The team Royal Never Give Up RNG wins the Demacia Cup 2019 of League of Legends. Superstar Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao is not participating, instead, one LoL player on the Midlane surprises, who previously could not convince.
What is the Demacia Cup 2019? The Demacia Cup is a winter tournament that featured 20 Chinese teams. The tournament took place from December 21 to December 29, 2019.
16 teams from the Demacia Cup have also played in the Lol Pro League (LPL 2019), the top league in China – 4 teams came from the 2nd league in China to the tournament.
Who won the final? In the final, Royal Never Give Up (RNG) faced EDward Gaming. The final can still be viewed on YouTube in English:
Superstar Uzi is missing, Midlaner excites the audience
Royal Never Give Up (RNG) is especially known for its legendary ADC “Uzi”. For many, Uzi was long considered the “mechanically” best player in the world in League of Legends. He is regarded as the one who can best handle the mouse and keyboard, executing moves that require making the right clicks in the blink of an eye.
However, Uzi skipped the tournament to recover from an “old injury”. Instead of Uzi, his substitute Lu “Betty” Yu-Hung played, which surprised many at first.
A Midlaner shines at RNG, who was previously considered a weak point
What was the surprise? The midlaner Li “Xiaohu” Yuan-Hao from RNG was heavily criticized upon returning from Worlds. Many believed that his playing style was poor and his overall performance was not good.
RNG had already been eliminated in the group stage against SKT1 and Fnatic at Worlds 2019.
In the Demacia Cup, Xiaohu showed a completely different side. The Midlaner managed to secure several MVPs and demonstrated an overall strong performance. Here in the clip, Xiaohu manages a 1vs3 under the tower with Vladimir. He puts RNG ahead 2-0.
What do the viewers say? Many users on Reddit praise the decision to let Lu “Betty” Yu-Hung play instead of superstar Uzi. Some believe that this could be very promising for upcoming games. Many like Lu “Betty” Yu-Hung’s style.
User Faye_Dragon writes: “Betty played really well, albeit technically not as good as Uzi, and the RNG solo laners had more chances to showcase their performance.”
FakerBangMyWife is not so optimistic and replies: “Xiaohu played well today, but I don’t think he can compete long-term in a top league like Rookie and King Doinb.”
The Koreans Rookie (Invictus Gaming) and Doinb (FunPlus Phoenix) are both star midlaners in the Chinese LPL league. The two teams are actually considered the strongest in China. However, they played hardly any role in the Demacia Cup 2019: Invictus Gaming and FunPlus Phoenix had entered with their academy teams while the main players took a break.
