Kanavi, formerly a star jungler in the LPL, was extremely favored by JDG's owner Blue Lotus. No matter how unreasonable Kanavi's requests were, JDG's owner would strive to meet them. For example, JDG's owner disclosed that Kanavi often asked for red envelope rewards; whenever JDG won a match, he would be given thousands of yuan as a bonus. The most outrageous incident was when Kanavi, claiming that his mattress affected his sleep, demanded that JDG's owner buy him a mattress worth over a hundred thousand yuan.

Many viewers believe that JDG's owner's excessive indulgence led to Kanavi's extreme personality. Recently, former TES top laner Qingtian revealed Kanavi's past misconduct during a live stream. Qingtian mentioned that he once tried out for JDG's top lane position, and during a training match, Kanavi arbitrarily paused the game just to eat takeout. Surprisingly, JDG's coaching staff did not reject this absurd request but instead allowed Kanavi to eat during the training match.

The opponents in JDG's training match, along with Qingtian, were forced to wait while Kanavi ate. According to Qingtian, Kanavi spent 20 minutes eating his takeout, and the opponents in that training match were TES. What Qingtian found even more unacceptable was that in the second training match, Kanavi picked the jungler Shaco. Kanavi's reason for choosing Shaco was simple: he had encountered others playing it in ranked matches and thought the champion was strong. The result of Kanavi playing Shaco was that JDG lost the second training match within just 5 minutes due to Kanavi's jungle being completely invaded, leading to an early game defeat.

Qingtian believes Kanavi has a problematic professional attitude. If Kanavi had seriously participated in the training matches, Qingtian might have successfully passed JDG's tryout. Some viewers also joked that Kanavi was deliberately sabotaging Qingtian through internal conflict, as Qingtian's popularity and skill were not high at that time, and Kanavi likely didn't want him as a teammate, hence intentionally underperforming to make Qingtian leave JDG. After learning about Kanavi's numerous past issues, many viewers teased that HLE had been tricked.

Korean netizens angrily criticize Kanavi as a spoiled jungler.

After Kanavi's training match arrogance was exposed, many LCK viewers joined in to discuss the incident. Some even criticized Kanavi as a spoiled jungler, especially since in a recent match between HLE and T1, Kanavi recreated the infamous scene of "the entire team attacking the enemy's F6." Many LCK fans don't understand why Kanavi has such a strong obsession with F6. Meanwhile, some HLE fans hope that HLE's management will quickly fire coach Homme. They believe that Homme's support behind Kanavi is why Kanavi acts so boldly.

Since last year, HLE coach Homme's drafting and tactical approach in every match have seemed odd. Initially, many LPL viewers thought TES players were dragging Homme down, but it turns out Homme continues to make mistakes even at HLE. Especially in post-match interviews, Homme attributed HLE's loss to their tactical style being completely countered by T1. Many HLE fans consider Homme extremely incompetent. After all, a team coach's responsibility is to provide the team with diverse and varied tactical styles. Homme's claim that "T1 naturally counters HLE" left many fans speechless.

Conclusion

I personally look forward to seeing Kanavi qualify for the World Championship, as it would allow us to assess his true capabilities. However, HLE's path to MSI qualification is quite challenging, given that T1, GEN, and KT are all exceptionally strong teams. What do you think are HLE's chances of reaching MSI? Will we eventually see a matchup between HLE and TES?