Foreword: As the most popular esports game globally, League of Legends attracts many top-tier teams eager to win the World Championship. Thus, during every transfer period, numerous teams invest heavily to build super teams. However, the LOL esports scene is highly competitive, and in recent years, very few super teams have successfully claimed the championship. Instead, many have collapsed prematurely due to internal conflicts. For instance, both the LPL and LCK have recently entered a "major palace intrigue era," with many star players being demoted to the second team by management.

KT, a well-known top-tier team in the LCK, recently became a trending topic on various LOL forums due to a pre-match announcement. The announcement was simple: it revealed that former KT AD player Aiming had been demoted to the second team by management because of conflicts during training sessions with his teammates. Following this announcement, various rumors surfaced on Korean forums. Currently, the most upvoted and commented leak suggests that Aiming's demotion was entirely due to him angering the team's veteran player BDD and engaging in personal attacks against KT players in the training room.

Despite the abstract nature of changing players before a match, KT's team strength indeed improved after swapping the AD player. In the opening match of the LCK's third season split, KT defeated T1 2-0 to secure a season-opening victory. The new AD player, FenriR, performed adequately, not being crushed by Peyz in the laning phase and earning praise for his clever positioning in team fights. Many viewers joked that after removing the "troublesome" AD Aiming, KT might have a chance to qualify for the World Championship in the future.

ELK changes five supports in six months

In addition to the recent roster changes and internal conflicts in the LCK, the LPL has also been frequently swapping players. For example, AL swapped their top laner for Saint, BLG swapped for Bin, and TES swapped their support for Fengyue. Among these LPL teams, the one with the most frequent changes is WBG. Since the start of the LPL's first season split, WBG has changed five players, and each time, the change involved a support player. This means that ELK has had five different supports in just six months, making him the player with the fastest support turnover rate in LPL history.

WBG's new support is Moham, a Korean import who previously played as a starter for OMG. Many viewers, upon seeing WBG's roster change list, joked that being a support for WBG is a "high-risk job." After all, the other players on WBG are big stars, and the management likely wouldn't dare to offend them easily. The support player, lacking both popularity and achievements, is often the scapegoat for roster changes. The four previous supports for WBG were: Erha (cut in the first split), Hang and TheHank (cut in the second split), and Jwei (cut after losing to IG).

Of course, many viewers have compared JKL and ELK, suggesting that ELK has a good chance of surpassing JKL within two years. After all, JKL has changed ten supports over six years of his career, while ELK has changed six supports in less than a year. In the WBG fan community, many ELK fans try to defend him, arguing that changing supports is certainly not ELK's wish, as bot lane synergy is difficult to establish. Frequent support changes can negatively affect his laning performance. Therefore, many ELK fans speculate that WBG changes supports to accommodate the jungler and mid laner, as in this meta, the mid-jungle-support trio is the core, while bot lane ADs mostly play mages and farm passively.

Conclusion

Do you think it's reasonable for LOL teams to frequently change players in recent years? WBG's rate of changing supports is indeed astonishing. In your opinion, who in WBG has been consistently pushing for support changes? Personally, I can understand the management's reasoning. After all, WBG has invested heavily this year, yet they ended up in the Resurrection Group. This year, only the top two teams from the Resurrection Group can advance to the Knight's Path. If they fail to break through from the Knight's Path, WBG will remain in the Resurrection Group next year, which would be unacceptable for the organization. Therefore, the management is determined to do everything possible to improve the team's strength.