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The first stage of the S16 season has now concluded, with BLG successfully helping LPL secure a valuable international championship. Following this, LPL will begin preparing for the second stage.

During this period, offseason transfer rumors have brought some unfortunate news.
LPL receives bad news: TheShy cannot return.
LPL's overall popularity this year has declined compared to last year, largely because the IG "super team" is gone. TheShy is resting, GALA left, Meiko is also resting, leading to a significant drop in IG's roster strength this year and poor results. During the break, Rookie faced off-court controversy, breaking up with his girlfriend of nine years and cheating with a Korean female influencer.

Now that BLG has won the championship, it greatly boosts LPL's popularity. At this time, many fans hope the IG super team can return, essentially wishing for TheShy's comeback.
However, transfer rumors indicate that IG is seeking to sign Breathe for the second stage, confirming TheShy cannot return.
This is undoubtedly bad news for LPL, reminding everyone of TheShy's announcement last year about temporarily leaving the赛场. At that time, TheShy announced a temporary departure, while Meiko and Rookie renewed their contracts. If it was truly "temporary," he could have renewed with the team, but he did not.

Meiko also didn't play in the first stage, but renewed with IG last year. From this perspective, TheShy's chance of returning to the赛场 is very low. It now seems TheShy has likely retired.
Rookie initially didn't want to play, but was persuaded back.
Additionally, fans who often follow TheShy note that clues about his inability to return早有线索. During his break, TheShy hardly plays League of Legends anymore, focusing on other games. If he intended to return before the second stage, he would have started training提前; not training confirms he likely isn't planning to play.


As viewers, we can only respect TheShy's personal wishes. Though LPL suffers a significant loss, we cannot force him.
Regarding other players, insiders爆料 that Rookie also initially didn't plan to play the second stage. Some even revealed that IG approached Doinb to play for热度, but Doinb refused. Later, IG began strengthening: Meiko returned to the赛场, Jwei left, the bot lane引入Jiaqi, and the top lane pursued Breathe.

Latest爆料 on Rookie shows he was persuaded back and will continue playing. However, this time, Rookie will face considerable off-court舆论压力. If he performs poorly, he will likely be heavily mocked by观众.
With bot lane changes, the hidden信息 in LPL's transfer period is JKL, who should return for the second stage.
Second stage格局: TES is most值得期待.
LPL's current格局 is one super team and several strong ones. BLG is definitely独一档, followed by JDG, WBG, AL, etc. For the second stage, personally, TES is the most值得期待的 team. After假赛曝光 in the first stage, TES's jungler must change. With JKL's return, overall实力 will improve significantly.

The关键点 is who the jungler will be. Transfer period OBGG's roster list has provided the answer, placing jungler Tian under TES. If Tian returns to TES, this team's配置 could reach a decent水准.
In the first stage, mid-laner Xiaonaiji performed exceptionally well. TES can make Xiaonaiji the绝对核心. If JKL returns and maintains last year's状态, TES's双C will still be strong. Without假赛选手干扰, Tian performs normally, TES估计 can compete with teams like WBG and JDG.

However, TES reaching顶级水平 is nearly impossible. Even if双C+ jungler Tian are in good状态, the top laner and辅助 don't seem capable of顶配水准. Player 369 seems lacking in motivation;夸张一点来说, believing Fengyue could succeed is easier than believing 369 could爆发 again.