Occupation? I won’t even hit a dog!

Speaking objectively, Guan Zeyuan's words don't sound very comfortable - in S3 and S4, LPL relied on the so-called "guaranteed finals" grouping to allow the old Royal Club to climb up. As a result, the old Royal Club was vulnerable against SKT and SSW, and was fooled by the line-changing tactics. The only game they won was a semi-welfare game set up by the opponent in order to choose skins.

This is also the fundamental factor for RNG's revival and UZI being touted as the world's No. 1 ADC.

A year ago, the words "admitted to the finals" were a complete black history.

but.

Think about it again.

This year's RNG has indeed won the entire year. They defeated KZ at the MSI to prove their strength, and at the Intercontinental Championship they were defeated by the world's unbeatable BOSS, forcing the LCK region to adopt the Tian Ji horse racing method to deploy their troops.

When Mouse, who has always been teased as a 0% win rate champion, promised to help RNG fight back to a fifth game, and really did it together with his teammates, no one would doubt that the LPL region could win the final victory.

If IG hadn't been held back by JackeyLove, it would definitely be stronger than RNG.

EDG has the weakest normal strength, but with the addition of Tongtiandai, who carried the team to last year's World Championship and this year's Asian Games, their audience support rate will reach over 70% even when they face RNG.

From the perspective of the LPL region, no matter which team makes it to the finals, they will have a high enough chance of bringing back the Summoner's Championship trophy returned by EDG!
The last extra match of Group D is over.

After some preparation, the main stage began to broadcast the draw for the quarter-finals live.

For the sake of viewing pleasure, a rule was set for the quarterfinals, that is, two teams that qualified from the same group could not be in the same half, and would not meet again unless they reached the finals together.

The guest invited to the stage was a Watch player who had not played any games since 2015 and was forced to announce his retirement in January last year.

When it comes to this ID, many viewers may not have an impression of it, but when it comes to battle records, old players must be familiar with it - Watch was the jungler of the NJW team in the S4 season. In that year, they were swept 0-3 by the dark force OMG, creating the famous scene of the Chinese big brother beating the Korean second brother.

LCK chose to take the stage after retiring in disgrace, and its idea was obviously to motivate the KT and AFS teams.

"Okay, let's move on to the scene."

"We can see that after the other three players who represented the first place in their groups came on stage, the guest Watch came to the draw pool for the first place in their groups."

Ze Yuan read out the team names: "The four group winners on the left are AFS in Group A, RNG in Group B, EDG in Group C, and IG who just won the game. This is really inspiring. I feel excited when I read out the names of the four teams."

"This time, it's not us who are praying for a good draw, but teams from other regions, especially LCK, who are praying for a good draw." Miller said proudly, "Look at which team is drawn first... Oh, AFS? It turns out to be AFS, so AFS will be assigned to the left half."

"Their representative player is top laner Kiin. From the live footage, we can see that Kiin's smile is rather forced." The good-natured Shen Chao, who was invited to the commentary booth, even joked: "RNG has Letme who treats everyone equally, IG has The shy, EDG has Tian Ge, and Kiin will be a little bit angry no matter which one he meets."

[Double ponytails are still subtle, what is a bit explosive? It's the mentality that explodes]

[I feel desperate for Kiin when I see this]

[Other top laners are afraid of junglers. When facing these three top laners, if their personal strength is weaker, the jungler can’t help them.]

[Letme is not afraid of being caught, The shy is not afraid of being caught, Tian Ge is not afraid of being caught]

[Tian Ge = Taro, The shy = Tyson, Kiin = Teddy]

[Then let them draw the RNG half, just right for UZI]

【Fuck hahahahaha】

It was the first time for the audience to watch the World Championship draw with such a relaxed attitude.

on the stage.

Watch handed the banner representing AFS to the on-site staff, and under the guidance of the commentator, he took out the second ball.

Twist off the ball.

Remove the banner.

With a white background and a black label, everyone can tell without fully unfolding that this is the little IG team that said in the opening remarks of the summer season, "If you can't climb over this mountain, they won't hear your story."

"It's great, it's great!"

"It's cool!"

Baolan, who was sitting in the IG training room, waved his fist and said, "RNG and EDG are in the other half of the zone. Let them fight each other. We'll see if we can get an advantage in the end. It would be best if we could take down KT... Oops, KT seems to be in our half of the zone."

"KT will not be with EDG. They will definitely be in our half of the group. If they can't meet in the quarterfinals, they will meet in the semifinals." Rookie held his forehead with his hand: "It's hard to beat either team."

"Uh..." The expression on Baolan's face suddenly froze.

"It's okay, it's easier to play against than EDG and RNG!" JackeyLove read the replies to the post posted by the smurf account, refreshed it, and went to the homepage to see the latest post: "Everyone in the forum said that it would be best if we win, but it's okay if we lose. If we can beat KT a little bit, it will be a success."

"Hit out something..." The shy repeated it in broken Chinese with a thoughtful expression, and no one knew what he was thinking about.

There are no doubts about the remaining two teams.

It must be RNG and EDG.

Watch drew the RNG team logo first, and the last one drew the EDG team logo. The four teams that qualified as the top of the group all fell into their own positions.

now.

The camera turns to the representative players of the second team in the group.

It can be seen that the representatives of the three European and American teams, G2, TL, and FNC, are all very nervous, especially Rekkles, who is known as the most educated player in Europe. Rekkles has suffered from canine phobia since meeting UZI, and is afraid of being drawn into the almost invincible RNG this season.

It’s no problem even if we meet EDG.

FNC still has some experience playing against EDG.

In comparison, KT's representative player Mata is much more calm. Since they will not be in the same half of the group as EDG, KT's opponent in the quarterfinals will be one of AFS and IG. Mata really does not think that AFS and IG have the ability to threaten the KT team.

"The first one to be drawn is TL."

"They will face AFS, who are the top team in Group A."

Ze Yuan read out the matchup list: "Then there is G2. Since G2 and AFS are in the same group, they will jump to the other half of the group. The team they face is RNG, the first in Group B. This is undoubtedly a good draw for RNG."

Compared with the resurgent ancient powerhouse FNC, G2's performance this year can only be described as lackluster.

During the winter transfer period, G2 only retained PerkZ, and introduced the former H2K team's jungler Jankos, the former SPY team's top laner Wunder, and the former ROC duo Hjarnan and Wadid to form a new lineup with the intention of showing their prowess.

result.

In the spring finals, G2 was swept - by FNC.

Ah P, who is known as the King of France in Europe, acted like a rookie when facing Caps, who was given the derogatory title of "Cap King" last year.

The summer season was even worse. G2 created history by missing the European finals for the first time. They struggled all the way in the bubble match and finally got the third ticket to the World Championship.

[Comfortable][Fuck the little European and American]

[All encounters in the world are reunions after a long separation, Mr. P - the king of reckless kings]

[Must arrange G2 mid laner like crazy]

[This draw is OK, G2 is much easier to play against than FNC]

[Reassured, RNG is going to qualify. I am a little worried about EDG and IG. EDG was eliminated by FNC with a big score before. It will be hard for IG and KT to play together. Let's cheer for the three Gs together.]

[Although it’s not nice to be in the same zone as EDG, it’s great to be drawn against G2]

The forum is very lively.

The reason for being so happy is that after the group stage ended on October 10, G14 mid laner Perkz posted a message on Twitter: The reason why RNG was able to win was because they knew the opponent's tactics in advance.

This is to satirize the LPL team for leaking the lineups and routines used by other teams during the training games.

This is obviously nonsense.

EDG and RNG have a deep hatred, and even the clubs only maintain a superficial relationship with each other. IG was suppressed by RNG for a whole year. The "mountain" in the theory of climbing the mountain proposed in the summer promotional video refers to RNG.

To put it in a darker way, they are not even busy causing trouble for RNG, so how can they possibly provide help to RNG?

Perkz's words are not only disgusting to RNG, but also to the entire LPL region. Therefore, when the audience saw RNG and G2 were drawn together, no matter which team they supported, they were looking forward to the scene after the war.

The RNG lounge was filled with celebration.

After seeing the G2 team jump to the half zone, Letme laughed so hard that he fell backwards, and Mala Xiangguo excitedly supported himself with both hands and stood up.

"Oh--"

Xiaohu screamed and clapped his hands twice. He suddenly thought of something and turned to look at UZI, who occupied one-third of the screen.

I found that UZI remained calm.

Xiaohu quickly put away the smile on his face and waited for the action of his big brother in the team.

It was not until UZI laughed out loud that Xiaohu smiled again, raised his hands, and jumped up from his chair to celebrate.

"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"Hahahahaha!"

UZI pointed at the live broadcast screen and said: "I am dying of laughter. I thought G2 was going to be taken advantage of by IG. I forgot that they cannot be in the same half zone."

"G2 and AFS are in the same group and have to be separated." Letme repeated the rules: "Then EDG and KT will be separated, IG will play against KT, hahahahahaha!"

"IG is playing against KT, let them cheer for it, and EDG is also playing against FNC!" UZI said half-truths as he watched the last two balls being drawn.

Center of the big screen.

The quarterfinal match schedule was revealed.

The left half is AFS vs. TL, IG vs. KT.

The right half is RNG vs. G2, EDG vs. FNC.

"This draw...I think it's okay."

“It’s acceptable for every team.”

Wang Duoduo made some analysis: "From the perspective of the quarterfinals, among the three LPL teams, only IG is in a relatively difficult situation. They drew the strongest KT in Pool 2, but for KT, the match against IG may not be a tough battle; RNG and EDG drew opponents G and FNC respectively, so their chances of winning are very high."

"I don't think we need to be so reserved. RNG and EDG will basically meet in the semifinals." Ze Yuan said confidently, "KT has a better chance against IG, but IG also has a chance. AFS vs. TL will be a tough battle. As the No. 1 seed in the North American division, TL eliminated Gen.G in the group stage. Their strength should not be underestimated."

"That's right." Wang Duoduo agreed: "Let's take a look at the match schedule. The first two games of the quarterfinals will be held on October 10th. The first match is between IG and KT at 20 noon, and then RNG will play against G12 at 2 pm."

“The matches between AFS and TL and EDG and FNC will be held on October 10st, don’t miss it!”

The quarterfinals are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.

There are three days of rest in between.

During this period, not only did a large number of posts emerge in player gathering places such as Tieba, Hupu, and Zhangmeng, but active and retired players and some technical anchors in the industry also analyzed and predicted the quarterfinals.

The matchup table is actually a very important thing.

It is true that if you have the strength, you can win no matter which team you draw, but when there is no obvious difference in strength, the team style restraint is a very influential factor.

In addition, some teams adapt to the version slowly and need sufficient time to adjust their status. Some teams have mastered the version early on but lack stamina. These two situations happening together in advance are obviously very beneficial to the latter.

The term "strongest runner-up" that has emerged in the past two years is an assessment of teams that were eliminated due to bad luck in the draw.

"RNG will definitely have a good draw and will almost certainly make it to the semi-finals."

"There is still a clear gap in the strength of the two teams."

The old man changed his style and analyzed seriously: "But RNG also has disadvantages when facing G2. We can see from this year's spring game that RNG has always been strong when facing strong teams and weak when facing weak teams. When facing weak teams, they lose once or twice from time to time, but they can always beat strong teams. So drawing G2 cannot be considered a good draw, it's just a good draw."

"IG's encounter with KT may not be a bad draw. Judging from the record, IG lost to KT in the Intercontinental Championship, but that was just one game, and the two sides rarely played against each other. You are right to say that IG is weaker. I don't think it's a good idea to say that IG will be defeated by KT 3-0. IG even has a chance to beat KT."

"EDG is a bit dangerous. Those who pay attention to the version updates can see that this year's meta changes are aimed at weakening Tian Ge. To be honest, I have never seen such a situation where so many version changes are made for a single player."

"Over the past year, Riot Games has nerfed the top laner's confrontation and almost nerfed the top laner's split push. They also released Kai'Sa, who specializes in split push top laners. The most unbearable thing is that Kai'Sa can stack passive [Plasma] to deal damage through the control of teammates. Strengthening Fiora in the World Championship is more like a trap - Fiora's hero mechanism is not suitable for teamfights, and she can only split push. If she split pushes against Kai'Sa, she will be in trouble. If she doesn't touch Kai'Sa, the rhythm will be extremely slow, which is completely inconsistent with Tian Ge's style of quick battles and quick decisions."

[Riot Games is really disgusting]

[The last person to be targeted like this was Faker. Assassin heroes were directly nerfed by the overall environment.]

【Faker has never been targeted like this. Assassins are a little bit unsuitable for the version, but they can be used occasionally. This year, the designers directly eliminated the two top laners, laning and split pushing, leaving only heroes for teamfighting】

[It is really hard for EDG to play against FNC. Without Tian Ge, there is basically no chance of winning. In the quarterfinals, apart from KT, who they cannot meet, the strongest team is FNC.]

[If the Korean team hadn’t drawn badly, I would have suspected there was something fishy going on]

There was a lot of complaints in the barrage.

"There is definitely no conspiracy."

"A truly strong team is not afraid of any team they meet. Championships are won one game at a time. We would rather not have a guaranteed result."

The old man concluded: "No matter what, no matter how difficult it is, we have to show our true colors on the field. Come on, LPL team!" (End of this chapter)