LPL world runner-up team is in crisis, serious internal issues, players don't want to play, owner becomes victim.

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After all regions officially entered the third stage, some teams in the LPL and LCK have encountered problems. In Korea, KT had serious internal conflicts, leading to a direct replacement of their bot lane players. Now, an LPL team has also collapsed.

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This team is WBG, which was relegated to the Nirvana group in the second stage.

World runner-up team is in crisis, players don't want to play.

WBG's best achievement was a world runner-up, which is one of the main reasons management is willing to invest in pursuing results. In the past two years, WBG has been relatively generous with spending. Last year's transfer period reports showed that WBG's investment ranked second among all LPL teams.

Although winning the championship is difficult, entering the World Championship should be a realistic goal. However, the actual situation is shocking. After being relegated to the Nirvana group, WBG suffered two consecutive losses at the start of the third stage, performing very poorly.

The first match was easily defeated by IG, the second against NIP was swept directly. All five players on the team performed poorly. Top laner Zika reached a new low in skill; he should be in his prime but has become a bottom-tier top laner, being taught lessons by every other top laner. Jungler Jiejie had no rhythm at all. Mid laner Xiaohu is too old and has lost his ability to carry.

The highly anticipated bot laner Elk was reported in the second stage to not follow commands, playing too arrogantly with too many ideas. The support position had consecutive replacements with poor results. The whole team looks hopeless. The latest leaks show that WBG's internal atmosphere has completely broken down, and several players don't want to play anymore.

Jiejie is likely to leave, and the coach is also in danger.

According to the leaks, it's not hard to guess that the players who don't want to play are likely the top, mid, and jungle. Elk is less likely. The clearest leak shows that the jungler will be replaced: Jiejie leaves, and then Beichuan (currently on break) will be brought in. In terms of player performance, Zika, who should be replaced most urgently, has no news yet. WBG might try to introduce a young top laner for rotation.

Then there's the coach. Clearlove just came to coach WBG and things blew up, making people doubt his coaching ability again. Clearlove's situation is also dangerous, and it's possible that WBG will change the coach.

Objectively speaking, Clearlove's ability is certainly not at the top in the LPL. His main talent is not in adjusting team atmosphere. For a team about to collapse, having Clearlove in charge will definitely make it crash faster. To completely change WBG and reshape the team atmosphere, a top-tier coach is needed, but obviously there is no such coach in the LPL now.

Once WBG's players take a break or leave, it will be very difficult for them to find good jobs. Take Jiejie for example: as a former champion jungler, his performance in recent years has been mediocre, and his results are not good either. He is actually on the verge of retirement now. Xiaohu is in a similar situation.

The owner becomes the unlucky one, and the LPL's prospects are not optimistic.

WBG's poor results naturally make the owner the biggest unlucky one, with huge investments going down the drain. In fact, as early as the end of the second stage, there were leaks that WBG would collapse, but WBG still stuck with this roster and even made some adjustments. As a result, they started the third stage with two consecutive losses, dashing all hopes. Even entering the Knight's Path has become a luxury.

If WBG cannot return to the Summit group, then disbandment will be the inevitable outcome by the end of the year. At that time, WBG will likely choose to sell their spot and leave the league, eventually becoming a completely weak team.

It is known that there are very few teams in the LPL that are still willing to spend money, and WBG is one of them. Besides WBG, other strong teams are not much better. It can be said that except for BLG, which still retains some hope, AL, TES, and JDG are all showing signs of collapse.

The reason, in my opinion, is the consecutive failures at MSI and EWC that had a negative impact. The entire LPL region has been hit, with many players losing their drive and significantly declining in skill. The league's competition intensity is not high, and if they make it to Worlds again, it will be a repeat of the same mistakes. They lack the capital and strength to achieve results, and their level in the S World Championship is estimated to be similar to that of Western teams.