The important victory of the former World Champion is a “double-edged sword”
One of the most interesting news in recent days is the drama between Scout and his former team Edward Gaming. The litigation surrounding this story has also affected LNG Esports, as the “Suzhou Unicorn” now has to urgently find a replacement for Scout if the former World Champion does not lift the ban on Scout going abroad. According to some information from the League of Legends database, LNG may have chosen Yagao – Mid laner currently playing for JD Gaming.
There is information that LNG is almost done borrowing Yagao to replace Scout at CKTG 2024.
But this decision of LNG has made 2 former CKTG champions become the names mentioned a lot. First, it is Rookie – Mid laner who plays for Ninjas in Pyjamas and is a former CKTG champion 2018. The other person is Ruler – ADC of JDG and teammate of Yagao, former CKTG champion 2017.
Rookie is a case of regret when Yagao was chosen
In Rookie's case, it was truly “ironic” that his most important match in the 2024 LPL Summer Playoffs “backfired”. Because, even though he lost and had to drop to the regional qualifiers, Rookie's NIP “managed” to finish the season in 5th – 6th place overall. And because of this, Rookie was not eligible to be selected. Meanwhile, JDG, despite reaching the finals of the regional qualifiers, only finished in 7th – 8th place overall. And Yagao, for that reason, met Riot's conditions.
“The most interesting thing about LNG Yagao and Rookie not being picked is because Rookie won JDG 3-2 (in the playoffs). If JDG won 3-2, Rookie would be eligible but Yagao wouldn't be”
NIP's top 6 finish in the season meant Rookie lost his chance to replace Scout.
Another former World Champion will probably also be very regretful.
In the final match of the regional qualifier against Weibo Gaming, Ruler was the best player and everyone saw how hard he worked. It is worth mentioning that in that match, the 2 players who played somewhat below their ability, even the worst on the team, were Yagao and Kanavi. JDG's Mid-Jungle duo at that time could not do anything special against Tarzan – Xiaohu. And when Yagao was chosen, many names mentioned Ruler as if regretting the irony of fate for him.
Ruler also tried very hard in the regional qualifier match against WBG but still could not help JDG reach CKTG 2024.
Many viewers also feel sorry for Ruler.
But anyway, Riot and LNG were simply following the rules and choosing Yagao was also a last resort for LNG. The regret is probably only for Ruler and Rookie when they also tried their best on their journey, but were “powerless”.
