Preamble: The S16 season has officially started, and most viewers are paying close attention to the recent games. The MSI event is now over, and HLE ultimately turned things around from the lower bracket, beating BLG 3-2 to win the title. After this match, top laner Bin became the center of discussion among players worldwide. In fact, one of his world honors now equals Faker's—he has become the player with the most world runner-up finishes globally. In the post-game interview, Bin remained as proud as ever, stating that winning and losing are normal in competitive play, and since it has already happened, he can only accept it.

Bin ties Faker in a world honor

Most fans are familiar with top laner Bin. As a domestic player from the LPL, his popularity and reputation have been extremely high in recent years, and his performance has remained decent, winning multiple LPL championships. The only criticism is his arrogant attitude—each pre-match interview invites widespread mockery, especially since he often gets hit by "boomerangs" whenever he faces LCK teams. This MSI was no different. His team won the upper bracket final to secure a spot in the finals, but in the decisive match, they were crushed by HLE from the lower bracket, with Bin being dominated in the top lane with little resistance.

Interestingly, after the match, one of Bin's world honors tied Faker's: he became the player with the most runner-up finishes in international tournaments. These include the 2020 World Championship runner-up, the 2023 MSI runner-up, the 2024 MSI runner-up, the 2024 World Championship runner-up, and the 2026 MSI runner-up. Meanwhile, Faker's runner-up finishes are the 2015 MSI runner-up, the 2017 World Championship runner-up, the 2022 World Championship runner-up, the 2022 MSI runner-up, and the 2025 MSI runner-up. Although Bin has no championships, his abundance of runner-up titles is a kind of validation of his strength—after all, even Chovy, often called the "eternal second," hasn't secured as many international runner-up finishes.

In the post-match interview, Bin proactively addressed this defeat: "Losing twice with a 2-3 score is unfortunate, but I think wins and losses are normal in competitive play. Everyone has wins and losses. Sometimes, that's just how it is—you want to win, but you might not. Since it's already happened, I can only accept it."

It seems Bin is still relatively calm. The sun will rise again; MSI is just the beginning, with the World Championship still ahead. Although he has only lost to Zeus twice, one was in the World Championship final and the other in this MSI final—both titles handed over to the opponent. It's hard to imagine how RNG managed to win the MSI championship with Bin on the roster back then—that year, RNG could still win team fights even when playing four versus five.

Attentive fans noticed that Bin's performance in this tournament had significantly deteriorated, especially during one game with Rumble. In a bot-lane skirmish, his teammates were retreating, but he flashed forward, only to DF twice and teleport onto a minion wave on the spot. Such a laughable mistake shouldn't appear in casual games, let alone a top-tier final. This wasn't an isolated incident—in many games, he was overly aggressive and reckless. As a result, Bin's MSI stats collapsed: his farm and economy were the best, but his damage conversion rate ranked second-to-last, his teamfight participation was dead last, and his damage taken was also second-to-last. In short, he ate resources, dealt no damage, and didn't join fights.

In my opinion,

I wonder if this tournament can wake up the sleeping Bin. He has become a burden on his team. Honestly, since the start of MSI, he hasn't had many standout performances; he has been trying to play hero ball, resulting in one reckless move after another. If BLG's top laner were Saint Gunner (Flandre), they might have won this MSI. Xun burned himself out like incense ash, but he still couldn't secure a victory for Bin.

What are your thoughts on this, dear viewers?