Chapter 138 Come on, semifinals!
According to the original plan, nofe did not plan to use a few strong trump cards in the group stage, but it also prepared a few good moves.
But I didn't expect that in this MSI, apart from SKT's very strong hard power, the other teams are somewhat strong but incompetent.
Flash Wolves, G2, and TSM all encountered difficulties, and three or four people in the team were sleepwalking, with only the big players in the team dragging other teammates forward.
Compared with EDG and SKT, whose third-tier strength is relatively stable, it is naturally difficult to win in this state.
“Presumably the dunking coach is also upset about choosing Cuishen for his first game!”
Nofe was satisfied with finishing first in the group ahead of schedule, but he also thought about his old rival kkoma.
"Indeed, if they didn't want to practice Cuishen in advance, but directly came up with the Leopard Girl system, maybe we would be the ones upset now!" Li Mufan said while lying on the gaming chair with a relaxed expression, configuring the runes.
nofe no longer plans to come up with new tricks in the last game. Even if it is to improve, it will have to be saved for the semi-finals.
And SKT will have to work hard in one day, not only to study EDG's new activities, but also to study their own semi-final opponents!
The first round of EDG's semi-finals will start on May 20, and the second round on the 21st will be between SKT and its opponent.
Regardless of whether EDG and SKT advance to the finals, the finals will kick off on the 22nd.
Now, since the Flash Wolves, G2, and TSM teams have the same points and need to play extra games, the opponents of the two teams have not yet been determined. But what is certain is that the winner of the two teams in the first round of the semi-finals will enjoy the schedule bonus - they have one more day to study their final opponents than the teams in the second round.
"Come on, although we are treating this as a training match, if we can force SKT to do something, that would be the best!" nofe rolled up his sleeves and prepared to start BP.
As a result, KKoma saw through Nofe’s thoughts at a glance.
Your EDG is indeed firmly ranked first in the group, but I, SKT, are also firmly ranked second, so what's the point of trying so hard to win the final victory?
This is not like ROX in the Kespa Cup last year. At that time, ROX was about to disband after the last game. Therefore, although everyone played it as an exhibition game, ROX still fought hard to sweep the championship and gave the Tigers five players. All left with one last beautiful memory.
For kkoma and SKT, they are in the same situation as EDG in this group stage; nofe wants to force SKT to show more things, but it is a bit too much.
In this game, SKT pressed down the male gun on the red side, obviously not wanting the male gun system to disrupt the enjoyable performance of the final game.
Facing Galio, who was taken out by EDG on the blue side, he dunked the horse and got Quinn for Huni with his backhand!
If you want to join a group, okay, I’ll take the lead alone!
And for the lane, Quinn, the hero, can defeat Galio's [Righteous Punch] with just one E [Spiral Strike], and the blinding Q even makes the charged W [Duran Shield] fall into the trap. Galio, who was slowing down, didn't know which direction to pursue.
In short, as long as the factory manager doesn't bother you, huni will definitely be happy on the road.
In order to cooperate with Huni's invincible top lane, Kukama also gave Bang and Wolf in the bottom lane to get Kalista + Japanese girl, a pair of extremely powerful online combat combinations!
nofe sees it very clearly. If you want to play on your own in the bottom lane, Thresh is more suitable for the auxiliary position than the Japanese girl, but the Japanese girl is more than a little bit more offensive than Thresh.
SKT wants to have a big fight in the bottom lane!
At the beginning of the game, all members of SKT helped Peanut invade the director's red zone, and then SKT played a three-man line in the bottom lane all the time!
The factory manager didn't bother to join in the fun in the bottom lane. Anyway, Yu Wenbo was good at EZ, and he also learned from Bang and brought a TP. I don't know if Bang would want to beat Yu Wenbo to death when he saw this TP.
Teleporting EZ, dying twice is not a big problem.
The factory director lives directly on the upper road. Although Li Mufan is just a Galio, there is Quinn across the street!
When there is no one to help in 1V1, Birdman's disgusting level is comparable to that of top laner VN!
The factory director felt that his idea was very clear. This game was just for fun anyway. It would help him get on the road and make it more comfortable, right?
Huni was also having fun, and when he saw Li Mufan coming online, he wanted to compete with him, but the factory director was next to him every time.
In less than ten minutes, Huni had been killed three times.
At this time, Li Mufan saw a line of yellow text in the system message box on the left.
[SKT_huni: zhennanren, 1V1! 】
Li Mufan took a closer look and immediately smiled, "Who is going 1V1 with you Quinn? If you have the ability, can you play a 1V1 with me like Cuishen?"
"Leave him alone and catch him!" Li Mufan typed 'OK' in the chat box and continued to ask the factory director to come.
Poor huni believed it, and as soon as he appeared online, the figure of the factory director appeared from behind him!
This game lasted for a full fifteen minutes before the laning period ended. Huni on the top lane was killed six times, and Jack on the bottom lane was killed five times. It can be called the black and white of the two teams!
As for Scout, he thrived in the middle lane. He earned 170 dollars in fifteen minutes. It is unclear where the more than ten dollars that exceeded the time line came from.
When it came time to change lanes and join the team, EDG didn't pay attention to the 0-6 Huni at all, and allowed him to lead him casually on the sideline. On the front, EDG kept relying on the factory director and Li Mufan to force the opening!
Although Jack died more, he teleported two rounds to protect the line, which meant he only died three times. In addition, the EZ equipment is cheap, and he still got Ice Fist + Magic Cut in 22 minutes. His combat effectiveness is not as good as Bang's skateboards, but it is enough. Follow Scout's core to harvest the battlefield!
SKT held the lineup of skateboard shoes in hand, but the longer they dragged on, the weaker they became. They tried their best to keep up with EDG, but in the end, Scout got fatter and fatter. In 26 minutes, they directly held the three major items of Magic Wear, Book of Ghosts, and Hats, one The ultimate move will destroy the world!
When we lost the game, Huni was still leading the team from the wing, and he never came forward in the whole game. It felt like last year's S6 "Du Bu Chuan".
"Congratulations to EDG! With a 10-0 victory, they ended their group stage journey!" I remember announcing the end of the group stage with great enthusiasm: "The next step is the extra round."
Everyone in EDG looked excited when they returned to the lounge. They fought a whole team battle, and in every wave, whether it was a small win or a big win, they basically took advantage of SKT.
"Wow! This game is so exciting!" Jack raised his arms and screamed in the lounge.
"You're laughing so hard, you don't know, when Yu Wenbo died four times at the beginning, he kept saying that;" Meiquan exposed Jack mercilessly. He imitated the other's tone and performed: "Don't come, brother Wanghu, brothers are all I was killed and couldn’t stand it any more!”
"But Little Peanut came next and fucked him until 0-5!"
Jack was so ashamed and angry that he rushed over to cover Meikou's mouth. As a result, Meikou called Ai Luoli to help. The two of them held Jack down tightly, and the lounge was filled with a happy atmosphere.
The extra round was played on the big screen. It was the last chance to advance to the group stage. Every team was working hard and using all their cards!
"After the extra round, our semifinals became a lot easier." Li Mufan couldn't help but comment.
In the end, G2 took the lead in defeating Flash Wolves to advance. Flash Wolves then fought fiercely for 50 minutes to steal the TSM crystal with a single-band victory, and won the last ticket to the knockout rounds.
"Judging from the playoffs, G2, who finally woke up, is the strongest among the three teams." Nofe said after watching the two games. He turned to face everyone: "Fist should wait for us to submit a semi-final. Our opponent in the finals, let’s pick the Flash Wolves. What do you think? Do you have any objections?”
"No."
"Just Flash Wolves, let's see if G2 can force something real from SKT!"
If Flash Wolves double-kills SKT like last year, maybe even if Flash Wolves are ranked fourth in the group stage, EDG will have to rely on some metaphysics to send Flash Wolves to beat SKT.
But due to this year's version, Flash Wolves were completely vulnerable when facing SKT, and were double-killed in the group stage. They were sent to the team with experience, but they were not as threatening as G2, who woke up on the last day of the group stage and had three consecutive victories.
After deciding on his opponent in the knockout round, Abramovich went straight out to find the staff.
The group stage has come to an end, and EDG has ushered in a four-day preparation period.
Four days seems to be a long time, and it is more than enough to study an aging Flash Wolf. However, if you include interviews with various media, official promotional videos, and documentary shooting, it becomes less than enough.
And you can't really wait until the semifinals are over to study the opponents in the finals. EDG also has to prepare for the finals in advance.
This kind of thing is hard to say. If EDG fails in the semifinals, or SKT fails, it will be a joke on the entire Internet if this matter is exposed.
But for the team itself, it really has to be done.
It takes four days to prepare for the semi-final opponent and one day to prepare for the final opponent. It is easy for anyone to think clearly: Is the semi-final opponent worth studying for four days?
If EDG were in the position of Flash Wolves now, there would be nothing wrong with spending a lot of time studying the semifinals.
In this way, EDG finished the team entertainment and started closed training.
During this period, SKT also came to arrange a training match. Nofe certainly did not give up this opportunity to get to know SKT, and was a little happy that SKT would take the initiative to invite him.
You must know that in the past, it was a bit difficult for LPL teams to make an appointment with SKT.
Looking at the entire group stage, the male gunner is definitely the most popular, but a qualification must be added to him: the most popular system in the group stage.
Regardless of whether it is MSI or S competition, the group stage and knockout stage are one version, but they are two games.
As powerful teams continue to deepen their understanding of the version, except for a few OP heroes, the version darlings have been changing.
If EDG holds on to a male gun and works hard in training, I'm afraid they will be happily sent away by Flash Wolves in the semi-finals, let alone the finals!
Last year's RNG group ranked first and fell in the semi-finals. This is a living example!
In addition to their unique system of Leopard Girl and Time proposed by SKT, nofe is also actively looking for solutions to the male gun.
The direction he is considering is the core in the middle.
Versioning has always been a closed loop.
From the core in the middle at the beginning - to the rise of Enchantress and Jayce, the middle has turned into a world of rhythm heroes - to the male gun with the auxiliary heroes in the middle to dominate the middle and jungle from the early to the late stage.
It seems that now that he is switching back to the big core in the middle, he can control the male gun in the later stage.
You must know that although the male spearman does high damage in the later stage, his hands are short; in the wild encounter, the male spearman is very strong, but when fighting in a formation in an open place, the male spearman will never be able to compete with heroes such as the Nuclear Tsar and Clockwork.
Because it is difficult for male guns to get past the front row.
If you want to have a big core in the middle, you have high requirements for the jungle, because it is difficult for these heroes to provide any help to the jungle in the early stage.
Fortunately, the factory manager is experienced enough.
If you really want him to design a jungle route to avoid the early collision with the male gun and Lulu, he can definitely do it.
Of course, nofe did not put all their eggs in one basket. In fact, EDG has been practicing another completely opposite response strategy.
This was something Li Mufan and Yu Wenbo discussed a long time ago. Nofe put it in the current midfield environment and found that it was just right for the game.
In this way, EDG's two diametrically opposite training counteractions started to move towards the goal of overthrowing Little Peanut, the new generation of world-class wild king!
The days in the training system are boring and tiring. It's not just about the coach coming up with a combination, and then everyone in the team knowing how to operate it, and then it's done.
The birth of a system requires players to master the unique rhythm of this system.
For example, the layout of eye positions in the early stage, how junglers and online players interact in the early stage, when and how this system will work, how to remedy if a certain link in the system is not effective when targeted by the opponent, etc., there are many things that need to be done Pay attention to the points of practical training!
This is why SKT needs to bring out Time Leopard in the group stage instead of using it as a secret weapon in training matches with non-participating teams.
In the process of creating a mature system, many problems cannot be solved behind closed doors and must be tested through combat!
Fortunately, EDG has enough sparring partners and their abilities are up to par, and the people in the EDG team are also talented enough.
Scout, Jack, and Meikou are all extremely talented players who can easily master the game with just one click; while the factory director and Li Mufan stand out as experienced players who can also put forward their own opinions from time to time in the process of training the new system.
The day before the semi-finals, EDG stopped training that night to give the players a rest in advance to adjust for tomorrow's game.
Li Mufan was lying on the bedside, boredly looking at Flash Wolves' matches in the LMS division. At this time, Jack's burst of laughter attracted his and the director's attention.
"You know Yu Wenbo, if you can't say something interesting, Brother Fan's baseball bat is waiting for you!" The director didn't know what he was doing but was interrupted by Jack. He looked at Jack with a pair of dead fish eyes. .
"Hahahaha, it's absolutely fun, holy shit hahahaha!" Jack couldn't stop laughing. He raised his phone and motioned for the two of them to come over and take a look: "Look at this, Wanwan Chat Room."
Li Mufan came over to take a look, and before he could see what was written on it, he started complaining: "Here, what a legacy from the 2000s, why do their forums still have black and white photos!"
"I advise you not to worry about it. This is Wanwan XP. Look at the words!" Jack pointed out with his hand.
I saw that the above are all Wanwan’s evaluation of the semi-final schedule.
[Thanks to EDG for sending G2 to play SKT. The Flash Wolves were really poor against SKT this year, losing two games in a row! But after playing EDG, we have time to study SKT, so that we can have a chance to win the finals! 】
[Didn’t we also lose two sets to EDG? 】
【The knockout round is different! Caesar Wolf King will teach Pule'er how to dance, think about his blind man! 】
[Please, can Mimi Egg beat Mortal Emperor? He can’t even understand Jesse.】
【As long as there is Caesar, there is hope in everything】
"No way? Are they so optimistic about Flash Wolf?" Li Mufan felt a little incredible.
Flash Wolves were double-killed by EDG and SKT in the group stage. This would have caused public opinion explosion in the LPL, but the Bayan audience could still imagine overturning SKT in the finals.
No one else has this ability to imagine.
"They also thanked us for choosing Flash Wolf as our opponent. They are looking down on you, Qi-chan!" Jack drawled and patted the factory director on the shoulder;
"You have to prove yourself by beating up the flash wolf tomorrow?"
"There's nothing to be afraid of this year's Flash Wolves. Let's see how I handle them tomorrow!" The factory director stretched out his right hand and made a pinching motion with his index finger and thumb; "To be honest, I have thoroughly studied Kasa. You guys? Don’t worry, we will definitely get off work early!”
"Why am I the only one who got pulled across the road?" Jack immediately refused and jumped up from the bed and shouted: "I have to ask Nofe to get me a Draven tomorrow and chop off a dozen of his heads!"
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The factory director lay back on his bed and smiled without saying a word.
Just now, Jack was the factory director who was chosen first. In the blink of an eye, Jack became the one who was provoked.
Li Mufan smiled and shook his head, Jiang is really old and spicy!
On the second day, all EDG members got on the officially arranged bus and headed to the competition venue.
The team members on the seats all looked relaxed, and Li Mufan was still looking at the exotic beauty of Brazil outside the window.
When he arrived at the entrance of the venue, Li Mufan straightened his collar and stood up with a serious face, looking solemnly at the Brazilian Olympic Stadium.
"Come on, semi-finals!" (End of Chapter)