Chapter 301 The quarterfinals battle begins! The love-hate Atower! 【Please subscribe】
G2, who were promoted from the playoffs, unexpectedly qualified for the second place in Group C from the third seed FPX from the LPL.
This result shocked countless people.
There has always been a saying in the LPL to describe European and American teams - European and American teams!
Neither the LPL nor the LCK pay attention to European and American teams, but there was C9 in Group A, and now there is G2 in Group C, all of which have qualified.
Many people are exclaiming, are Europe and the United States about to rise?
Many viewers and fans in the LPL are all furious on the Internet, telling FPX not to book a flight and just walk back or swim back from the sea.
Hearing the news of FPX's defeat, Lin Xuyu couldn't help but sigh.
In fact, when he met everyone from FPX at the airport, Lin Yuyu guessed that FPX's results in this world championship might not be very good.
But Lin Yuyu estimated that it would be no problem for FPX to reach the top eight, but unexpectedly, they didn't even qualify for the group stage.
It can only be said that their mentality, luck, strength... are all lacking in all aspects.
Fortunately, the public opinion against FPX only lasted for one night, because the Group D game ushered in on October 17th.
EDG won all three games in the first round of the group stage, and their qualification to qualify for the group stage has basically been locked.
But the difference between first place in the group and second place in the group is huge.
What kind of monsters are the first in this year’s group?
KT, KZ, IG!
If EDG qualify second in the group, they will definitely face one of these three teams in the quarterfinals.
Not to mention IG, KZ and KT have absolutely no confidence in defeating them.
So for EDG, they must get the first place in this group.
From the scenes occasionally shown on the scene, it can be seen that all EDG members are relatively relaxed today and there are basically no problems in their condition.
EDG's first two opponents were 100 and GRX. Of course, EDG easily won these two opponents.
Until EDG faced FNC again, the heat of the game suddenly increased.
If EDG wins this game against FNC, then EDG will directly lock in the first place in the group.
But FNC won EDG in this game, so the record of both sides will reach 5:1, and there will be an extra match.
In this game, EDG still chose to focus on the middle and lower double C and put them on the road.
FNC chose to break through from the top half of EDG.
Brother Gongzi and Li Rucan are actually the kind of players who can withstand pressure and develop during the laning period, but the problem is that FNC not only has junglers come to the top half to cause trouble, but even supports come to the top lane every now and then.
I directly chose a wheel in the bottom lane and brought TP. The line of troops was to eat if it could be eaten, and if it couldn't be eaten, the tower would hang up. It was like a double row with the defensive tower.
Wheel Mom's QWE skill is very suitable for this style of play. The Q skill consumes the army line to open W and A for several rounds, and the E skill can save lives. Even if only one person wants to jump over the tower to kill, it is not easy.
Even if you are caught to death once, you can still TP to get back online.
Europe's "Gao Xuecheng" is also a veteran who has been playing for so many years, so there is no doubt about his ability to handle this area.
On the contrary, FNC's support can drive the rhythm wherever it goes by sending a hand of bull heads.
In such a high-end game, there is no need to kill the opponent at all. His Bull Head only needs to use the opponent's summoner skills or reduce the opponent's health, which is enough to affect the balance of the line.
The key is that FNC is a lineup that starts the team and rushes into battle, while EDG is a lineup that defends and counterattacks in the later stage.
This is also EDG's favorite lineup.
In this case, after FNC gained a huge advantage in the first half, they continued to use neutral resources to force EDG to take over.
Facing FNC's rushing system, the late defensive lineup selected by EDG simply couldn't pick up the team at this time.
In the end, FNC forced them to fight two waves of groups, widening the economic gap to 4,000+!
In fact, at this time, EDG can still play. After all, in the late-stage lineup, being behind 4000 in economy is about the same as being behind 2000 in economy.
But at this critical moment, Uzi stood up and took the initiative to kill FNC's jungle barrel in seconds.
In order to get the head of this wine barrel, Uzi obviously caught up with him, and got out of touch with the team, causing him to be killed.
In the end, FNC pursued EDG.
Although this wave of pursuit did not kill anyone on EDG, after all, one of EDG's traditional abilities is to escape.
However, EDG's position was completely shattered during this chase, and their vision was completely taken away by FNC.
Although no one on EDG died except Uzi, they were all disabled and needed to go home to replenish their supplies.
FNC took advantage of this gap to fight Baron with all their strength.
I have to say that FNC’s move was really crazy, because FNC’s jungler was killed by Uzi.
It is precisely for this reason that EDG never expected that FNC would dare to fight Baron without a jungler, so they did not tighten up at all and took their time to grab the view after coming out of the house.
The inertia of thinking paralyzed EDG, causing FNC to get the Baron in early 20 minutes.
Once the Baron was taken, all EDG players were completely confused.
Although they were at an economic disadvantage before, the disadvantage was not particularly great. In the later period, the strength of the lineup will continue to increase to smooth out these economic gaps.
But with the Baron in hand, EDG had no way to parry at this time.
Although EDG's late-stage lineup strength continues to improve, this is also the peak period of FNC's lineup strength.
Facing FNC, which took the Baron, EDG was not even qualified to join the team.
FNC took this opportunity to conduct a four-to-one split and captured almost all of EDG's outer towers.
EDG had no choice but to let it go, and the economic gap suddenly widened from 4,000 to nearly 8,000!
An economic gap of 4,000 is acceptable, but an economic gap of 8,000 is not on the same level at all.
The situation has reached this point, and the winner has basically been decided, unless EDG can, like SKT, create a team with a 10,000 economic comeback.
In the end, in the eyes of countless people who were stunned and disappointed, EDG still lost this game.
Once this game was lost, public opinion completely exploded.
Everyone started to share the blame. It was whose fault it was that lost the game.
Some people said that Uzi was too impulsive, some said that EDG teammates were too cowardly to fight, and others said that EDG's decision-making issues in team battles led to the loss of Baron.
Anyway, the Internet is completely noisy.
In Lin Yuyu's opinion, losing this game is really not anyone's problem. Everyone in the EDG team has problems.
Fortunately, EDG gave Uzi a strong AD in the early stage in the extra round, then chose Ornn on the top lane, and chose the Czar for mid laner Li Rucan to ensure the late game.
In this game, the whole team focused on Uzi, opening up the situation from the bottom lane, and successfully won the extra round.
In the end, EDG still qualified from Group D as the first in the group.
After the group appeared first, both the LPL and LCK spectators couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It has to be said that EDG, with Uzi joining this year, is much stronger than last year.
They are really afraid that EDG will give away one to KT or KZ in the first round, and then the LCK will really cry.
The first place in the four groups all smoothly broke through the quarterfinals, and then competed again in the semifinals.
After the group stage is over, the subsequent elimination draws will be held that day.
There is only one rule for the draw of the knockout rounds, the same group is in different halves.
The drawing ceremony will begin soon!
The first draw will naturally be the seed pool that advances first in the group.
The first one to be drawn is Group B’s No. 1 IG!
IG is in the top half of Zone A!
The second one drawn was KT, the top player in Group C!
KT is in the lower half of Zone A!
The third one drawn was the first EDG of Group D!
EDG is located in the upper half of Zone B!
The fourth one is naturally the first KZ in Group A!
KZ is located in the lower half of area B!
The two halves of the knockout round each have an LPL and LCK team.
Next is the seed pool for the second qualifying group.
During the draw, the teams that qualified second in the group couldn't help but become nervous.
It seems that no matter who they draw, it will be difficult to qualify, but they obviously don't want to encounter IG.
Only GEN felt relieved, because they would definitely not be in the same zone as IG.
The first one to draw was FNC, who was second in group D and had just lost to EDG!
When the result of the draw was announced, the FNC player Europe's Gao Xuecheng couldn't help but his face froze.
The faces of the audience in the backstage lounge were all darkened, and the impulsive ones even couldn't help but curse.
"Fake, why did you meet IG?"
"Asshole, how do you fight this?"
"Are the top eight going home again this year?"
……
The audience actually doesn't care who IG draws. They want to know whether EDG will meet GEN.
In the anticipation of countless people, the second lucky winner was announced.
It's the G2 team!
However, due to the avoidance principle of half-zone qualifying in the same group, the G2 team was automatically postponed to the upper half of Group B.
That's right, G2's opponent is naturally EDG!
At the moment when G2 was drawn, Tian Tian couldn't help but reveal a subtle smile.
It's not that Tianye thinks G2 is weak, but that they only have two opponents, one is G2 and the other is GEN.
Compared to the third seed from LCK, they naturally prefer G2 as their opponent.
Everyone in the EDG backstage lounge couldn't help laughing, and Uzi clapped his hands and laughed.
Only Ming Kai, who was standing in the corner, couldn't help but frown.
This scene was also recorded by the camera.
The next third one drawn was GEN. For the same reason as G2, GEN was automatically postponed to the second half of Zone B and became KZ's opponent.
LCK team civil war!
As soon as this result came out, the audience and fans on the LPL side all burst into laughter.
Although the audience in the LCK was not in a good mood, at least they could comfort themselves and be able to walk one of the top four.
A world where only GEN and KZ were injured was born.
KZ's summer split is not as good as the spring split. In the World Championship, it is assigned to the weakest Group A. Otherwise, it is hard to say that it will be the first in the group.
Now I have met GEN, who have been trained by IG in the group stage. It is not sure whether they can beat them.
GEN also doesn't have much confidence in being able to defeat KZ.
After the draw, viewers from both the LPL and LCK were already imagining the scene where the teams from their own divisions would meet for the finals.
The probabilities of the two divisions meeting in the finals are actually about the same.
Although KT in Group A is also very strong, it is difficult to break through IG.
In Group B, LCK has the advantage. No matter who wins between KZ and GEN, the winner will obviously have the advantage when playing EDG.
The group stage ends on October 17th, and the quarterfinals begin on October 20th.
There are only two days of free time in between.
Fortunately, the quarterfinals are played in Busan, just like the group stage.
The only difference is that the venue has been changed!
Unlike the group stage, the number of spectators in the quarterfinals has increased significantly. A small venue with a few hundred people will definitely not be enough, and a larger venue will need to be replaced.
After two days of preparation on the 18th and 19th, at 9 a.m. on October 20, all IG members set off for the competition venue.
The quarter-finals knockout rounds will be played over two days, with two Bo5 games played in one day. The second Bo5 will start at 4 p.m., and the first Bo5 will start at 12 noon.
IG and FNC, who are in the top half of Zone A, are scheduled to play the first Bo5 today.
Logically speaking, in the World Championship held locally, teams from their own divisions should be arranged to play first, so that the popularity will increase faster.
But the IG team not only has many fans in the LPL, but also has many fans in the LCK.
Although there are many people calling for the expulsion of Song Yijin and Kang Seung-rok, there are also many LCK viewers who are their fans.
Coupled with some "small" requests from the LCK team, IG became the first team to compete in the quarterfinals.
The three LCK teams are very curious and want to see what kind of BP and version understanding IG can show in this Bo5.
Understanding IG's BP and version understanding will actually help them focus on subsequent games.
Although the group stage and quarter-finals are in different venues, the hotels where the players live have not changed.
The hotel is further away from the venue for the quarter-finals, so although everyone from IG set out at nine o'clock, it was already after ten-thirty when they arrived at the hotel.
When they arrived at the competition venue, there were already countless spectators and fans as always.
Surrounded by spectators and fans, everyone from IG entered the competition venue.
The quarter-finals also have a pre-match promotional video, after the pre-match promotional video of the quarter-finals is simply played.
The picture on the big screen was given to the contestants at the scene!
Today’s commentators are Guan Zeyuan, Remember, and Wang Duoduo.
"Hello everyone, I am Guan Zeyuan!"
"I remember!"
"Hello everyone, I am Wang Duoduo!"
After a brief greeting, Guan Zeyuan was the first to speak: "We finally have the long-awaited knockout match today!"
"Although it's only two days, I feel like I've been waiting for it for a long time???" I remember laughing: "I have to say, apart from the finals of the World Championship, only IG's competition can give me this kind of expectation. .”
"Viewers and fans are saying that IG's playing style has changed significantly this year!" Wang Duoduo joked: "Many viewers and fans are calling, hoping that Atower players will not play three games today, so as to give It gives other people on IG room to play freely.”
"Yes, due to IG's outstanding performance in the group stage, everyone now has a love-hate feeling towards Atower." Guan Zeyuan also laughed: "Atower is invincible on IG, but he plays more rigorously. ! If Atower doesn’t play, IG’s game will become very entertaining, but the winning rate will not be guaranteed.”
"That's easy. If Atower wins a game first, he will be replaced. If he can't beat him, he will be replaced again!" Wang Duoduo raised his eyebrows.
"That's what the audience and fans suggested!" Guan Zeyuan nodded fiercely.
Asking for a monthly ticket! Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of chapter)