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Chapter 400 Winning every training match? What's the point!
The first seed pool consists of four teams: EDG, KT, Fnatic, and Flash Wolves.

The second seed consists of eight teams: SKT, MAD, 100T, Liquid, IG, VIT, PVB, and RNG.

Because LPL won the S7 World Championship and the S8 MSI Championship in the past year, it has the best overall performance.

LPL's third seed, RNG, can skip the play-in stage and go directly into the main event.

On the contrary, Griffin, the third seed from LCK, C9, the third seed from North America, and G2, the third seed from Europe, all need to start from the play-in stage.

There is also a principle of avoiding teams from the same region in the group stage, which means that EDG will not be able to meet RNG and IG in the group stage.

This significantly narrows down the range of potential opponents that the EDG team might face.

"It would be best to avoid SKT in the group stage, right? Those monsters seem to become completely different people once they get to Worlds."

Meiko was still a little timid.

As long as SKT's mid laner is still Lee Sang-hyeok, no one will question their dominance in the World Championship.

"Who knows? I don't care." Wang Yao waved his hand with a smile.

"It doesn't make much difference to us. If we want to win the championship, they are all our opponents, so it doesn't matter who we face."

Wang Yao's attitude has always been very clear.

If your goal is to win the championship, then you have to defeat everyone!

Having any illusions, thinking that someone else will help you defeat a powerful enemy, and placing your hopes on others, is a mentality that only a weak person would have!
"You've never lost before," Meiko pouted.

He admired and respected Wang Yao's mindset, but he also knew that he could never learn that mindset.

Wang Yao's confidence stems from the fact that he has almost never lost since his debut, and he has exceptional personal skills as a foundation.

While talking.

In the live stream, the very handsome Flame arrived at the glass tank at the booth, reached inside, symbolically flicked the balls, then pulled one out and twisted it open!

The first team drawn was EDG, followed by Flash Wolves, KT, and Fnatic, corresponding to groups A, B, C, and D respectively!
The draw is still ongoing.

In the second seed pool, any team other than RNG and IG could be EDG's opponent in the group stage.

After various draws in Flame, the final draw results have been revealed!
The three teams in Group A are: EDG, PVB, and VIT.

The three teams in Group B are: Flash Wolves, RNG, and SKT.

The three teams in Group C are: KT, MAD, and Liquid.

The three teams in Group D are: Fnatic, 100T, and IG.

Actually, judging from this group arrangement, EDG's last opponent is easy to determine.

PVB is a team from the Vietnam region, and 100T is a team from the North American region. Therefore, EDG's opponent will either be C9 from the North American region or Griffin from the LCK region.

Based on the principle of avoiding teams from the same region, the last team in Group A can only be from one of these two clubs.

"Wow, this group assignment seems pretty evenly matched. There doesn't seem to be any 'group of death'."

After carefully reviewing the group assignments, Wang Yao...

This leads to the following conclusion.

The only group that could be considered a "group of death" is most likely Group D or Group B, but that will depend on the outcome of the subsequent draw.

Anyway, for EDG, this draw is a very favorable one!

After all, PVB is basically equivalent to a wildcard region, while VIT is a team from the European region, and its overall strength is quite average.

Even if Griffin or C9 were to join, it wouldn't affect EDG's position in Group A at all!

In terms of fortune telling.

EDG definitely got a good draw; they're guaranteed to face no really strong opponents in the group stage. However, when Wang Yao walked out of the training room, he noticed Xiaohu's expression wasn't good. His first thought was that Xiaohu was experiencing some culture shock, but he quickly realized something else.

RNG was drawn into the same group as SKT. Despite Xiaohu's dominance in domestic competitions, he falters on the international stage.

What's more, he was facing Lee Sang-hyeok, whom he feared most in his career.

They both have the surname Li, but the bloodline suppression is truly remarkable.

"Teacher Guo, you guys aren't so lucky," Wang Yao joked with a smile.

"do not talk."

Mala Xiangguo waved his hand and said, "Damn it, how come you guys are the only ones who got lucky?"

Group B has a chance of becoming the group of death, as both Europe's G2 and North America's C9 teams could be drawn into this group.

G2 is alright; this team is known as a 'domestic war god'. But C9 is not easy to deal with; they are the glory of North America.

"Luck is also part of strength, proving that even God recognizes our abilities," Wang Yao joked with a smile.

Then we saw the IG team. For IG, this draw was acceptable, and they didn't complain about the bad luck.

IG and EDG have had many scrimmages, and Maokai believes that IG is a very good scrimmages opponent in the current version.

The current version mainly focuses on flexibility in the draft phase and small-scale team fights.

These are all areas where IG excels, and playing scrims against IG can be a great way for EDG to improve in these areas.

With the group stage draw results out, the range of teams that can be matched for scrims has expanded considerably. Any strong team that is not in Group A can become a scrim partner for EDG.

After several days, everyone was still figuring out the version, and EDG's performance was inconsistent.

On the contrary, RNG's performance in scrims was outstanding, and they almost never lost!

Their playing style is very simple.

A desperate four-protect-one strategy, with support heroes in the top and mid lanes, and Uzi getting a carry hero like Kai'Sa in the bottom lane.

On the contrary, they achieved good results in the training matches, and even many teams are trying to learn their playstyle.

"No way, could it be that RNG has figured out the core of the current meta?" Meiko was starting to lose confidence after seeing RNG's scrim results.

"If scrim results count, TSM and KZ would have won the championship long ago, wouldn't they?" Wang Yao rolled his eyes. "RNG's results don't count either."

The World Championship version was 8.19. All major regions, including the LPL region which ended the latest, finished their matches in early September, when the version was still 8.17.

Two minor version updates were released in between, during which time none of the teams played any serious matches.

Therefore, everyone is still exploring the current version's hero pick/ban priorities and the correct playstyle.

Therefore, training matches are mainly for exploration, and the results are not so important at this time.

Training match results don't affect a player's ultimate championship win or a team's qualification for the group stage; it's just for psychological comfort.

Wang Yao said that RNG's playstyle was somewhat opportunistic.

A large part of the reason is that RNG did not actively explore the gameplay of the current version, but continued to use the four-protect-one system that they had used countless times in the LPL league.

This is actually a kind of opportunistic behavior!

Including the previous World Championships.

The constant rumors about TSM and KZ being invincible in scrims are essentially the same thing.

While everyone was exploring the new version's gameplay, instead of making proactive changes, they abandoned exploring the new version for the sake of scrim results and instead continued using the gameplay from the summer season.

While this may make the team invincible in scrims, it will actually put them at a disadvantage in official matches!
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