MSI champion completely collapses, Bin's reputation takes another hit, international fans wonder: how did BLG actually lose?

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After the S16 season moved into the third split, both the LPL and LCK have shown a rather chaotic landscape. Many top LPL teams have suffered unexpected losses, and the same applies to the LCK, with the MSI champion HLE being in particularly bad shape recently.

MSI champion's downfall sparks international discussion

After winning the MSI title, HLE hit a rough patch across three different tournaments: the EWC, KeSPA Cup, and the LCK regular season. They were eliminated early in the EWC World Cup, and then lost every single match against the top five LCK teams, failing to secure a single victory.

In the KeSPA Cup, they were defeated by T1 in a match that featured a dramatic reversal of fortunes, leading some viewers to suspect match-fixing.

In the LCK, they lost to KT, DK, and GEN consecutively, suffering a three-game losing streak. Their most recent loss was against GEN, and interestingly, both teams were on a two-game losing streak at the time, so their meeting guaranteed that one would end the skid.

HLE ended up losing that match, and their internal issues became even more severe.

As the MSI champions, GEN's collapse has also sparked heated discussions abroad. Some viewers have labeled HLE as the weakest MSI champion in history, while others cannot understand how BLG lost to HLE—how exactly did BLG manage to lose to them?

Some netizens even suggested that the league should investigate Delight, claiming that this player is highly suspicious.

Bin's reputation takes another hit, successfully dragging down his teammates

Because the MSI champion collapsed and BLG continued their winning streak in the third split, Bin's reputation has further deteriorated.

Looking back at the performance in the fifth game of the MSI finals, Bin's Aatrox was the main culprit behind BLG's loss. In subsequent player evaluations, it was widely accepted that Aatrox versus Dr. Mundo is a very favorable matchup.

Some even tested a Gold-tier Aatrox against a Challenger-tier Dr. Mundo, and the Gold-tier Aatrox managed to secure a solo kill and lane dominance.

In a standard matchup that should be a complete counter, the normal outcome is massive CS pressure. The Dr. Mundo would need to call the jungler to avoid being solo-killed, allowing the Aatrox to control the wave and have priority in rotations, easily creating a snowball effect by helping teammates.

It can be said that the Aatrox in the MSI finals was essentially on the same level as the disastrous Rumble pick at EWC—both were incredibly poor performances.

On the other hand, HLE, compared to other top LCK teams, clearly has many weaknesses. At least they don't look as invincible as GEN or T1 did when they dominated the scene.

HLE has too many problems, handling player form is tough

Finally, let's analyze the reasons behind HLE's recent poor performance. Personally, I believe there are issues ranging from the draft to individual player performance.

First, Homme's draft showed a serious disconnect between the early and late game. Then, jungler Kanavi entered a poor state—his playstyle hasn't changed, but his defensive awareness has significantly worsened, getting outmatched by multiple opposing junglers, even recording a 1-12 KDA at one point.

Next, the bot lane duo's form is also quite poor. Guma and Delight have lost their laning pressure, making many unforced errors. Delight, in particular, has become the biggest weakness for HLE, performing abysmally.

To sum it up: the support is the worst, followed by the jungler, then Gumayusi, and coach Homme has also been part of the problem.

The biggest mystery is what exactly happened to HLE. Following conventional logic, the patch should have a significant impact, but it hasn't been that long since they won MSI, and it's very unusual for player form to drop off so quickly.

If they can't find their form in the future, HLE might even have to consider roster changes.

At the same time, other LCK teams aren't doing great either. The strongest team has actually turned out to be the EWC champion DK. Everyone can look forward to seeing who will eventually come out on top in this chaotic LCK season.