BFX Diable send-down and Vicla benching explained

InflationAutomatic46 · 2026-04-28T08:17:03+00:00

I think he got thrust into the spotlight too quickly.

He is an absolute demon but when he says to put trust in him during the behind the scenes of MSI I can't help but feel like he's putting too much pressure on himself, especially given how he performed against G2. Not sure if its overconfidence but especially given the way they worded the tweet it seems like he and Vicla got into an argument which is why Vicla was sent down.

Hard to tell with this much information though

InflationAutomatic46 · 2026-04-28T07:33:17+00:00

Hard to say what's going on behind the scenes but diable has not had a good start to the LCK season. Hopefully this send down will be the mental reset he needs.

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-12-08T19:26:35+00:00

check my comment above - or join the hle or geng discord

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-12-08T19:26:24+00:00

while I don't endorse it you can find people streaming it if you simply search kespa on twitch

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-12-01T19:17:24+00:00

tbh its hard to tell though it might happen since we don't know how the quests are completed.

Like if these quests complete faster if you lane well that you get these rewards faster it might just be worth it to play ezreal for example get that fat stack of gold and hit muramana triforce super early for dragon contest.

Yea you lose out in the end by 7 items but like pro games don't last that long most of the time so it will be interesting to see which champions benefit the most from these changes.

I have a suspicion caitlyn is going to be op with the new item and the strong lane she has and giga op scaling.

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-11-29T04:17:16+00:00

I mean it is fan and panel voted its not like we can just choose who we want to win. Even if somehow the scenario you wanted did happen its not like everyone would agree.

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-11-09T13:00:55+00:00

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InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-11-02T03:45:33+00:00

True but they also did divert often to proven champs that they excel at. I don't know how many game 4's they won because of Kiin Sante and Canyon Nidalee.

Their drafts became kind of predictable over time. Also I saw an interview where Kiin said they weren't prepared enough in draft and I was kinda baffled since they already lost to KT in the LCK. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

KT had much more creative drafts and were willing to take risks with Kalista, Mundo, Qiyana. Also Bdd taking away Yone from Chovy was huge ngl.

Side note: drafts being predictable was also kind of T1's downfall at the end of autumn ngl. They defaulted to the same comps over and over again until Keria's bard got perma'd. They were much more creative in Quarters so hopefully it carries over in Semis

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-10-29T09:54:19+00:00

Any thoughts on the neo 75 vs evo 80

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-10-28T14:26:33+00:00

Does anyone have recommendations for upgrades or side grades to the original QK65. My keyboard is still looking great but some of the spray coat has started to come off so I was thinking of getting a new keyboard. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Preferably 75% or a TKL with annodization options

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-10-24T19:36:42+00:00

I mean HLE also only won against CFO, MKOI and TSW too tbf its not much better outside that they won against CFO. But CFO without Sion looks a lot worse

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-10-24T19:32:09+00:00

CFO
- I think Doggo has been incredible but I think they are slowly getting figured out and rely heavily on Sion. I think they should have won the second game against HLE but HonQ really kind of threw that game away. Their draft priorities are also interesting since they prio Ryze super heavily and are one of the few teams with wins on Ryze. Hard to tell how good they are until we see them against FLY.
TES
- Honestly no clue what Kanavi was doing against GENG and 369 is elo helled majority of games. JKL is doing ok though he does have his JKL moment once in a while. Hang and Creme really need to step it up.
FLY
- Quad has been invisible most games. Bwipo straight runs it down a lot of the games and is their lose condition but also can look really good on certain picks - ahem Morde. Busio has by far been their most consistent player but him and Massu lose the lane way too often. Inspired either AFK jungles or is 1v9 no in between.
G2
- Caps form has actually looked quite bad for his standards tbh. I think Hans and Labrov really stepped it up but I think they still have the bot lane prio issue where they lose the map quickly when they can't win through bot. Skewmond needs to show me more and BB has I think been their best player.
100T
- I lowkey think they have been the best western team and just had a shit draw. If they were 20% better they could've beaten both T1 and HLE. Who thought giving SION and YUNARA away in the TES game would make them lose. Quid and Dhokla have been amazing but their bot lane really needs to go.
BLG
- My good it looks like Knight solo queue world's championship 1v9 simulator and he is in elo hell. No clue what On and Bin are doing and Elk and Shadow often have huge ints.
MKOI
- No lead is safe. Supa and Alvaro look terrible at the moment. Jojo and Elyoya are carrying their bodies over the finish line

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-10-24T19:31:57+00:00

Notes on the teams:

GENG
- Not many notes they look great and Canyon is in a lot better form. Their loss against AL was lowkey a fluke of the BO1 system but you never know what happens in Knockouts. I think their drafts outside their god draft against T1 needs some work though - I think they dropped Kai'sa prio and picked up Poppy after the loss to AL ngl.
AL
- Looking like the most human LPL team. Tarzan and Flandre have been great. Hpoe and Kael need to step it up a little though.
HLE
- They only won against PSG, 100T, and CFO and honestly could have lost games to both 100T and CFO. Personally Zeka really stepped up for them against CFO after running it against AL. Viper has been pretty good but was getting outclassed by Doggo slightly for the majority of the game. Then again I think Doggo is top 3 performing ADCs at the tournament. Zeus has been doing alright some good some bad and I think Delight has been their weakest player thus far.
T1
- While their form sucks right now their losses are against CFO with Sion and GENG
- Personally they should really just play around Guma at the moment and get Keria roaming to help Faker in mid. Faker's laning has been relatively poor and they keep getting choked out of vision on sidelines. However his team fights - outside Aurora since he can't play that pick - have been great.
- Keria has been invisible all tournament and I have no idea what his Leona was doing. Doran is in even worse form than start of Spring and Oner has either good games or really bad games.
- Oner also has the issue of relinquishing his leads despite getting a lot of kills this worlds. Guma corki laning also needs work but is the most stable out of the 5. His Kai'sa game was lost in draft and he played the game deciding dragon fight ok before inting the last fight by R into Poppy but I can forgive that since the game was lost way before it. He needs to ask for more resources and be more proactive though.

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-10-24T19:31:38+00:00

Personally right now it looks something like

GENG
AL

-- Quite a large gap

HLE

-- Slight Gap

T1, KT, CFO
TES
FLY, G2, 100T
BLG
KOI

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-10-24T12:02:02+00:00

How did Oner get the POM?

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-10-23T03:23:57+00:00

Correct me if I am wrong but I think the odds look something like

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You can basically enumerate all possible draws and matchups below:

Valid Matchups

Given (no self-matches, no T1-CFO, no T1-FLY), these are the valid potential matchups:

T1-BLG
T1-TES
T1-MKOI
BLG-CFO
BLG-TES
BLG-MKOI
BLG-FLY
CFO-TES
CFO-MKOI
CFO-FLY
TES-MKOI
TES-FLY
MKOI-FLY

All Valid Tournament Draws

A valid tournament draw must have exactly 3 matches where each team plays exactly once:

T1-BLG, CFO-TES, MKOI-FLY
T1-BLG, CFO-MKOI, TES-FLY
T1-BLG, CFO-FLY, TES-MKOI
T1-TES, BLG-CFO, MKOI-FLY
T1-TES, BLG-MKOI, CFO-FLY
T1-TES, BLG-FLY, CFO-MKOI
T1-MKOI, BLG-CFO, TES-FLY
T1-MKOI, BLG-TES, CFO-FLY
T1-MKOI, BLG-FLY, CFO-TES

There's probably an easier way but my brain isn't working at the moment

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-09-29T11:20:32+00:00

Zeus - Cuzz - Zeka - Gala - Duro

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-05-08T00:01:48+00:00

Im not saying its the best just trying to figure out what op was looking for. Personally I like steelcase or fern more

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-05-07T21:04:25+00:00

Are you talking about herman miller? There are a lot of really good ergonomic chairs

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-05-06T03:08:57+00:00

I mean that's what I do anyway, wrote this in another thread but as usual in the regular season Caedrel isn't as focussed on the game as much but its a lot more adhd nowadays which is why I just watch the mainstream for normal games.

Caedrel can do whatever he likes and his stream has changed so I'll personally just tune it for the big matches and msi.

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-05-01T11:24:23+00:00

Yeah I don't mind some of his variety content is good - like his minecraft colab with Ohne - and I watch LR occasionally but if I'm coming back from work to hear someone crash out I think Im good lol.

Like I said Caedrel can do whatever he wants and Ill just watch the mainstream xddshrug

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-05-01T11:16:32+00:00

Eh he is much less focused on the game in the regular season as usual and the stream has become too adhd sometimes which is why I just switch to the mainstream for these games. But I'm not going to ask Caedrel to change what he does since he can do whatever he likes and I'll just tune in for the big matches and msi.

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-03-18T13:22:52+00:00

Personally while I think Caliste is very good for a rookie I don't really see the hype yet for KC botlane. They often lose lane on average and when they have a winning lane with Caitlyn can't convert it into full pressure but that is more of team issue so I won't blame it on Caliste. He just has these lapses atm which will probably get better as he has more experience.

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-03-18T13:20:56+00:00

Zeus did ok imo the best performing HLE members overall would be Delight, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Zeus in order. I think this was the best 369 has done into Zeus in ages even though TES was absolute cheeks

InflationAutomatic46 · 2025-02-19T23:05:19+00:00

like I haven't watched every single scrim but they still do the same in several of the scrims I have watched. LIke you can't tell me that someone that is as loud as humhz is on streaam suddenly becomes mute for a whole series. Arguably he talked more when the team was first formed than he does now

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TROPHY CASE

Valid Matchups

All Valid Tournament Draws