League of Legends Season 16 Mid-Season Invitational begins in just seven days. Numerous LoL media sources have recently shared various intriguing MSI infographics, such as MSI last hitting rankings (Uzi first), player age rankings (CREJJ first, Faker second), team with the most MSI participations (G2 first with 6 times), and the rankings for highest MSI earnings (Faker first with $1,922,080, Ruler second with $1,035,770).

Of course, foreign media have also recently compiled the all-time MSI solo kill leaderboard. LPL superstar top laner Bin, with 33 solo kills in 93 games, has surpassed world champions like Faker and Zeus to become the MSI all-time solo kill king. Many viewers admire Bin's strength, and quite a few BLG fans wonder if Bin can be called the "world's best top laner" if he helps LPL win the MSI championship again, especially since many viewers question the credibility of Bin's First Stand FMVP award.

Daeny admits that TES is different from WE.

BLG recently released a championship VLOG video on their social media account, in which BLG players gave a very "honest" evaluation of their finals opponent TES. BLG coach Daeny told the players to keep a calm mindset during the match because TES is completely different from JDG and WE. Whenever TES falls into a disadvantageous position, they make many mistakes. Meanwhile, BLG mid laner Left Hand joked in the lounge that as soon as TES is slightly behind, they keep looking for fights and then lose the game directly.

Finally, BLG players also praised their coach Daeny's good draft in the video. After picking a certain champion in the game, TES's mid-jungle duo would feel very uncomfortable, and then they would typically wander and feed kills in the mid-game, giving Viper time to scale. Many TES fans, after seeing BLG players "expose TES's weaknesses" like this, lamented that TES has long had issues with "going crazy when behind and poor drafting," but they haven't changed over the years, which leads to TES getting crushed whenever they face slightly stronger teams.

Some viewers even use TES as a gauge for LPL strength, believing that with TES's playstyle, they can only beat "weak teams." Therefore, for an LPL team to achieve good results internationally, they must defeat TES; if they can't even beat TES, then going to Worlds would be a waste. (What do you think about the true strength of WE and JDG? Why were they defeated by TES? TES will likely face T1 or HLE at Worlds. Do you think TES's 15-game losing streak against LCK can be broken?)

Of course, at the end of BLG's championship VLOG, there was a statement that sparked heated discussion among viewers. When asked by the manager about his feelings on winning, Bin reacted very coolly and said, "No special feeling, because the second split is just a winner." It's worth noting that last year, Bin was criticized by many LPL viewers for saying in an interview that the second split was "not a championship but a winner." Now that Bin has won the second split winner, he still consistently believes that the second split is a "winner, not a champion." (Even BLG's official social media posted that the second split is a winner.)

Conclusion

After reading BLG players' evaluations of TES, my only expectation for TES at MSI is to win just one small game against an LCK team, because the overall strength of LCK is not weaker than BLG, and while TES is good at beating weak teams, they always have "problems" against strong ones. As for BLG heading to MSI, their only goal is to complete the Golden Road. After all, Bin has repeatedly stated in interviews that BLG will achieve the "Golden Road" this year. If BLG completes the Golden Road and TheShy returns in the third split, can the popularity of the LPL third split return to its peak?