The coach's first match ended in defeat.

As a prestigious LPL team, many LPL fans are puzzled by JDG's transfer activities this year. While other teams aim to strengthen their rosters, JDG's transfer actions for the new season clearly seem to be "weakening." After all, the JDG management did not value the performance of top laner Xiao Xu and support WINK in the main competition, directly firing top laner A Le and support Missing. To strengthen JDG's training and draft strategy, they even hired five coaches during the transfer period.

Among these coaches, the one most watched by players is the former EDG jungler, the coach. It’s worth noting that since the coach transitioned to coaching, his results have been quite awkward, leading him to take a break for a while. Now that he has returned to join JDG, many JDG fans are worried. However, many of the coach's fans believe that his coaching ability is not the issue; it was simply that the players he previously coached were not up to par. Many viewers are also looking forward to the coach's performance with JDG.

However, something disappointing happened to many of the coach's fans: JDG suffered a complete shutout loss to IG in their first match of the new season. The coach's draft strategy also sparked much discussion and attention among viewers. Many JDG fans believe that the main reason for JDG's loss was the coach's poor draft, while the coach's fans argue that the draft was fine and that it was entirely due to the poor performance of JDG's mid-laner Xiao Xue and support WINK, which led to JDG's defeat by IG.

The mid-laner’s performance has severely declined.

In this BO3 match, the coach's draft had its ups and downs. Although the forced pick of Alistar in the first game allowed ROOKIE's Sylas to steal ultimates, which was criticized by many viewers, the primary reason for JDG's loss in the first game was mid-laner Xiao Xue being outplayed by ROOKIE. Xiao Xue struggled with Azir against ROOKIE’s short-range champion, resulting in ROOKIE taking down Xiao Xue twice for every life lost. Even IG veteran Ning Wang defended the coach, suggesting that Xiao Xue was "deliberately throwing" for the coach.

While the coach's first-game draft sparked much discussion among players, his second-game draft was clearly stronger than IG's. However, despite having the advantage in drafting, JDG was overturned and lost to IG. Many of the coach's fans blamed the loss on JDG's mid-laner Xiao Xue, claiming he is now a "salary thief." Although he has a significant reputation, his performance this year has been really poor. In the second segment, JDG unexpectedly lost to WE, with Xiao Xue being outperformed by WE's mid-laner three times in MVP votes. Yet, during the transfer period, JDG fired the top laner and support but did not dismiss mid-laner Xiao Xue.

MEIKO becomes the torchbearer for the World University Games!

After IG easily defeated JDG, many IG fans noticed that support Meiko did not participate in the post-match interview. Meanwhile, IG's official account revealed a significant announcement: support MEIKO was selected as a "torchbearer for the World University Games." Many IG fans sent their blessings to MEIKO, believing that his selection as a "torchbearer for the World University Games" is well-deserved, as MEIKO is the only Grand Slam player in LPL, making it difficult for other LPL players to surpass his competitive glory.

Conclusion

It must be said that since jungler Wei joined, support MEIKO's performance has been improving. I genuinely look forward to IG's future matches. After all, IG managed to easily defeat WE and JDG during the regular season, which indicates that IG has a good chance of advancing to the World Championship, especially since LPL has four slots this year. Personally, I feel that these four slots will be filled by AL, BLG, IG, TES, and WBG.