LPL has suffered a total loss to LCK at the World Championship!

Since Riot officially mandated that all main players from LPL and LCK teams must participate in the "Nirvana World Championship," many LPL fans have been eagerly anticipating the LPL vs. LCK matchups. With the S15 World Championship approaching, viewers wanted an early look at the skill gap between LPL and LCK. However, something unexpected happened: LOL champion mid laner DOINB revealed during a livestream that LPL teams WBG and JDG do not take the "Nirvana World Championship" seriously, which resulted in NIP being unable to find any teams to scrim against.

In contrast, the three LCK teams participating are very committed to the Nirvana World Championship, even foregoing breaks to scrim directly against each other. Because DOINB publicly criticized LPL teams for their "lackluster attitude," many LPL fans began to worry that LPL squads would be heavily beaten by LCK teams in the Nirvana World Championship. This fear was confirmed during matches where JDG and NIP were soundly shut out by DK and BFX. (So far, LPL teams have not won a single game against LCK in the Nirvana World Championship)

WBG suffers its first defeat at the World Championship

Following the heavy losses of NIP and JDG, many LPL fans hoped WBG could perform better and help LPL secure the Nirvana World Championship title. However, much to the disappointment of WBG supporters, WBG was decisively shut out by JDG. After WBG’s loss to JDG, many LPL fans joked that LPL was doomed, since JDG—who was crushed by DK—could still shut out WBG, indicating a significant gap between WBG and DK. This caused many viewers to feel pessimistic about the upcoming S15 World Championship.

As LPL teams continue to suffer heavy defeats in the Nirvana World Championship, many viewers have begun tallying LPL’s win rate against LCK this year. Only six LPL teams have played internationally, and among them, only AL has beaten an LCK team. The rest of the LPL teams have failed to win even a single game against LCK. (AL played full BO5 series against T1 and GEN at MSI and won BO3 matches against T1 and HLE at the Oil Cup, whereas BLG, TES, JDG, and NIP have not won any games against LCK.)

Can BLG win the S15 Championship?

With many LPL fans doubting the S15 World Championship, LOL champion coach Zhu Kai shared his opinion during a livestream. Zhu Kai admitted that some LPL teams have attitude problems, while LCK teams scrim relentlessly without taking breaks—an approach LPL teams should learn from. However, Zhu Kai also stated that the Nirvana World Championship holds no real value, as NIP and JDG do not represent the strongest LPL teams, so there’s no need to worry about the S15 World Championship. He believes the top three LPL teams are far ahead of the rest.

Finally, during the livestream, Zhu Kai predicted that LPL’s BLG team will win the S15 World Championship. His reasoning is simple: the current meta perfectly suits BLG, with champions like the top laner’s weapon and mid laner’s LeBlanc being BLG’s signature picks. Zhu Kai even openly forecasted that two LPL teams will make it to the S15 semifinals. (Of course, most fans think Zhu Kai is joking, since BLG hasn’t beaten any LCK teams all year. What do you think—can BLG really claim the world title?)