Chapter 672: WE Has a Serious Problem!

Karsa glanced at the bottom lane's last‑hit deficit, realized the bottom lane situation was dire, hurriedly ran to mid lane to soak up some experience and hit level 6, then started running back to bottom lane, hoping to help Betty steady the situation.

But it was too late; Malaxiangguo also came down.

Top lane Lete Mi's Jade Steel Shadow already had armor boots; the lane could already hold its own, so Malaxiangguo didn't need to keep helping. When they saw Lion Dog in mid lane soaking experience to reach level six, Malaxiangguo quickly shifted the lane they were guarding, moving to bottom lane.

Both sides' junglers merely changed the battlefield, but the situation remained much the same as a few minutes earlier.

Although Karsa also had a one‑level advantage in the jungle matchup, the AD gap was huge: a level‑7 Storm Greatsword‑wielding Female Sheriff with a Yellow Fork versus a level‑5 Varus with straw shoes and a small curved blade; the FW duo plus jungle strength were completely outmatched by RNG's three‑person jungle.

Malaxiangguo played themselves as a complete tool in this game, continuing to fast‑deny and crouch, giving Karsa no chance.

Around the 10‑minute mark, the Female Sheriff took down FW's bottom tower, then moved top; in under two minutes she also took FW's top tower. Although FW exchanged a bottom tower, the Female Sheriff's tower‑push tempo had taken off and could no longer be stopped.

Afterwards, both sides fought around the Canyon Vanguard in the upper river, ending in a two‑for‑two trade, but the Canyon Vanguard was taken by RNG.

At 15 minutes, RNG summoned the Canyon Vanguard to attack FW's middle tower, fought another teamfight, resulting in a two‑for‑four exchange; RNG won decisively and also took FW's middle tower.

RNG's economic lead exceeded three thousand; FW switched to a defensive stance, hoping to drag the game out for an opportunity, but played right into RNG's hands—RNG's lineup features the Female Sheriff and Jade Steel Shadow, two late‑game super‑bosses, so why would they fear dragging things out against FW?

Thus RNG stayed calm and composed, playing with great discipline, not rushing to snowball, but firmly holding onto their advantage.

At the 25‑minute mark, FW realized the situation was turning back—damn, the Female Sheriff's three‑item set was about to come online! Jade Steel Shadow also had two items, and the crocodile could no longer handle him!

FW now wanted to regain its rhythm, but there was no chance left……

After over thirty minutes, the Flash Wolves suffered defeat.

Realizing the momentum of this semifinal was gone, the LMS commentators let out a chorus of lament.

The RNG crew returned to the lounge beaming with pride, receiving praise from all sides. WE, meanwhile, began to clench their fists and rub their palms.

"Brothers, watch us in the next match!"

WE marched onto the stage with high spirits.

Yet surprisingly, although JT had almost no hope of advancing, they did not lose their fighting spirit as the LPL had expected; instead, in this match JT displayed a desperate, all‑or‑nothing resolve.

First, in their champion selection, JT fielded an extremely aggressive early‑mid game composition: top lane Prince, jungle Spider, mid lane Syndra, bottom lane Lu Xi An plus Luo.

Meanwhile, WE, with the help of head coach Homme, chose a more well‑rounded lineup that had strength in the early, mid, and late game.

No one expected that, starting from the early game, WE would fall into a huge disadvantage. A 4‑vs‑2 bottom lane skirmish that lasted over three minutes escalated into a full 5v5 teamfight, and incredibly, WE—who were fighting with their backs to their own turret—suffered a heavy loss!

"WE has a serious problem! At the start, JT dove the tower and Condi counter‑ganked to kill one, and WE was ahead up to that point, but then Mystic aggressively flashed in and got instantly killed, completely triggering the ensuing teamfight! Following that, the Prince teleported down and used an EQ to knock up two enemies, directly causing WE's crushing defeat in that fight!"

"I feel the problem was communication; at the time I saw Condi already heading into the jungle, but I didn't expect Mystic to flash and chase after him, then Ben followed up, yet our formation was completely disjointed—when JT saw that we dared to send two people after them, they immediately launched a decisive counter‑attack……"

"Objectively speaking, WE…… the disadvantage is a bit large."

"Yeah, the bottom lane is a bit messed up."

In the LPL lounge, the atmosphere quickly cooled from lively to subdued, and everyone's voices lowered.

Xiao Duan sat beside Liang Yan: "Do you think this is a communication problem?"

Liang Yan lightly shook his head but said nothing, giving a vague response.

On the other side, Tabe whispered: "Mystic doesn't speak Chinese, so there's certainly a communication factor, but I don't think it's the whole story—mainly, we got carried away."

WE's overall style has always been steady; after bringing in Redmi this year, their playstyle shifted further toward mid‑late game macro rather than early‑game skirmishes. Yet at this moment Mystic is an extremely aggressive player—even though they've practiced together for a long time, old habits die hard, and with the existing communication issues, Mystic occasionally shows a mismatch with the team.

But there is actually a deeper reason few notice—WE lacks a central figure who can steady the whole team.

Why was WE 1.0 so formidable?

Because that version of WE had a soul figure—Ruifeng was that team's banner; back then, when anyone mentioned WE, the first thing that came to mind was the nose team.

But what about this WE now?

Ke Changyu (957) is the oldest, the team's elder brother, but his temperament is gentle and loyal, making him unsuitable as the leading big brother.

Xiang Renjie (Condi) is extraordinarily gifted and technically superb, but due to various circumstances he could never become WE's leader.

Su Hanwei (Xi Ye) shows sharp talent, but in daily life he's mostly a mute gourd, incapable of command, destined never to be a leader.

Support Ben's command is top‑notch, but he's shy and doesn't speak Chinese.

If we really count, the brother‑in‑law is actually the most suitable, and he also often serves as WE's tactical core, with the whole team building around him.

Unfortunately, the brother‑in‑law is a Korean import.

Now this WE, after being tuned by Homme this year, has become more like a set of precisely meshing gears, each person fulfilling their proper role.

But around whom should these gears turn?

Where is the core axis?

Liang Yan feels that this is the reason preventing WE from advancing to become a true top‑tier powerhouse.

A team lacking a central figure struggles to win from a big deficit; WE excels at mid‑late game macro but is not good at turning around a massive disadvantage. In Liang Yan's memory, the few impressive comebacks WE has managed were all achieved by Condi securing dragons.

Could it be that this game also has to rely on Condi snatching a dragon?

Liang Yan thinks it's quite doubtful.

Nevertheless, WE hasn't been outright written off; for now they haven't collapsed, and if they play the next big teamfight a bit better, a turnaround isn't impossible.

But it's indeed very hard.