The other two quarter-finals are set for October 21.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, ASF, the only remaining player in the LCK, and North American No. 1 seed TL took the lead in starting the battle.
Kiin, the top laner of the ASF team, was originally regarded as the biggest hope of the LCK division due to his 50-50 record with Rank and Ye Tian. Bangzi even touted Kiin as the next super top laner who could succeed Ye Tianban.
Until the Asian Games starts.
Kiin's so-called 50-50 score was beaten to a pulp by Ye Tian. His mentality suffered a serious blow and he was deeply involved in the whirlpool of public opinion. The original offensive top laner did not dare to use it, and his record and performance on the field declined significantly.
But there is a saying that is good.
A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise.
With the development of Urgot, the top laner once again formed a food chain - Urgot suppressed Sword Demon in all aspects in the early and mid-term. Sword Demon's comprehensive ability was greater than Thane, and Thane could rely on his thick-skinned attributes and passive Resurrection can withstand Urgot's pressure and play a greater role after the equipment is formed.
In addition to these three heroes forming a closed loop, there is also the ultimate bastard Ornn.
Kiin has experienced a trough in the past two months.
Look up.
The heroes you have recently mastered just fit the version!
On the other hand, North American TL has been using its big brother Doublelift as the core this year, adopting a four-guarantee-one tactical system, which is equivalent to a weakened version of RNG.
Doublelift, who made his debut in ancient times and is 25 years old, still specializes in Kai'Sa in the Summer Split. After leaving Kai'Sa, who is not suitable for the current environment, only Xayah and Sivir can barely mix in the scene.
Xayah and Sivir both belong to the critical-attack AD position. Although their late-stage abilities are not bad, they must make Lanqi + artillery to support the mid-term before they can slowly merge with Infinity Blade, and then use a big whisper to deal with tanks; the four expensive ones Adding the accessories and shoes together, with the operational capabilities, money production speed and economic distribution of the North American team, it may not be possible to develop a critical AD in forty minutes.
This is also true.
Except for the S3 champion Impact who used Urgot to force the carry in one round, North American TL had no resistance in front of ASF. Doublelift, who had high hopes, repeated the cycle of resisting pressure, stealing growth, fighting teamwork, and being defeated four times in a row. It was criticized by North American audiences.
"Congratulations to ASF for becoming the third team to reach the semi-finals."
"Reserved the last fire for the LCK division."
Wawa has always been leaning towards the LPL team. After going through the process incomprehensively, he thought from the perspective of IG: "In this way, IG's opponent in the semi-finals will still be the Korean team, and they will face another tough battle."
KT is the hardest nut to crack.
Although ASF is not as strong as KT, it is still the best in the second tier.
When the top eight groups were just drawn, the little IG fans were still rejoicing, thinking that playing KT was better than fighting in the same room as RNG and EDG.
As RNG was eliminated by G2, little IG fans discovered that all the advantages seemed to have been taken away by the EDG team!
"To put things into perspective, the EDG schedule is not easy."
Miller brought the topic back to this game: "Before the quarter-finals started, we may have thought that EDG and RNG had a high chance of winning against European and American teams, but RNG lost to G2 yesterday with a score of 1-3, which sounded the alarm for everyone. Again, there are no underdogs in the World Championship, and you will only reap the consequences if you look down on your opponents.”
"That's right." Special guest Shen Chao wore an ill-fitting suit and combed his hair like an adult: "From a paper strength point of view, FNC is a stronger team than G2. After KT and RNG were both upset, , EDG will definitely pay high enough attention to FNC.”
We chatted briefly.
The camera jumps to the Busan BEXCO scene.
Following the host's introduction, the spotlight was turned on, illuminating the figures of the EDG and FNC teams.
"Looking at it from a neutral and objective perspective, EDG jungler Karsa's performance in the group stage was not as good as the summer split."
"There is a certain gap compared to FNC jungler Broxah."
Miller told the truth: "In today's match, I am more worried about the confrontation in the jungle position. Karsa may not be able to adapt to Tian's rhythm on the court. Compared with Ray, Tian's playing style is fundamentally different. ”
"Brother Tian's opponent is not weak either." Wa recalled the previous game: "Speaking of the group stage, we cannot ignore the battle between FNC's new top laner Bwipo and Theshy. FNC was able to win a game from the IG team that defeated KT , Bwipo is a point that cannot be ignored. Today FNC also uses Bwipo as the starter... You can see that Bwipo is smiling very happily. ”
After talking about top lane and jungle.
The host read out the names of the mid laner, AD, and support in turn.
Ou Cheng, who was at the peak of his appearance, raised his arm, revealing the Rekkles artistic font tattoo, which made Iboy look like a malnourished silver carp with his big head and small body.
Iboy curled his lips secretly as he listened to the cheers second only to Ye Tian's appearance.
Ou Cheng, right?
I will beat you into a European bag in a moment!
Entering the players' seats, the EDG team first carefully checked the peripherals - the World Finals requires players to hand over their peripherals to the officials. After strict inspection by the officials, they will confirm that there are no problems before they can be installed on the computer before the start of the game. , and will be collected and kept by the official after the game.
This year's World Finals will be hosted by Koreans, who are notorious for making small moves.
Scout and Ray, both Koreans, reminded EDG players more than once to test all buttons, key combinations, and mouse DPI before confirming with the referee.
"EDG is very serious."
"A lion fights a rabbit with all his strength, not to mention that FNC is not a rabbit."
While waiting, Wawa added to the atmosphere: "Okay, enter the Ban/Pick interface. FNC bans Akali first on the blue side. This is a hero that cannot be played against Brother Tian. It belongs to a fixed ban position."
"EDG's first team is Sivir." Miller read out the hero: "Ou Cheng's winning rate when using Sivir in this World Championship is 100%, and Sivir's wave clearing ability can compete with the policewoman + big head to a certain extent. If Sivir is gone, FNC will have to pay a ban position for the policewoman.”
The second team of EDG was given to the blind monk.
Blind Sin is FNC jungler Broxah's unique hero. He performed very well in the group stage, so it's no problem to target him appropriately.
This way.
There are two versions of heroes out there, Urgot and Galio, plus Sword Demon and Sword Girl, two heroes that are not suitable for EDG.
If FNC bans one of them and EDG does not ban them accordingly, it will easily happen that FNC takes one first and EDG takes two second.
Think about it.
FNC decided to ban Sword Demon.
Ye Tian has never picked Urgot in the group stage, and there are two "en" heroes like Thain and Ornn who can withstand Urgot. Even if EDG targets one of them, FNC also has another one who can withstand Urgot. take.
"If FNC wants to steal the sword girl, we won't be too comfortable with Galio."
"If you don't cooperate with split-pushing heroes, Galio's role will be much smaller."
Maokai followed the train of thought and thought: "Ye Tian, do you have the idea of playing points to push the top laner? Do you want to ban Kai'Sa?"
In the 8.19 version, Kai'Sa was slashed, and the passive [Plasma] percentage damage changed from 15%-20% to 15% at all levels. For the explosive Kai'Sa, the 5% difference means that she can fly to the back row in seconds. If you don't drop the C position, you will easily be counter-attacked by your opponent.
but.
When pushing heroes for points, Kai'Sa really doesn't lack this amount of damage.
"Ban, give them some pressure."
Ye Tian thought for a moment and made a decision: "But we don't want to choose Galio first. The first two choices will be Xialuo directly, and then we will deceive other teams."
Meiko's Luo has a strange smell, it's true.
But when facing the FNC team, this peculiar smell is not enough to affect the T1 level status of the Xia Luo combination.
After all, Oucheng is still far behind compared to veteran players like Deft and UZI. In particular, Sivir, Kai'Sa, and the policewoman were all banned. FNC did not dare to take Lucian, who needed a quick victory. Xia Luo was a grab instead of a ban, and by the way, the problem of Galio was thrown to FNC.
- Galio rarely appears on the top lane. As a newcomer, Bwipo has never used top laner Galio. FNC has to use Dao Mei and Ye Tianpin to fight for Galio.
Does FNC dare?
Does Bwipo dare?
"The first three teams are settled, FNC grabs the sword girl on the first floor."
"EDG's first two choices are Xia Luo."
When Miller said this, he saw the cleverness: "Galio is still outside. If FNC takes Galio, it will be very troublesome to split the lane. If we don't take Galio, EDG will take it!"
"Brother Tian is one of the few top laners who has the ability to split push carries in the World Championship version." Shenchao said a long and difficult sentence: "Brother Tian dares to use the Sword Lady that others dare not use, but others do not." If you dare to use Qinggang Ying, Brother Tian will probably also dare to use it.”
"FNC is very confused!" Wawa looked at the scene in the director's camera.
As said.
Seeing that EDG ignored Galio, FNC's five starting players and the coach Dylan Falco who took the BP stage were all a little numb.
Before the game.
In an interview with a European reporter, Dylan Falco claimed that drawing EDG is the best pick. FNC has a greater chance of winning against EDG than against other teams.
After making the bold statement, Dylan Falco made countless Ban/Pick simulations during the four-day preparation period. He believed that no matter what moves EDG made, they could easily deal with it. As long as they were not defeated on the road, the chance of winning was more than 50%.
Unexpected.
At the beginning of Ban/Pick, Dylan Falco was a bit incompetent.
Taking Galio means that the newcomer Bwipo will have to go head-to-head with the world's number one top laner who is ahead of the game. It also means that the middle lane will be suppressed by strong heroes. When there is no Carry hero in the bottom lane, as long as Bwipo does not play an advantage, the game will be over. It's the end.
Can Bwipo have an advantage?
It's a bit of a fantasy...
"Take Galio and give me Sword Girl."
"I have confidence."
Bwipo's eyes flashed with the light of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers: "Tian's strength is indeed outstanding, but the hero mechanism of Dao Mei is strong enough. I will definitely be able to suppress him with Dao Mei!"
"..."
"..."
The others in FNC were silent for a while.
"Okay."
"Then choose."
Coach Dylan Falco couldn't think of a better way within the limited time, so he could only trust his players once: "Take down Galio and get another EZ, otherwise there will be no AD use in the second round."
Galio is a support and teamfight hero.
EZ is a mix-up hero.
The selection of these two positions means that FNC has placed heavy bets on Dao Mei.
"EDG took out Urgot on the third floor, is Brother Tian going to show it off?"
Miller said with expectation: "Just like we can't use common sense to measure Brother Tian's strength, we can't use common sense to measure Brother Tian's hero pool. There are many heroes that everyone thinks Brother Tian can't use, but Brother Tian can use them. , and it works very well.”
"The main reason is that I am too far ahead in strength and can hide my moves." Shenchao analyzed from a professional perspective: "Before the Asian Games, everyone was worried that Brother Tian would not be able to do Sword Demon and Sword Girl, and they did not believe that Brother Tian could know Akali, but really Everyone has seen the situation. Brother Tian usually pretends that he doesn’t know how to play.”
"Others have to be very serious when playing the Korean Server King's Game. Brother Tian can treat the Korean Server King's Game like a big brawl."
“So, Brother Tian’s use of Urgot is probably very powerful.”
"Urgot is still the choice of Counter Sword Girl." Wawa looked at the second round: "EDG banned Nightmare and Zac to prevent FNC junglers from rushing in with Galio. FNC banned Rockbird and Syndra. Relieve some pressure on the middle.”
On the fourth floor, EDG selected Enchantress.
On the fourth and fifth floors of FNC, get Lao Niu + Spider.
In the last choice, EDG showed an unexpected hero-German General Manager, Xin Zhao.
Karsa is a factory-style jungler who is famous for his map control and anti-crouching. He usually likes heroes that take into account both development and backup and have enough fault tolerance. The most used heroes in the summer season are Troll and Barrel. This time, he suddenly took out Xin Zhao. Obviously FNC was a bit unexpected.
Spider Queen counters many melee heroes, but Xin Zhao is not included here.
Even at the most powerful point of Spider Level 3, he is evenly matched with Level 3 Xin Zhao.
In a competition environment that is much more rigorous than Rank, Spider has basically no possibility of leveling up and fully suppressing equipment. The basic attributes and skill damage are much worse than Xin Zhao. When Xin Zhao takes out the mercury shoes and adds the R skill [new Moon Sweep]'s block, the spider has basically no chance of winning.
After exchange.
The lineup is finalized.
Blue side: FNC
Red side: EDG
Top lane: Sword Girl vs Urgot
Jungler: Spider vs Xin Zhao
Mid laner: Galio vs Enchantress
AD: EZ vs Kasumi
Support: Lao Niu vs Luo
In this matchup list, even if personal abilities are not taken into account, FNC is in an adversity situation where all four directions are inferior. If Sword Girl cannot counterattack Urgot, she will almost have no chance to fight!
FNC coach Dylan Falco walked to the center of the field and looked at Maokai's face that was smiling like a chrysanthemum. His whole body felt bad.
It’s completely different from what I imagined!
"Wow, I laughed so hard."
"Look at the expressions of the two coaches."
When I was explaining RNG, I couldn't let it go. I returned to Channel 2 and highlighted one effect: "The FNC coach finished selecting the lineup and found that he couldn't beat the top lane, the middle lane, the bottom lane, and the jungle. I’ve already started thinking about BP for the second game.”
[I choose first in the upper, middle and jungle areas, so courageous]
[FNC is still the winning side when throwing dice, take the initiative to get the blue side]
[The winning rate of the blue side in this year’s World Championship is indeed high, and they can limit one more hero by taking the substitute ban, but it is true that every position is reserved for EDG Counter]
[EDG’s BP is also awesome this time. It’s never been this good in the summer split]
[Just kidding, when EDG plays LPL, the coach is the BP, but when entering the World Championship, Brother Tian is the BP. Can it be the same? 】
"Yes."
"Brother Tian is the BP."
Zhizhi understands the inside story: "Brother Tian went to EDG, and the EDG coach became a full-time orderer. FNC and Brother Tian struggled to understand, and Brother Tian had to play to death... Oops, Brother Tian squatted in the grass in the river, I didn’t mean anything good!”(End of Chapter)