The first split of the LPL season is already halfway through. Recently, the officials revealed the new season’s meta answers and traps. Jhin has appeared 9 times in the past two weeks with a record of 1 win and 8 losses, undoubtedly the meta trap. The two strong supports, Leona and Rell, also have disappointing win rates. Leona stands second only to Jhin with 2 wins and 8 losses, while Rell has appeared 16 times but only won 4 matches. Both Renekton and Taliyah have high pick rates but low win rates.

Kennen has only appeared 5 times but boasts a perfect 100% win rate. Veteran player Xin Zhao has played 19 matches and won 14. Neeko also has a high win rate, with 8 wins and 3 losses in 11 appearances. Besides these, Jarvan IV and Rell are also meta answers, both holding win rates around 70%. After week two, very few teams picked Jhin. Jax has been rarely played recently, which feels quite strange since many teams aren’t banning him.

BLG female fans lose composure and start cursing live

In BLG’s last match, they suffered a double defeat to JDG. In the first game, BLG once held a 7.6K gold lead, and even commentator Guan Zeyuan thought the game was decided. However, the jungle and mid players went wild. The top laner was split pushing without teleport, and the jungle and support forced a 4v5 engage on Alistar, leading to a big team wipe. JDG secured Baron after a 0-for-5 trade and turned the economy around, dragging the game late and eventually completing a comeback victory.

At the moment the game ended, when the broadcast switched to the players leaving the stage, a spectator suddenly shouted: "XXX get out of BLG." Although the voice was low, commentators Miller and Letme on the second broadcast line heard it. The insult came from a female fan, and the target seemed to be either ON or Xun, because the first game’s comeback was caused by their two initiating on Alistar, which led to the team wipe and losing Baron.

360 makes the Week 2 best lineup

The LPL officials recently announced the best players for the second week of the first split. HongQ, who performed excellently for BLG, was named best mid laner. The AL team’s jungle and support also made the list without dispute. Brother Zhao became best AD carry due to his outstanding performance. These picks were undisputed, but giving the top lane spot to 369 confused many viewers. Last week, Top Esports went 2-2, with double kills against IG but losses to AL and Weibo.

Top Esports’ results last week were honestly average. The two wins against IG were largely due to strong bottom lane play. In the match against AL, Old Nine’s performance was extremely poor. Logically, the top lane spot should have gone to someone else, but Bin was outperformed by Xiao Xu, who in turn was shut down by Zika. Only Saint’s play was slightly better than before, while Flandre’s performance was mediocre. Overall, none of the top laners last week were truly qualified.

Xiao Lu Bu admits team synergy is only 30%

After the second week of LCK matches, the league has entered a break. HLE’s current points are in a dangerous position. They definitely won’t beat GEN in the last game. If they fail again during the super week, HLE might not even qualify for the play-ins and would be eliminated to prepare for the second split. The Galaxy team’s campaign has faltered before it even started, which is quite surprising. Recently, DaJiDan gave an interview discussing HLE’s internal issues.

Guma stated: HLE’s current team synergy is only at 30%, but it is developing in a positive direction. He said that in upcoming matches, he needs to improve his individual skills and do his best to control lane priority. From HLE’s documentary, the biggest problem is actually between the bot lane duo and the coach. Hongmi doesn’t trust the players much, and the team drafts are mostly based on his own ideas. For example, when Guma suggested banning Bard, Hongmi refused to listen.

Conclusion:

369’s performance last week was good enough to make the best lineup, but it only shows how weak LPL’s top laners currently are. Among the “short guys,” 369 is the tallest. The officials can only put him forward, but the audience watches the games and sees that Old Nine’s recent play has been very inconsistent. His 5-0 Lillia team fights looked like 0-5. How this made the best lineup is really hard to accept.

So, who do you think was the best top laner last week?

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