With just one playoff game left, let's review in the playoffs,which teams and players have been getting worse and worse in their performance?
Do you still recall,AG's first FMVP Old Coach's famous pre-match harsh words to QGhappy: "I believe a team that only has marksmen but no jungle core shouldn't claim the championship." This phrase suits TTG perfectly now!
In both the winner's and loser's finals, TTG tried to hand the ball to Jiaxin's jungle core, but Jiaxin failed to deliver what the team needed: Forcing a risky play with Juyoujing, he was heavily focused and damaged by AG Super Play, and his double first skill attempts to trade with Yinuo's Gongsun Li failed, resulting in his own death. Against WB, Jing followed Xiaoxue's Baili Shouyue to make a burst play early but never recovered, with his economy lower than the jungle core Xiahoudun, making him less useful than a super minion.
As for the Wolves this season, it's hard to say they haven't improved since they solidly moved from top six to top four. But if you say they have improved, well, they still got beaten by AG in the regular season and by WB in the playoffs, and this year's playoff loss to WB was even worse than last season.
The worst matchup collapse obviously belongs to the team's most relaxed player, Master Guiji. People used to say that SK leading a team means losing points costs money, but that didn't work at all for Guiji. He treated the tournament as a break, coming back with occasional major mistakes. Even after SK led for a season, nothing changed. The funniest part was Fengxiao Goya throwing a big ultimate at a bird, but it seemed the bird wasn't even hit, making everyone laugh as if they were ready to eat their meal.
KSG and this season's Chongqing Wolves both improved their records, but not by much. Wolves still couldn't beat AG or WB, and KSG still couldn't overcome Wolves. Although losing this BO7 to Wolves was expected, the process brought us many unexpected moments of joy.
Miyamoto Musashi is the dark horse jungle hero this season, with very high strength, not inferior to Han Xin, but with easier mechanics. Musashi's skills are powerful: his first skill blocks projectile abilities, the second skill allows displacement, and the ultimate locks on targets, capable of dominating almost all marksman heroes. Additionally, Musashi has become stronger this season due to equipment buffs, making him very powerful for ranking up. He fits well into many team compositions with high tolerance for mistakes, so if you want to climb to King rank, you must start practicing him now.