Chapter 76 Disagreement! Is there also a split within the LPL? (Please subscribe)
On May 20, at three o'clock in the afternoon local time in Rio, the second semi-final of the 2017 MSI knockout tournament officially started between the G2 team and the SKT team!
Before the game, both the G2 team and the SKT team made harsh words and were bound to easily win the opponent with a score of 3-0.
But when the first four games of the BO5 semi-finals ended and the two teams tied the score at 2-2, the players from both sides suddenly realized that their opponents were stronger than they had imagined!
So at this moment, the players from both teams were a little shocked.
From the perspective of the SKT team, the G2 team has always been the representative of Europe and the United States. It has never reached the semi-finals in the previous world championships, and even reaching the top eight is very difficult.
But why in today's semi-finals, the G2 team's play style was so fierce, and they defeated their SKT team in two games.
The G2 team is also a little confused. During the group stage, this SKT team was successfully double-killed by G2, and they were beaten to the point where they were unable to fight back.
But when they entered the BO5 semi-finals, the SKT team suddenly became so aggressive. Not only did they not get beaten 3-0 by them, but they fought back and forth with them, and the battle ended in a 2-2 draw!
"The SKT team is worthy of being the Triple Crown champion, and its strength cannot be underestimated."
"No wonder that trash WE team would rather lose to SKT in a BO1 fake match than face SKT in advance in the semi-finals."
"If WE really faces SKT in the semi-finals, I'm afraid they won't even make it to the finals and will be eliminated in the semi-finals and go home!"
After the fourth game of BO5, Mingrui returned to the team lounge and chuckled, his heart filled with disgust and contempt for the WE team.
"I said Dark, Brother Da, Wild Dad!"
"Why are you still thinking about the WE team?"
"If we lose to the SKT team in the next deciding game, we will be eliminated in the semi-finals, but it will be us G2!"
Hearing Dark's relaxed tone, Zven and Mithy beside them were not happy at all, and said to Mingrui without tears.
"Losing? It's impossible. As long as you stay stable in the next game, our G2 will win."
"Besides, in the first four games, our G2 won and lost, so in the fifth game it will definitely be our G2's turn to win."
Mingrui said with a smile, but his smile and confidence did not make his teammates feel better at this time.
Even the G2 coach felt a little heavy!
"As long as the lane is stable" is easy to say, but for the G2 players, it is too difficult to do, especially when facing the SKT team with five of the world's top players!
In fact, G2 won the first game and took SKT by surprise again, but in that game, Zven and Mithy began to make frequent mistakes.
Then after losing the second game, the SKT team directly used G2's bottom lane as a breakthrough, and then easily won through operations.
In the third game, the problem of the duo still existed, but fortunately, Dark and Perkz's double C exploded at the same time, leading the G2 team to rewrite the score to 2-1.
In the fourth game that just ended, while the bottom lane was finally stable, Expect was directly killed by Huni due to lack of concentration in the top lane. Then the SKT team successfully snowballed into the top lane. And finally won with a single belt!
According to Mingrui, after the victory or defeat, the G2 team should indeed win again in the fifth game.
But with both the upper and lower teams not as strong as the SKT team, the outcome of the final game is still uncertain!
"Dark, the SKT team has just won the fourth game, and they definitely want to beat us in the fifth game in one go, so if we just stabilize the line, the situation will definitely be very passive."
"And you have seen the state of the three of them. The decisive game can only be stable at best."
"Although Perkz is in good shape, you also know that his opponent is Faker, and it is almost impossible to win in a laning match."
"So in the last game, we can only rely on you. Do you have any good ideas?"
After thinking for a while, the G2 coach decided to say these words in front of everyone. At the same time, he looked directly at the relaxed and calm Dark, hoping that he could become the savior of the G2 team again!
After all, other people are really unreliable!
"Coach, since you said so, I will definitely have to play jungle core in the last game."
"If the three of you really don't have much confidence now, then choose auxiliary heroes and let Perkz and I do the damage."
"To be honest, as long as your top and bottom lanes don't collapse, Perkz and I can beat the five of them, SKT, to the ground!"
Mingrui said with a smile, not that he was mocking his teammates for their lack of strength, but that the five SKT players were indeed too strong individually. If they accidentally exposed any flaws, they would catch them, and it would slowly snowball. .
But in other words, as long as the SKT team is not given a chance, Mingrui can rely on his own personal strength to gain an advantage, and then radiate this advantage to Perkz and other teammates.
At that time, once the economic advantages of teammates offset their personal disadvantages, then the entire game can still be easily won!
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
"You will come to BP in a while, and you will be in charge of the game."
"The four of you must be obedient. Dark has always been in very good condition. As long as we follow his rhythm, we, G2, will never lose!"
So the G2 coach was not polite and gave Dark the responsibility of leading G2 to the finals, which really made him dumbfounded.
But it doesn't matter, pressure is simply impossible for him!
As long as the teammates don't make mistakes, G2 will definitely win the deciding game!
And... even if his teammates make mistakes again in this game, Mingrui will definitely be able to lead his teammates to create miracles again!
"G2 come on!"
"Let'sgoG2!"
So, after all members of G2 cheered in unison, everyone slowly stood up and once again stepped onto the stage with the determination to win.
……
Thump thump thump, thump thump thump!
When the familiar and exciting BO5 deciding game song "SilverScrapes" resounded throughout the game, the enthusiasm of the audience was ignited again. In the LPL commentary box, there had been four hours of commentary and small talk. The two umbrellas appeared on the commentary table again.
"Dear friends in the audience and in front of the screen, have you heard the war song has started?"
"In the fourth game that just ended, the SKT team withstood the huge pressure when trailing the G2 team 1-2 and successfully tied the score 2-2, dragging out the suspense of this BO5. Entering the final decisive game! ”
"To be honest, whether G2 wins or SKT wins this game, it has no impact on the WE team. After all, no matter who the WE team's opponent in the final is, they will definitely win it and win the final championship. Trophy!”
"But out of selfishness, I still hope that the G2 team can win this game... Dear LPL fans, don't rush to scold me. I am not a G bastard, nor a brainless fan of Dak. I am an upright LPL fan.”
"The reason why I hope G2 will advance to the finals is because the SKT team is so strong."
"We all knew that the SKT team was slow to start, but we never expected that SKT would enter the state so quickly in this World Championship."
"After being beaten twice by G2 in the group stage and losing to WE and Flash Wolves, it only took them five days to return to their peak state and reach the deciding game with G2."
"If we are in such a hot state and face the WE team directly tomorrow, it may really pose a considerable threat to the WE team!"
"But it will be different if the G2 team enters the finals. Expect on the top lane, Zven and Mithy on the bottom lane are in really bad shape. If WE play G2 tomorrow, they can completely replicate the two rounds that SKT just won. Complete your revenge against the G2 team! ”
I remember explaining eloquently that he successfully convinced LPL fans when they almost stabbed him with their knives.
Because I remember that what I said is indeed correct. To be fair, before the start of this MSI, the WE team had never regarded the G2 team as an opponent. Their opponent had always been SKT.
It was only later that due to various things, WE felt that G2 was also a team worthy of "warning".
But because of the SKT team's performance last night and the performance of the SKT team in the past four games, all LPL fans suddenly realized that the big devil SKT that they are familiar with and extremely afraid of may have returned!
And if the G2 team can really send SKT back to the LCK before they fully enter the state, and finally hand over the MSI championship to WE with their own hands... maybe the entire LPL will be happy and can directly forgive the traitor Dark!
"I remember it was a good one. I also think the G2 team can win, but not because SKT is difficult to win in the finals, but because of the personal strength of the Dark players."
“Although as an LPL commentator, I hate this player very much, I have to admit that his personal strength is indeed very strong. The two games that G2 won before were almost all led by the Dark player. ”
"So in the final decider, when the G2 team has the right to choose sides, they will definitely adjust their tactics and let Dark perform better, and lead the G2 team to win the game and advance to the finals!"
Changmao smiled and said solemnly, but his words made countless LPL fans frown. They felt that there was something wrong with Changmao, and he seemed to be a bastard.
But at this moment, LPL fans no longer care so much, because just when the two commentators finished speaking, the BP of the deciding game has officially begun!
In the last round, the G2 team took the initiative to choose the red side, so the blue side SKT banned first.
Blind monk! spider! Olaf!
As soon as they came up, the SKT team once again targeted Dark's jungle hero pool and banned all three jungle heroes with full offensive abilities.
They didn't care about weak junglers like Yeti and Widow. After all, SKT already knew very well that Dark was able to win using these two heroes before, all because SKT and WE were only thinking about how to take the initiative to attack and suppress Dark. development, only then did Dark seize the opportunity to counterattack.
So for tonight's entire BO5, SKT has learned very well and has not formulated early invasion tactics for Little Peanut, so there is no possibility that Dark will take off in the beginning due to mistakes!
Kenan! Sword Queen! mouse!
The first three bans of the G2 team were also very real, directly banning three points that might cause their line to collapse.
Then, the SKT team directly grabbed Lulu's support on the first floor. This was one of the important reasons why they were able to win the last game.
That is, while not letting the G2 duo have an easy time laning, at the same time, relying on Lulu's protective ability to prevent the C position from being blocked, as long as these two points are done, the G2 team can easily win!
In other words, as long as they get Lulu, the SKT team has already won more than half of the game in their eyes!
But what the SKT team didn't bother to think about was why they gave up the blue side's lead when G2 clearly had the opportunity to choose sides in the deciding game?
This is because letting SKT get Lulu is exactly what Dark expected to see.
Karma the Revealer!
Outlaw Graves!
On the first and second floor, G2 locked onto the two heroes of Nosuke almost at the speed of light, which immediately shocked the entire audience.
But the surprise is not that Shanzi Ma is Lulu’s substitute, but that I’m surprised by Dark’s choice of hero, the male gun!
"Dark can also play with male guns?!"
"In the entire group stage, even in the two games against the WE team, he never used a male gun!"
"Did he hide all of MSI's trump cards, or did he master the hero of the male gun in less than ten days?"
When Dark targeted the male jungler, not to mention Remember and Changmao, even everyone in WE in front of the TV was shocked!
Because they also never expected that Dark would actually pull out a male gun in the decisive game, and what made everyone at WE most nervous was that in all their preparation plans, there was no strategy for Dark's male gun!
"Are you trying to teach me how to play with a male gun?"
"Yeah, just wait to be educated by SKT!"
"We, WE, would rather defeat SKT and win the championship with dignity, than win this championship in the hands of your garbage G2!"
"Otherwise, this MSI champion won't have any value in speaking out!"
Seeing the hero Male Gun, Kandi instantly thought of the shameful scene when his Male Gun was being walked by Dark Snowman, so he smashed his fist angrily and started cheering for SKT with all his strength, thinking that WE would rather die standing than not. Give birth on your knees!
But the SKT team does not need the support of the WE team, after all, they are meant to defeat the G2 team!
Therefore, although Dark's selection of the male gun did make the SKT team a little surprised and panicked, they quickly calmed down and selected the Cuishen jungler and the bottom lane policewoman on the second and third floors.
Again, for the SKT team, as long as they have an advantage in the lane, they will definitely win.
And since Policewoman Lulu's bottom lane combination is already invincible, with the addition of Cuishen's jungler, she can directly become the best auxiliary jungler hero for SKT's three lines.
The most important thing is that as long as Little Peanut’s idea of invading the Dark jungle is cut off, his jungle will never collapse!
As for the Dark male gun invasion?
If he wants to invade Cuishen's jungle area, he not only needs to weigh the speed of the male gun to clear the jungle, but also the speed of support from SKT's online heroes!
SKT has finished selecting the first three floors, and the G2 team has locked down Ashe in the bottom lane on the third floor. In this way, the four bottom lane long-hands will not have any disadvantages in hero attributes, which can help the G2 duo stabilize the situation.
At the same time, Ashe's functionality will also be an excellent help in this Dark male gun carry competition!
After the second round of banning began, the G2 team first banned Lucian, who had defeated Faker, and then banned Galio to prevent the SKT team from also developing a four-guarantee-one system.
The last two ban positions of the SKT team were given to Murloc and Rambo, both of which were used against Expect.
The reason is the same as the bottom lane. As long as G2's top lane collapses, SKT can still win easily!
Therefore, under the "last resort" situation, G2 selected the top laner Titan on the fourth floor, preparing to provide enough control skills and front row tankiness for the Dark male gun.
Looking back at the SKT team, after all the useful offensive top laners were banned, and other offensive top laners were unable to defeat the Titans for a while, Hu Burou once again selected the top laners Shen Preparation and Expect Titans. To the meat.
Faker, on the other hand, chose the snake oil mid laner, forming a lineup close to four guarantees and one guarantee for AD.
Little did they know, Faker's choice played right into Dark's hands!
For Mingrui, League of Legends is not a one-person game. No matter how strong he is, he still needs the help of his teammates.
And Perkz is his best teammate!
Since Faker chose a weak opponent in this game, Perkz has a lot of room to play, which can help him play output and defeat SKT together!
Therefore, the G2 team once again selected LeBlanc, the trickster on the fifth floor. This Perkz has been used the most in this MSI and is the mid lane hero with the highest winning rate!
At this point, the lineups of both teams in the decisive game have been officially finalized.
The blue side SKT team, top laner Shen, jungler Cuishen, mid laner Clockwork, bottom lane policewoman, assist Lulu!
The red team G2 team has Titan in the top lane, a jungler in the jungle, Enchantress in the mid lane, Ashe in the bottom lane, and Fan Mom as an assistant!
……
"Let'sgoG2! Let'sgoG2! Let'sgoG2!"
"Come on SKT! Come on SKT! Come on SKT!"
The cheers for this semi-final decider were clearly one-sided.
There were only a few voices cheering for the G2 team, but there was a roaring voice cheering for the SKT team.
There is no other reason. North America, LCK, and some LPL viewers are determined not to see the G2 team defeat SKT!
But soon, even those LPL fans who hated G2 but wanted them to win SKT and help the WE team clear the road to winning the championship immediately changed their minds.
Because the moment the game entered the Summoner's Rift, Dark's male gun ran towards the river and began to flash its mark crazily again.
But this time, his highlighted mark is no longer RNG, but WE!
So he chose the male gun to play jungle in this game, which was clearly mocking the WE team's failure, and he was preparing to teach Kandi how to use the male gun to play games!
How can you bear this?
This is Chi Guoguo’s provocation!
"Come on SKT! SKT will win!"
As a result, this group of LPL fans immediately defected on the spot and began to cheer for their mortal enemy SKT.
What if the SKT team really defeated G2, advanced to tomorrow's finals, and then defeated the WE team and won the final MSI championship?
How can LPL fans who are so angry at this moment have brains to think about so many things.
All they want now is to see Dark, a trash player, die suddenly on the spot!
Let me explain, Mavericks has thought hard about the plot of each chapter. There is absolutely no such thing as "water". The reason why the last chapter was written as SKT is because the protagonist cannot only fight with LPL, but also fight with LPL at the same time. LCK, so the conflict between the protagonist and LCK is bound to happen. The conflict with lck is definitely a secondary conflict. There won’t be a lot of words in the follow-up, but there will definitely be some foreshadowing. But I didn’t expect that you wouldn’t like to read it, so I wrote a chapter and was criticized... Then I can only write less about LCK in the future, or write more about LPL and competitions. Finally, I hope that all the big guys will continue to support me. Come on, Mavericks will definitely try his best to write this book.
(End of chapter)