WBG's victory points out the extremely bad mechanism of League of Legends season 2025
On January 12, the professional League of Legends village became exciting again when LPL 2025 Split 1 officially opened with an uneven encounter between WBG and OMG. With superior force, WBG did not let OMG create any surprises and easily won 3-0. It is important to know that WBG is in the same group as another very strong opponent named JDG, so this victory will help Xiaohu and his teammates gain a significant advantage in the race to the top spot in the group.
WBG had the perfect start at LPL 2025 Split 1 with a 3-0 victory over OMG
Not stopping there, WBG's victory also helped the audience watching the tournament find out the worst mechanism of the 2025 season. Accordingly, WBG's victories were all quite “one-sided” and OMG did not stop there. There was no significant resistance. The reason comes from the fact that as long as this team can capture the new target named Atakhan, they already possess too much power to snowball the match and win. Even in game 3 when OMG had a good start, getting the Power Chain but once WBG had the Atakhan target they were able to win quite simply after that.
Even though they were behind in game 3, as long as WBG captured Atakhan, they could win about 5 minutes later.
Obviously, when in the audience's position, the Atakhan goal is really an extremely bad mechanism as it almost eliminates all the appeal or surprise of the match. Basically, the buff it brings is too strong and gives the team that possesses it too many advantages to win. Furthermore, capturing this goal is also closely related to the teams' ability to handle macros and move on the map. Therefore, strong teams with a methodical playing style (like WBG in the last match) can easily suppress opponents and eliminate emotional “overturning” phases.
“Today's match was really boring to watch. I agree that OMG played really bad, but the main reason lies in the “super product” mechanism of the new season” – One viewer sarcastically commented.
“Do you know what is the most annoying thing about the new target Atakhan? It provides the ability to revive quickly after being defeated for free. Furthermore, the team that owns it also receives additional gold when it has a life. while the other team receives less” – An angry gamer shared
“After this Bo5 match, everyone noticed the difference in strength between the two teams. The weaker team has no chance to counterattack, especially with the new target Atakhan” – Another player concluded
League of Legends needs major changes in the future
Basically, as soon as the 2025 season arrived in League of Legends, the gaming community felt the imbalance of the game. A series of statistics in the ranking mode shows that the win rate of mechanisms such as Chain of Strength, Tier 3 Boots… is at an extremely high level. This means that the already strong snowball factor in League of Legends has become even greater and makes matches too predictable.
The effect that Atakhan provides really needs to be nerfed
It is important to know that in professional matches, players will know how to take full advantage of even the smallest advantage to win. And when the game provides them with so many tools to snowball currently (Power Chain, Atakhan buff…), players can finish the match in an extremely short time. Obviously, in terms of experience watching the tournament, the audience does not want to witness too many “one-sided” and predictable matches. Hopefully Riot Games will soon have a reasonable editing plan to improve this issue.
