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Chapter 425 G2 is weak? Even the third seed is lacking!
Soon, the second day arrived, and the quarterfinals began again.

The two teams competing are G2 Esports, the third seed from the European region, and RNG Esports, the third seed from the LPL region!

Although they are both third seeds, they are different!

G2 unexpectedly surged ahead in the second round of the group stage to claim the top spot in their group, proving their formidable strength.

However, judging from outside opinions, everyone feels that RNG has an easy victory in hand.

Especially among domestic viewers, it seems they had already assumed that RNG would win easily.

"Europe and America are all trash. Yesterday, EDG's match against Fnatic clearly showed this. I'm not saying RNG would finish the game in two hours, but taking them 3-0 shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"No way? No way? Someone actually thinks RNG will lose? Won't Uzi smash the enemy bot lane's heads?"

"Even as a dog hater, I think some people's comments are outrageous. Uzi may not be good at beating others, but he really goes all out against these European and American bot laners."

"Exactly! Every time Rekkles faces Uzi, he gets completely crushed. And yet, Rekkles is still considered the best ADC in Europe."

"Hehe, let's give G2's bot lane some pressure, let them know just how strong the dominance of LPL's only god-like bot lane is!"

"Charge! Charge! Charge! All three teams have advanced to the semifinals! We're still in the international stage, brothers, let's stick together! Don't start fighting amongst ourselves."

When Wang Yao browsed relevant domestic news, he found the audience's blind confidence to be outrageous.

"Do they really think RNG can easily beat G2?" Wang Yao chuckled. "G2 loves playing this kind of game against RNG, doesn't they?"

RNG's usual strategy is to play around their marksman. As long as they play around their marksman, the team's pace of the game cannot be too fast.

This makes it easy for the game to be dragged into the mid-to-late game team fights, which is exactly what European teams excel at.

"It depends on Uzi's performance today. Whether RNG can win depends entirely on Uzi."

Meiko joked with a laugh, "Especially after they changed their playing style."

The first round of the group stage.

RNG achieved a resounding victory by building an unconventional four-protect-one engage composition using Uzi's signature Kai'Sa!
However, their strategy was broken in the second round, and they almost suffered three consecutive losses and failed to advance.

In the final tiebreaker game, RNG made adjustments!

It's still the same four-protect-one system, with mid and top laners all choosing support heroes, but the choice of marksman heroes has changed.

They no longer choose champions like Kai'Sa who have average laning ability, but instead pursue champions like Lucian who have maximum early-game pressure.

The difference between the two is that!
Different periods of dominance!

No matter how you play Kai'Sa, she needs two items to have any fighting power, and three items to be fully formed.

Even if RNG gives the bot lane more resources, this strategy will still take more than 20 minutes to take off.

But for the current pace of the game, 20 minutes is too long!

Since the top and middle lanes are just support units, it's unclear what kind of monster overlords will emerge from the middle and top lanes.

Lucian is different.

A single piece of tattered armor is incredibly powerful, and if you're quick, you can make it in just over 10 minutes!
The earlier the power spike arrives, the sooner RNG's bot lane can take control of the game's tempo, allowing them to group up with their teammates and snowball by securing map resources!

to be honest!
RNG's transformation is essentially a shift in pace, moving from mid-to-late game team fights to early-to-mid game team fights.

However, this presents a hidden danger: the margin for error is significantly reduced.

Lucian's range is only 500 yards. If he makes a mistake while snowballing in the early game, the rhythm will be disrupted, and the game will drag on into the mid-to-late game.

Lucian would then have little room to maneuver in team fights, as his range is too short and his damage output is far inferior to Kai'Sa's.

Don't be fooled by Kai'Sa's mere 525-yard range. She has invisibility and an ultimate ability that allows her to reposition herself for attacks. That alone makes her far superior to Lucian!
In other words, RNG cannot afford to make any mistakes in the early game and must maintain a perfect tempo.

Accumulate enough advantages in the early stages to close the gap between the heroes in the mid and top lanes.

No wonder Meiko said that whether they can win today depends entirely on Uzi's performance. RNG's current tactics are like walking a tightrope, with almost all the offensive pressure falling on Uzi alone.

The two sides quickly started the first game!

As expected, RNG picked Lucian and quickly established a huge advantage in the bottom lane.

In the first game against G2, they played at full tempo!
They won the first game very easily, and Uzi completely dominated the opponent's bottom lane!

"Wow! RNG is showing impressive form, especially Uzi in the bot lane! He's still dominating!"

"If they can maintain this form, the other semifinal spot in the upper half of the bracket will be theirs."

The two sides began the second game.

Uzi, who once again picked up Lucian, still maintained maximum early-game pressure and tempo.

They quickly gained a huge advantage.

But at the 17-minute mark, Uzi was ambushed while supporting his teammates and was defeated.

RNG's offensive rhythm completely collapsed, and they started to struggle.

"Oh no, RNG!"

Meiko suddenly screamed when she saw Uzi's death.

Wang Yao nodded subconsciously. EDG knew RNG very well and knew just how much RNG was struggling in the current version of the World Championship.

Reverse versioning comes at a price.

Ultimately, the problem lies in the fact that RNG's top and mid lanes have such a weak champion pool in the current version that they are practically untouchable.

This means they have to maintain a high pace throughout the entire process, and no mistakes are allowed.

If a mistake is made and the game is stalled, then it's game over.

Not to mention that RNG gave G2 both Akali and Irelia, two monster champions who can dive in, and even if Lucian got fed, he couldn't withstand their dives.

really!

By the 30-minute mark, RNG was already struggling to keep up with head-on team fights.

Akali and Irelia were roaming around like crazy in team fights, and that's when Lucian's short range became apparent.

With short range, AD carries have a hard time making an impact against Akali and Irelia's aggressive playstyle.

Lacking both Kai'Sa's stealth for self-protection and the ability to directly target the backline with Kai'Sa's ultimate, the result was that G2 successfully turned the game around!

"As expected, RNG really can't afford to make any mistakes right now, especially Uzi, who is under immense pressure."

Meiko sighed, "If it were me, I'd probably be completely dumbfounded."

The two sides quickly started the third game. In this game, RNG also realized that Akali was still a champion that could not be allowed to be played, so they chose to ban her.

And this time they brought out the classic bot lane combination of Kai'Sa and Alistar, and unsurprisingly, they won another game.

Leading 2-1!

"Thankfully, RNG withstood the pressure and won the crucial match point game. I think this match can basically be considered over!"

The baby started by popping champagne at halftime.

The two sides quickly began the fourth game!

In this game, RNG chose to speed up the pace.

They drafted a strong, tempo-oriented mid-jungle duo of Taliyah and Galio, and also gave Uzi Lucian, clearly aiming for an early-game fast-paced victory.

However, the players made huge mistakes on the field!
(End of this chapter)