Chapter 176 LPL’s last hope! The final card in the division! (2-in-1)
The predictions on the Internet for this draw are mixed.
The good news is that I met the Korean team in advance, so ‘over this mountain, they will hear your story’.
Sadly, we encountered three Mount Everests!
IG knew that their opponent was unusually strong, so they flew to Yangcheng, where the quarter-finals were held, early the next day to start preparations.
Here An Yi had to lament that the motherland has a vast territory and rich resources. Let other countries play games and just transfer to different venues.
That’s good. If we move a little bit, we will no longer be in the same time zone and temperate zone.
Unknown to An Yi, he was still wearing a sweatshirt and warm tights before getting on the plane. When he got off the plane and rushed to shoot a promotional video, he saw the huge sun.
So much so that after the filming of the promotional video, An Yi almost turned into a sweaty soybean with tongue hanging out, and the uncomfortable sweat even slipped into the ravine.
Anyi, who did not dare to face the weather in Yangcheng, hurried back to the hotel to take a shower and put on a cool summer suit.
Fortunately, Aki's sacrifice was worth it, and the promotional video was shot very well.
I saw Aki Na and Ruler standing still on the height difference of the stairs. Suddenly, the scene of the girl turning around, blinking, and sniping with a gun with one hand made countless viewers cover their hearts and say "awsl"!
The one who also covered his heart was Bang who was watching the promotional video.
Bang: It’s this piece of shit Ruler again! It doesn’t matter that Anyi didn’t take away any of her clothes from Lao Deng, but you actually took the photos of me and Anyi!
Actually, this is just because IG is going to play SSG next, so Aki and Chichi must compete against each other.
The quotations from An Yi's promotional video are also full of gunpowder: "LCK, as the darkness shrouding the LPL, is now up to us to tear apart!"
If An Yi's speech is full of ambition!
Then what others say is a bit elusive.
Just like Xiaohu Na standing under the Guangzhou Tower, his tone was very firm: "Faker is the leader of an era, but his era is about to pass, and I will personally pick off my crown from his head. ”
Easy to understand.
Xiaohu: Faker, I’m going to crush you!
Faker: Huh?
Faker was so frightened that he immediately took out Galio.
And An Yi’s expression after seeing it was also somewhat intriguing.
Before 'We haven't seen the little tiger in winter', she felt there was still some hope, but after seeing 'Cordyceps sinensis', An Yi was so distraught that she died directly.
It's a pity that the World Championship cannot be moved to spring.
The player in the promotional video sent by EDG is still Ming Kai: "This time I will break through myself and get back the honor that belongs to us."
But the barrage is all over the screen:
< br>"Get your top eight back?"
"Don't be afraid EDG, winning a game with LZ will count you as the top seven, and you will break through the top eight."
"You have to work hard, Kaizi! Give me a hard slap in the face this time, please!"
This is not because fans look down on EDG, but mainly because this team is too torturous.
Every year I am full of expectations, and every year I am stopped by the top eight of EDG, I never feel happy. Even now, I don’t dare to say too harsh words in the promotional videos.
But Longzhu’s top laner Khan was not polite. At this time, he did not join the FPX Monkey Transformation. He was still a veritable KR Wolf Warrior. He even made a mockery of "four Chinese people can't win the game."
So he said with a sense of provocation: "The strong defeat the weak. This is the eternal truth. We will practice this principle and send all opponents back to their hometowns."
An Yi felt that it was a bit humorous. In the original history, it was outrageous for EDG to reverse past the top 16, but it was not a good thing for LZ to be beaten 3:0 by SSG in the top eight.
It was just that the SSG at the top of Tianwang Mountain and the EDG at the foot of Tianwang Mountain were too dazzling that year, so Long Zhu’s true colors were not revealed and he was arrested.
However, seeing Khan turn his thumbs up horizontally, although it was not as violent as his thumbs down, LPL fans still couldn't sit still.
"Khan's madness is boundless. Who will punish him?"
"They are right. The strong want to humiliate the weak. If there is a way, he will kill him on the field. Let’s see how he behaves when the time comes.”
"As long as we win two of the three China-South Korea wars, it will be OK. Come on, IG, RNG, and EDG!"
"Um, I just ask not to be beaten by LCK. Really, I have a bad heart. , If we don’t even get into the Bird’s Nest, I’ll have to take a quick-acting Jiuxin Pill.”
“Damn it, I’m scared too. If my team doesn’t even get into the Bird’s Nest during the competition in China, I won’t. Dare to think about it!"
"Please give me some strength, even if you have to do your best in the finals."
There is a reason why the players cannot lose in their homeland. They train even more diligently.
Soon, the quarterfinals started as scheduled.
The first game is MSF versus AHQ.
The audience thought it was just rookies pecking each other, but they didn’t expect MSF to crush them all the way and win AHQ 3:0.
The world is amazed at the strength of the second seed in the European and American divisions. Little did they know that this Rabbit team almost overturned SKT in its history. SKT's record of 2:3 is already at the level of RNG and should not be underestimated. .
Then the focus of the quarterfinals began, with RNG facing off against its old rival SKT.
This game attracted so much attention that the members of each team paused their training and prepared to watch the game and study the two teams.
Because no matter who advances, there is a high probability that he will be the opponent in the finals.
Inside the IG temporary club
Before the game started, the team members had collectively rowed their e-sports chairs in front of the TV.
At this time An Yi opened the door and walked in: "Sorry, I'm late."
Rookie turned around and commented: "Is An Yi so cool today?"
Because of the hot weather in Yangcheng, An Yi was wearing thin short sleeves and shorts, and a pair of slippers that could not cover her delicate feet. , the ivory-like jade legs are even more fully exposed.
An Yi, who was chewing an apple, said helplessly: "I can't help it. Who can stand this damn weather? Where did it hit?"
Baolan concentrated on it: "Just BP."
When An Yi looked at it, he saw that both sides had completed the first round of moving people. Because RNG was on the blue side, the moving was easy.
UZI is perfect without "Xaya", so the AD of Xayah in this T0 version is removed, and the other two hands limit Jace and Wine Barrel.
I thought RNG was going to grab Galio, but instead it got a small cannon.
An Yi directly said in confusion: "Huh?"
Mafa knew what she saw and asked: "What's wrong?"
An Yi took it and bit it Apple: "RNG did not move Galio."
What SKT is best at is the Galio system. As long as IG competes with SKT, they will definitely move Galio. As a result, RNG can neither grab nor move now.
Although the hero Galio is not strong in the lane and can only rely on the jungle and wing to play, facing him in the middle, you only need to use heroes like Lucian Jayce or Lucian Jace.
But the problem is that if you don’t get the core of Xiaohu, and if you don’t choose AD, you have to have Malzaharna as a pest humorist. Isn’t that a fun game for SKT’s Galio?
The key point is that it is not easy for An Yi to directly tell RNG about Galio's problem, because they are playing training games with SKT, and directly revealing the information to RNG is against professional ethics, and An Yi cannot do this kind of thing.
Only with UZI’s perfect performance in the first game, RNG won the game. This is the charm of the former gods!
Upon seeing this, Ning immediately asked: "An Yi, isn't RNG playing well? We won the first game."
But An Yi thought of a history that was unbearable to look back on: "What I'm afraid of is first place. Win the game.”
Because as long as RNG wins the first game, they will have the illusion that SKT’s Galio is no threat.
As expected, RNG played Galio in the second game, but was picked by Faker instantly. Then he roamed and found multiple opportunities to capture UZI.
The middle lane Xiaohu couldn't stand up, and the bottom lane UZI was targeted. As expected, RNG lost the second game.
At first glance, there seemed to be no problem. RNG only thought that the bottom lane collapsed too much, but did not consider how it collapsed, so the third game continued as usual.
And Xiaohu seems to have found a way to beat Galio. He chooses Ryze to develop and roam, but there is also Xayah in the position.
Theshy couldn't understand: "Why... keep moving Xia!"
KID is one of the people who knows UZI best, and he hit the nail on the head: "He doesn't know Xia."
Ning was surprised: "Huh? Can't Xia just have hands? I can do these things."
Baolan reminded: "Your topics are getting more and more dangerous, focus on watching the game."
The third game was still won by RNG, and SKT was pushed to the cliff. If you take a step back, you will fall into the abyss.
The fans also started to open the champagne in advance. With two match points and such a high error tolerance, can RNG still lose?
Then in the fourth game, SKT made a comeback against the wind. Faker's Galio kept roaming and caught MLXG who invaded many times.
At this time, fans finally saw the problem.
Regardless of disadvantages or advantages, Faker's Galio always has a rhythm and can drag the entire team forward.
"There is a problem! There is really a problem! Galio should move, I'm a little scared!"
"Lao Deng is so strong, RNG should stop banging, who is SKT? C can't see it."
"Don't worry, RNG must have its own reasons for releasing Galio. Just believe them."
"The reason is that RNG has to move Xia. Galio can’t move!”
Just as he was talking, the game entered the fifth game, and everyone's hearts were in their throats.
When the war song sounded, everyone looked at RNG's first round of BP with great anticipation.
But when RNG released Galio again, everyone's heart suddenly stopped.
Then a famous scene in history appeared, SKT once again locked Galio for Faker.
Five Galio! Five choices for Galio!
In the last round, Faker stopped pretending and frantically called for Little Peanut to catch.
What? Why is it Little Peanut and not Black Emperor?
Faker: The Black Emperor is sick and has taken leave! I wrote the leave note for you!
After Peanut caught Xiaohu's plane once, Faker was liberated and began to target the radical UZI infinitely.
At this time, UZI's aggressive laning is no longer his fatal weapon, but has become RNG's biggest flaw.
As long as UZI dared to step forward, Faker would dare to smash down with his big move, killing RNG's two C positions with a Galio.
The two C positions are 1.5 ADC and 0.5 mid.
On the road? Except for the era of Bin and Top Tiger, the top lane does not exist in RNG.
In this game, SKT flourished in many ways and took a huge economic lead in the early and mid-term.
Coincidentally, Rookie’s Galio system is also used most by IG when playing LPL teams.
In an instant, some unfounded things came out.
“I’ve seen this Galio, isn’t it a tactic commonly used by IG against LPL teams?”
“IG has been playing training matches with SKT, could it be said to be IG”
< br>"Don't be a hacker, okay? How could IG do such a thing to help outsiders."
"Then why does IG play training matches with SKT and not its own team?"< br>
"Brother, aren't you a black devil? Why are you playing a training match with your own family? Are you going to the World Championships to play against your own family? Or do you want to finish the training match with your own family and then turn around and meet your own family on the field, and then be beaten by the civil war? Is Huan Shen going to send him away after thorough research?"
"And there is only one LCK team in the other half of the zone, I think IG will have no problem playing with him."
"Still washing? Han Shuang C, showing off the power of our country! "? ? The Black Devils are stunned? Anyi has four MVPs, with a total record of 26-4-12. Who is IG? I really can’t tell that it’s still a conspiracy!”
The barrage became more and more violent, so much so that Mafa could only turn off the barrage to watch the game. By the way, he said: “Don’t be affected by this, I will let the public relations know later. Process.”
An Yi was really speechless after seeing it, and at the same time he understood a truth.
The so-called "unanimous foreign policy", in the eyes of many people, actually means "the team I don't support is the foreign team".
For many years, "unanimous foreign policy" has always been just empty talk.
And if it is the advantage of the competition area, it will not be exposed, but the disadvantage is different.
That is to say, it is okay to share joys and sorrows, but not!
At this time, RNG had already led by 5,000 gold and was on the edge of the cliff. All the players in the LPL division were sweating in their hands, but Bang's Varus killed the game.
R skill is released, followed by flash. Bang seemed to be possessed by little Lu Bu, shooting a halberd from the gate, and accurately hit MLXG with a big move.
When a team battle breaks out, RNG doesn't dare to rush, so it can only sell, because Galio has already zoomed in on the prince who is sitting on EQ, and now he will give away everything if he rushes up.
After the jungler died, SKT immediately turned to Baron. Baron won, and the RNG players knew it was over.
SKT relied on the Baron Buff to break through three lanes, playing steadily and not in a hurry. On the other hand, the words of everyone on RNG's side were already intertwined.
Xiaohu: "My, my, my! I'm sorry for not restricting Galio!"
MLXG: "Hiss~ah~"
Letme: "Look at the ancient dragon Please give me some feedback. Can I teleport it?”
Ming: “Waiting for the puppy equipment! Let’s pick up the ancient dragon from the high ground!”
UZI: "."
The Ancient Dragon was captured by SKT, and a new round of offensive started again, but this time RNG had no power to parry.
Little Peanut's simple and unpretentious EQR started the team, and Galio immediately followed up with his ultimate move.
The three RNG players were knocked into the air, and Bang's quick flash and output completely melted RNG's line.
At this time, everyone finally realized that it was not that SKT had changed, it was just because they faced their lifelong enemy IG.
SKT: I’ll call you on IG to mess with you!
Without Anyi in the first half of the zone, Bang is so high-spirited that everyone seems to be trying to sell Seoul.
As Bang's last A point destroyed RNG's base, the commentators' painful voices came out.
Wawa: "Ah! Just a little bit, a little bit! This Galio is too difficult to handle!"
Miller: "RNG, which we had high hopes for, finally fell to the quarterfinals. Although I am very reluctant, I also congratulate SKT. These five people told the audience with their practical actions that they are still the same people and have never changed.”
"I also hope that RNG will not be discouraged. We will fight again next year. We will continue to wait for you!"
In an instant, the words "Sword Pointing at S8" appeared on the barrage.
Anyi said she couldn’t stand it at all and turned off her phone.
And Mafa also sighed secretly: "It's a pity that I lost to Faker's Galio. Doesn't Xiaohu know how to play? How suitable for him to grab Galio?"
IG and others privately They all have a good relationship with UZI, and occasionally form a LZG team to play in the fifth row.
Coupled with the factor of his old partner, Ning feels the most regretful: "I would have told Shi Senming if I had talked to him earlier. It would be so humiliating to lose. He let Galio go! Why did he dare!"
Aki, on the other hand, acted calm and just sighed.
So Baolan asked: "Anyi, aren't you angry?"
Anyi said: "It's okay."
Baolan: "Well, you have a rude attitude. Okay.”
An Yi emphasized: "It's not that I have a good mentality, it's just that I know our goal."
After hearing this, his teammates also understood what An Yi was thinking.
If the goal is to win the championship, then what does it matter who advances? Even if the opponent in the final is RNG, they will try their best to defeat it mercilessly.
So instead of worrying unfounded here, it is better to train a few more games and don't let yourself lose so regretfully.
The defeat of RNG sounded the alarm for everyone, and also made IG, who had little experience in competitions, realize the cruelty of the World Championship.
But there was no moment of mourning for RNG. The next one to rush to the battlefield was EDG!
The next day, the match between EDG and LZ officially started.
The result was unexpected, 3:1!
EDG fell into the hands of LZ without even hearing the war song.
Even in the game they won, LZ suffered consecutive illnesses that ruined their advantage, so they were jokingly called 4:0 by black fans.
There is only one main reason, and that is that EDG already had problems within the team when they entered the World Championship. However, the enemies in the group stage were not strong, so the problems were not exposed.
But...it's the top eight again!
Four times in the top eight of the World Championships, fans also jokingly call Ming Kai: "Eight strokes of words, top eight every year!"
LZ also fulfilled their pre-match promise and sent away their enemies.
Since then, there have been three games between China and South Korea. LCK took the lead and beat LPL 2:0, washing away the shame of the intercontinental competition.
At this moment, everyone has placed their hopes on a team that most people are not optimistic about, but whose record is extremely dazzling—IG!
This is the last hope for LPL, but this hope is deeply disappointing.
In the quarterfinals, they need to face SSG first. Even if they advance, there will still be the LCK No. 1 seed LZ team in the top four.
Even if they win two consecutive games and reach the finals, SKT in the other half of the region will most likely become their final enemy.
There are three games on the road to the championship. In the three games, they will face the LCK from the first seed to the third seed. They need to defeat all LCK teams to win the crown, which is the so-called one through three!
In this dark era when LPL is dominated by LCK, LPL fans only feel that this is a fantasy!
For this reason, LCK fans have already opened the champagne at halftime:
“This year’s game is still as boring as ever. There is a high probability that Smecta will have a civil war in China.”
“SSG should be able to solve IG. If not, leave it to my invincible Dragon Ball. Anyway, as long as the finals are our team.”
“I didn’t expect it to be In this situation, I thought the LPL would bring us some fun this year.”
On the other hand, fans of the LPL were overturned by adversity in one game and beaten 4:0 in another game. They were all like eggplants beaten by frost, wilting directly.
“I’m really sorry for not letting the adults in the LCK region use their full strength.”
“Let’s go, let’s go! LPL0:3LCK! Let’s all go!”
“The most popular person every year I hope that I will show my filial piety to my father KR every year. This year is even more hateful and will cause a civil war in the Bird's Nest."
"Back off, I really can't afford to lose this guy."
"Isn't there another IG? Why are you so anxious?"
"IG? Do you think he can wear three LCKs at once? It's very difficult!"
"Tell me a joke, one The team with the best results in the top 16 wants to dunk KR to win the championship, hahaha!”
At this time, fans still don’t know the interesting stories between IG and SKT, KT, and GRF. I have never witnessed the legendary experience of IG’s foreign battle against the fantasy god.
I just feel that today’s IG is too weak and has no power.
IG Temporary Club.
It’s night!
Tomorrow will be a match against SSG. Lying in bed, An Yi looked through these comments and felt the pressure on his shoulders double.
After all, SSG and later Longzhu were teams they had never played against before. At this moment of "last hope", she was rarely nervous and even had a little insomnia.
At this time, a WeChat message was sent.
Ruoxi: "Are you asleep?"
An Yi: "No."
Ruoxi: "Are you nervous? (covering her mouth and laughing)"
An Yi: "Everyone should be nervous right now. If I lose again, I'm afraid I'll be kicked out of retirement."
Ruoxi: "It doesn't matter, just go ahead and fight. Even if I'm kicked out of retirement, I'll I will support you too, um. I will always support you.”
The simple words made An Yi feel warmer: "I haven't reached the time when I need a sister to support me. If I want to support you, I will support you."
Ruoxi: "Then cheer up, you are so decadent. My sister can’t afford to support me.”
An Yi: “Haha, okay!”
After a few words with her sister, An Yi let out a breath and felt herself instantly. Much more relaxed.
It is really a blessing to have someone who cares about you and cares about you all the time.
But now when he looked back at those comments, An Yi no longer felt nervous, but instead felt a little resentful that iron could not become steel.
As someone who has witnessed three LPL championships in four years, how could she be so angry?
So she decisively replied to a hot comment that gave up before fighting: "You started barking without even hitting me? If you want to finish the beating, feel free to bark!"
It's rare to see An Yi replying to such comments. Fans immediately understood that An Yi really had a temper.
At the same time, fans also suddenly realized: Yes, what do you call me if you haven’t been beaten? You can call me whatever you want after the beating!
Even an IG fan named 'Tear the Wound丶' appeared directly to complete the Bible: "That's right, why are you panicking? If the worst happens, just send it to me. It's not like you can't win. NM and other three LCK teams can't fight, right? , how about just abandoning the game? I don’t have any ambition at all, and I just don’t want to play anymore if I don’t play anymore. How about just playing Gou Ba and just awarding the championship to the LCK? After the World Championship is over, okay?”
Such a 'simple bad breath, ultimate enjoyment' awakened a large number of fans who were defeated before fighting, and it also directly became a hot search topic.
So much so that when An Yi woke up the next day and looked at the "99+" message on the backend of Weibo, she was a little overwhelmed.
An Yi: What did I do?
Then she saw the An Yi Bible video that fans made overnight.
It is this sentence of ‘whatever you want after the fight’ that gives LPL fans unlimited confidence.
As long as IG is still here, they have not lost in LPL, so there is no need to lower their heads.
I can even keep popping the champagne because IG’s undefeated record in this year’s major games and group matches.
What if this champagne reaches the finals?
As a result, IG’s official blog and players’ Weibo posts grew rapidly, becoming the top among top posts overnight.
When Aki got up and washed up and joined his teammates, they were watching IG fans posting a series of frustrated comments like 'Just call me after the fight'.
Such simple words swept away all the previous depression.
So Rookie immediately gave a thumbs up after seeing An Yi: "It's okay An Yi, your words are quite domineering."
An Yi knew what she was referring to and smiled. : "Oh my, I went crazy before going to bed."
Ning didn't agree: "What do you mean going crazy? This is obviously to show off our team's power!"
Mafa was also very happy: "Originally I thought you would be overwhelmed by the pressure, but I feel relieved when I see you like this, then"
Mafa became a little more serious: "I rarely ask for you on weekdays, but today Playing SSG, I ask you not only to win, but also to win beautifully and play our LPL style. Do you have the confidence? "
A Korean coach is so talented in the LPL, so is it possible that the players are timid?
So the team members shouted in unison: "Yes!"
Everyone stretched out their hands and held them together, shouting: "Come on!"
After breakfast, they practiced for a while to maintain their touch, and then rushed to the competition venue to face their strong enemy in the quarterfinals-SSG!
Yangcheng Stadium.
As a behemoth covering an area of 240,000 square meters, this place is one of the landmark buildings in Yangcheng.
Today, LPL fans came early and occupied all the seats inside and outside the venue.
Even some spectators who could not get tickets and could not enter the infield spontaneously came to the outfield entrance to hold up banners to support.
As the IG team car passed by, a wave of cheers came from the scene.
"IG must win! We are waiting for you at the Bird's Nest!"
"Go, go, go! My little IG will not kill the unknown people!"
"GTMDLCK! GTMDSSG !”
The team members rolled down their car windows in response to the fans’ expectations and walked quickly into the venue.
Not long after, this battle concerning the dignity of LPL officially kicked off!
(End of this chapter)