The KPL Spring Finals have just ended, and the official released a bombshell news, they have added a "forced rotation" format to the annual finals, and the official name is "Master Rotation". Don't be in a hurry to scold, this format is not for all teams that go to the annual finals, and this format has a time limit, so listen to me in detail.
The annual finals are divided into three stages: "Ring Competition", "Breakout Competition" and "Knockout Competition", and the Ring Competition is divided into two groups: "Master Group" and "Elite Group", each group has six teams, the top six teams in the annual promotion points enter the Master Group, and the bottom six teams enter the Elite Group. The annual Grand Finals roster is fixed at eight, and the six teams that enter the Master Division will be "forced to rotate", which means that their substitutes must play at least one small round in the Ring Stage, and the six teams in the Elite Division will not be subject to this restriction, but the "Master Rotation" format will disappear after the Ring Match.
The final team in the top four in the master group and the first team in the elite group will directly advance to the knockout round, while the bottom two teams in the master group will play a breakout match with the second to fifth teams in the elite group, and the sixth team in the elite group will become the first team to be eliminated by the annual finals, and we are very familiar with the knockout round, which is similar to the playoffs, with a double-elimination system + BO7 + peak showdown.
Overall, this format will increase the chances of the strong team's bench players coming out, but it will also make the elite team more hopeful of "overcoming the strong with the weak". After this rule is announced, the pot god can not leave AG for the time being. In addition, the KPL official will also open a loan window before the annual finals, for those strong teams that lack substitutes to go to other teams to loan players, if the RW summer game falls, then the Wolves can loan Fly to their team, after all, the cooperation between Fly and the Wolves team is completely "hand-to-hand".
PS: You may think that the new format of the annual finals is unfair to the team in the master group, but in fact, it's okay, the master group is in the "six into four" mode, and the elite group is in the "six into one" mode, and the last two teams in the master group will not be eliminated immediately, and they can also play a breakout match, and the probability of elimination can be said to be very small.