After BLG's championship win, Faker becomes the biggest beneficiary! GEN's national team faces difficulties, and T1's opportunity arises again.

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The LOL Global Pioneer Tournament has concluded, with BLG successfully winning the championship, G2 honorably securing second place despite defeat, while the two strong teams sent by the LCK region both stopped at the quarter-finals, achieving the worst performance.

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In the situation where the Korean team performed poorly, LCK will also face a huge challenge—the Asian Games selection.

After BLG's championship win, Faker becomes the hidden winner

In this Pioneer Tournament, BLG successfully won the championship, making Faker and T1 the biggest hidden beneficiaries. The reason is simple: with both dispatched teams failing, T1 players' chances to join the national team have returned. Doran, Oner, Faker, etc., all have high possibilities of entering the national team.

Normally, when selecting national teams for the Chinese and Korean regions, players are chosen from the two teams with the best results. Before the Pioneer Tournament started, no one thought G2 could sweep both LCK teams. Everyone believed GEN would likely win the championship, with BLG possibly securing second place at best, but all predictions were wrong.

Multiple players in GEN performed poorly. Thus, LCK's Asian Games selection cannot rely solely on league performance, as GEN has faltered too many times in world tournaments. This year, the new national team formed by LPL will inevitably have BLG as its core foundation, not the team that could be easily defeated four years ago, so pressure immediately rises.

It is estimated that the supervisor of the LCK national team is now very troubled, facing a dilemma: should they trust T1, which performed poorly in the league, or GEN, which has a certain probability of faltering in world tournaments? Which players should be the core for building the national team?

Viper intends to participate, analysis of LCK national team

In the previous Asian Games, LCK's national team recalled Ruler and Kanavi from the LPL region. KkOma made this decision despite opposition at that time, and the results proved he was right. This year, LCK can still emulate the previous selection strategy, as the two most outstanding Korean imports in LPL this year have opportunities.

One is AL's jungler Tarzan, the other is BLG's bottom lane Viper. Viper expressed in recent interviews that if possible, he wants to participate in the Asian Games, meaning if LCK agrees, Viper can join the national team. Of course, Viper joining the national team is definitely not good news for BLG.

Then let's analyze how the LCK national team should be selected.

If possible, LCK's best approach would be to conduct a selection training to observe the effectiveness of player combinations. If there is no such arrangement, they can only rely on their own judgment to choose.

Personally, I believe Faker will likely still be selected alongside Chovy for this national team. If GEN had crushed and won the Pioneer Tournament, perhaps Faker would have little chance, but after GEN's disastrous defeat, they really need Faker to secure the foundation. Even if Faker's playoff performance wasn't that great, they must trust the Demon King.

The bottom lane holds the greatest suspense, Viper or Diable

Regarding other positions, for the top lane, I personally think Kiin's chances are already slim, while Doran's possibility of selection greatly increases. Doran was the hard-working player in T1 during playoffs, maintaining good performance, and he also strongly desires to join the national team to win a gold medal.

For the jungler position, originally Canyon was far ahead with excellent playoff performance, but in the Pioneer Tournament he was crushed by Skewmond. Thus, Oner's advantage in world tournaments can be highlighted. For the jungler position, Oner is more recommended than Canyon.

For the bottom lane, I personally think the most unquestionable point is support Keria, who is almost certain to be selected for the national team—no other support can surpass Keria. The key point is which ADC to choose. Currently, there are three candidates—Ruler, Diable, and Viper.

Among these three, Viper is the most stable choice, but if seeking more tactical options, Diable is the best. Honestly, Ruler no longer holds much advantage.

Overall, making an irresponsible prediction, the LCK national team lineup would be Doran, Oner, Chovy, Faker, Diable, and Keria, with the bottom lane holding the greatest suspense. If considering Korean culture's emphasis on seniority, Viper's possibility is higher (thus GEN might only have one player selected).