The rising sun went through a cycle in the sky, gradually transitioning to a sky full of stars.
Figures wearing different team uniforms appeared one after another, standing on mountains of different heights according to last year’s finals results, looking up at the trophy.
The camera advances.
The shadow of the Summoner's Trophy is getting closer and closer, becoming more and more solid, and finally turns into a solid object, slowly descending from the dome.
On the side of the display stand where the trophy is placed, a slender figure caressed the trophy that represented the highest honor of the year, overlooking the audience with a commanding attitude.
The theme song of the 2018 League of Legends Global Finals, RISE (Reaching the Peak), sounded.
[After all kinds of hardships, fighting spirit is like fire]
[Sweeping thousands of armies just to forge legends]
[Fighting fate and pursuing hard, passionate and unwilling to be humble]< br>
[Cross the peak, spread your wings and fly high]
…
[No longer think about victory or defeat]
[Clench your fists, I will become famous in one battle]
[Go forward bravely]
[ Climb to the top]
…
【Damn, handsome! 】
【Is this the official S8 MV? It’s completely Tian Ge’s personal promotional video]
[The cards are full]
[Qinggangying, Noshou, Weapon, Riven, aren’t they the way Tian Ge won the championship last year? 】
[The team that appeared at the beginning was the team that failed in the group stage. The team they met in the wheat field was SKT in the group stage. The icicles represented the trolls used by Huni. The golden and red light effects were Tian Ge's blood and anger, and he opened the plate armor and slashed through it. 】
[The lava cave is the LZ team. The first two shots fired represent Khan's very famous Jace, but he was smashed by Brother Tian with his weapon]
[The ancient dragon's head is SSG's CuVee, in the distance is EDG's champion skin from last year. Kenan is Kai Da in the thunder and lightning field, but it doesn't stop Brother Tian]
[Inside the temple are the previous champions, the first FNC and the second TPA. , What comes out from the back of the third SKT is Faker’s clockwork. The three stars on the chest represent the Triple Crown. During the fight, you can see half of the broken statue, which should represent the disbanded SSW]
[Brother Tian defeated Faker with a single blow and led EDG to win the championship. A whole year passed, and all the teams climbed towards the highest temple]
Some viewers posted comments on the barrage.
The last note ended, the lifting platform fell smoothly to the ground, and the other six members of EDG filed out of the dedicated channel and stood behind the Summoner's Trophy.
“We invite EDward Gaming, last year’s world finals champion!”
“The backbone of their victory-the legendary player Tian brought the Summoner’s Trophy to the stage. Let’s take a look at what has happened over the years. The hero has his name engraved on this trophy!”
With the voice of the Roaring Emperor, the big screen first played several clips from the production to the final product of the Summoner’s Trophy, and then, from the S2 championship From the beginning of TPA, to SKT in S3, SSW in S4, SKT in S5-S6, and EDG in S7, the record of winning trophies was frozen in front of the audience.
The reason why there is no FNC is because the S1 season is not at the level of the "Global Finals" and needs to be classified separately.
“Now, we are going to introduce the sixteen group stage teams and their player representatives. Each of them wants to win this trophy that represents the championship achievement.”
"Ah——"
"It's really tempting Smecta!"
The Roaring Emperor took out a white handkerchief from his pocket and put on a humble and pious expression. Attitude, raised his hand to wipe the base of the Summoner Championship Trophy: "Thank you again Tian for returning this trophy to the stage. Next, let us introduce the participating team in Group A - PVB from the Vietnam VCS Division. The player representative is Naul! ”
"AFS, who represents the LCK division, and the players represent Kiin!"
"..."
"..."
"C9, who represents the LCS.NA division, and the players Represent Sneaky!”
The sixteen teams from Group A to D finished their introductions, greeted the audience, and then left the stage one by one, leaving the stage to KT and VIT who were about to start the battle.
Ye Tian returns to the hotel.
Open the software in the training room and watch the live broadcast.
KT is this year's LCK summer champion. It has S6's number one top laner Smeb, veteran captain Score, new-generation genius mid laner Ucal, and two veteran powerhouses in the bottom lane - Deft and Mata.
Their opponent VIT is from Europe.
As we all know, the strength of the European division is far inferior to that of the LCK and LPL. They can only bully the LMS, which has a weak bloodline in Dou Di, and the VCS (Vietnam), which has just entered the mainstream division, so this is considered to be a game without any suspense. fighting.
As the host nation, South Korea arranged KT and VIT to play the first game of the opening ceremony in order to allow KT to play a pleasing exhibition match.
In terms of lineup, KT brought out top laner Sword Demon, jungler Kindred, mid laner Syndra, bottom laner Xia + Thresh.
VIT took out top laner Urgot, jungler Barrel, mid laner Ryze, and bottom laner Kai'Sa + Rakan.
The game process and results basically agreed with expectations. Although VIT attacked KT's bottom lane first and got first blood, in the subsequent confrontation, they relied on Ryze's TP support to defeat KT's old captain Score's GANK and complete the match. Mata's counterattack uses the advantage of the bottom lane to control the three dragons of fire, water and fire.
But when it comes to team battles, the strength gap between the two sides is clearly reflected. VIT, who has the upper hand, can almost be described as 'breaking at the touch of a touch' in front of KT.
[Smeb is my favorite top laner in this global finals. His online ability and teamfight support are impeccable. It is precisely because of his strength and stability that Score can do whatever he wants to help other lanes]
[Mata got Thresh, listen to the cheers on the field. In 2014, Mata used Thresh to fight against the gods and won the S4 finals MVP. He also got an exclusive skin. This is his weapon. Curry’s sharpest and most skillful blade]
[The NA region will definitely collapse if they get Ryze in the World Championship, there has never been an exception]
[A drop of water wears away a stone, KT used superior details to make VIT fail step by step]
[During the laning period, both VIT and KT did well, there is no difference. The real gap between the two sides lies in the handling of game details, KT is undoubtedly ahead VIT a rank】
The game is over.
The outside world has started a crazy bragging mode.
KT is called the second team in the world after RNG.
Next.
It's EDG's turn to face GRX.
The two teams are both No. 3 seeds, but EDG is not only from the current first division LPL, but also the last world champion. GRX, with the Tyrannosaurus Rex as its avatar, is the LMS that is at the bottom of the mainstream division and has been rumored to be disbanded.
Even if it was Ray and the factory director on EDG, the commentator didn't think there would be any suspense.
After all, the factory director’s ability to kill people is well known. As a provincial team, Tyrannosaurus GRX’s playing style is greatly influenced by Huan Shen FW in the LMS division. FW is a team that often trains with EDG. The teams for the competition are layered layer by layer, which is equivalent to the fact that the factory director is also familiar with GRX’s style.
As expected.
EDG came up with a standard lineup of top laner Gnar, jungler Lee Sin, mid laner Sword Girl, and bottom lane Kai'Sa + Thresh.
GRX is still stuck a few versions ago, using top laner Alchemy, jungler Qinggang Shadow, mid laner Crocodile, and bottom lane Crow + Morgana.
In less than fifteen minutes, GRX was fucked to pieces.
——The factory director's operation seems to be very slow, and even the efficiency of clearing the jungle is not very good, but he can accurately catch the GRX team members, and even the slow old eye-touching RQ can achieve the best effect, alive Kicked the Tyrannosaurus Rex GRX into a toy.
Twenty-seven minutes, the game is over.
The person who won the MVP turned out to be the factory director.
"Okay, Mingkai!"
"Although your blind monk is not very good at playing, the opponent will automatically send it to your feet."
Ye Tian waited for the rest of EDG to come back and praised Called the factory director.
? ? ?
The factory director was obviously ungrateful and his face darkened: "What kind of prediction is that? What do you mean by sending it to the other side?" "Ah, yes, yes, prediction." Ye Tian changed the subject: "Prediction. It will be sent to the other side.”
"Hahahahahaha——"
"Hahahaha——"
The others in EDG laughed happily.
The factory director tried hard to endure it for a few seconds, but he didn't stop and laughed as well.
"Haoxuan (Karsa) come on next time. My current state is really not good."
After laughing for a while, the factory director offered: "I know you are all deliberately trying to kill me. Help me." I played a famous role, but it’s not necessary... I just showed my face last time, and let Haoxuan play more stably next time.”
“Let’s continue after winning the first game. We are not afraid. Lose." Karsa humbly said: "Anyway, except for KT, the other two teams are worthless, and Brother Tian is behind us."
"No need, no need." The factory director said firmly: "Anyway. I won’t play in the next game, Haoxuan, you can fight.”
“Ming Kai said so, Haoxuan, you can fight.” Abu agreed, “What about you, Ye Tian? It’s better to get familiar with VIT first.”
"Brother Tian, please get familiar with it." Ray showed a rare display of high emotional intelligence: "I just followed along and have no ability to compete with strong teams. The most important thing is that Brother Tian is familiar with the version."
" That's fine." Ye Tian thought for a moment and nodded.
It doesn’t matter if you are familiar with the version.
Others are exploring, while Ye Tian is reviewing the past and learning new things. There is an essential gap here.
But in actual combat, it is still necessary to get in touch with other EDG players more, improve the tacit understanding, and find out the areas that need improvement in others.
And for Ray, thanks to the double substitute mechanism launched by Riot Games this year, he was able to follow EDG into the World Championship and mix skins. After finishing the skin round, it would be uninteresting to continue to stay on the court.
The results of the first two games were as expected.
The third and fourth games were all upsets.
First of all, the Flash Wolf FW, which lost the wolf king Karsa, was defeated by the Buffalo PVB in the Vietnam Division despite a good game.
Then, the ASF team with top laner Kiin in the Asian Games was actually run to death by the European third seed G2 using a split-push model!
After these two games, the value of the saying "There are no underdogs in the World Championship" has once again been demonstrated.
In the fifth game, RNG blasted North American TL.
In the sixth game, another big upset occurred - Gen.G, which was renamed from Samsung, lost to LMS second seed MAD at the operational level just like ASF!
Except for KT, the two Korean teams all overturned, and all of them suffered a heavy blow from Bangzi.
This is not over yet.
the next day.
Flash Wolves FW, known as the "Anti-Korean Hero", defeated AFS. RNG performed normally and beat Gen.G. The Korean team lost four of the first five games!
The entire Inven forum exploded!
【What to expect from an inferior team? Hahaha, I’m going to send the blades]
[Gen.G’s bottom lane is a traitor, you still have expectations for him, it’s so funny that my prostate is crying]
[I also hope that this year’s World Championship will end Tian’s dominance, but now I don’t even have the thought to cheer]
[Now I can only believe in KT Smecta]
[LCK and LPL are completely the opposite In the past, even if the LCK was at a disadvantage, it would definitely win in the end. It seems that it is impossible to win this year. The LPL is too terrible]
[I really miss Sang Hyuk! 】
【It’s not that the LCK division is strong, it’s just that the SKT team and Lee Sang Hyuk are strong】
Even in the first match on the 13th, AFS cleanly defeated Buffalo PVB, but it did not change the reputation.
What team is PVB?
Just a Vietnamese team!
LCK was so arrogant before the S7 season. Not to mention LMS, Europe, and North America, even the LPL, which is regarded as the second division, is not regarded as an opponent by the LCK. It has just been promoted to the mainstream division. There is only one Not to mention Vietnam, which has a direct promotion quota.
Winning Vietnam is no different from winning a wild card in the eyes of the LCK audience, and it does not mean anything.
Many LCK viewers did not watch this game, but waited for the battle between EDG and Europe's second seed VIT to start the live broadcast.
“Hello everyone, Summoners!”
Bald Hao Kai and Rita appeared in front of the camera: “After watching the game between AFS and PVB, this is the most anticipated group game. The game is about to begin, and everyone must have seen the announcement made by the EDG team before the game that Brother Tian will be playing in this group match! "
"Speaking of Brother Tian, a rumor has spread recently - —EDG mid laner Scout was owed wages by his agency, and he borrowed money from Brother Tian to repay the loan. Everyone said this was a student loan. "
"It depends on how Scout behaves on the court. "Performed." Rita joked: "Speaking of which, the last time Tian Ge commented on the World Championship was last time. If Tian Ge hadn't been selected into the Asian Games squad, it would have been a whole year."
"Then, there is a big suspense here." Hao Kai stirred up the atmosphere: "After the Asian Games, no one will question Brother Tian's strength, but to what extent Brother Tian has integrated with the current EDG team, can he be like They had the same tacit understanding at the World Championship last year, but it’s still an unknown.”
“That’s true.” Rita nodded: “EDG’s status this year is slightly worse than last year. Fortunately, the grouping is relatively good, and Brother Tian also played early. , to avoid unexpected situations...Okay, the EDG players headed by Brother Tian have arrived on the main stage. Listening to the cheers of the audience, I thought this was our LPL's home court."
Director's Perspective. Scan the audience.
All four hundred and fifty seats were occupied, and fluorescent support signs with the word 'Tian' in various cursive scripts could be seen everywhere.
【Tian! 】
【Tian! 】
【Tian! 】
The uniform cheers grew louder and louder, showing how popular Ye Tian was.
“We should all be our own people at the scene.”
Hao Kai reasonably guessed: “The players from the VIT team appeared on stage. They lost to the LCK number one seed KT in the opening game, but , in the early and middle stages of the game, VIT even gained a certain advantage, and their personal abilities were quite good. EDG cannot take it lightly.”
Behind the EDG player seats.
Abu said something similar to the explanation.
Although Mata’s title of ‘World’s No. 1 Assistant’ is similar to UZI’s JB, except for his short peak period, he mainly relied on spending money to hype him up.
But Deft is definitely not weak.
Deft+Mata both suffered from the VIT bottom lane, Iboy and Meiko must take it seriously.
Both parties have debugged the equipment and entered the Ban/Pick stage.
VIT is on the blue side, and as expected, they ban three top laners in a row, putting Akali, Sword Girl, and Sword Demon all in the banned seats. On the first floor, they grab the top lane developed at the end of the summer split. New favorite - Urgot combines the range, damage and tankiness of ranged heroes, as well as shield and displacement skills.
"Urgot..."
"Quite an idea."
Ye Tian thought of something interesting: "How about I use Ornn and Thain to Choose one? ”
"Ah?!" Abu was stunned for a moment: "Are you kidding or are you serious?"
"It's just a joke, don't take it seriously." Ye Tian coughed twice: "Since the designer just took the sword Ji Qiang said, I will use the sword Ji" (End of Chapter)