Now let's talk about MSI, and why I wanted to establish that the criteria themselves are flawed before getting into this.
I still do not know why MSI, the midseason international event, wasn't in the criteria, while KESPA Cup, a preseason event, was.
So I pulled Riot's API and ran their own criteria stats across 2024โ2026: EWC 2025, MSI 2024โ25, Worlds 2024โ25, LCK 2024โ26, and First Stand 2025โ26.
The result: Kiin ranks #1 in Overall (image 1), and clearly so. Include KESPA Cup (image 2) as well and the margin narrows, but he's still #1.
For a moment, I'm willing to set aside every concern about whether these are even the right metrics, and take their stat list exactly as given. Even then, the moment the event scope is wider, Kiin is the top player.
He only isn't #1 if the window stays narrow, limited to just their chosen list of events.
And you don't even have to agree with my earlier point that the metrics themselves are flawed. Even using their statistical metrics across a wider, fairer set of events, their own numbers put Kiin first. Kiin deserves better.
I want to say something about Kiin, because I want to be direct with our fanbase about how I feel.
They published the selection criteria. Read them for yourself, because they matter.
After the achievement-based shortlist, the final roster came down to what they themselves called "detailed individual metrics." If you understand the game, look at that list and ask one question: what does a top laner do to make most of those numbers go up? He gets the favorable matchup. He gets the comfort pick. He gets resources funneled into his lane. Solo kills, DPM, DPG, gold diff at 14, CS diff at 14, every one of those climbs when the draft is built around you, and sinks when you give the lane up so a teammate can have theirs.
Now ask what Kiin does. Kiin is the top laner who says "draft around everyone else and give me the leftover pick, I'll make it work." He takes the counterpick so a teammate gets comfort. He eats the hard matchup so the map opens elsewhere. Every one of those choices is a teammate's DPM going up instead of his. He trades his stat line for his team's win condition, every single game.
There's no column on that list for that. The closest it comes to team value, gold share, damage share, still rewards the player who gets the resources, not the one who gives them up. And champion pool size is right there on the list: a metric that should favor exactly the kind of flexible player Kiin is. He plays one of the widest, most selfless pools in the role and still didn't make it.
And before anyone runs with this: this is not about Zeus. Zeus is world-class and earned his spot. The players aren't the problem. The measuring stick is. We need to more rigorously test the statistics we cite, especially when it becomes a measuring stick that can impact decisions like these.
If your criteria are built mostly from individual mechanical stats without proper statistical context, you haven't found the best players, you've found the players whose teams were built to make them look best. Kiin plays the game the right way. If these metrics say otherwise, the metrics are the problem, not Kiin, and not the players who were picked.
To Kiin's fans: you already know this. You watched him do it. Please show him more support than ever.
The drama over the jungler pick isnโt just fan serviceโit's because the choice makes absolutely no sense. Looking at Koreaโs official selection criteria, the standards they used for the jungle just don't line up with any other lines.
Chinese fans think the same way. The selection criteria for the five line are only inconsistent for the jungle, but the criticism from ONER fans about the unfair review standards is being shifted to a fan conflict.
2022 LCK AWARDS JUNGLE OF THR YEAR
2023 LCK AWARDS JUNGLE OF THR YEAR
2024LCK AWARDS JUNGLE OF THR YEAR
2025LCK AWARDS JUNGLE OF THR YEAR
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ยฟQuรฉ opinan sobre la lista de jugadores para los Juegos Asiรกticos 2026?
Voy a dar mi opiniรณn como fan y sin intenciรณn de tirarle hate a nadie, pero sinceramente me parece muy injusto que Oner no haya sido elegido.
Siento que todos los aรฑos tiene que volver a demostrar por quรฉ es el mejor jungla del mundo.
No comparto la decisiรณn y, personalmente, me parece injusta. ๐
O Oner alรฉm dos 4 jungle of the year seguidos no LCK awards tambรฉm foi campeรฃo do Worlds
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Mas nรฃo faz parte da seleรงรฃo coreana?
โThe flower has already bloomed.โ
Iโve seen many people feeling sad and confused about this result, but Iโve also seen many others speaking up with support, encouragement, and trust for Oner.
With the hope of delivering everyoneโs love and support directly to Oner, Iโm opening a message collection event.
โ๏ธ Messages in Chinese, Korean, or English are all welcome. Please send your message in the format:โจโOne sentence โ Signatureโvia DM or by leaving a comment under this post. I will organize and translate them into Korean before handwriting them for Oner.
โ๏ธ If conditions allow, the messages will be delivered to Oner during the FM on the 24th, or sent to the designated gift reception location at T1 HQ.
โ๏ธ Due to time limitations, message collection will begin once this post is uploaded and will close at 24:00 on May 22.
โ Everyone blooms at a different time โ
#Oner #์ค๋ #T1
@JoshWoongkiAhn@T1Becker@T1LoL
We still haven't received any proper reason from the Korean officials about their jungle pick. So what's your take on that?
A famous CN LoL caster, who's also facing the kr team at the Asian Games, asked why kr didn't bring Oner. He said, "For an int'l tourney like this, if you wanna raise the team's ceiling, you should take Oner." Even Guan Zeyuan doubted the choice.
everyone knows #Oner is better