The LPL is in danger of collapsing as teams are following a rut, and the gap between the top team players and the rest is increasingly deepening.

LPL has begun to apply a salary ceiling, combined with poor performance in the international arena over the years, causing the League of Legends industry in the region to be clearly affected. However, there are still some players who receive extremely high salaries, typically Knight - Mid Laner who plays for Bilibili Gaming.

According to information from LPL media, Knight's current salary is the highest in the entire Chinese professional League of Legends industry. At the same time, this amount of money is equivalent to the salary budget of at least 5 teams in the LPL combined. This information caused quite a fierce controversy in the Chinese League of Legends community.

"In the current LPL, considering talent, professionalism or dedication, hardly anyone can compare to Knight, so this salary is reasonable," an audience commented. But there are also other comments: "Knight has not had any impressive achievements in the international arena, except for an MSI last year. So what about Xiaohu?".

Even the former JDG manager said he offered Knight a salary of 46 million yuan/3 years (about 6 million USD - 161 billion VND) in 2021. Of course, this salary for superstar players is also zero. too unreasonable. But considering the context in which LPL is having to "tighten its belt", the number is really remarkable. Furthermore, in 2021, Knight is only at the level of a good player, without any achievements in his career.

From Knight's salary, we can see the huge difference between the top teams and the rest of the LPL. Right in the recent transfer window, 3 LPL teams filed for dissolution. Among them, Rare Atom has "faded".

LPL's recent transfer news is also gloomy. They still just circle around the same old faces. Not having a successor generation is one thing, LPL also cannot attract quality foreign players. Perhaps, if the Peyz - JDG deal comes true, the former Gen.G star will be the LPL's most quality foreign player in this transfer period.

But the problem is: Peyz couldn't survive in the LCK so he had to move to the LPL. So, the question is: How will LPL confront LCK, when their best foreign player in the past 3 years - Ruler - has returned home and Scout is good or bad?

LPL teams are still following the same path: spend money for 1-2 seasons to win a title, if not, then destroy and rebuild. While there is no successor generation, the possibility that LPL will at some point break up after failed gambles is a completely possible scenario in the future.