No empty words in the army! Truly the elder brother of LPL! Xiaohu is striving hard to break through the LCK blockade!

The 2025 League of Legends Asia Invitational, held by Tencent as a semi-official, semi-entertainment tournament, offers some amusement during the break from the World Championship. It’s politely dubbed a "Mini World Championship" because the main champions usually come from LPL and LCK. More frankly, it’s a battle for regional supremacy. The event’s organizers made it fun by bringing in a “cricket” to forecast results! Originally just an entertainment event, but surprisingly, the LPL still couldn’t escape being encircled by the LCK! The number one and two seeds from MSI couldn’t win, leaving doubts if the World Championship teams can succeed. In this tournament, the fifth seed JDG fell, the seventh seed NIP also lost, not only to LCK teams but even to Vietnamese squads, which left many LPL fans disappointed. As the saying goes, great responsibilities fall upon certain people, and as the elder brother of LPL, Xiaohu stepped up, leading his team to sweep DK and advance to the knockout stage, where they will face off against DK, NS, and BRX!

As the saying goes, no empty words in the army. Although he didn’t make it to the S15 World Championship, Li Yuanhao remains the LPL’s brother Li! His performance in this Asia Invitational is truly in a league of its own. At first, people thought Showmaker was just here to relax, but it turned out Xiaohu was the real powerhouse! In the BO3 elimination match against NS, despite being at a huge disadvantage, he innovatively built an all-AP Galio, dealing the highest damage of the game at 59,000, repeatedly controlling and damaging at critical moments! Even when NS secured the Infernal and Elder Dragons, he still led his team to a comeback. This is the LPL elder brother, still a key force resisting Korea after all these years. Normally, Galio picks are tanky with some damage later, but he confidently went full AP, showing his mindset: truly confident and determined, as if he had the match completely under control!

Unfortunately, WBG can’t rely on Xiaohu alone. Although he really wanted to win, one person can’t hold the team’s morale steady. WBG’s morale is completely broken now! In the end, NS won two consecutive games to take the series 2-1 over WBG. However, WBG still has a chance. This knockout stage uses a double-elimination format, and they have dropped to the losers’ bracket but still can fight back! Many teams have come from the losers’ bracket to reach the finals and win the championship. Hopefully, WBG can regain their form and rhythm and break out of the LCK’s blockade. Even if it’s an entertainment event or a “cricket” showdown, we still want to see LPL reclaim their ground!