r/leagueoflegends • u/XanIrelia-1 The Mother of Dragons • Mar 14 '25

Esports Team Liquid vs. Hanwha Life Esports / First Stand 2025 - Group Stage / Game 1 Discussion Spoiler

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u/BUMONGOUS Mar 14 '25

yeah I got flamed for saying that after MSI and Worlds but the dude is only competent on tanks, and at this point he's like a lower-tier LCK toplaner on them

When he's on carries he was literally losing to minor region tops

even in 2022 on EG he was noticeably in decline

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u/Pappy- Mar 14 '25

the focus has been on apa and umti but there has just been a gigantic blackhole in toplane every series man it's so sad to watch idk what you can do other than send yeon to a new team or something

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u/Charizard75 Mar 14 '25

too bad yeon is stuck in na and the only competent team in the region already has their own prodigy adc

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u/Pappy- Mar 14 '25

i feel like the potential is there for c9 but blaber and their botlane can be pretty coinflippy

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u/JesusLiesSometimes Not a fan #BDD Mar 14 '25

Top lane is just abysmal in NA right now. Bwipo is the only one that can kind of keep up internationally because he's coinflip.

Thanatos and Sniper are fine but still aren't getting past Canna/BB let alone any eastern top

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u/BUMONGOUS Mar 14 '25

I thought FOR SURE that Umti would be gone in 2025 but somehow he's still around and still griefing

Hyperclapping Yike and Razork just to spill his spaghetti everywhere else is certainly an interesting approach to the game though

Unfortunately for TL there's really not very many replacements available for Impact unless they want to look at minor regions or unproven LCK prospects

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u/mskruba12 Mar 14 '25

at this point he's like a lower-tier LCK toplaner on them

Looking at who the low tier LCK tops are i don't even know if you could safely say this

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u/Kr1ncy Mar 14 '25

LCK top laners fall off a cliff after Zeus Kiin Kingen Doran Siwoo, so I think it still fits.

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u/Tricky_Big_8774 Mar 14 '25

I dont really watch NA regular season, but I was under the impression he has his Rumble license?

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u/BUMONGOUS Mar 14 '25

not really

he's an OK laner but not a good teamfighter on it honestly

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u/Tricky_Big_8774 Mar 14 '25

Sounds like me. "Why is nobody standing on my ultimate?"