Reborn in S14, crush the entire league!

Back in the lounge, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

If we win this game, we've already secured half of our playoff spot!

Although there are many teams this season, the gap between the top and bottom teams is huge.

Even a team as strong as BLG has only lost two games so far, and has already taken over JDG's position as the league's "king".

While JDG has brought back their all-time best mid-laner, Yagao, he's already 26 years old and nearing the end of his professional career.

Operational, responsive, and output capabilities have all declined.

The team can only pick utility mid-laners who can use their experience to support their teammates, which puts a lot of pressure on the draft!

"The LPL is now in a 'one superpower and many strong teams' situation. We can forget about the top spot in the standings; that belongs to BLG. Our current goal is to secure second place—and get our resurrection gear for the playoffs!"

Maokai's voice was loud and clear, and his goal was clear.

Top Esports is currently one of the top esports powerhouses in the LPL.

Making the playoffs is just the most basic goal.

International competitions are the stage that deserve our attention.

After all, Top Esports has never proven itself on the international stage!

The only MSC championship was a "China-Korea showdown" with very limited prestige.

They're nowhere near as good as the MSI champions.

This is also why Guo Hao invited Maokai, the championship coach, to Top Esports.

He wanted to turn this awkward situation around!

……

Soon, staff came to remind them again.

Today, Xiao Tian was the one who gave the post-match interview.

Top Esports has too many popular and champion players; it's not Chen Xiao's turn yet.

Although he performed quite well today, Xiaotian, who also won the MVP award, was obviously a better interviewee.

However, he didn't really care.

After all, it doesn't really matter whether they accept interviews or not.

On the contrary, one might impulsively post something online, which could then be edited into a new meme.

Chen Xiao fell into deep thought. If he could do it all over again, should he be more arrogant or more humble in his interviewing style?

Before he could think any further, Maokai clapped his hands and spoke again:

"We've already defeated two tough opponents, LNG and JDG, making the road ahead much easier!"

"But there is another opponent we need to be wary of – WBG, whom we will face in the next BO3."

"Even without TheShy, with Xiaohu still on the team, they have every potential to explode!"

Maokai showed Xiaohu enough respect.

After all, before winning the championship in 21, his EDG team had always lived in the shadow of RNG.

Aside from the early days when Clearlove was still around and they could barely suppress EDG, RNG became EDG's nemesis after Clearlove retired.

They lost more than they won, and were completely surpassed in both fan base and team strength.

Xiaohu even achieved the feat of winning three MSI championships, becoming the number one domestic mid laner at the time!

Moreover, it's still the Spring Season – the "Spring Tiger Emperor" cannot be ignored.

Although there's a hint of jest in this, it also illustrates just how fierce the Tigers are in the first half of each year!

Ah Shui nodded, agreeing with what Mao Kai said:

"Li Yuanhao is a bit of a mystery; back when I was with IG in the Spring Split, he always crushed me!"

Speaking of this, Ah Shui recalled a distant night six years ago, when he and his teammates witnessed G2 defeat RNG 2-3 before they gradually showed their championship potential!

Putting aside the World Championship, IG was basically suppressed by RNG throughout the year.

Xiao Tian, ​​on the other hand, took it in stride: "Actually, WBG this year is much weaker than last year. Xiao Hao's experience is still too shallow. I'll just let him farm in the jungle!"

Next came the criticism and denunciation of 369.

His performance today was terrible.

Maokai had a brain hemorrhage watching the first two games in the rest room; he almost wanted to roll up his sleeves and go up and fight himself!

Guo Hao also looked at 369 with a serious expression:

"Bai Jiahao, what about discipline? What about competition discipline? You were pretty stable with JD Gaming last year, how come you're so hot-headed as soon as you come back!"

When Guo Hao is angry, he will call 369 by his full name, because this is not the first time he has done this this season.

Back at Top Esports, 369 seemed to be burning with anger, wanting to prove that he didn't win the game because of Ruler and Kanavi, the two Korean players who were benched.

He wants to prove that he can not only withstand pressure in the top lane, but also carry the entire team with his personal skills!

Therefore, the hero selection has changed significantly compared to last year.

Last year, 369 most often played tank heroes like Quesant, Sion, and Udyr.

After returning to Top Esports this year, he prefers to play carry-type top laners like Aatrox, Renekton, and Rumble.

Maokai originally wanted to give him more opportunities to prove himself.

But it turns out that under Redmi's coaching, he has lost his offensive instincts and has often become a burden to the team.

But 369 clearly didn't think so, and with a smirk, he said:

"I was trying to create an advantage for my teammates. Why wouldn't you seize the opportunity when it's right in front of you?"

"And what was the result? The result was that you got ganked and killed by the jungler, feeding the enemy team and giving away kills!"

"That's because they were targeting me relentlessly; I handled it very well!"

"Good my ass! If you hadn't kept dying in the top lane in the first game, we would have been speedrun. In the second game, if you hadn't been so reckless in the early game, would we have been at such a disadvantage?"

"I've done a great job pulling it apart; go watch the video if you don't believe me!"

"..."

369 was stubborn and wouldn't listen to anyone else.

As long as there is a game, locker room conflicts are inevitable.

Chen Xiao also has a fiery temper. He wanted to talk during the match, but now I'm too lazy to indulge him.

"Watch the replay? What replay? Didn't we see it during the match? I clearly told you beforehand that the enemy jungler would most likely gank top, and you still recklessly went in. Is that what you call kiting? That's called feeding!"

He doesn't care if you're a senior or anything like that. Since you won't listen when everyone points out the problem, then there's no need to be polite.

The competition is a team effort, not just yours alone.

Because your problem affected four other people, you can't even talk about it?

Chen Xiao was not afraid of 369 breaking through his defenses.

It's the Spring Split now, there's still time. If we don't point out and solve the problems, are we going to wait until we're eliminated by Korean teams in the top 16 at MSI or Worlds?

Besides, even if 369 were to break through the defenses or even desert, he wouldn't care.

Anyway, Top Esports' performance in the first half of the year was not ideal, and they were even crushed by G2 at MSI!

If we bring in new players from the second team, they might play even better than 369.

At least they listen and don't talk back, right?

369 was shocked that Chen Xiao dared to stand up and criticize him. His face turned red with anger, and it took him a long time to squeeze out a sentence:

"The team's voice chat was too noisy at the time, I didn't hear it!"

"Besides, I also set up surveillance along the river, who knew he could still manage to get around it..."

Seeing that 369 was still arguing, Maokai's patience reached its limit, and he slammed his fist on the table, saying:

"If you play like this in the next game, you'd better step down and calm down!"

Before he could finish speaking, 369 had already stood up, slammed the door, and left the lounge.

Chen Xiao was dumbfounded.

He finally understood why Top Esports hadn't achieved any results for so many years.

It seems like everyone in the team is a pampered prince!