As a star jungler in both LPL and LCK, many viewers have seen Kanavi's absolute dominance within the leagues, with some even calling him "World's Best Jungler." However, his performances in international tournaments in recent years have been truly disappointing for fans, especially his play for TES last year, which led many to criticize him as "loyal to the motherland." But as this year's MSI series progressed, many viewers have come to realize that Kanavi is not actually "loyal to the motherland"—he is simply "weak in international matches."

In the crucial match between HLE and BLG, Kanavi's stats across four games were 0/7, 2/6, 3/3, and 1/6. Aside from the third game where he rode on top laner Zeus's coattails, the other games saw him contributing negatively. Many viewers jokingly called Kanavi the "HLE traitor," suggesting that he returned to LCK specifically to repay LPL teams, since his performance at MSI was vastly different from his domestic league form. Because of his poor play, the host specifically asked Kanavi in the post-match interview about the reasons for his poor performance and the gap between HLE and BLG.

In the interview, Kanavi first acknowledged BLG's strength, saying that BLG's jungle-support coordination made him very uncomfortable. He also sent a message to BLG, stating that HLE would take revenge in the finals. When discussing the gap between the two teams, Kanavi defended his mentor, Coach Hongmi, insisting that HLE's loss to BLG was not due to draft issues but rather too many player mistakes, and that they would work to reduce errors in the future.

In fact, most viewers clearly know how to "beat HLE": constantly target the jungler Kanavi. Other teams struggle to target him due to weaker laning, but BLG's players across all three lanes have strong laning skills, so BLG can use their lane priority to suppress Kanavi. Once Kanavi falls behind in the jungle, he goes "crazy," repeatedly leading his teammates to attack the enemy's F6 camp, ultimately losing all his rhythm. (What do you think of Kanavi's true ability? Why does he underperform every year at international events?)

Zeus implies Bin was carried to victory.

Apart from Kanavi complaining that BLG's jungle-support duo targeted him too much, HLE top laner Zeus also responded in the post-match interview about his experience facing Bin. Zeus felt that this BO5 had little to do with the top lane; in games 1 and 2, before he could even prepare, the entire team was already at a disadvantage. Zeus also revealed that although he has lost four BO5s to Bin, he doesn't feel particular pressure when facing him, and that every time he loses to Bin it's at MSI, where his own results have never been very good.

After LPL viewers learned of Zeus's stubborn interview, many believed he was implying that Bin was carried in the match, since Zeus claimed he didn't lose lane to Bin but his teammates were all at a disadvantage. Of course, many viewers also thought Zeus was even more stubborn than Bin, refusing to look for reasons in his own performance after losing, instead using "my MSI results have never been good" as an excuse. (Do you think if Zeus and Bin swapped teams, Zeus would have a chance to beat Bin?)

Conclusion

BLG's current players have incredibly strong laning skills; so far, no team has been able to go even with BLG in the laning phase. Of course, BLG's champion pool is also terrifying—especially in the match against HLE, where they pulled out a bot lane Cassiopeia and a bot lane Taliyah, completely confusing HLE. What other unconventional picks do you think BLG might bring out now that they've revealed their bot lane mage strategies?