LPL: Roster retention means next to nothing
While appraisers were mixed on Royal Never Give Up and EDward Gaming after the departure of Kim "Deft" Hyuk-kyu and Cho "Mata" Se-hyeong, the true surprises came from Oh My God and I May. OMG and I May made only subtle changes to the jungle role before debuting -- I May acquired Tu "Ben4" Xincheng and OMG picked up Chen "World6" Yutian, neither having any LPL experience in 2016.
I May had a strong start with Son "Kezman" Dae-young's drafts outclassing his competition, but the team seemed to hit a ceiling. For much of I May's run in 2016 and 2017, the team insisted its players weren't particularly high-level individually, but working around that elevated it.
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