Chapter 129 Facing G2!
"Do you feel G2 is strong this year?"
Back in the lounge, the factory director sat back on the sofa, raised his head and asked.
"It's hard to say! It feels like they are refining their lineup in the group stage. Are we the only ones who are serious about playing?!"
Jack sighed. Judging from how well SKT beat TSM today, they were defeated by GAM yesterday purely because of their own mistakes.
I can’t tell if I want to test the strength of the male gun, because with the strength of the top, mid and jungle set of Peanut + Faker + Huni, I can easily kill a jungler with a slightly stronger combat power in the early stage. Levi.
But they chose Xiaoju, who can be said to have the weakest combat power in the jungle.
Even Jack, who was slow to react, was able to react today. These people really didn't take the group stage seriously.
In fact, the reason is easy to understand.
Different from the S-stage group stage, each group advanced to two out of four, and there were only six games in total. It can be said that every point must be fought for.
In the MSI group stage, six teams advance to four, with each team playing a total of ten games.
Not only is the difficulty of promotion greatly reduced, but the influence of every small point on the promotion situation is also greatly reduced!
Not to mention that TSM has now become a veritable point-giving baby, and GAM's hard power is also significantly different from other teams.
In this way, the two teams that will be eliminated are basically certain, even though the group stage has only started for a day and a half!
Unless a certain team behind them suddenly pulls away and their strength plummets, judging from the current strength of the two teams, it will be difficult for them to squeeze out any other team.
After all, Flash Wolves came up from the playoffs. It is not difficult to understand that they try their best in every game for stability; and G2, a typical European fun player, could lose to Flash Wolves yesterday. It can only be said that everyone is messing around.
"The group stage is indeed an excellent choice for training. Whoever can master the version quickly and master it thoroughly will have the upper hand in the knockout rounds!" nofe said solemnly.
"Actually, we also need to practice, practice Mingkai's male spear, but unfortunately the opponent has never had a chance; in other aspects, there is an LPL training match that Abramovich has arranged for us, and our situation is actually much better than them."
Nofe's tone softened and he said with a comforting smile: "I came from the Korean League. In fact, there is no emphasis on the overall LCK honor there, and many teams don't even have a sense of team honor. For example, ROX, which I once coached, if not With such special experiences, it may be difficult for the five of us to get together.”
Li Mufan nodded on the side. He had been talking about it a lot on IG, waiting for the Korean aid to push his dick, and he had heard about it for a long time.
What is popular in the LCK is personal heroism, where everyone only cares about their own honor.
For example, teams invested by two news agency giants, SKT and KT, even dislike each other!
If two teams meet in the semi-finals and one loses, then in the final, even if the other team participating in the final is a team from another division, I am afraid that the loser of the semi-final will support other divisions without hesitation!
Even within the same team, retired players often don't want the team to continue to win higher honors, because it will appear that they are not strong enough.
This division culture, which is completely different from the LPL, has led to a result, that is, SKT is now unable to make appointments for training matches within the division!
Basically all LCK teams took a break after the spring split, and those who didn’t take a break also declined SKT’s training match invitations for various reasons. Although SKT is still maintaining a very high training intensity, they can only make appointments in Brazil, Europe and the United States. , and these teams participating in MSI as their training opponents.
In such a training match, they simply did not dare to let go and train the lineup they wanted to test.
I don’t dare to take out my trump cards, and my BP is practicing my lineup but I’m afraid of the opponent’s performance!
The dummy horse has been very troubled by this!
The most stable carry point in the team at present: bang. He even bluntly said that he didn’t know the meaning of this kind of training match. It has no use except squeezing the players and making them exhausted physically and mentally!
This is the most direct reason for their group stage training.
But EDG is different. In fact, when Abramovich went to LPL to discuss training matches with the managers of several familiar teams, several teams agreed without hesitation.
OMG, WE, IM, Snake Team and RNG also expressed their willingness to help with training matches, but the top three teams are enough to fill EDG's not too tight training schedule.
Since the time difference between Brazil and China is as much as 11 hours, EDG basically gets up early in the morning to play training matches, which happens to be evening in China.
Practice your hand in a training match in the morning; go to the game in the afternoon; finish the game before about 8 o'clock in the evening and return to the hotel, briefly review the game and then rest.
This is EDG's current schedule. The schedule is a bit tight, but in terms of intensity, it is not tiring at all.
That's why nofe said that EDG's current situation is much better than other teams.
They can practice their lineups against LPL teams at will. OMG and WE are both top four teams, and IM is not weak. Nofe even thinks that their training will be much more effective than meeting up with teams such as Flash Wolves and TSM.
"We still aim to be first in the group and strive to safely enter the finals!" Abu concluded on the side.
Everyone walked along the players' aisle to the stage, passing by the auditorium on the way and waving to the enthusiastic local fans next to them.
Today, all their games are arranged in the first half. After the game, they can even go back to the hotel early. Compared with yesterday, after playing the opening game and waiting to play the last game, I don't know how comfortable it is.
"Welcome back to our MSI game live broadcast room!" Guan Zeyuan said in a deep voice: "The next game will be between G2 and EDG. This is also the first collision between EDG and the other two teams that have passed through the group stage - G2 and SKT. ! ”
The previous game can be said to be a small fight, but Riot considers the showdown between the top three teams to be the real deal!
"If EDG wins today's game, they will lead the standings with four consecutive victories!" Guan Zeyuan's partner commentator is Hao Kai, who has just arrived in the LPL. His voice is also very easy to recognize, and he usually leads He was a bit hoarse, and when it came to team battles, he was even more excited and out of breath.
"EDG is still on the blue side in this game. They have the BP advantage of grabbing the hero! Okay, the players on both sides are ready, let's enter the BP screen together!"
EDG took the lead in sending Ryze to the ban position, preventing perkz from choosing his special skill.
Then G2 took down the male gun, and BP did it very steadily!
"Haha, Mingkai doesn't have a male gun to play with. It seems that he can only count on SKT to give him a hand!" Li Mufan laughed in his voice.
"It's okay. Only by beating Peanut and getting the male gun can you see the true level of Qi Chang!" Jack clenched his fists to encourage the factory director: "SKT made it clear that they don't want to waste their ban slots on the male gun. Tomorrow Qi Chang will defeat them!"
The factory director patted his chest and said, "Take care of me!"
The team's winning streak is in good shape, and even the factory director has become more confident.
EDG continued to target the middle lane, while G2 focused on the factory director, banning them for several consecutive moves. The top picks of these two lanes were all killed!
But as a result, Li Mufan had more choices.
"Come on Qinggang Ying!" Li Mufan rubbed his hands and looked excited.
This hero hasn't played in a game for many days. Just like those Yasuo terminally ill brothers in the rankings, the crisp sound effects of Qinggang Shadow's second kick also make many Qinggang Shadow players unable to stop!
If you can use the extra attack distance and acceleration effect of the Q skill to pull the opponent in the line, it will make Qinggang Shadow players double happy!
But G2 also backhandedly took down Fox in the middle and Kindred in the jungle, two damage-dealing heroes.
"So hard? Against my Qi Jiang jungler, it takes a long time to produce Qian Jue!" Li Mufan laughed.
In a sense, Qinggang Shadow's ultimate move is somewhat restrained by Qian Jue's ultimate move. The undead field created by R [Sheep Spirit Breathing] makes it impossible for Qinggang Shadow to quickly complete the cut into the back row of crispy skin!
On the contrary, Qinggangying is the most vulnerable among the top laners because of his body. Once he is dragged into the enemy's formation, he may be brought back by the opponent's front row to complete the counterattack!
"G2 is not as weak as expected! This BP is quite particular!" nofe nodded in appreciation of their selection.
"There is also a fox who can guarantee the right of way in the middle and the intensity of confrontation in the early and mid-term. They have done well according to their wishes!" Li Mufan analyzed: "It's just that the entire lineup looks a bit fragile. I guess they still need to add tanks on the top lane, maybe the Titans Or a big tree!”
If Titan, he really doesn't panic. Titan suffered a big blow in version 7.7. Even Li Mufan, the unique skill of Titan, discovered the problem while playing yesterday.
Even if you play a wild card in the top lane that's not popular, you won't be able to push the line!
This is very scary for the Titans. Although the Lord of the Rings' equipment can still grab the lane, it slows down the Titan's equipment in disguise. Such Titans cannot keep up with the increasingly accelerated confrontation intensity in the mid-season. .
Li Mufan chose a purely meaty outfit and gave up the line rights.
This is true for playing a wild card top laner, but how about playing a top laner like Huni?
It's normal for you to get a dozen or twenty dollars in ten minutes!
Without line rights, the proactive offensive rhythm that the Titans were good at before would be in vain. This is the fundamental reason why the Titans' priority dropped in the mid-season.
Li Mufan felt that it was absolutely impossible for him to take out the Titan again to increase the strength.
"EDG has confirmed the mid-field double AP of Liquor and Ice Girl on the second and third floors, and continues to strengthen the lineup's ability to rush into the formation!"
Faced with G2's repeated tricks, EDG directly chose to defeat them all!
G2, on the other hand, did not rush to choose the top lane. They first decided on the bottom lane, Hanbing, and then used the second round of bans to target the bottom lane.
However, EDG did not panic. They chose the top, middle and jungle to rush into the formation. In fact, they had no intention of letting the bottom lane choose a damage core.
There is absolutely no protection for the AD core, so can it still achieve the expected output?
Obviously not, nofe directly gave Jack an EZ and let him play by himself.
What Titan has weakened is the mana recovery and E skill consumption, but not its own tankiness and control strength.
Since clearing lanes in the top lane has become a problem, then select him to assist the girl and continue to strengthen the impact of the lineup!
After G2 grabbed Lulu's support in the second round, the last choice on the fifth floor finally revealed the top laner.
It is Galio who has been widely discussed recently, but no team has spent money on it!
"Wow! G2 wants to be the team that can take advantage of MSI! Top laner Galio is out!" Guan Zeyuan exclaimed: "Excellent wave clearing ability, strong first-hand control, and the protection of teammates with his ultimate move ! Although Galio is not as convenient as supporting in the mid lane, he can just leave the rhythm task to his teammates and take care of himself! ”
After weakening Malzahar's ability to push the lane in the early stage, Galio's ability to push the lane has reached the top in the middle. If it is placed in the top lane hero environment that is not good at clearing the lane, it will be a dimensionality reduction blow.
Although Galio may not be able to beat Qinggang Shadow in a duel, he doesn't have to come up to fight Qinggang Shadow at all. He can only rely on his own passive and QWE with AOE damage
Yes, all of Galio's skills, including his passive, have decent AOE damage, which is why his ability to push lanes is top-notch.
Before Qinggang Shadow came out to Tiamat, not to mention taking advantage of Galio to clear troops and consume them, the army line was randomly pushed by the opponent, which meant that Galio could go home to replenish at any time, with one or two hundred in each wave. What is the use of consuming values?
However, League of Legends is not a game on paper, and nofe is not worried about G2's lineup.
In fact, although Galio can push the Green Steel Shadow's lane in the early stage, after fifteen minutes of development, the Green Steel Shadow can use his three-phase power + Tiamat; You have to be careful of being killed alone, and there is no advantage in pushing the lane. Life on the wing is not even as easy as Poppy!
G2's lineup selection is very imaginative, but EDG also has advantages. Both sides picked what they wanted.
The lineups for both sides are as follows.
Red side G2: top laner expect Galio, jungler trick Qianjue, mid laner perkz fox, bottom laner zven Varus, assistant mithy Lulu.
Blue square EDG: top laner Qinggangying, jungler Barrel, mid laner Ice Girl, bottom lane EZ, and auxiliary Titan.
"EDG feels like the lineup is a bit restrained!" Guan Zeyuan scanned the lineup interface loaded by both sides and frowned.
"The protective abilities of Galio and Kindred! It's really difficult to break through!"
"But EDG also has Qinggang Ying as a side guard. G2 can only use Fox to defend on the wing, but the Fox doesn't play well against Qinggang Ying." Hao Kai chose to believe in EDG. The camera talks freely;
"And EDG's lineup has a lot of control skills! As long as the control chain is well connected, Qian Jue can completely prevent Qian Jue from using his ultimate move!"
Of course he could see that EDG's rushing system was tightly guarded by the opponent, but this was a game between LPL and EU. He said before the game that his lineup was not good, and in the end, he would be criticized whether EDG won or lost. .
Hao Kai first entered the LPL, but unlike Guan Zeyuan, who had already laid a solid foundation, he had to think about what he said.
At the beginning of the game, EDG's midfielders and junglers all need to improve their levels first. Ice Girl must learn Q to push the lane at level 1. Without a level 3 player, it will be difficult to cooperate with the jungler.
"Don't worry, wait for my double buff to hit the three-speed mark!" The director first gave Scout a big picture.
"Fox is a hero that was easy to catch before Liu. Let's both control him hard and catch one to death!"
He was not in a hurry to patronize Li Mufan's top lane. Qinggang Shadow's early damage was still relatively weak, and the wine barrels all hit Galio's magic shield. It was difficult for the two of them to kill Galio with all his skills.
But the director wanted to move, and G2 jungler Trick moved faster!
On the red side, he didn't use blue to push up. Instead, he directly soloed the red buff. In order to deceive others, he didn't even ask the top laner to come over to help!
Kindred eats the red buff and goes straight to the middle.
"G2 junglers are moving very fast! This wave of mid laners on both sides only has level one, and Fox hasn't learned E Charm yet, so he can't keep Scout!" Guan Zeyuan didn't take Tirck's gank to heart at all.
Anyway, usually one skill point is reserved for the Ice Girl to advance to Level 2. If Qian Jue wants to wait for Level 2, it would be a miscalculation. The Ice Girl with the E skill [Glacier Path] can easily escape!
"Hey? Are you going to do it forcefully?"
As soon as the first wave of soldiers ended and the second wave of soldiers came into contact, Kindred began to walk out from the grass! (End of chapter)