The S12 Spring Games of the League of Legends in all major regions of the world have been in full swing for a long time, and the major teams in each division have handed over their answer sheets to the audience and fans. In the view of the King of 囧, in addition to those teams that are directly rotten, other strong teams are always strong, and weak teams with a competitive heart are also worthy of respect.
When the LPL enters the Spring Festival holiday, the LPL spectators have no games to watch. Let's talk about the styles of play in the two divisions of LPL and LCK.
As the two largest and strongest divisions in the League of Legends esports circle, the competition styles of LPL and LCK are actually very different. The style of these two major divisions also indirectly affects the change of The League of Legends version, and will also become the object of imitation by other divisions.
LPL and LCK are two major competition areas with different styles, not only competing with each other, but also learning from each other.
For the King of 囧, since the earliest time he watched the esports competition of StarCraft, he has been paying attention to the esports competition in South Korea next door. The same is true for the League of Legends side, the first thing to see was the LCK game next door. Before S7, the level of domestic e-sports was still inferior to that of South Korea, at least in terms of e-sports atmosphere, which was inferior to That of South Korea. This can be clearly seen from the ownership of the champions of S3~S7.
Our LPL's previous tactics and playing style, to put it nicely, is to reduce talents in an eclectic manner; to put it worse, it is disorderly, like a big brawl. This chaotic situation, from the S5 season, Samsung Ten Sons gradually came to China, and the era of Korean aid will only gradually improve. Frankly speaking, some of the ten sons of Samsung come to make money from the day, and some bring advanced game concepts and tactical routines.
After entering the S8 season, the LPL accumulated and won all the international championships in the S8 season: RNG won all the championships it could win in the first half of the year; in the second half of the year, iG emerged and helped the LPL win the first S Championship. Since then, the LPL division has won three S championships and a runner-up in four years. That is, since S8, the balance between the two divisions of LPL and LCK has begun to tilt, and now the LPL is the first division.
So which division of the game is good?
As for the better game in that division, the king can only say that this is a matter of benevolence and wisdom. But personally, I like the OGN period, when it was really much more exciting than in China. But the LPL after S8, I personally think, has surpassed the LCK in terms of the excitement of the game.
In recent seasons, for example, the average length of the LCK division is about 35 minutes, while the LPL side is generally around 30 minutes. Therefore, there are many small partners who say that although the LCK side is more skillful, it is too able to drag and look easy to sleep; while the LPL side pursues the exploitation of each other's economy and development through group fighting. In this way, the LPL side is more ornamental, crushing and Jedi flipping, but also endless. And LPL this kind of play, this is also in line with the idea of fists, let's think about it, why does the fist come out of the "strategic bounty point"? Isn't it to improve the watchability and uncontrollability of the game?
To take another concrete example, on January 3, T1's match against DK, known as LCK's "E-sports Spring Festival Gala". As a result, the two world championship teams, T1 and DK, only scored 17 kills in 54 minutes. The two sides are either playing resources or on the way to play resources, frankly, this game makes people want to sleep!
In the LPL's spring S12, the vast majority of the matches are completed in about 30 minutes, and there are very few cases of peaceful development between the two sides like LCK. Our development is "nuclear flat development", and only living people are qualified to develop! Think of IG and FPX, who dared to hit 54 heads in 35 minutes at the World Championships and know how brutal the LPL is.
Therefore, in summary, the king of 囧王 thinks, but in terms of the excitement of the game, I personally prefer the LPL game. At least the LPL games, played brilliantly, no peeing spots and sleepy time. In the blink of an eye, you may miss a good show! Fellow Canyon Summoners, what do you think?