Occupation? I won’t even hit a dog!

The rising sun went through a cycle in the sky and gradually transformed into a sky full of stars.

One after another, figures wearing different team uniforms appeared, 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 got closer and closer, becoming more and more solid, and finally became a solid entity, slowly descending from the dome.

On the side of the display stand where the trophy was placed, a slender figure stroked the trophy, which represented the highest honor of the year, and looked down on the entire venue with a domineering attitude.

The theme song of the 2018 League of Legends Global Finals, RISE (Reaching the Summit), then sounded.

[After going through all kinds of hardships, the fighting spirit is as strong as fire]
[Sweep away thousands of troops just to create a legend]
[Struggle against fate and catch up, blood boiling and unwilling to be humble]
[Cross the peak and fly high]
...

[Stop thinking about winning or losing]
[Clenched fists, I will become famous in one battle]
[Moving Forward]
[Reaching the pinnacle]
...

[Fuck, so cool! ]

[Is this the official S8 MV? It’s totally Tian Ge’s personal promotional video]

[The cards are full]

[Shin, Noxus, Weapon, Riven, isn't that how Tiange won the championship last year?]

[The team that appeared at the beginning was the team that lost in the group stage. The team that we met in the wheat field was SKT in the group stage. The icicles represent the trolls used by Huni. The gold and red light effects are Tian Ge stacking up blood and slashing through with plate armor]

[The lava cave is the LZ team. The first two shots represent Khan's very famous Jayce, but he was smashed to pieces by Tian Ge's weapon.]

[The one above the ancient dragon is CuVee from SSG, the one in the distance is EDG’s last year’s champion skin, the one in the lightning field is Kennen’s ultimate, but it didn’t stop Tian Ge]

[Inside the temple are the previous champions, the first FNC, the second TPA, and the third SKT. The one that comes out from the back is Faker's Clockwork, with three stars on his chest representing the triple crown. When fighting, you can see half of a broken statue, which should represent the disbanded SSW.]

[Tian Ge defeated Faker with one blow and led EDG to win the championship. A whole year has passed, and all teams are climbing towards the highest temple]

Some viewers posted one analysis after another on the barrage.

The last note ended, and the elevator landed smoothly on the ground. The other six EDG players filed out of the dedicated passage and stood behind the Summoner's Trophy.

"Please welcome last year's world finals champion EDward Gaming!"

"The pillar of their victory, the legendary player Tian, ​​brought the Summoner's Cup to the stage. Let's take a look at which heroes have engraved their names on this trophy over the years!"

Accompanied by the roaring emperor's voice, the big screen first played several clips of the Summoner's Trophy from its production to its final product for a few seconds. Then, starting from the S2 champion TPA, to S3's SKT, S4's SSW, S5-S6's SKT, and S7's EDG, one scene after another of the trophy-holding records was frozen in front of the audience.

The reason why FNC is not included is because the S1 season is not at the level of the "Global Finals" and must be classified separately.

"Now, we are ready to introduce the 16 group stage teams and their player representatives, each of whom wants to hold the trophy that represents the championship achievement."

"what--"

"It's really tempting!"

The Roaring Emperor took out a clean white hand towel from his pocket, put on a humble and pious attitude, and raised his hand to wipe the base of the Summoner's 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 region, and the player representative is Naul!"

"AFS representing the LCK region, player representative Kiin!"

"..."

"..."

"C9 representing the LCS.NA region, player representative Sneaky!"

After the introduction of the sixteen AD teams, they greeted the audience and left the stage one by one, leaving the stage for KT and VIT who were about to start the battle.

Ye Tian returned to the hotel.

Open the software in the training room and watch the live broadcast.

KT is this year's LCK summer champion, with Smeb, the top laner of S6, the old captain Score, the 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 region is far inferior to that of LCK and LPL. It can only bully LMS, which has a weak Doudi bloodline, and VCS (Vietnam) which has just entered the mainstream region, so this is a battle that is considered to be without suspense.

As the host country, 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 used top lane Aatrox, jungle Kindred, mid lane Syndra, and bottom lane Xayah + Thresh.

VIT brought out Urgot on the top lane, Gragas on the jungle, Ryze on the mid lane, and Kaisa + Rakan on the bottom lane.

The course and results of the game were basically in line with expectations. Although VIT first attacked KT's bottom lane and got the first blood, they relied on Ryze's TP support to repel KT's old captain Score's GANK in the subsequent confrontation, completed the counterattack against Mata, and used the advantage of the bottom lane to control three small dragons: fire, water, and fire.

But when it came to team battles, the difference in strength between the two sides was fully reflected. VIT, which had the upper hand, was almost shattered at the first touch in front of KT.

[Smeb is my favorite top laner in this World Championship. 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 from the stadium. In 2014, Mata won the S4 Finals MVP with Thresh and was awarded an exclusive skin. This is the sharpest and most skilled blade in his arsenal.]

[NA will definitely collapse if they get Ryze in the World Championship, there has never been an exception]

[Dripping water wears away stone, KT used outstanding details to make VIT fail step by step]

[During the laning phase, both VIT and KT did well, there was no difference. The real difference between the two sides was in the handling of game details. KT was undoubtedly one level ahead of VIT.]

competition is over.

The outside world started to brag wildly.

KT is called the second best team in the world after RNG.

Next.

It's EDG's turn to play against GRX.

Both teams are seeded third, but EDG is not only from the current top division, LPL, but also the previous world champion. GRX, with a Tyrannosaurus Rex as its avatar, is at the bottom of the mainstream division, LMS, which has already been rumored to be disbanded.

Even if Ray and Zhazi are on EDG, the commentator feels there won't be any suspense.

After all, everyone knows that the factory manager is good at killing old players, and as a provincial team, Tyrannosaurus Rex GRX's playing style is greatly influenced by the LMS region's phantom god FW. FW is a team that often plays training games with EDG. It means that the factory manager is also very familiar with GRX's style.

as predicted.

EDG used the standard lineup of top lane Gnar, jungle Lee Sin, mid lane Irelia, and bottom lane Kaisa + Thresh.

GRX is still at the same level as several versions ago, using Alchemist on top, Shen on jungle, Crocodile on mid, and Raven + Morgana on bottom lane.

In less than fifteen minutes, the GRX was destroyed.

——Zizi.com’s operation seems to be very slow, and even his jungle clearing efficiency is not very good, but he can still accurately catch GRX team members. Even his slow old age eye-touching RQ can produce the best effect, and he has turned the GRX Tyrannosaurus Rex into a toy.

Twenty-seven minutes in, the game is over.

The one who got the MVP was actually the factory manager.

"Sure, Mingkai!"

"You may not be very good at playing Lee Sin, but the opponent will automatically fall into your feet."

Ye Tian and other EDG members came back and praised the factory manager.

???

The factory manager obviously didn't appreciate it, his face darkened: "I was just predicting, what do you mean by the other side giving up?" "Ah, right, prediction." Ye Tian changed the subject: "I predicted that the other side would give up."

"Hahahahaha-"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

The other EDG members were laughing happily.

The factory manager tried to hold it in for a few seconds, but couldn't help laughing as well.

"Let Haoxuan (Karsa) play in the next game. My current condition is really not very good."

After laughing for a while, the factory manager took the initiative to say, "I know you all deliberately gave me kills to help me create a famous scene, but there is no need... I can just show my face last time, and let Haoxuan play more steadily next time."

"We can continue after winning the first game. We are not afraid of losing." Karsa said modestly: "Anyway, except for KT, the other two teams are useless. We have Tian Ge to support us from behind."

“No, no.” The factory manager was very determined: “I won’t play in the next game anyway, Haoxuan, you play.”

"Mingkai has said so, Haoxuan, you can play." Abu made the decision: "Ye Tian, ​​what about you? Let Zhiyuan continue to play, or play VIT first to familiarize yourself with it."

"Brother Tian, ​​please familiarize yourself with the version." Ray showed his high EQ for once: "I am just following along. I have no ability to compete with strong teams. The most important thing is that Brother Tian is familiar with the version."

"Okay." Ye Tian thought about it and nodded.

It doesn't matter if you are familiar with the version.

Others are groping in the dark, while Ye Tian is reviewing what he has learned and learning new things. There is an essential difference here.

However, it is still necessary to work more with other EDG players in actual combat, improve the level of 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 to get skins. After the skin game, it would be tactless to continue staying on the field.

The results of the first two games were as expected.

The third and fourth games were all upsets.

First, Flash Wolves FW, who lost their wolf king Karsa, was defeated by the big buffalo PVB from the Vietnam region despite having a good game throughout the game.

Then, the ASF team, which had Asian Games top laner Kiin, was actually driven to death by the European third seed G2 using a split push mode!
After these two games, the saying "there are no weak teams in the World Championship" was once again demonstrated.

In the fifth game, RNG crushed North American TL.

In the sixth game, there was another ultimate upset - Gen.G, which changed its name from Samsung, lost to LMS's second seed MAD in terms of operations, just like ASF!

Except for KT, the two Korean teams all failed, which dealt a heavy blow to the Koreans.

This is not over yet.

the next day.

Flash Wolves FW, known as the "Anti-Korean Heroes", defeated AFS. RNG played normally and beat Gen.G. The Korean team lost four of the first five games!

The entire Inven forum exploded!
[What do you expect from an inferior team? Hahaha, I'm going to send razor blades.]

[Gen.G's bottom laner is a traitor, and you still have expectations for him. It really made me laugh so hard that my prostate is about to cry]

[I was looking forward to ending Tian's dominance at this year's World Championship, but now I don't even have the heart to cheer for him]

[Now I can only trust KT Smecta]

[LCK and LPL are completely reversed. In the past, even if LCK was at a disadvantage, it would win in the end. This year, it seems that it can't win at all. LPL is too scary]

[I really miss Sang Hyuk! ]

[It’s not that the LCK region is strong, it’s just that the SKT team and Lee Sang-hyuk are strong]

Even though AFS defeated PVB cleanly in the first match on the 13th, it did not change its reputation.

What kind of team is PVB?
Just a Vietnamese team!

How invincible was LCK before the S7 season? Not to mention LMS, Europe, and North America, even LPL, which was regarded as the second division, was not considered a rival by LCK. Not to mention Vietnam, which had just been promoted to the mainstream division and had only one direct promotion spot.

Winning Vietnam is no different from winning the wildcard in the eyes of LCK viewers and doesn’t mean anything.

Many LCK viewers did not watch this game, but waited until EDG and Europe's second seed VIT started playing before turning on the live broadcast.

"Hello, summoners!"

Bald Haokai and Rita appeared in front of the camera: "After watching the match between AFS and PVB, the most anticipated group match is about to begin. I believe everyone has seen the announcement made by the EDG team before the game. Brother Tian will play in this group match!"

"Speaking of Brother Tian, ​​there's a rumor going around recently - EDG's mid laner Scout was owed wages by his agency, and he borrowed money from Brother Tian to pay off his loan. Everyone says this is a student loan."

"That depends on how Scout performs on the field." Rita joked: "Come to think of it, the last time I commented on Tiange's world game was last time. If Tiange hadn't been selected for the Asian Games roster, it would have been a whole year before we could see him again."

"Then there is a big suspense here." Hao Kai led the atmosphere: "After the Asian Games, no one will doubt Tian Ge's strength, but how well Tian Ge and the current EDG team can run in, and whether they can have the same tacit understanding as in last year's World Championship, is still an unknown."

"That's true." Rita nodded. "EDG's condition this year is slightly worse than last year, but fortunately the grouping is good and Tian Ge also played early to avoid any unexpected situations... OK, EDG players led by Tian Ge have arrived at the main stage. Listening to the cheers of the audience, I thought this was our LPL home court."

The director's perspective swept across the audience.

All 450 seats were filled, and fluorescent cheering signs with the word "Tian" in various cursive fonts could be seen everywhere.

【Tian! 】

【Tian! 】

【Tian! 】

The uniform cheers were one wave louder than the other, showing how popular Ye Tian was.

“Everyone at the scene should be our own people.”

Haokai made a reasonable guess: "The players of the VIT team appeared on the stage. They lost to the LCK No. 1 seed KT in the opening game. However, in the early and middle stages of the game, VIT even gained a certain advantage. Their individual abilities are quite good. EDG cannot take it lightly."

Behind the EDG player seat.

Abu said something similar to what the commentator said.

Although Mata's title of "the world's best support" is similar to UZI's boasting, except for a short period of peak, it is mainly due to spending money to hype it up.

But Deft’s strength is definitely not weak.

Deft+Mata both suffered losses at the hands of VIT's bottom lane, Iboy and Meiko must take this seriously.

After both parties have debugged their equipment, they enter the Ban/Pick phase.

VIT was on the blue side, and as expected, they banned three top laners in a row, pushing Akali, Irelia, and Aatrox all to the ban seat. They first grabbed the new favorite top laner developed at the end of the summer season - Urgot, who had the range and damage of ranged heroes and the tankiness of melee heroes, as well as shield and displacement skills.

"Urgot..."

“That’s quite an idea.”

Ye Tian thought of something interesting: "How about I choose one from Ornn and Sion?"

"Ah?!" Abu was stunned for a moment: "Are you joking or serious?"

"It's just a joke, don't take it seriously." Ye Tian coughed twice: "Since the designer has just strengthened Sword Lady, I will try Sword Lady." (End of this chapter)