Former World Championship king reveals surprising reason why LPL “went downhill”
Former World Championship champion reveals the reason why LPL is “going downhill”
Since EDG won Worlds 2021, LPL representatives have continuously received defeat against LCK teams and missed out on this noble title. If the story only stops at 1-2 tournaments or seasons, fans can use the reasons for the teams’ performance to explain. However, with LPL having failed at Worlds (2022-2024) for 3 consecutive years, the reason for this “downhill” is much bigger than that. And according to former World Championship 2018 champion Ning, the reason for this is that LPL is lacking young stars.
Former World Championship 2018 champion – Ning believes that the excessive comfort of the current class of young players in the LPL makes them not have enough motivation to reach superstar level.
“The current professional League of Legends environment in LPL makes players become too comfortable, especially newcomers. When I was a player, I only had one way to go, which was to win the title. If I didn’t have title, I will have nothing and waste my youth. Now, if you don’t win a championship or have good results, players still have too many ways to make a living What is it, we (LPL region) don’t have it There are no outstanding young stars. The closest one is Knight or Bin and they have been superstars for the past 4-5 years” – Ning shared on live broadcast.
After the generation of Bin, Knight…, LPL has not found a “new young star”
LPL audiences also agree with the former World Championship king
As soon as Ning’s words were widely shared, they received a large amount of agreement from the LPL audience. The reason is quite understandable as the top teams in the LPL in recent years have rarely introduced a notable young star and achieved success. Even the team considered the new hope of LPL in the 2025 season – IG also owns established names and does not introduce any young talent.
“I remember one time Uzi said that in 2013, he had to take the train for more than 20 hours to get to the cramped, crowded practice area. There were times when 5 people had to sleep on the same bed. Early players really had to suffer a lot to be successful” – A gamer shared
“Before the LPL was founded, Kid and a few other players formed a team. At that time, the 5 of them had to live together in a small room and play on the NA server. The money they earned was only Just enough to make ends meet” – Another gamer revealed
“In the past, you had to win a championship or get good results to get food, so they trained a lot more seriously and harder” – Another gamer agreed.
Indeed, in recent years, the LPL region has not introduced any young stars who are truly outstanding and leave a strong impression. Players who were once considered “young talents” like Knight or Bin are now established stars and the LPL region shows no signs of having the next generation of new players. A lot of hope was placed on JDG’s young player Sheer, but this guy “sunk” in the past 2024 season and recently also parted ways with this team.
JDG’s Sheer was once highly anticipated but had a disastrous 2024 season
What is more dangerous for the LPL is that the rival LCK appears to be superior in its ability to train talent. Besides the very successful generation of T1, other teams like DK or Gen.G also try to bring quality young players into their squad and help LCK continuously develop in an upward direction. If LPL cannot solve the problem of youth training, it is not surprising that they will be defeated by LCK representatives in major tournaments such as MSI or Worlds in the future.
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