it turned out, they had just become more uniform, more predictable, and less distinct.

I agree with WeiXiao’s perplexed thoughts, but find it equally puzzling that he didn’t see the same trend throughout the year. The Korean system can’t be adapted perfectly to China because Chinese players have different values and culture from Koreans. Yet Chinese teams played increasingly like Korean teams throughout the year — just not as well.

Sun “XiaoXiao” Yalong claimed that he saw EDward Gaming and SK Telecom T1 as evenly matched at the Mid-Season Invitational because EDward Gaming had greater individual skill, and SKT had better strategies. EDG played quickly and used the calling card of the Chinese team to overwhelm SKT in their victories in the final. The two teams ultimately had an evento locate a promising jungler from solo queue. Snake’s ZZR, before playing against EDward Gaming in the Regional Qualifier, confessed he considered Clearlove to be something of an idol.

Where have all the Vayne players gone? They’ve become Evelynn mains.

While Clearlove himself has said that he regards WeiXiao as a player he looks up to, the new generation is watching EDG's jungler stream. The era of AD carries may slowly give way to the rise of Chinese junglers and teams that play around them while Clearlove enjoys his popularity.

Korean junglers like KaKAO have said that playing the jungle role is more difficult for Koreans in China than other positions because of necessity for communication. A collection of more prominent junglers from Ionian solo queue are climbing into the ranks