Chapter 105 [I have been waiting for this day for a long time! 】
In the training room, Mafa was sitting on the coaching bench, looking at the chat box in confusion as the team members played GG Smecta.
Five games, 2 wins and 3 losses.
IG's 41-point push strategy that wreaked havoc on the LPL in the latter stages of the regular season seemed to be full of loopholes in front of KT.
During the laning phase, IG's mid-shang can still rely on his personal strength to fight back and forth with his opponents, and even Chu Ge once again completed the duel kill.
Not only did KT not give up, but they went all out.
It seems that IG is really regarded as the LCK Summer Split final opponent-RoxTiger.
Fly, the mid laner, used five unique skills to face Rookie. The cooperation with Score was perfect, and IG's midfielder confrontation repeatedly suffered.
Compared with the experienced Score, King Ning still lacks some experience.
Even Bengi suffered a heavy blow at his hands, not to mention Gao Zhenning, who had just transformed half a year ago, and his Bao Daddy style of play just happened to hit the muzzle of others.
But what surprised the coaching staff.
In these five training games, the performance of IG's bottom lane combination made Wang Boqin's eyes shine.
The Korean AD bot lane is not very strong in laning, and is even much more stable than the domestic bot lane Clash of the Immortals.
With the same equipment, Wu Xin's output ability in team battles is almost the same as that of his opponent Arrow, and they even managed to produce several beautiful waves of harvest.
However, in the mid- to late-stage operational decisions and handling of team battle details, this IG team composed of 3 new players and 2 old players still lacks experience.
In the end, they lost to KT, who had just defeated SKT.
The team members were a little frustrated.
In the regular season, they defeated the league hegemon 2:0 and continued their winning streak. In the 6-to-4 finals, they even won the semi-finals tickets with a crushing force.
Everyone has a gap in their hearts.
Chu Ge was fine.
After all, it is no longer S3. Under the professional high-intensity training, the era of unilateral operations like Faker and Ryu's, and relying solely on personal strength to influence the battle situation has long passed.
Chu Ge can rely on his laning advantage to help his teammates win the team victory, but the process itself is full of uncertainties.
It wasn't until 1 o'clock in the morning that KT's merit supervisor Li Jixun called to stop the training match. Wang Boxin also asked his teammates to rest early and review the game tomorrow.
"Shanyan, you're doing well!" Li Zhixun on the other end of the phone praised unceremoniously, "We just tied 3:2 with SKT today, and our winning rate against RoxTiger is also 50-50. You guys are doing nothing. Being able to achieve this result without any preparation is beyond my expectation!”
The training match is kept secret except for the two agreed teams, mainly to prevent the practice tactics and lineup system from being discovered by other competitors.
Therefore, this kind of training game will not leave any records in OPGG.
"Brother Zhixun, please don't praise these boys," Mafa chuckled.
"This training match exposed too many problems in the team. I feel that if we don't take them seriously, our opponents will grab this little braid and kill us!"
Li Zhixun is a senior practitioner in the Korean OGN circle. He was in the Dota circle in his early years and later joined the League of Legends. He helped KT gain a foothold in the league with his Dota coaching methods.
As a senior of Mafa, it is normal to call him Brother Sheng.
"Smelly boy!"
Li Zhixun laughed and scolded, "You have to find the problem yourself. Don't try to get information from me. Maybe we will meet in the global finals."
"I think you have a little bit of points in the Spring Split. If you can't win the championship, you'll have to play in the bubble tournament. SKT will automatically be the No. 2 seed," Mafa said.
Hearing this, Li Zhixun sighed.
Before Mafa could continue speaking, there was a burst of noise on the other end of the phone. After a long time, Li Zhixun continued, "Xia Tian asked me to say hello to Song Yijin."
"These two guys had a good relationship when they were in KTA."
"By the way. He also said that the new guy in your team, Dow, played very well. He hopes that he will have a chance to continue competing next time!"
"He."
Mafa beamed, "To tell you the truth, I really feel like I've found a treasure. I can see the energy of my old teammate Li Haocheng in this kid."
Li Haocheng, the real name of SKT top laner Duke.
Whether it is KTB in S4 or Najin Black Sword in S5, they are the top offensive top laners in the LCK league.
However, after moving to SKT, he was nicknamed Du Buchuan, and his playing habits completely changed into SKT's shape.
The two continued to chat for a while before hanging up the phone.
"This is the data result calculated by the software. Let's try to figure out the tactics tonight"
Tabe yawned. The high-intensity work and insufficient sleep made the dark circles under his eyes particularly obvious.
To be honest, after Project Banana took over the LPL, the schedule was too compact and too intensive, which was a big challenge for the players and coaching staff.
Players have little rest time.
High-quality training matches with temporary appointments like this will sacrifice players' personal time, and the coaching staff not only needs to analyze and review the game, but also lay out tactics.
IG is pretty good now.
After all, according to the normal schedule, if the semi-finals against RNG fail, they will have to play several BO5s with other teams in a row to have a chance to participate in the World Championship.
The format itself is a bit unreasonable.
The next day.
Early in the morning, the coaching staff began a review.
Contrary to what Chu Ge thought, Mafa did not elaborate too much on the operational errors that occurred in the training matches, but focused on the players' ideological problems.
The whole process lasted nearly 2 hours.
Prince Ning and Bao Lan became the hardest hit areas of criticism, which made them extremely correct-thinking and deeply aware of their mistakes.
But whether it should be changed or not remains to be seen.
After all, this is IG, and it's not like EDG can solve the problem by just showing off their hands. It all depends on the players' personal awareness.
Not only that, Mafa also entrusted Wang Boqin to make tactical adjustments for tomorrow's game.
After listening to it, Chu Ge felt a chill down his spine.
GDX, as expected, the heart of playing tactics is dirty.
at the same time.
RNG's base is also doing the same thing.
Head coach Fly pointed at the sand table in Summoner's Rift with a laser pointer and explained to the players below, "The third game between IG and WE exposed the problems of their entire team to a great extent."
"The number of linkages between field of view control rate and wild assistant is extremely low."
"The number of wild assistant linkages can also be attributed to the fact that jungler Ning mainly focuses on the top half and rarely interacts with the bottom lane. This is understandable."
"Visual field control rate," Fly said seriously, adjusting his glasses and scanning the players in the conference room, "This is also the core tactical point for us to defeat them tomorrow."
Mata pursed her lips and her eyes sparkled.
As the first auxiliary FMVP player in the S4 Global Finals, he can be regarded as a master-level player in terms of vision control.
It is always a blessing to use one's own strengths to overcome the enemy's weaknesses.
"There is no doubt about the personal strength of IG's mid-to-high-level players. This is obvious to everyone, so I won't repeat it any more."
“I emphasize the disadvantages of IG’s 41-point push.”
"In the mid-to-late stage, I have no problem playing solo. The most important thing is the other four people on IG."
"The low vision control rate means it is difficult for them to avoid combat."
Uzi raised his hand, "Then we can take advantage of the vision gap and have a team fight with the other four people on IG from the front!"
"Correct answer! Reward you with Xiaohu's Bobo."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk."
"You damn gay, Li Yuanhao!"
"Don't make trouble yet," head coach Fly waved his hand to signal the players to quiet down, "but there is a prerequisite."
He looked at Zhang Hyung-suk, who was bowing his head in thought, "Looper, you will fight Dow again tomorrow. Can you resist him?"
Zhang Hengshuo slowly raised his head.
There was a fighting spirit in his calm eyes, and he nodded heavily, "I was careless in the spring competition, and I suffered this kid's fault."
After saying that, Looper's mind automatically recalled what Chu Ge had said to him in the elevator.
Xiba. I have been waiting for this day for a long time!
August 14th.
Chu Ge and others got up early.
Regardless of the players, it should be said that the staff in the base all got up very early. After all, today's game is scheduled for 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
After washing up, eating breakfast, and carrying two bananas in his backpack, Chu Ge boarded the minibus with the team members and headed to Hongqiao Tiandi.
After the coaching staff emphasized the tactical design and arrangements in the car, Chu Ge leaned on his seat in a comfortable posture and browsed the e-sports forum out of boredom.
Discussions on Tieba and Hupu about today's two semi-finals started long after the team lists came out.
As the time for the game gets closer, the discussion becomes more and more heated.
Among them, the Kang Bar and the Guo Bar, known as the Louvre of E-sports, are filled with various prediction posts and scoring posts.
Another hot search post caught Chu Ge’s attention.
"What do you think of IG's matchup with spring champion RNG? Can Looper, known as the hexagonal warrior, withstand Dow's offensive pressure"
There are 999+ replies below, and the number of likes has exceeded 4,000.
[This post is not from my son, I stand upside down and use an electric fan]
【Dow? Are the disadvantages of the hero pool so serious? Can you still fight Looper? Laugh]
[I really thought that after receiving the rookie bonus in the spring split, I could be compared with my Looper]
【Why? Laughing to death, just because Dow’s Sword Princess achieved a record of 14/0 in front of your licking dad]
[If you say that the Dow hero pool is shallow, please open your 36D titanium alloy dog eyes and see how many heroes he has brought out so far]
Well, this can’t be considered a normal post.
It's a bit like fishing.
As soon as the string came out, both black and white had to be silenced.
The e-sports netizens who surfed the Internet in 2016 were not as anti-flavored as the group of later generations who were full of attack power.
For example, [RNG3:1IG, no X chop], [RNG Spring and Summer Double Championship, IG Luck Team], and similar posts are everywhere, and most of them are just random guesses by netizens.
After swiping and swiping, another post caught Chu Ge's attention.
[The showdown between RNG’s two generations of ADCs, is it because they have no intention of proving themselves, or is Uzi proving that RNG’s orthodoxy lies in the royal family RYL! 】
The content of the post is very long. It is estimated that many impatient people will quit after seeing the large number of words, resulting in low popularity.
Chu Ge is boring anyway.
It feels like I don’t have a mobile phone when I go to the toilet, and I even have to read the shampoo formula twice.
[Confirm your identity first, I am an RNG fan and a rational fan]
Ignoring 1/3 of the nonsense, Chu Ge goes directly to the text
[It is very different from RNG’s tactical thinking. IG is also a team playing in the top half, but there is a big difference between the two:
RNG uses the midfielder as the core to set the rhythm and radiate the top half, and Mata will often give up Uzi to roam the top half.
Since Dow joined IG, the focus of the entire team has shifted from Rookie to the top lane, and the original mid-field rhythm has changed to the top-field rhythm.
Mentioning the current IG team.
Many people still have the impression that Ji Zhen is the president and carries a heavy load, and it is difficult to be associated with the current team that is good at 41-point push.
The reason for this is not only due to the super personal abilities of Dow and Rookie, but there are also points that everyone has not seen
This point is also the bottom lane that is often criticized by the dog boys.
ADC, Wang Cheng!
It is no exaggeration to say that in the S6 Spring Split, Wang Cheng was able to overpower Beef Noodles Nami to help the team win the Spring Championship, and he was also able to withstand SKT's bottom lane combination at MSI.
It is enough to show his strength.
For IG, the laning in the bottom lane does not require strong suppression, nor does it require extremely high operations. Being able to output stably without dying suddenly is the biggest contribution.
Obviously, Wuxx has done it all.
But it's a pity.
The arrival of Uzi.
One of RNG's two ADCs who were originally rotated was sent to the secondary league, and the other was sold to IG.
Today’s game is just as the title says]
Before Chu Ge finished watching, the minibus slowly drove into the parking lot of Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center, and fans cheered enthusiastically from outside the car.
After sharing the post with Wang Cheng, Chu Ge put away his cell phone and walked into the employee passage with the team members.
Reporting, makeup.
After finishing, they each started hot-hand training on the computers in the lounge.
The competition time was arranged too early, so the players did not dare to eat too much at noon, so they went to the snack street on the basement floor to buy some pancakes and fruits.
At 12 noon, the audience began to enter the venue one after another.
RNG lounge.
Fly is wearing a suit and leather tie, laying out notebooks and tactics.
"I will ban Kennen and Gnar, IG's best at 41-point pushing, for you. Then Lucian and Jace will be released. If I give you Jace, can you beat Lucian?"
Hearing this, Looper thought for a while, nodded and said, "I can fight."
Not many players can use Lucian in the top lane nowadays, but for Looper, Jayce has no problem.
As for the issue of Counter sex.
In just one day, the RNG coaching staff was focused on studying the solution to IG's 41-point push, and there was no time to consider the issue of hero confrontation.
no way.
In the inherent impression of the times, Jayce currently has no opponent on the road.
"Xiangguo, I will ban the wine barrel and let you use the spider to gank in the upper half. Is there any problem?"
Liu Shiyu nodded seriously.
"Don't worry, coach!"
“I want King Ning’s jungle area and Dow’s heads!”
They have repeatedly studied and found that the hero used by King Ning the most is Wine Barrel. This hero's gank relies heavily on flash to catch people.
But if Beer Man counter-crouches, E's control and W's damage reduction can give him an advantage in the 2v2 jungle confrontation, making up for the lack of unstable control.
In other words, RNG not only studied the top lane, but also figured out King Ning's jungle ideas.
They are bound to win this semi-final!
2000 words are missing, I will make up for it tomorrow.
(End of chapter)