During the second week of the LCK's third split, a team has been ruled out of the playoffs. DNS suffered a defeat against KRX, bringing their record to 2 wins and 19 losses. Even a perfect 4-0 finish would only allow them to tie with NS, who sits fourth in the group, but the tiebreaker cannot be overcome. Therefore, DNS is eliminated five matches ahead of schedule. The world runner-up pair Deokdam and Peter have underperformed this year, losing even to Aming.

On the same day, another match was DK vs T1. Although ShowMaker has been in good form this split, T1 adjusted well and easily defeated DK. T1's management truly has an eye for talent; Peyz completely outclassed Smash in the bot lane. After this win, T1 solidified their top position in the league standings. They now lead the 2nd to 4th place teams by one game in series, and their tiebreaker advantage over KT is a whopping 8 points.

Wenbo reveals that Bin has returned.

The LPL third split transfer window closes in three days (deadline on the 10th). WBG announced that Xiaoaho has officially joined, but this news was already known. Now everyone is most curious about whether BLG's Flandre deal will go through. Recently, Flandre has been staying up late playing ranked games, while Bin hasn't logged into his Korean server account for a month (since July 11th).

Wenbo has now achieved a six-game winning streak with the team. Even without Bin, BLG is doing fine, so whether to sign Flandre becomes a big question. Recently, a ride-hailing driver posted a photo with Wenbo and revealed that Bin has already returned to the base. Since Wenbo personally said this, it's likely true. With Bin back and Wenbo playing well, BLG now seems to have no reason to bring in Flandre.

Remember analyzes IG's World Championship situation.

After IG's upset loss to NIP, they dropped to second in the group. However, with steady play in the remaining three games, advancing to the Knights' Path should be manageable. Recently, official caster Remember analyzed IG's World Championship prospects. He stated that IG directly qualifying for Worlds is almost impossible, since winning the championship is unrealistic. To secure the highest season points, IG would need at least a second-place finish, and there are additional conditions.

For IG to get the second seed, conditions include: BLG wins the championship, IG finishes second, a team with less than 40 points takes third, and Top Esports does not reach the top four. With so many restrictions, it's completely impossible, only theoretically possible. To compete for the third or fourth seed, IG must first defeat WBG, then reach at least the top six in playoffs to qualify for the regional qualifiers. Honestly, IG's chances of making Worlds are very slim; we shouldn't have high expectations.

WBG's Xiaohu climbs to fourth place on the Korean server.

The struggling WBG, after changing their jungler, is uncertain about getting their first win. Xiaohu has been working hard in ranked, reaching fourth on the Korean server. In one interesting game, Xiaohu matched with Chovy, both assigned to the top lane. Xiaohu played Gnar against Chovy's Kennen. Despite being crushed in lane (0-10), Xiaohu's team won, suggesting that top lane isn't really important.

WBG is currently 0-2, and their next match is against LNG. One of these two struggling teams will get their first win. With a new jungler, WBG's strength should improve a bit. Even if Xiaohao is not great, he won't just farm blindly. However, the biggest issue is the team atmosphere; during matches, they show no coordination, playing like solo queue. If they don't change, it's still hard to win.

Conclusion:

Bin's "little backpack" journey is over; it's expected that he will share half of the training scrims. Flandre is in an awkward position; BLG doesn't need him for now. Earlier reports said they only reached an agreement in principle without signing, so it's likely they won't take him. If BLG makes no move in the last three days, Flandre will truly be out of a job.

So, do you think IG can make it to Worlds?

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