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Chapter 302 Intercontinental Competition! Begins!
Perhaps because they had won too many games before and were used to winning, the sudden three-game late-game battle with other teams made everyone feel uncomfortable.

I feel so weak and exhausted!

Zhu Kai and Abu didn't emphasize anything, they just said, "Let's go back and review the game."

Although they won the game today, Abu did not arrange a celebration banquet, and the entire EDG team went straight home.

After returning to the team's base.

Zhu Kai and Mao Kai immediately pulled everyone into the training room and began to speak.

"Today we must admit our mistakes to everyone. It was because the draft was not done well that we suffered a narrow defeat today. Everyone played very hard."

Zhu Kai and Mao Kai did not shirk their responsibilities.

One of the main reasons EDG almost lost the game today was that their draft was outmaneuvered by IG.

IG gained an advantage in all three lanes through various maneuvers, making it difficult for EDG to advance.

"From now on, we cannot let our guard down, because these three games have exposed too many of our problems."

"Moreover, it seems that we have a slight problem with our understanding and direction of the version. Multi-core and oscillation seem to be the main themes of the next version."

EDG's game strategy has always been rather traditional, revolving around their mid and bot lane carries.

Wang Yao used his strong individual skills to first lead the jungler from the mid lane, and then go to the side lanes.

Prioritize helping the bottom lane, and let Flandre farm and endure pressure in the top lane. It's best if he has lane priority, but if not, let him continue to farm and endure pressure.

This strategy has been consistently successful thanks in large part to Flandre. Although he always plays under pressure, he manages to ensure his own development while also performing exceptionally well in team fights.

In the past, LPL top laners would often become invisible in team fights after enduring pressure, but Flandre's presence in team fights is very strong after enduring pressure.

In addition, iboy has solid team fight skills.

Of course, the most important thing is that Wang Yao can always clear the middle lane through his personal skills!

This strategy works against other teams, but it seems somewhat inadequate against IG.

Because all three lanes of IG are dominated by strong laners, Wang Yao can slightly outmaneuver Song Yijin, but this advantage is not enough.

After playing against IG today, the EDG team finally realized what had happened.

That's swaying!
This year's changes by Riot Games have actually introduced many champions with flexible playstyles, such as Jayce, Irelia, and Swain!
Furthermore, with the changing ecosystem of the bot lane, as long as the player's individual skill allows, champions such as Syndra, Vladimir, and Ziggs all possess flexible attributes.

This makes the draft extremely difficult. You might assume someone will play Jayce, but then pick Lucian as a counter.

As a result, the opponent immediately made a move and then picked a hero that was good against Lucian, which made things very difficult!
According to Riot Games' announced update plans, champions like Aatrox and Akali are being considered for reworks.

Given Irelia's track record, if Aatrox and Akali are reworked and become both mechanically and numerically powerful while also having flexible attributes, how troublesome would that be!

The most important point is the player's hero pool, and Wang Yao's hero pool is not a problem.

However, EDG's bot lane champion pool is still quite limited.

"For the next period of time, our training will focus on expanding our hero pool. Let's work hard and adapt to the current version more closely."

With strong individual skills, one can defeat some weak or average teams, and even struggle to defeat some strong teams, even against the current meta.

However, in a long-running best-of-five series like this, a team that plays against the meta simply cannot win.

If today's match were a best-of-five series against IG, Wang Yao feels that no matter how hard he tries to carry the team, they might still lose.

Now, Zhu Kai and Mao Kai want their team members to proactively step out of their comfort zones, rather than immersing themselves in their old, successful routines and developing path dependence.

After the meeting ended, Wang Yao ate something simple before taking out his phone to check the situation.

Clearly, the audience was quite surprised that EDG almost lost the match.

It's not just the players who are used to winning games so easily; many EDG fans and LPL viewers are also used to EDG winning game after game so easily.

After esports became more like a fandom, the number of viewers discussing a single match increased significantly.

Therefore, online opinions were mostly sarcastic and cynical. Fortunately, the supporters on the anti-GG forum were quite supportive. "BYD's bot lane 'Big Head Fish' almost killed Yao Ge on the spot. Is this EDG family's ancestral method of breaking the mid laner's waist?"

"Buddha Fat General was completely drained by EDG, and now they're starting to drain my K God too? Luckily Yao Ge is tough enough, otherwise something really bad would have happened!"

"The closest we starch fans have come to lying in coffins!"

"IG looks like they're on track to win the Summer Split! Could EDG be the second seed and advance?"

"..."

Wang Yao's reputation is surprisingly good, which is understandable, given that he risked his life to lead the team to victory against IG. However, his teammates' reputations are not so good.

This is one of the pressures of being teammates with top-tier star players.

They can gain favor with the audience more easily than other players, and they will receive a lot of attention as soon as they start playing.

However, Wang Yao's behavior on the field will be scrutinized by his fans.

Wang Yao had no way to deal with this.

All I can say is, if you're bad at something, you just need to practice more.

This best-of-three series did indeed serve as a wake-up call for the entire EDG team, prompting everyone to begin high-intensity training.

Especially iboy in the bottom lane, in order to expand his hero pool, he drinks coffee intensively every day, and his daily training time is more than 16 hours.

Wang Yao was so afraid that the intensity of the training would kill him in the training room.

Not only him, but also Flandre, Tian, ​​and Meiko are all undergoing high-intensity training.

However, haste makes waste. In the following two days of scrimmages, EDG's win rate was not ideal, with more losses than wins.

The main reason is that everyone is focused on practicing new heroes, so the intensity of scrims is higher than that of ranked games in higher ranks.

This caused iboy and others to feel somewhat uncomfortable.

However, Abu was happy to see this situation, as blindly pursuing a high win rate in training matches is meaningless.

If scrim results were valid, then SKT wouldn't be the dominant team in League of Legends.

Instead, they are the scrim kings that are always in the eyes of the audience during the World Championship each year, such as TSM and KZ.

After dealing with numerous matters, Abu arrived at the beginning of July.

"Everyone has been training hard lately, and now we need to prepare for the intercontinental competition."

"This year's intercontinental competition is being held in China, so there's no need to get used to it beforehand. However, we can go to Dalian first, just to relax a bit."

Last year's intercontinental competition was met with skepticism from all the spectators.

Thanks to RNG's outstanding performance, they ultimately defeated the formidable LCK team and won the championship.

This greatly boosted the morale of domestic audiences.

Following that, EDG won the S7 World Championship and this year they won the MSI Championship, coinciding with the Rift Rivals being held on home soil.

The audience naturally has higher expectations for the results!

It's not just about winning!

And it has to be a spectacular and beautiful victory!!

The entire EDG team packed their luggage and immediately boarded a flight to the Northeast region.

Upon arriving at their hotel, the group thoroughly enjoyed the local customs and culture of Dalian.

Only then did they begin to enter a tense state of preparation, while the other three LPL teams also arrived in Dalian one after another to join EDG.

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