Introduction: The S16 season competition has officially begun. It is believed that most players have been following the recent matches. The matches in the LPL region are quite intense. In the recent showdown, NIP team has completely become the dark horse of this season. After sweeping BLG team 2-0, they secured their fourth victory in this stage. After the match, NIP captain Zhuo even directly showed his attitude, stating "shoe soles pierced through, my face is itchy," and later publicly posted "LPL's thickest skin pierces through shoe soles." In this match, top laner Bin was beaten to a 0-12 score, completely losing his rhythm. Meanwhile, T1 team announced the addition of new coaching staff members. Players from the S5 season have almost all returned, with only Bengi not yet joining.

LPL's thickest skin pierces through shoe soles.

It is believed that most players are quite familiar with NIP team. As a team in the LPL region with its own home venue, their financial strength is quite solid. They previously purchased mid-laner Doinb, maintaining relatively stable popularity and热度, but their performance has been average, consistently at a mid-tier level in the LPL. After the second stage began, NIP team's rhythm became increasingly stable. Even a relatively new lineup achieved very good results, currently holding a record of four wins and two losses, ranking third in the LPL region. The match against BLG team was originally not expected to have much悬念, but they managed to sweep them 2-0.

In the first game, just three minutes into the start, NIP's jungler率先抓上, Bin used Flash but still gave up first blood. Then at seven minutes, Assum's Ashe ultimate命中, the皇子配合队友击杀 Xun and secured the first小龙. Within the first ten minutes, all jungle resources were controlled by NIP team. However, BLG's mid-laner Knight's performance was very stable, continuously securing kills. By 16 minutes, Knight's Ahri had achieved a godlike 8-0 record. It was initially thought BLG would easily win, but around 30 minutes, two团战 BLG made huge mistakes, were连续击溃 by NIP, resulting in a翻盘. BLG team, possessing the电龙魂, lost.

The most exciting part should be the second game. Early on, BLG still had a decent advantage; Knight's Akali even solo killed Annie without Flash in mid lane. However, Bin became the突破口; jungler Nocturne连续抓上成功, Bin's Jayce died twice consecutively. The关键团战应该是 at 22 minutes: top laner Gragas灵性绕后炸飞了 Viper, NIP team's零换三成功拿下大龙.最终, at 31 minutes, NIP team completed the 2-0 sweep. After the team voice was released, Zhuo seemed the most激动.赛后, he even directly showed his attitude publicly posting, "LPL's thickest skin pierces through shoe soles." Indeed, winning this match made every player extremely happy. The most难受的应该还是 Bin, who was对位打出 a 0-12 record across two games.

The LCK region also传出 a消息 that surprised all fans recently. While BLG team had not announced his departure, T1 team announced Easyhoon joining as a coach. If you are an old电竞 fan, you should be very familiar with this player. Up to now, six out of the seven members of the 2015 SKT team are already working at T1. Bang, Wolf, and Marin are streamers under T1, Faker is still competing, and Tom is part of the coaching staff. Only Bengi has not yet returned to the team. Since ending his coaching role at DK in the S15 season, he has had no消息.

Goodbye thoughts

No one expected the match between BLG and NIP to turn out like this. It feels like mid-laner Knight already竭尽全力了; even achieving godlike status at 16 minutes couldn't lead the team to victory,只能说队友的问题比较严重. Especially top laner Bin and jungler Xun, this match completely became the突破口, with no rhythm at all. For top-tier teams, early失败绝对是有好处的, allowing them to quickly adjust.

What do all viewers think about this matter?