Chapter 74 The Clockwork Demon makes his debut
The first matchup in the group stage of this World Championship was a focus match that attracted the attention of the entire audience.
DK and FPX, the two favorites for the championship in this S competition, were actually assigned to the same group, and the opening game of the group stage was naturally a strong dialogue between these two ace teams.
However, the result of the opening game did not satisfy the audience.
Because before the game, everyone generally thought that this would be a close and exciting matchup, but in the end, DK won this focus match with an almost complete crushing attitude.
This has also made the emotional value of the audience in the LPL competition area slightly lower, and voices of badmouthing have begun to appear.
In the second game, although the RNG team finally won the game, after watching the whole game, it is not difficult to find that RNG's performance in the mid-to-late team battles had many flaws, and the overall performance could only be regarded as unsatisfactory.
Judging from the first two games, it is difficult for the LPL division's performance in the World Championship to be recognized by the audience.
As for the upcoming third LPL-related game, in fact, the audience before the game was generally not optimistic that RA could win its first victory in the group stage from GEN.G.
Although RA performed very well in the play-in stage, the opponents in the group stage are obviously several levels higher in terms of hard power. As the second seed in the LCK division, GEN.G is regarded by the audience as RA in D The group's archrival.
Taken together, there is a big gap between RA and GEN.G in terms of paper strength.
But having said that, if RA can get a win in this game, then its overall qualifying situation in the group stage will be quite optimistic.
After the game between HLE and FNC, the LPL audience finally waited for the debut of the RA team.
This game will be live commented by Wawa, Miller and 957.
In the pre-game preparations, the three commentators responsible for the live commentary of the game also analyzed the matchup situation between the two sides for the audience.
Although the three commentators have tried to be as subtle as possible in their expressions, the audience can still tell that in their opinion, RA may have a slight advantage in the middle line, but the matchups in other lines None are favored.
Players from both sides are ready, and the game has officially entered the BP stage.
RA on the blue side took the lead in taking down the two heroes Tsar and Cat, while GEN.G on the red side took down Lucian and Enchantress.
"The first two moves of both sides are expected. BDD's current hero pool is not as good as before. In the summer split, its most used hero is the Tsar, and the Life player's cat is also very powerful, so RA chose to directly use it Sent the trigger," Miller said.
"With Lucian's move, RA has lost another carry point. Iboy's Lucian performed very well in the finals." Wawa originally had some expectations for RA's Luna combination in the bottom lane, but he didn't. Thinking of GEN.G, I was immediately crushed to death.
In the third pull position, RA chose to take down Lee Sin, who was almost a must-choice in the World Championship version, while GEN.G took down another jungle hero Prince.
GEN.G seems to have guessed what hero RA will take out in the first hand on the blue side, so they send the prince who can cooperate with him to the trigger position in advance.
Sure enough, RA locked up the female gun for Iboy on the first floor.
After being verified by various teams in the finals, it is clear that the female gunner has a primacy that other AD heroes cannot match in the current version of the ecosystem.
GEN.G backhand locked the bottom lane combination of Jhin plus female tank.
With the opponent's bottom lane duo already confirmed, RA locked down support Luo and jungler Xin Zhao on the second and third floors respectively.
GEN.G took out a jungler Foego on the third floor.
This choice did not surprise the three commentators on the stage.
"To be honest, it was quite painful for Foego to be hacked in the World Championship version. This hero now eats his teammates very much. He can only enter the field to harvest after his teammates have disabled the opposing hero."
Therefore, once Foyego makes his debut, it will obviously be a great test for GEN.G's output capabilities in other positions.
The top three picks from both sides have been confirmed, and it's time for the second round of BP.
"Sure enough, the main event is for later. The middle and top players on both sides haven't come out yet." 957 said with an expectant look on his face.
Before the start of this game, the matchup in the middle line has become the focus of everyone's attention.
In the era when the LCK mid laner position was in short supply, BDD was regarded as a talented mid laner who was expected to inherit Faker's dominance at this position. Although BDD's competitive status has declined now, its strength still cannot be underestimated.
And Fang Jie is also a rookie mid laner who rose quickly during the LPL mid lane slump. How will he perform against the king of the old era?
The vast majority of viewers in the LPL division, even though they are not optimistic about the overall strength of the RA team, are still looking forward to Fang Jie's personal performance.
Therefore, both the commentators on the stage and the audience in front of the screen are looking forward to what hero choices the two sides will make in the mid lane position.
In the second round of pulling, GEN.G took down Silas and Card respectively, while RA chose to send Kenan and Sword Demon to the pulling position.
GEN.G obviously focuses on the mid lane when it comes to pulling people, while RA hopes to nip it in the bud as much as possible, and try to prevent Rascal from getting too strong a hero, thus tearing the wound in the top lane.
In the second round of selection, GEN.G directly locked a hand of Syndra for BDD on the fourth floor.
RA made a mid-to-upper hero choice with a male gun and a clockwork.
Finally, GEN.G locked the hero Crocodile for Rascal on the fifth floor.
When the crocodile was severely weakened, only Rascal, a crocodile with unique skills, dared to take it out in the last counter position.
Of course, due to the pressure from players, the designers also made emergency modifications to the animation effect of Crocodile's W skill before the World Championship, speeding up its casting animation by 13%. This made Crocodile's Red Fury W no longer look like So embarrassing.
The lineup finally chosen by both sides is as follows:
[RA.Cube Outlaw Graves] vs [GEN.Rascal Desert Butcher Renekton]
【RA.Leyan, General Manager of Germany·Xin Zhao】vs【GEN.Clid, Ruined King·Foyego】
【RA.JOJO Clockwork Demon·Orianna】vs【GEN.Bdd Dark Leader·Syndra】
【RA.Iboy Bounty Hunter·Miss Fortune】vs【GEN.Ruler·Jhin】
【RA.Hang Huan Ling·Luo】vs【GEN.Life Dawn Goddess·Leona】
Before entering the game, Fang Jie switched the destiny he was currently carrying to [Two Balls and One Lady] + [Full Picture Vision].
This game also became Fang Jie’s first appearance as the hero Clockwork Demon with two goals after he obtained the destiny [Two Balls and One Fairy].
With the blessing of double SSR fate, Fang Jie has full confidence in his performance in the next game.
Because once the game enters the middle and late stages, the hero Clockwork has the possibility of changing the direction of the team battle on his own.
Now it depends on whether the teammates can withstand the pressure in the early stage. (End of chapter)