with a score of 2-0 in the resurrection group, marking LNG's first win in the third stage. This result left many LPL viewers feeling "disappointed," as many had hoped to see LNG's misfortunes. After losing two matches, LNG is likely to miss the World Championship (the new LPL season rules state that the top four in the resurrection group compete in the Knight's Path, while the last two are directly eliminated; LNG's previous record was 0 wins and 5 losses).
Following LNG's first victory, many viewers noticed a particularly bizarre record: LNG has made a total of eight adjustments to their starting lineup in the new season, making them the team with the most "palace intrigue" in LPL history. The eight players included: AD player Xiao P, AD player LP, AD player Fishone, jungler WEIWEI, jungler 5t5, jungler Xiao Fang, and supports Zhuo and OVO.
Among these players, JKL's former support zhuo is undoubtedly the most unfortunate, as according to the well-known jungler hacker's disclosure, zhuo was the only player in LNG's "palace intrigue" roster who was collectively pushed out by LNG's players; the others were let go due to their lack of skill, which is why LNG's management decided to terminate their contracts.
Hacker revealed that LNG has been struggling with continuous losses, leading to a poor atmosphere within the team. During one training match, two players expressed dissatisfaction with zhuo's commanding ability and skills, ultimately resulting in internal conflict. The LNG management did not intervene but instead publicly supported the views of the two players, believing that support player zhuo was a shortcoming in the team. Consequently, they dismissed zhuo and replaced him with a second-team support player for the matches. Although the management's decision was quite absurd, LNG did manage to end their five-game losing streak and achieve their first win in the third stage after replacing zhuo.
I personally understand why LNG frequently changes players. After all, LNG invested heavily in transfers but ended up at the bottom of the resurrection group. The management must be very anxious, and the time required to develop players is too long; it's really faster to buy players. Do you think LNG will continue to change players in the future? What are the chances of LNG advancing to the Knight's Path?