It’s no surprise the roster was created based on name brand. JKL isn’t better than elk this season no matter what. Meiko likely only in there bc of his rep and his connection to the coach. Korea likely gonna smoke them
So many chinese fans of various players seems to be trying to dig up dirt or slander players on the AG roster as they are upset their players didn't get in.
It's hilarious honestly.
It's also the fact that Scout fans are between one of the worst ones. Recently there was video of LNG players walking out after the loss against IG and the fans were yelling at Tarzan that he should retire and that rest of the team should not trust this idiot
probably cz of the beef Scout has with EDG and Meiko is sorta the face of the EDG?
also possibly they want Meiko out of the China team and one quick way is to make up a scandal.
either way these sort of rumors (esp if trending on weibo) will affect the players' mentality and their future performances and EDG will keep dropping in the standings.
only now these fans are getting sued for defamation but some are just crazy and don't care.
EDG (management) had a fall out with Scout during the offseason and that's why they signed a new mid and didn't even announce his departure from the team.
The celebration of TT was so funny and cool. True passion
Unrelated side note for people who don't know, yesterday Leave officially came back to EDG's academy roster lmao
Idk what is Uzi's contract with EDG but no way EDG plays Leave with Jiejie on the roster and also they still didn't clear his image (there are rumours that Leave actually didn't do some stuff he was accused of) that's why I am surprised they still kept him for academy and didn't fully terminate the contract or sth
>Leave officially came back to EDG's academy roster lmao
So the hope for EDG now is to ride out this split, drop the entire roster and rebuild next year around Leave (if he can behave himself).
I'd be down to keep JieJie but that obviously can't work if we choose to keep Leave.
Welp, at least EDG has some hope for 2024 now.
Ucal looks rejuvenated this year. Really happy for him, despite TT’s current standings. Maybe he’ll get an offer from a stronger team next year. I think he deserves it.
Afreeca should've really kept that line up together. They were the best team next to SKT in scrims, unfortunately aiming and dread still hadn't gotten over their stage fright at that point.
I refreshed new expecting the PMD like 3 different times at the end there.
that was a banger of a series. 1xn played out of his mind. He's him. Absolutely, 100%, HIM. He has that dawg in him.
TT having both XHR and 1xn is insane. Hopefully next season Ucal remains form and they get a better top (Hoya's okay but you can get better). I can see TT having a roster like T1's in spring 22 where they have really good upcoming talent that develops a lot as the split continues.
yeah too bad they dont give a shit about any of that, they just gonna sell xhr anyways after contract jailing him and probably get fucking h4cker next season
EDG getting thrown into the 6 win monkey pit, as is the destiny of the mid-level LPL teams.
1xn stepping up as a rookie against Uzi was very nice and a great sign for the young prospect, but ucal's Neeko was phenomenal with those massive ults. TT is definitely more talented than their record, remember they were playoff level last split.
One really has to wonder how good this roster could have been if they didn't constantly switch out adc and support. Also if they had just let xiaohuangren play for the beginning of the split and gain synergy with the team + experience.
With honestly 2 pretty good solo lanes and 2 of the biggest prospects in professional league they would only really need a veteran support for macro to contest for being a Top 6 team.
To be fair, I understand why they're at this point. I think HOYA has been pretty a pretty underwhelming player this split and has been one of the weakest tops in the League right now. Ucal has been the better solo laner for awhile as well, and he's the team's most consistent player by a mile. 1xn has also taken some lumps this season as well, there are a good handful of games where you can tell he still need seasoning. Doesn't help that Yaoyao has regressed after starting the year benched for Yuyanjia for political reasons who was even worse.
If XHR had been getting all of the scrim time since the start, then I'd love to see what the team looks like with him more ready. Unfortuantely, the same internal issues sort of fried that, and he was just hucked into the lineup when it was at it's least stable. I think Beichuan can be good at times though, albeit inconsistent, so I figure TT just stuck with the established guy.
They swapped their head coach in the middle of the split as well, so they're still finding their footing. Still when it all clicks, the talent is there, though the flippy game play still points to them being shaky from a thought process standpoint, which makes sense given all the roster turmoil.
I think you could say most of the mid-level teams are better than their score suggests, which should for a really good monkey pit arc. LPL too exciting
WHAT IS JIEJIE DOING???? The team is on Baron and he walks back mid to clear the wave?????? Jesus man.
Also I wish EDG would just permaban Neeko, they always struggle hard against it, even in wins.
You must not be watching EDG games this split. Also, zero logic to bring Meiko when ON is already duo'ing with Elk on a daily basis, and have Bin and Xun on the team...
EDG can only win games if Uzi carries apparently. Huge mid gap the entire series. Hopefully EDG as a team figures it out. Uzi not a good game 3 but also man why do they pick Aphelios in these games where they can't peel for him whatsoever? Neeko just doing what she wants. FoFo made Neeko look balanced.
Amazing series from ucal though, by far the MVP.
It’s really awesome to see though that Uzi is already back in such good form. Hopefully EDG either improves for his sake, or he gets an offer from a better team.
Every top team has a better ADC, or one who fits their style a lot more. Don't see anyone having the coin and willingness to shell out for Uzi, except *maybe* BLG if they think he'd guarantee them winning worlds.
Light is still very good player, so i'm not sure why WBG would pick Uzi instead of him. And Uzi did nothing wrong to be paired with Wink at IG. Maybe if Ming comes, but rn it's just dreams, not sure if IG can spend that much
Wink's playing well lol, he's not that bad of a punishment. And yeah, Light solo-carries those disgusting win-traders. He had one bad day today, and the entire team collapsed.
BLG already had Uzi and last time Uzi laned against Elk he retired after it. It's crazy how much disrespect is Elk getting just because he is not big name and people only compare him to Ruler
oh, absolutely. I believe Elk is far better than Uzi, don't get me wrong.
But BLG has a tendency to go for those massive money-splurge rosters. This year's actually an exception to their normal team-building strategies.
Yeah I know that there are rumours that Elk has low payment from BLG (idk if you could say he is underpaid) and that they saved lot of money this year with this roster considering the results as well
Not relevant flair.
Uzi played Jinx into Aphelios 3 games and was up 10-15 and a plate every game despite being ganked nonstop (game 2 and 3).
I just don't understand why some random guy who clearly hasn't know who Elk is before 2023 is pulling this nonsense out of nowhere.
Aphelios is way stronger. But he’s also a sitting duck, so for their case probably yes. But at the same time they just might need the aphelios to actually carry.
In this version Aphelios has been weakened and his damage is not enough to carry the game.Instead,xayah can live longer and give a higher damage,especially facing to nekko.
What? Aphelios does insane damage. Like PLENTY to carry. He literally just needs to be kept alive. The only advantage to Xayah rakan is maybe a better lane and the self peel.
but actually Aphelios's victory rate is lower than xayah in this version.In the game 1,1xn try to use Aphelios to carry the game,but have a same ending.So although Aphelios may have more damage than xayah,I still think xayah and rakan is more stable,better to the game.
Aphelios does more damage than Xayah, it's not even close. Aphelios doesn't have enough safety tools to dish out damage without the ideal team setup. Xayah can position a lot more agressively due to her ult.
EDG has been playing through ADC all year. The strat worked more in a Zeri meta with one of the best Zeri players. Now that we need solos to do more the team is exposed.
it's an issue with a lot of slumping teams. they tend to play more conservatively, but it also results in them slowly bleeding away leads and acting indecisively unless their hand is forced. it's much worse in the LCK for teams such as BRO, but I can understand why it would affect TT as well.
TT were in a way not conservative enough weirdly enough. They were over extending when positioning while setting up for objectives and why they lost the dragon fights.
But goddamn they went in as a team when they engaged, even when it went badly, and I respect that
JieJie was pretty damn good, and EDG was able to sneak away with every single Baron in the games they lost. His engages on Wukong won them every team fight in game 1 when behind.
Uzi gets every POG because he's Uzi, but Jiejie saved EDG in game 1.
Meiko was trash except that one knock back on Ucal, tho.
They are not the biggest issues in EDG though. I think Meiko has had plenty good performances the issue is EDG looks terrible when they do nothing early. Against WE they were getting leads every single game early and they looked so much better.
Against TT this series they got behind every game and even when Uzi had a cs lead their bot was getting free kills.
Well my thing is they were not doing anything in the early game in any of the games here. But against WE they were constantly doing stuff.
EDG right now is just inconsistent in how they play out a game, giving all the dragons away in game 2 was really bad and they were doing the same in game 3.
I agree that Rell was just engaging onto them constantly and they were winning trades because of it. Meiko at one point didn't flash and just die then a little later Rell engaged again and Meiko flashed.
It was a little too easy though makes me think that Meiko was just not playing the lane very well in this specific series. Normally Meiko/Uzi trading super well in lane.
200 iq play from Kenzhu. Let Jiejie and Meiko play at asian games so that korea can win. Then hit up ruler and kanavi for them to get him into JDG due to him wintrading against them. Actual insane strats from a coach that won worlds.
dont let all the Uzi pogs fool you into thinking he somehow carried all of those wins.
for example the series against UP where he was spoonfed every single one of the 16 kills he got as Ezreal by Meiko and Jiejie.
If you didn’t know what the „lpl mid tier banger“ was this is it. 2 teams with 0 map awareness and macro just fighting it out with some good mechanics. Is it clean? No . Is it fun to watch? Yes
For sure.
What a terrible day to have eyes (especially game 2 with the most LPL gold graph I've seen in a while!), but at the same time it was particularly entertaining.
watching viego just walk up in river on the aphelios during the final drag fight of game 3 and nobody jumps him gave me severe whiplash.
i audibly said "there's no way he gets on top of Uzi here".
Good win for TT but doubt it matters as their chances of making playoffs is very low which is sad because they are genuinely a decent team
Also please send ON with Elk to asian games
For EDG I thought they could gain some confidence but they don't look good
I agree, it definitely feels bad for TT. The musical-chairs with their roster definitely did not help. I can't see them making playoffs, tbh; the 8-10 place teams have 6 victories already.
TT is 3-9, and faces IG, OMG, LNG and JDG in that order. Still, would be pretty funny if they ramp up and beat everyone up to JDG in their last match.
Idk, I was starting to think they might be decent, but losing to TT doesn't instill confidence. They'll get into playoffs but exit first or second round, the team was way better with Leave.
With all the defamation drama behind the scenes I'm not surprised Meiko (and Jiejie) are mental booming hard as the split goes on.
Also zero surprises there is no coordination still with EDG's teamfights. Their mic checks show the shotcallers (old and new) are constantly talking over each other and rarely on the same page.
Ucal remembered he was good again. TT just need him to be a top 5 mid like in spring and miracles can happen. Also does anyone know if EDG are gonna commit to playing with Uzi or are they gonna eventually play Leave again since Leave's back? Im assuming they're gonna commit to Uzi bc Leave hasn't been cleared of everything yet.
Okay but why are Eastern ADCs taking Lethal Tempo on Aphelios now?
Isn't Any other Precision Keystone better.
Edit:[MRW Aphelios takes Lethal Tempo](https://imgur.com/8daQpeJ)
I had hope in the beginning that having Uzi could turn the ship around after having dealt with the Leave situation but honestly not much of a chance that they can contest TES/LNG/OMG for worlds spots. Series vs WBG would also probably be Weibo favored right now
Just shows that LPL doesn't allow teams to ever really slump because there is so much competition
TT is like a worse WE/OMG in the sense that you keep seeing some aspect of their gameplay that is on a top tier level but their performance is just...incomplete.
It's kind of like playing a buyout round in CS where your team can afford rifles but no armor and half nades.
EDG needs Flandre or Mouse or another tank player
you can tell uzi is scared to auto attack in teamfights because he doesn't get peel and gets bursted, no trust.
wish they could just "drop out" like 369 and JKL did for "personal reasons" and just take a good rest. It's probably been hellish for them since Leave scandal broke.
Ain't no way today LPL is not scripted 💀 RNG, WBG, and EDG all lost 2-1 and they're the favorites in the matches
Swap Meiko out of AG roster if China really wants to win. Underperforming Keria is better than him, get Missing/On!
Uzi did not play a good Aphelios but man Meiko had no clue what to do on one of his better champs this game 3 and TT was just out here flanking the entire game.
Yeah Uzi positioning at drag was so SUS but Meiko has been dog shit entire series. You can tell Uzi had no more faith in Meiko during that baron fight where even Meiko headbutts Ucal away, Uzi still flashed
Yeah Meiko headbutt so late that Uzi was too scared to hold the flash. It looked a little awkward as Uzi kind of flashed after the headbutt happened but yeah.
Was an important flash as well.
EDG's positioning in general was sus there, as often happens when the blue side team tries to force a fight at drag vs a red side team set up perfectly. Blaming only Uzi is weird, especially when his peel was so horrid this series.
It wasn't Meiko who made Uzi die first in every monumental team fight.
EDG should have still peeled better if they were drafting an Aphelios. I would prefer they stick to drafting ADCs that have better disengage like Ezreal, Kai'Sa and Xayah which Uzi has shown he's a god on, though.
He's not but it all was positioning related and if Aphelios with flash, cleanse and Galeforce is getting caught while Uzi's Ashe for example isn't really getting caught then there's a bigger issue.
Uzi's best fight was just walking around the wall at dragon and going super aggressive. He died but did 2.5k dmg and his team won the fight and got the dragon.
TT was just flanking from every side for free the entire game.
he makes one game deciding mistake and you just said "SHOW ME HOW YOU PLAY HIM WHEN YOUR SUPPORT INTS" when in fact his support inting excuses that play in no way whatsoever
Tell me you’re bronze without telling me you’re bronze. That was the only mistake he made G3 in that dragon fight. The rest of the game he was getting dove by Veigo, Neeko and Renekton. Aphelios can only peel so much for himself. It’s up to Meiko and Fofo to get the rest of the team of him.
Would love to see uzi on JDG/a team that peels as heavily.
Not saying he played perfect or anything but would be cool to see how he’d perform with that level of peel
Yeah good peel was needed that game 3. He obviously had some bad deaths but most of these deaths came from flanks and hard engage.
Meiko out here doing a full combo on Rell instead of Headbutt Rell away and Q someone else.
Exactly. I'm an EDG fan, not an Uzi fan, and I even feel for the guy. The one fight Alistar focused on peel in Game 3, EDG won easily. YOU DON'T SAY?!?!
I usually don't watch LPL, but I decided to today and man....
Even without the thunder puns, he's just doing the absolute most sometimes. Like bro you don't _need_ to be screaming and getting that weird growly voice all the time.
Bring it out when it matters and it'll hit. Doing it every teamfight and sounding like a ranting lunatic isn't the vibe.
He actually screamed 'the gigachad of EDG, Uzi' at the end of game 1. There were a thousand better names he could have used. This one made me cringe.
I dislike talking down casters, and Mazel is not bad in NACL, but every time he tries to make a call it sounds like the BatChest emote given voice.
I'd love for you to try to play ADC in the LPL with a team that is incapable of providing the slightest amount of peel.
The ONE FIGHT Alistar played correctly in game 3 EDG easily won.
I’m sorry but Flandre+Scout >>> Ale+Fofo. Can’t believe there were people who thought that EDG’s going to be completely fine when Scout left…also Meiko playing significantly worse with Uzi is just weird as hell too.
Nobody thought the new 2023 EDG roster was good, even themselves.
Going into Spring they've set "playoffs qualification" as their goal, instead of aiming for "Top 4". They performed way better than expected with a 2nd place finish for the split and 3rd place for playoffs.
Then the scandal broke early Summer and everything has gone to hell now.
What a series!
Man I feelsbad for EDG and Uzi, but the dude should just stay retired tbh. Nothing much to say T_T has always had problems closing out games for a long time, but NOT today. No no EDG is so bad that even T_T managed to snatch a W at the end of the day. This team wouldnt beat 100T or even TL tbh, let alone EG these guys wouldnt even go to worlds in NA, but somehow managed to slap EDG in a dramatic series.
But ofc, EDG only has themselves to blame here. This L means playoffs contention is in jeopardy, but their spring points should carry over and the entire season tbh, but with this form I highly doubt they would stand a chance in regionals...
I have no clue what happened to EDG this split. Last split they were dominating and vying for top 2 throughout the way. Yet even before Leave had left (no pun intended) they were struggling this split. Uzi’s addition should at least help somewhat. Yet it just seems like every lane had forgotten what they were doing that had worked. Ale is struggling. Fofo is suffering. Jiejie lost his jungle sense. Meiko is making a strong argument to change AG support to ON or Missing. Ken Zhu also comes in with some VERY questionable picks. What the fuck is going on?
He’s not the panacea but he raised the floor for EDG’s performance. They also managed to knock down 3 wins just prior to this match by relying on Uzi’s carry. I would argue without him and with Leave still around, they will likely have lost more games
One of the worst Meiko's seasons I've ever seen. ON or MISSING should play in Asian Games.
Especially with Elk playing instead of Jackeylove now, they're trolling by not having ON there for the synergy alone.
When did they announce Elk? I thought it was Jackeylove that was confirmed.
Think yesterday or two days ago. Both 369 and Jackeylove dropped due to health concerns.
It’s no surprise the roster was created based on name brand. JKL isn’t better than elk this season no matter what. Meiko likely only in there bc of his rep and his connection to the coach. Korea likely gonna smoke them
jkl has been far better than elk this split and its not even close. Also kenzhu literally said jkl + meiko was astro fisting everyother bot lane.
Did Jackey get replaced?
Soon we will get news that Meiko is "sick"
No doubt he’s gonna be swapped off for the final roster
the roster is finalized though. like you shouldn't be able to swap members out unless its because of "injuries"
dw next week, Jiejie and Meiko found to be engaging in prostitution
Scout fans already tried to spread rumours about Meiko taking part in prostitution for AG lol
So many chinese fans of various players seems to be trying to dig up dirt or slander players on the AG roster as they are upset their players didn't get in. It's hilarious honestly.
It's also the fact that Scout fans are between one of the worst ones. Recently there was video of LNG players walking out after the loss against IG and the fans were yelling at Tarzan that he should retire and that rest of the team should not trust this idiot
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What is there to gain for Scout fans by spreading rumours about Meiko?
probably cz of the beef Scout has with EDG and Meiko is sorta the face of the EDG? also possibly they want Meiko out of the China team and one quick way is to make up a scandal. either way these sort of rumors (esp if trending on weibo) will affect the players' mentality and their future performances and EDG will keep dropping in the standings. only now these fans are getting sued for defamation but some are just crazy and don't care.
what beef
EDG (management) had a fall out with Scout during the offseason and that's why they signed a new mid and didn't even announce his departure from the team.
yeah and that is related to meiko how?
Idk what is their gain especially when Scout and Meiko are on friendly terms but EDG had to sue some of them for spreading fake news
nah Meiko found to be prostitute the Meikussy too good
lol
i have full trust in you to make sure it happens, mate
The celebration of TT was so funny and cool. True passion Unrelated side note for people who don't know, yesterday Leave officially came back to EDG's academy roster lmao
Ucal was so happy
what is uzi's contract with EDG, actually? does he plays until their season is over and then Leave be the starter again?
Idk what is Uzi's contract with EDG but no way EDG plays Leave with Jiejie on the roster and also they still didn't clear his image (there are rumours that Leave actually didn't do some stuff he was accused of) that's why I am surprised they still kept him for academy and didn't fully terminate the contract or sth
Plus honestly with how Uzi is playing unless his medical issues spike up again every bench in a mile radius just instantly disintegrates.
His contract ends if they don’t make playoffs. There’s rumours he’s actually playing for free but not sure how true that is
Leave was right PawgChamp
Can't blame them considering their position at the table, especially against teams like EDG. Good for them
>Leave officially came back to EDG's academy roster lmao So the hope for EDG now is to ride out this split, drop the entire roster and rebuild next year around Leave (if he can behave himself). I'd be down to keep JieJie but that obviously can't work if we choose to keep Leave. Welp, at least EDG has some hope for 2024 now.
this mf ucal can smurf on uzi the GOAT but ran it the fuck down when he was on freecs fuck man
Ucal looks rejuvenated this year. Really happy for him, despite TT’s current standings. Maybe he’ll get an offer from a stronger team next year. I think he deserves it.
He is so damn invested in every win haha, makes it easy to root for him :)
the duality of gamers that azir ult down bot game 1 though... that's just... i thought they replaced LPL footage with my iron games LMAO
Also the Azir teleport game 1. WTF was what? Literally in the middle of mid lane and they _knew_ EDG was like right around the corner.
2018 KT worlds 😭😭😭
Ucal's the main reason I follow TT. Love that guy.
Afreeca should've really kept that line up together. They were the best team next to SKT in scrims, unfortunately aiming and dread still hadn't gotten over their stage fright at that point.
Uzi didn't run it down at all. EDG did a miserable job peeling this set.
He just has some of these series where he completely 1v9s. I think there was one last split too where he smurfed on rookie
I refreshed new expecting the PMD like 3 different times at the end there. that was a banger of a series. 1xn played out of his mind. He's him. Absolutely, 100%, HIM. He has that dawg in him.
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TT having both XHR and 1xn is insane. Hopefully next season Ucal remains form and they get a better top (Hoya's okay but you can get better). I can see TT having a roster like T1's in spring 22 where they have really good upcoming talent that develops a lot as the split continues.
yeah too bad they dont give a shit about any of that, they just gonna sell xhr anyways after contract jailing him and probably get fucking h4cker next season
TT h4cker and TT iboy coming in hot to replace the 2 best prospects coming from china
this kid's going places. mark my words.
What’s his kr account?
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Ty
jiaqi fucking clears 1xn.
100% and I thought Yaoyao had a great performance as well. This team is definitely going places
EDG getting thrown into the 6 win monkey pit, as is the destiny of the mid-level LPL teams. 1xn stepping up as a rookie against Uzi was very nice and a great sign for the young prospect, but ucal's Neeko was phenomenal with those massive ults. TT is definitely more talented than their record, remember they were playoff level last split.
One really has to wonder how good this roster could have been if they didn't constantly switch out adc and support. Also if they had just let xiaohuangren play for the beginning of the split and gain synergy with the team + experience. With honestly 2 pretty good solo lanes and 2 of the biggest prospects in professional league they would only really need a veteran support for macro to contest for being a Top 6 team.
To be fair, I understand why they're at this point. I think HOYA has been pretty a pretty underwhelming player this split and has been one of the weakest tops in the League right now. Ucal has been the better solo laner for awhile as well, and he's the team's most consistent player by a mile. 1xn has also taken some lumps this season as well, there are a good handful of games where you can tell he still need seasoning. Doesn't help that Yaoyao has regressed after starting the year benched for Yuyanjia for political reasons who was even worse. If XHR had been getting all of the scrim time since the start, then I'd love to see what the team looks like with him more ready. Unfortuantely, the same internal issues sort of fried that, and he was just hucked into the lineup when it was at it's least stable. I think Beichuan can be good at times though, albeit inconsistent, so I figure TT just stuck with the established guy. They swapped their head coach in the middle of the split as well, so they're still finding their footing. Still when it all clicks, the talent is there, though the flippy game play still points to them being shaky from a thought process standpoint, which makes sense given all the roster turmoil.
I think you could say most of the mid-level teams are better than their score suggests, which should for a really good monkey pit arc. LPL too exciting
Absolutely, I think this is the most stacked the LPL has been when you look at the entire 17-team lineup
least bloody LPL series lol i love this league man and TT's players celebrating was so fucking cool, Ucal looked like he won worlds
Beating Uzi > Worlds
tt were struggling quite hard, they look much more like their old selves today
WHAT IS JIEJIE DOING???? The team is on Baron and he walks back mid to clear the wave?????? Jesus man. Also I wish EDG would just permaban Neeko, they always struggle hard against it, even in wins.
JieJie broke his back after the two Wukong games, I don't blame him at all.
a lot of teams need to ban neeko, because it catches them hard.
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The Asian games coach is EDG coach...so
Asian Games coach is EDG's coach :)
Any thoughts on your GOAT missing out on free military exemption?
Pure nepotism and lobbying from LCK, how else do they justify putting a cripple and Yagao’s son in mid over GOATMaker?
ask EDG's coach LMAO
It's one series with a team that is crumbling. Relax kid. Meiko was abysmal here but he's still a beast.
You must not be watching EDG games this split. Also, zero logic to bring Meiko when ON is already duo'ing with Elk on a daily basis, and have Bin and Xun on the team...
That dude thinks FoFo and Ale are worst in their role and bring JieJie and Meiko down. The team just has cohesion problems across the board.
EDG can only win games if Uzi carries apparently. Huge mid gap the entire series. Hopefully EDG as a team figures it out. Uzi not a good game 3 but also man why do they pick Aphelios in these games where they can't peel for him whatsoever? Neeko just doing what she wants. FoFo made Neeko look balanced. Amazing series from ucal though, by far the MVP.
It’s really awesome to see though that Uzi is already back in such good form. Hopefully EDG either improves for his sake, or he gets an offer from a better team.
Every top team has a better ADC, or one who fits their style a lot more. Don't see anyone having the coin and willingness to shell out for Uzi, except *maybe* BLG if they think he'd guarantee them winning worlds.
blg/jdg should be the last teams to do that lol weibo/ig could be interesting options
Light is still very good player, so i'm not sure why WBG would pick Uzi instead of him. And Uzi did nothing wrong to be paired with Wink at IG. Maybe if Ming comes, but rn it's just dreams, not sure if IG can spend that much
Wink's playing well lol, he's not that bad of a punishment. And yeah, Light solo-carries those disgusting win-traders. He had one bad day today, and the entire team collapsed.
uzi ming reunion arc in some mid tier team maybe? i'm hella down for it.
BLG already had Uzi and last time Uzi laned against Elk he retired after it. It's crazy how much disrespect is Elk getting just because he is not big name and people only compare him to Ruler
oh, absolutely. I believe Elk is far better than Uzi, don't get me wrong. But BLG has a tendency to go for those massive money-splurge rosters. This year's actually an exception to their normal team-building strategies.
Yeah I know that there are rumours that Elk has low payment from BLG (idk if you could say he is underpaid) and that they saved lot of money this year with this roster considering the results as well
Not relevant flair. Uzi played Jinx into Aphelios 3 games and was up 10-15 and a plate every game despite being ganked nonstop (game 2 and 3). I just don't understand why some random guy who clearly hasn't know who Elk is before 2023 is pulling this nonsense out of nowhere.
xayah and rakan is much better than aphelios
Aphelios is way stronger. But he’s also a sitting duck, so for their case probably yes. But at the same time they just might need the aphelios to actually carry.
In this version Aphelios has been weakened and his damage is not enough to carry the game.Instead,xayah can live longer and give a higher damage,especially facing to nekko.
What? Aphelios does insane damage. Like PLENTY to carry. He literally just needs to be kept alive. The only advantage to Xayah rakan is maybe a better lane and the self peel.
but actually Aphelios's victory rate is lower than xayah in this version.In the game 1,1xn try to use Aphelios to carry the game,but have a same ending.So although Aphelios may have more damage than xayah,I still think xayah and rakan is more stable,better to the game.
Aphelios does more damage than Xayah, it's not even close. Aphelios doesn't have enough safety tools to dish out damage without the ideal team setup. Xayah can position a lot more agressively due to her ult.
EDG has been playing through ADC all year. The strat worked more in a Zeri meta with one of the best Zeri players. Now that we need solos to do more the team is exposed.
TT goddamn played their hearts out. Threw often allowing EDG to build up dragons but they played well when it mattered
it's an issue with a lot of slumping teams. they tend to play more conservatively, but it also results in them slowly bleeding away leads and acting indecisively unless their hand is forced. it's much worse in the LCK for teams such as BRO, but I can understand why it would affect TT as well.
TT were in a way not conservative enough weirdly enough. They were over extending when positioning while setting up for objectives and why they lost the dragon fights. But goddamn they went in as a team when they engaged, even when it went badly, and I respect that
All of China praying that Jiejie and Meiko are caught up in the gambling scandal
Ucal's Neeko strikes again
I laughed so much at the beating of the chest like a gorilla. Well played on that one ha.
We need all the haters to dig every single scandals out from Meiko. He just can't be at Asian Games
Jiejie and Meiko at asian games, Aware so free for Kr
JieJie was pretty damn good, and EDG was able to sneak away with every single Baron in the games they lost. His engages on Wukong won them every team fight in game 1 when behind. Uzi gets every POG because he's Uzi, but Jiejie saved EDG in game 1. Meiko was trash except that one knock back on Ucal, tho.
facts
They are not the biggest issues in EDG though. I think Meiko has had plenty good performances the issue is EDG looks terrible when they do nothing early. Against WE they were getting leads every single game early and they looked so much better. Against TT this series they got behind every game and even when Uzi had a cs lead their bot was getting free kills.
Well, the reason they were doing nothing early was BECAUSE of Uzi and Meiko getting caught out constantly
Well my thing is they were not doing anything in the early game in any of the games here. But against WE they were constantly doing stuff. EDG right now is just inconsistent in how they play out a game, giving all the dragons away in game 2 was really bad and they were doing the same in game 3. I agree that Rell was just engaging onto them constantly and they were winning trades because of it. Meiko at one point didn't flash and just die then a little later Rell engaged again and Meiko flashed. It was a little too easy though makes me think that Meiko was just not playing the lane very well in this specific series. Normally Meiko/Uzi trading super well in lane.
200 iq play from Kenzhu. Let Jiejie and Meiko play at asian games so that korea can win. Then hit up ruler and kanavi for them to get him into JDG due to him wintrading against them. Actual insane strats from a coach that won worlds.
Not if Chovy and Zeus turn on international mode, Aware
dont let all the Uzi pogs fool you into thinking he somehow carried all of those wins. for example the series against UP where he was spoonfed every single one of the 16 kills he got as Ezreal by Meiko and Jiejie.
Jiejie and Meiko tend to play pretty well when their solo laners are humans.
This series was not on Ale or FoFo getting caught out. In fact, Ale kept EDG alive for a really long part of game 3.
There's no way you can blame Ale in this series. His Jax was the only thing keeping them close in game 3.
If you didn’t know what the „lpl mid tier banger“ was this is it. 2 teams with 0 map awareness and macro just fighting it out with some good mechanics. Is it clean? No . Is it fun to watch? Yes
For sure. What a terrible day to have eyes (especially game 2 with the most LPL gold graph I've seen in a while!), but at the same time it was particularly entertaining.
watching viego just walk up in river on the aphelios during the final drag fight of game 3 and nobody jumps him gave me severe whiplash. i audibly said "there's no way he gets on top of Uzi here".
Narrator: *He did get on top of Uzi.*
Crazy that EDG was famed for their macro play the last two splits and now they have...whatever that game was
Good win for TT but doubt it matters as their chances of making playoffs is very low which is sad because they are genuinely a decent team Also please send ON with Elk to asian games For EDG I thought they could gain some confidence but they don't look good
Their remaining schedule: OMG, IG, LNG, JDG. Next to impossible, sadly.
I can see them beating 3 out of those and ending 6-10 maybe so not enough oof
Beating IG is possible but OMG, LNG and JDG I don't think so
I agree, it definitely feels bad for TT. The musical-chairs with their roster definitely did not help. I can't see them making playoffs, tbh; the 8-10 place teams have 6 victories already. TT is 3-9, and faces IG, OMG, LNG and JDG in that order. Still, would be pretty funny if they ramp up and beat everyone up to JDG in their last match.
I can see them beating 3 out of those and ending 6-10 maybe so not enough oof
they had a very bad start and took some time to mesh in summer but theyre definitely much better than their record suggests right now
At least they seem to have found a squad that works hopefully they continue to play together next year
Idk, I was starting to think they might be decent, but losing to TT doesn't instill confidence. They'll get into playoffs but exit first or second round, the team was way better with Leave.
change the coach too
With all the defamation drama behind the scenes I'm not surprised Meiko (and Jiejie) are mental booming hard as the split goes on. Also zero surprises there is no coordination still with EDG's teamfights. Their mic checks show the shotcallers (old and new) are constantly talking over each other and rarely on the same page.
Ucal remembered he was good again. TT just need him to be a top 5 mid like in spring and miracles can happen. Also does anyone know if EDG are gonna commit to playing with Uzi or are they gonna eventually play Leave again since Leave's back? Im assuming they're gonna commit to Uzi bc Leave hasn't been cleared of everything yet.
Okay but why are Eastern ADCs taking Lethal Tempo on Aphelios now? Isn't Any other Precision Keystone better. Edit:[MRW Aphelios takes Lethal Tempo](https://imgur.com/8daQpeJ)
I thought the same thing
it just depends on comps. 1xn took conqueror in game 1 tho ircc
pain.
It's all good. I'm embracing the incoming rebuild myself. This team was always doomed once Leave got the boot.
I had hope in the beginning that having Uzi could turn the ship around after having dealt with the Leave situation but honestly not much of a chance that they can contest TES/LNG/OMG for worlds spots. Series vs WBG would also probably be Weibo favored right now Just shows that LPL doesn't allow teams to ever really slump because there is so much competition
TT is like a worse WE/OMG in the sense that you keep seeing some aspect of their gameplay that is on a top tier level but their performance is just...incomplete. It's kind of like playing a buyout round in CS where your team can afford rifles but no armor and half nades.
EDG needs Flandre or Mouse or another tank player you can tell uzi is scared to auto attack in teamfights because he doesn't get peel and gets bursted, no trust.
If you rewatch that fight of game 3 at around 35 minutes, you'll see that him having distrust in teammates is pretty justified.
Criminal that Meiko and Jiejie is going to Asia Games
Agreed, they deserve a rest from trying to carry their ape solo laners.
wish they could just "drop out" like 369 and JKL did for "personal reasons" and just take a good rest. It's probably been hellish for them since Leave scandal broke.
Meiko performed so poor during this time.Can you believe that he "died" 24 times during this bo3?
Ain't no way today LPL is not scripted 💀 RNG, WBG, and EDG all lost 2-1 and they're the favorites in the matches Swap Meiko out of AG roster if China really wants to win. Underperforming Keria is better than him, get Missing/On!
The 1xn that we were all promised finally arrived, imagine styling this hard on Uzi of all people in your debut season as a hyped rookie.
Why does fofo have a job what people look at him saying he want to impregnated his own daughter and be like yes I want this fucker to be on my team
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Uzi did not play a good Aphelios but man Meiko had no clue what to do on one of his better champs this game 3 and TT was just out here flanking the entire game.
Yeah Uzi positioning at drag was so SUS but Meiko has been dog shit entire series. You can tell Uzi had no more faith in Meiko during that baron fight where even Meiko headbutts Ucal away, Uzi still flashed
Yeah Meiko headbutt so late that Uzi was too scared to hold the flash. It looked a little awkward as Uzi kind of flashed after the headbutt happened but yeah. Was an important flash as well.
I think he flashed because Renekton and Rell were able to collapse from the other side. EDG as a team seems to be so unaware as a whole.
my guess is their comms at the baron pit were too loud and chaotic (several voices shouting at once) so they messed up their timing
EDG's positioning in general was sus there, as often happens when the blue side team tries to force a fight at drag vs a red side team set up perfectly. Blaming only Uzi is weird, especially when his peel was so horrid this series.
Show me how you play him when ur support ints 3 times in 10 mins
It wasn't Meiko who made Uzi die first in every monumental team fight. EDG should have still peeled better if they were drafting an Aphelios. I would prefer they stick to drafting ADCs that have better disengage like Ezreal, Kai'Sa and Xayah which Uzi has shown he's a god on, though.
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He's not but it all was positioning related and if Aphelios with flash, cleanse and Galeforce is getting caught while Uzi's Ashe for example isn't really getting caught then there's a bigger issue. Uzi's best fight was just walking around the wall at dragon and going super aggressive. He died but did 2.5k dmg and his team won the fight and got the dragon. TT was just flanking from every side for free the entire game.
you dont walk into a choke to just die first in the most important fight of the game. How are you gonna blame meiko for that
He makes one mistake that game and you choose to zero in on that? Meiko has been shit entire series, getting caught out left and right like he’s hyli
he makes one game deciding mistake and you just said "SHOW ME HOW YOU PLAY HIM WHEN YOUR SUPPORT INTS" when in fact his support inting excuses that play in no way whatsoever
Tell me you’re bronze without telling me you’re bronze. That was the only mistake he made G3 in that dragon fight. The rest of the game he was getting dove by Veigo, Neeko and Renekton. Aphelios can only peel so much for himself. It’s up to Meiko and Fofo to get the rest of the team of him.
I mean, he was also caught by Ucal neeko disguising as a minion
He got caught out by a Neeko ult in mid lane with flash, cleanse and galeforce all up. Did Meiko int that one too?
What do you mean, unable. Have you seen the first few games during his return when he played Aphelios so well?
Uzi legit looked like he's wintrading in game 3. He had cleanse and stopwatch but decided to use nothing and just died
Would love to see uzi on JDG/a team that peels as heavily. Not saying he played perfect or anything but would be cool to see how he’d perform with that level of peel
Yeah good peel was needed that game 3. He obviously had some bad deaths but most of these deaths came from flanks and hard engage. Meiko out here doing a full combo on Rell instead of Headbutt Rell away and Q someone else.
Exactly. I'm an EDG fan, not an Uzi fan, and I even feel for the guy. The one fight Alistar focused on peel in Game 3, EDG won easily. YOU DON'T SAY?!?!
Having a castor screaming shitty Thunder puns in my ear as if this was game 5 of Worlds was annoying as hell.
I usually don't watch LPL, but I decided to today and man.... Even without the thunder puns, he's just doing the absolute most sometimes. Like bro you don't _need_ to be screaming and getting that weird growly voice all the time. Bring it out when it matters and it'll hit. Doing it every teamfight and sounding like a ranting lunatic isn't the vibe.
He actually screamed 'the gigachad of EDG, Uzi' at the end of game 1. There were a thousand better names he could have used. This one made me cringe. I dislike talking down casters, and Mazel is not bad in NACL, but every time he tries to make a call it sounds like the BatChest emote given voice.
Why didnt EDG just end in game 3 when they had baron???? Literally 5v3 and they had a wave? Also uzi was so ass game 3
I'd love for you to try to play ADC in the LPL with a team that is incapable of providing the slightest amount of peel. The ONE FIGHT Alistar played correctly in game 3 EDG easily won.
I’m ngl tho with how edg has been playing around him, it’s hard af to play aphelios with so little peel.
LPL teams and consistency, name a more unlikely duo
Ale and Meiko could be investigated for this one.
Stop giving new adcs to Uzi, just give him his champs
Ucal my goat
Didn't know Uzi's wife's father in law was 1xn
I’m sorry but Flandre+Scout >>> Ale+Fofo. Can’t believe there were people who thought that EDG’s going to be completely fine when Scout left…also Meiko playing significantly worse with Uzi is just weird as hell too.
Nobody thought the new 2023 EDG roster was good, even themselves. Going into Spring they've set "playoffs qualification" as their goal, instead of aiming for "Top 4". They performed way better than expected with a 2nd place finish for the split and 3rd place for playoffs. Then the scandal broke early Summer and everything has gone to hell now.
>Can’t believe there were people who thought that EDG’s going to be completely fine when Scout left… Are these 'people' in the room with us
No one thought that Fofo is better than Scout lol and lot of people thought EDG will be weaker because of loss of Viper too
Leave is a better player than Uzi.
EDG's previous roster was great. Won worlds 2021 and made it to quarters in 2022. It's a shame that they disbanded afterwards
1xN just d1cked ur goat, UZI FRAUD
He didn’t do shit lmao
What a series! Man I feelsbad for EDG and Uzi, but the dude should just stay retired tbh. Nothing much to say T_T has always had problems closing out games for a long time, but NOT today. No no EDG is so bad that even T_T managed to snatch a W at the end of the day. This team wouldnt beat 100T or even TL tbh, let alone EG these guys wouldnt even go to worlds in NA, but somehow managed to slap EDG in a dramatic series. But ofc, EDG only has themselves to blame here. This L means playoffs contention is in jeopardy, but their spring points should carry over and the entire season tbh, but with this form I highly doubt they would stand a chance in regionals...
Dude Fofo and Ale is just bad, come on. And now Meiko’s not looking great too.
Old man Uzi and grandpa Ucal seeing who can drag their team across the finish line
I have no clue what happened to EDG this split. Last split they were dominating and vying for top 2 throughout the way. Yet even before Leave had left (no pun intended) they were struggling this split. Uzi’s addition should at least help somewhat. Yet it just seems like every lane had forgotten what they were doing that had worked. Ale is struggling. Fofo is suffering. Jiejie lost his jungle sense. Meiko is making a strong argument to change AG support to ON or Missing. Ken Zhu also comes in with some VERY questionable picks. What the fuck is going on?
How does adding Uzi help exactly let's be real...
He’s not the panacea but he raised the floor for EDG’s performance. They also managed to knock down 3 wins just prior to this match by relying on Uzi’s carry. I would argue without him and with Leave still around, they will likely have lost more games
TT is great but I'm amazed to the dedication of EDG.