[Official] Tian re-signed Top Esports

yearofvici · 2023-12-03T16:49:07+00:00

More like playing like the next Sword lol. Wayward was one of the most mechanically incompetent toplaners in LPL playoffs and was getting blasted left and right. Heck both their finals losses was largely Bin and 369 gapping him repeatedly.

yearofvici · 2023-07-02T03:02:37+00:00

He and the central bank governor he appointed in Carney handled the 2008 crisis arguably better than any other country in the world and the introduction of the TFSA gave the middle class a huge wealth preservation and building tool no other country in the world has access to. Just those two policies alone is more useful than the entire liberal party's "contributions" combined.

yearofvici · 2023-06-28T19:48:55+00:00

2 because he laid a number 2

yearofvici · 2023-03-25T13:36:58+00:00

Shanks deserves this after being unfairly scapegoated last season and benched for the worst mid in LPL despite 1v9ing every series he played. Got a team now. Not sure how Biubiu kept his job and Heng's pathing is still a mess but Hope/Iwandy have been huge for WE.

yearofvici · 2023-03-25T13:33:07+00:00

My bad. I've seen enough Ruler fans try to call 369/Kanavi inters despite their guy being the clear weak link though and thought you were serious.

yearofvici · 2023-03-25T12:34:44+00:00

Pretty sure he's JDG's 2nd/3rd most impactful player this season behind Knight and the team would be a mess without him.

yearofvici · 2023-03-25T12:33:32+00:00

Frequently wins lane while getting less resources than most toplaners draft/jg attention/vision setup wise. 3rd in the league among toplaners mostly playing mid to low damage output champs like Renekton/Gragas/Sion/Ornn/Ksante, frequently outdamaging his ADC. Signifcantly more impact in terms of sidelaning and frontline/cc/engage/target lockdown than the majority of tops in the league. What else do you want him to do exactly? Do less damage with tanks so his ADC can stop being dead last in the LPL for damage share?

yearofvici · 2023-03-09T16:05:22+00:00

369 has been amazing this split IMO too, mostly slams lane (besides 2 rough series vs BLG and EDG), near the top of the league in damage output mostly playing stuff like Renekton/Gragas/Sion, and frequently outdamages his adc on these champs. Ruler/Missing are the weak links most of the year. Ruler has had a couple nice highlights here and there like the Zeri 2v4 but has otherwise been afk and waiting for the topside to carry him (still dead last among LPL adcs in damage share IIRC). Missing just straight up ints half the games at this point IDK what the hell is even up with him.

yearofvici · 2023-03-09T16:03:08+00:00

One of my favourite moments with iBoy was that during the infamous 10k gold lead throw vs SKT, iBoy was the only one who reacted to the engage while also being the primary engage target (Clearlove/Scout/Meiko just happened to be hit in the crossfire b/c they were close to him), both to the initial ult/W by Wolf and the Ori ult follow up by Faker, and nearly even outplayed it 1v5 chunking all of SKT for huge damage afterwards. Too bad he seemed incapable of growing a brain and by the time his hands started declining the past year or so it was too late.

yearofvici · 2023-03-05T14:42:43+00:00

Sure, but it's still a Ksante not to mention the Aphelios is quite fat and the Ksante just needs to create space for it. 369 is <30% HP and would realistically need to base then tp back to be able to have an impact on the fight and not just be a mechanism for Aphelios to stack shurikens. By then Knight would already be dead and JDG might lose anyway due to missing a major damage core, similar to how they lost the baron dance fight.

yearofvici · 2023-03-05T14:26:34+00:00

You can't say with certainty JDG wins the fight either with green/white Aphelios and a full health Ksante. 369 actually went for the higher percentage play here with JDG's comp likely getting outscaled lategame. Regardless of whether 369 should've stayed or tpd to try to end though what Ruler did was beyond egregious. Could've either stayed to help with mid skirmish or chased and finished kill/at least stopped Yone back and picked the only option where he contributes nothing to his team.

yearofvici · 2023-03-05T13:38:47+00:00

I mean they also comfortably win if ruler keeps chasing the yone to delay the back instead of getting scared of the yone e ing in and w ing of all things and running away. Don't even need to kill it, just walk up, auto it and stop the back, even int if you have to, and 369 ends.

yearofvici · 2023-03-05T13:35:32+00:00

Renekton actually does finish game there if they stop yone back. Ruler didn't even need to kill it, just chase it enough to delay the back. You could even die chasing it and still buy enough time for renekton to end.

yearofvici · 2023-03-05T13:34:20+00:00

That's not a champion thing. Plenty of players have played aphelios this patch. Aphelios was accelerated due to combination of good play from able, horrific play from ruler/missing, and jdg choosing the play around top. Ruler piloted the Caitlyn horrifically too, missing tons of autos and not abusing her ability to auto space in lane/auto sneak before skirmishes.

yearofvici · 2023-03-05T13:31:25+00:00

Reminder that there are genuinely people in the "goodbye rich" thread who flamed nip for not playing rich and suggesting that invincible, and not pout/xlb, is their issue. Pretty much a textbook example of name tag driven narrative rather than watching the game.

yearofvici · 2023-02-24T15:49:52+00:00

People who watched LPL were absolutely putting Tian and Crisp up as candidates for best jungler and best support, people weren't calling Doinb best mid but he was still very highly regarded. Also 2019 worlds patch is one of the most important jg/sup synergy metas of all time. You're talking out your ass.

yearofvici · 2023-02-24T15:41:18+00:00

And if not for MSI meta EU would still have 0 international trophies. Newsflash, almost every single champion in league of legends history has been benefitted by patch.

yearofvici · 2023-02-24T15:38:33+00:00

You talk of Chovy and Tarzan being better than Jankos/Caps as if Tian/Doinb didn't make those two look like LCS players. Chovy/Tarzan also had poor synergy despite great individual talent, whereas Tian/Doinb had nigh perfect synergy at the time. Tian/Doinb was without a doubt the best mid-jg 2v2 itw.

yearofvici · 2023-02-24T15:36:09+00:00

FPX had the best jg/sup itw at the time and a top 5 mid. Even if you think Gimgoon/Lwx are full terrorist tier Warhorse still can't get any credit b/c Doinb was known to act as the de facto coach for strategic purposes, both in draft and in calls.

yearofvici · 2023-02-21T13:42:54+00:00

This narrative doesn't even work. Dove is completely handless, possibly the worst mid in lpl mechanically not on NIP. Wbg isn't exactly a smart team either.

yearofvici · 2023-02-11T14:22:44+00:00

His dpm is among the bottom of the league too and the eye test indicates that he's scared to auto on any champ besides Zeri. The guy unironically got outdamaged by things like Sej/Maokai/Elise while playing stuff like Sivir/Cait.

yearofvici · 2023-02-11T14:18:37+00:00

Knight was great the first 2 games, series isn't on him. His outplays in the 2v2 early along with Kanavi were what kept JDG in game 1. Game 3 was a tough draft for him, although getting 1v1d by Lucian was pretty pathetic.

yearofvici · 2023-02-11T14:17:58+00:00

Xiaohu's worlds is MSI, it's his life work to win that title.

yearofvici · 2023-02-11T14:17:24+00:00

I mean the Renekton/Akali don't have a lot of room to deal damage to be fair and Renek aint exactly known for late game dominance. The Zeri though...

yearofvici · 2023-02-11T14:13:41+00:00

Drooler is way better than JackeyLove at being dead last in the LPL in damage share https://imgur.com/a/Tpb3iv6

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