Indeed.
The LPL was indeed well-suited to that all-in engage style, but when they faced an LCK matchup so focused on late-game scaling and defense, it was hard to find any good opportunities beyond waiting for Pilot to voluntarily throw once after twenty-odd minutes. Even if they caught an isolated Renekton, it would only amount to an insignificant kill.
What truly left the viewers sighing was this.
They had already reached the finals. Both teams were already fighting with everything on the line. Yet for the sake of collective victory, the entire DRX roster had chosen to bow their heads to V5 in the early and mid game.
I knew I couldn't beat you, so I chose to play Old Man Ao with you.
The last LCK player to do something like this was Crown, the mid laner from Samsung during their championship run. In the finals, he had cleanly and decisively admitted defeat, then used the Grand Coasting Together Technique—dragging the opposing mid laner down into mediocrity with him. He could practically be called the biggest contributor besides Ambition, but what happened afterward?
After the match, not only did he fail to receive the attention a champion deserved, he was flamed so badly that he had to see a psychologist. No World Championship winner in history had it worse than him.
"So this is DRX's resolve? To drag the series into the Fifth Game, they're even willing to throw away their reputation." In the Champion ADC Group, countless ADCs were shocked.
"That's probably not the only reason. Luo Zhen suddenly overclocked last game. We couldn't watch from backstage, but we've all scrimmed against him in that state before. We can more or less tell that Deft still isn't in great condition right now. Dragging out Game Four wasn't just