Chapter 80 Training Match and the Old Thief’s Smile (Please subscribe and vote monthly!)
"What the hell, they're here to arrest me?!"
Meike's eyes went dark. This was the first time in the past fifteen minutes that the opposing KT team had captured the bottom lane for an unknown number of times.
"Brother Fan, do you have a T? Come and protect!" Jack shouted.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, I'll hit you first, otherwise they will come again as soon as I leave!" Li Mufan's voice was slightly calmer.
This is the third day of training matches between EDG and KT.
With the relationship between the mid-low double C veteran players, the process of making a training match appointment between EDG and KT was quite easy; however, it was precisely because of the appointment with KT that SKT, the big devil of the LCK, rejected EDG's training match invitation.
Here's the thing.
The LCK spring regular season ended about half a month earlier than the LPL. As the two major galactic battleships in the LCK division, SKT and KT deservedly finished first or third in the regular season.
Then in the six-to-four match on April 11, KT swept the MVP team 3:0; in the semifinals on April 15, KT once again defeated three stars 3:0!
Advance to the finals and challenge SKT!
The LCK finals date is April 22.
There was a long period of rest and recuperation.
Abramovich contacted several powerful teams in the LCK through his connections in the industry to arrange training matches, but except for KT and SKT, all other teams were on vacation!
Now things get interesting. EDG's regular season record ranks first in the LPL. Of course, KT readily agreed to the training match invitation.
But when SKT heard that you and KT had already made an appointment?
That's my opponent in the final!
The dunking coach rejected Abramovich without saying a word. After all, he didn't want his secret weapon to be accidentally spread by EDG through the training match lineup.
Although everyone will sign a confidentiality agreement, if you use the unconventional lineup against KT again, even a fool can see it.
This is also why teams in the same half of the international competition generally do not schedule training matches with each other, because they are afraid of inadvertently revealing tactics.
EDG had no choice but to play training matches with KT for three days in a row.
After an entire regular season, KT's strength is not what it used to be. This can be seen from their ability to sweep the second-place Samsung team in the LCK 3:0 in the semi-finals!
If the factory director hadn't returned to the starting lineup, I'm afraid EDG wouldn't even be able to achieve the previous 30% winning rate!
With the factory director in charge, EDG still managed to get a training record of 7 wins and 10 losses in the hands of KT. It's a bit ugly, but there is no way. Every lane on the opposite side is the best in the world.
Coach nofe watched the three days of training matches from behind and already had some concerns in his mind.
With a winning rate of less than 50%, this EDG team is fine in LPL, but if there is no further improvement, they will definitely lose in MSI!
And if you want to go further, you have to look for the reasons for failure.
What also surprised Nofe was that the main reason for losing every game was not the strongest top laner Smeb he had ever led who defeated Li Mufan, but Scout in the middle!
As General Pawn's successor in EDG, Scout has always had complicated emotions towards Pawn.
In the S6 Summer Split, due to pawn's injury problems, Scout was basically in the starting lineup. Pawn spared no effort to teach Scout on the field experience, which can be regarded as Scout's half-master in the e-sports world.
On the other hand, Scout has also suffered from the influence of his predecessors who were too tall. Now, whenever the outside world talks about EDG mid laner, everyone only remembers the one who made a famous scene, was the vampire's savior in danger, and was hugged by the factory director and broke his waist. pawn!
Scout was eager to surpass pawns, and there were some fluctuations in his operations and mentality. In short, he was too over the top!
Being single-killed and out of touch in team fights are things that are almost impossible to happen to Scout in the LPL regular season, but he has frequently appeared in training matches in the past two days!
Abramovich, Nofe and the other coaching staff looked behind and sighed.
Scout himself pursed his lips tightly, feeling a little guilty.
At this time, a wave of team battles broke out across the bottom lane. The opponent instantly gathered five people, and Li Mufan also reached the front with TP in time!
The sprinter led by Scout was also rushing wildly!
At this moment when the battle was about to break out, the three upper, middle and jungle players under KT suddenly turned around and attacked Scout who was walking in the jungle!
This round of reinforcements caught EDG off guard. KT first turned around and dealt with Scout, then used the numerical difference to win the bottom lane cross-tower team battle, and then pushed down a tower to harvest the dragon, widening the gap between the two sides in one wave!
Abu clicked his tongue, this training match went far again!
He is quite satisfied with EDG's performance in the LPL, but why is it that the training matches are getting more and more problematic now?
The problem cannot be solved, which gives Abu, as the team leader and manager, a headache.
"The time is up. After this fight, we will pause the training match!" Abramovich said from behind.
Scout's tense body sank obviously as his muscles relaxed.
"It's finally over. My brother is about to be beaten to the point of mental breakdown. Why do they keep targeting the bottom lane?" Jack cursed.
"Aren't you easy to catch?" Meikou said without mercy.
"Part of the reason is that Mata is very good at commanding. They freed up the bottom lane first, so Mata can do whatever he wants." Li Mufan analyzed in detail.
As soon as these words came out, Coach Nofe behind him nodded approvingly. It was obvious that Li Mufan had hit the nail on the head.
However, they did not slack off in the follow-up time. It was not until the 25th minute that the opponent won another wave of small team battles and took down the Baron with a backhand, increasing the advantage on the field to the point where EDG could not resist. Only then did Mei Kou draw the word GG on the public screen. .
Ten people from both sides exited the game, ending the training match.
Meikou then typed to deft on the public screen, informing them that this afternoon's training match was over; and KT on the opposite side also saw that the time had already reached the agreed three hours, and it was more than ten minutes, so he said: Make an appointment again.
In fact, since the LCK teams had an early vacation, in addition to EDG, KT also made appointments with several other LPL teams, such as RNG, the top team in Group A, who is Mata's old club.
But other teams stopped playing early when they lost too much, and the phenomenon of arriving late and leaving early was serious.
For example, the IG team, which also has a lot of connections with the LCK, had a three-hour training match. First it was an hour and a half late, and then it took half an hour to play two games and was crushed. Then the IG players ran away.
Far less punctual than EDG.
Several members of the team were exhausted physically and mentally after playing a three-hour training match. Li Mufan directly lowered the backrest of his gaming chair and leaned back, letting out a comfortable groan.
Jack followed suit and lowered his backrest and lay down. The others chatted about the tactical loopholes in the training match just now and the experiences they learned.
Hearing the crackling sound of typing on the keyboard next to him, Jack turned around and found that Meikou was still typing with deft. He suddenly felt that he had been ntr, and pitifully ran to Li Mufan for comfort.
At this time, the factory director was sitting alone, flipping through his cell phone, when he suddenly exclaimed, "Wow! Jack, Mu Fan, your two old bosses are having another round of fun!"
Li Mufan raised his eyebrows, took out his phone and took a look. Sure enough, in the first game of the playoffs this afternoon, NB, the fourth place in Group B, defeated IG, the third place in Group A, 3:1.
It was said to be 3:1, but in fact IG was given one point higher ranking. In the end, they only played three games, NB3:0.
That's why the game ended so early.
"It's not surprising, Xiao Dai complained to me yesterday that the IG training match lasted about three hours and only played for half an hour." came the voice of Meike.
"Tsk, tsk, Xiao Dai." Jack burst into tears.
The factory director continued to flip through his phone and briefly read the text broadcast of the match between the two sides. In addition to the stable performance of Chicken Zhenzhen in the middle lane, he mixed up in three consecutive games in the top lane, and was fully blossomed by NB in the bottom lane.
NB's bottom lane is the newly promoted young player Lin Weixiang. Facing IG's countless combinations in the bottom lane, he uses Varus to be steady and aggressive, and with the help of Hundred Thousand Volts in the jungle, he casually tears open wounds in the bottom lane.
Seeing his old teammates being beaten in the first round of the playoffs, Li Mufan didn't have much psychological fluctuations. Today, as e-sports is gradually getting on the right track, if he doesn't organize his training properly, he will have to bear the consequences.
"Did Abramovich say there will be no training match tonight?" Li Mufan suddenly asked, "It seems that he said, let's watch the game tonight, right?"
"Well, tonight we are competing against a team assigned to the same half as ours. Abu said we would check out possible opponents in advance." The factory director replied.
In the playoff division, EDG (first place in Group B), SS (second place in Group A), QG (third place in Group B), and OMG (fourth place in Group A) are in the same half zone.
Today's second BO5 game is OMG challenging QG, with QG scoring one ranking point first.
"Yeah, hurry up to the 22nd, I can't wait for the Snake Team to take revenge!" Jack was full of fighting spirit: "I have to use Draven to teach Brother Crystal a lesson. If you use my natural hero to hit me, you will have to pay the penalty. The price of backlash! Jie Jie Jie!”
Li Mufan is also looking forward to revenge. As the only team that defeated EDG in a big game during the regular season of the Spring Split, the Snakes are now very proud, and the mid laner keeps provoking Li Mufan and Jack in the group chat with his old attitude.
After they came out of IG, in order to celebrate the two of them escaping from Su Xiaoluo, they even organized a dinner party. After the meal, Jack formed a small group and said they wanted to keep in touch; later, after Jack officially participated in the LPL game, he also made friends with him Xiye, Xiao Ming and others were brought in, and they chatted inside if nothing happened.
In the evening, everyone, together with the coaching staff, gathered in front of the big screen in the base conference room to watch the game.
Speaking of OMG, everyone is a little disappointed. When they were in good shape, they could still win 3:0 against the Korean team in the World Championship; but the strong addition of UZI in the S5 season did not allow this OMG to hit better results. , they fell in the playoffs.
Time came to S6, OMG replaced the top lane with Sunset as a substitute, the jungler was S5's lpl Xia Guan tbq, the mid laner icon, the bottom lane bought smlz from M3, and the assist was cold Xiaowu. This lineup is equal to It's a complete reorganization of the team.
As a result, they were forced to play a relegation match in the spring split.
Fortunately, the old thief Sima is known as the emperor of relegation. He came to the LPL from the secondary leagues. It is not difficult to educate the opponent at this time. OMG has kept its seat in the LPL.
After the game, the veteran interviewer said bluntly to the camera that he hoped he would not have to play a relegation match in the summer split.
In the summer, OMG found jungler World Girl again, and rotated No State in the middle. As a result, her performance dropped further, and she was directly at the bottom of the LPL.
OMG kept its original team in this year's spring game. After a journey of ups and downs, the old thief finally got his wish and did not have to play in the relegation match, but came to the playoffs stage.
Before the game, almost everyone was optimistic about the QG team. After all, QG held a small point advantage, and judging from the strength shown by the two teams in the regular season, QG was also better.
But the result was unexpected. OMG won three consecutive games and overturned QG!
On the first day of the LPL playoffs, both games ended with a 3:0 record!
After the game, the director of the team, doinb, looked helpless. He first chose Jayce for two games. It turned out that he was a little unable to play this hero, and was killed by icon one after another.
In the last game, doinb took out the unique skill Victor, but the team couldn't delay the time for his equipment to take shape, and the entire team collapsed within 20 minutes!
After a day of rest, OMG started a fierce battle with the second snake team in Group A on April 20th!
The result was shocking. Before the game, he boasted that he would reach the semi-finals and teach Li Mufan and Jack a lesson. However, he was beaten three times in a row by the newcomer Icon!
OMG once again swept its opponents 3-0 despite not being favored by everyone and advanced to the next round!
After the game, the old thief had a rare smile on his face as he walked down the stage with his keyboard in his arms, chatting and laughing with the girls from around the world.
On the other side, NB failed to continue their playoff journey. They were defeated three to one by WE who had regained their form, and regrettably exited!
At this point, the S7LPL Spring Split playoff semi-finals table is also clearly visible. On April 22, RNG will face WE in the first half, and EDG will face OMG in the second half!
The two semi-finals will determine which two teams can finally reach the final stage! (End of chapter)