Introduction: The S15 season has officially begun, and it is believed that most players have been focusing on the recent competitions, which have been quite fierce across different regions. LCK has always been the center of attention, recognized as the top region in the world, with its first-tier teams demonstrating exceptional strength. It was initially thought that the strength gap within the region wouldn't be significant, but who would have expected that the teams in the LCK would follow in the footsteps of RNG? Just half a month into the third stage, the DNF team from LCK has already been confirmed as eliminated, missing out on the subsequent competitions. The S12 world champion jungler faced overwhelming defeat, highlighting the considerable gap between teams, as there aren't that many outstanding players available.

The third team to be eliminated globally in S15 has been determined.

Most players are quite familiar with League of Legends. As an esports game, it has successfully developed into its current scale over the past decade. In recent years, the official League has been continuously changing the competition mechanisms, with team numbers undergoing significant adjustments, all aimed at retaining old fans and attracting new players. This season's competition is relatively novel, utilizing a global ban-pick system for all matches to maximize the viewing experience and prevent visual fatigue for players. After all, a BO5 match with identical team compositions would indeed be rather dull, reminiscent of the five Galios from back in the day.

By the end of the second stage, two teams from the LPL region had already been confirmed as eliminated: RNG and OMG. This is part of the new rules for this season, where the last two teams in the Nirvana group do not need to participate in the third stage competition. At that time, both teams were assigned to the LDL league for training, but RNG forfeited due to financial and personnel issues, with their second team not playing a single match. Now, RNG has become a shell of its former self, with only the mid-laner Tangyuan remaining. Once he leaves, RNG will be completely finished.

It was initially thought that the elimination speed in the LPL region was already quite fast, but unexpectedly, the third team to be eliminated globally has also been determined. This time, it is the DNF team from LCK. After their match against DK, DNF finished the season with a record of two wins and 22 losses, seven wins behind the third-place BRO team in their group. They now have only six matches left, and even if they win all, they cannot reach third place, confirming their absence from the LCK playoffs. They have become the third team, after RNG and OMG, to be definitively eliminated from the S15 playoffs, allowing them to approach the remaining matches with a more relaxed mindset.

To be honest, if you only look at the ID of this team, they would at least be considered mid-tier in the LCK. The jungler Pyosik was the champion of the S12 World Championship. In that year's competition, as a member of DRX, he defeated T1 and chose the championship skin for Qiyana. The support player Life is also quite a good player, having previously formed a bot lane duo with Viper and trained in the LPL. Moreover, players who follow LCK know that the DNF team's predecessor was KDF, and KDF was formerly known as the Afreeca team. It can be said that this old team has truly fallen from grace, as they were once among the top teams in the LCK.

Goodbye, I think.

Who would have thought that the third team to be eliminated globally would be from the LCK region? This implies that the overall strength gap in the LCK is continually widening, with no fresh blood being injected into the region. Teams with weaker financial backing simply cannot afford to buy outstanding young players, relying instead on price advantages to build decent rosters. Currently, only a few top teams in the LCK are strong, while the others are not much different from those in the LPL.

What do the viewers think about this situation?