Occupation? I won’t even hit a dog!

In the past two years, Lao Saonan has been focusing on making a living, shouting in the low-level segments: Lick me, brother, and creating a great show effect.

But five years ago, he also used the phrase 'It's not a winning streak, it's undefeated' to attract popularity. He only chose the male swordsman throughout the whole process and rushed to the high victory point of Diamond I with 55 consecutive wins + 100% winning rate. He is a super strong man with excellent strength and vision. The opinions he expressed are the same as those of most of the kings of the road and retired and active professionals.

After all, FNC beat IG in the group stage.

This year's IG team, apart from the top laner, is a completely strengthened version of EDG - Rookie and Scout are 60-40, Ning at his peak is better than Karsa who can only last fifteen minutes, and although JackeyLove+Baolan are not famous enough, their performance in the regular season surpassed Iboy+Meiko.

EDG has been weakened by the designers for a whole year, exposed two trump cards at the Asian Games, and cut off both arms before entering the World Championship. It is probably not easy for them to defeat FNC.

No one in the LPL is particularly optimistic about EDG, let alone the EU region.

As an ancient powerhouse that won the championship in the S1 season, although FNC did not host a world-class event at the time, it was able to allow European players to stand up straight and say that EU is better than NA.

In addition, G2 mid laner A.P. made a stupid statement on Twitter, and the team was drawn into the death group of RNG in the quarterfinals. The whole world thought that G2 was going to be humiliated by RNG, so naturally all the hopes of the EU region were placed on FNC.

"The eyes of all Europe are on us."

“We have to prove ourselves.”

FNC manager Quaye encouraged his team members during the preparation stage: "We are the first S series champions, the only team that can come back from 4-4 to qualify in the group stage, and we also had a unique 4-0 score in the world championship. Our opponent at that time was EDG."

"This year, EDG only has one top laner who is strong enough. The other positions are either garbage from the fifth division, or toothless old dogs or scraps who don't deserve the reputation. We must make EDG taste the bitter fruit of failure again."

He spoke with great vigor.

secretly.

Quaye actually felt a little guilty.

After a year of silence, FNC has regained its momentum as the big brother of the EU region. The boss behind the scenes has very high hopes for this year. This is also the reason why FNC is willing to spend a lot of money to discuss cooperation with Ye Tian even though they have the former top laner sOAZ and the top genius top laner Bwipo.

Quaye took on the task with full confidence, thinking that he could easily get the job by paying Ye Tian 4 million euros, and rejected the boss's suggestion that he could raise the price.

Unexpectedly, the deal failed twice in a row.

It's just okay.

Ye Tian won the championship with EDG last year and has had a series of in-depth cooperation with EDG. This year, EDG successfully advanced to the World Championship and its priority is definitely higher than other teams. Quaye will not be blamed for not being able to invite Ye Tian.

Something was wrong when we drew EDG in the quarterfinals.

If Ye Tian was not invited and was fired by Ye Tian, ​​Quaye, who thought he could complete the task without raising the price, would have no choice but to resign.

"I have tried The Shy's strength."

"It's very strong, but I'm not afraid."

Bwipo is very confident: "There is a ceiling in any field. Tian will not be much higher than The shy. If you give me some resources, I can compete with him."

"Yes, appetite comes from eating." sOAZ used a slang term.

"We dragged EDG into a teamfight. In a 5v5 teamfight, individual heroism will be weakened to the greatest extent." Veteran Ou Cheng considered the issue from the perspective of ADC: "I will let EDG's bottom lane know that the future belongs to the young, but not now."

FNC is making intensive preparations.

G2, who was considered to have a low chance of winning, did not give up.

RNG did win the whole year, but they relied on the four-protect-one system throughout the year. In the face of EDG's use of Caitlyn + Morgana and Caitlyn + Galio fast push and top lane Viktor, the four-protect-one system that must support AD was greatly restricted.

and.

EDG does not use routines, but ideas.

——Routine means that there is only one fixed way of playing. Banning the core hero or taking out a lineup system that restrains the opponent can both be used to restrain the opponent well; thinking means that other heroes can be replaced, as long as they have similar effects, they are sufficient to be replaced.

When facing the four-protect-one system, the bottom lane uses a combination of clearing soldiers + self-protection. Even if it cannot suppress the opponent, it will not allow the opponent to quickly destroy the tower and change lanes, which directly curbs the snowballing of the four-protect-one system. The middle and top lanes use heroes that can limit AD output, which compresses the winning space of the four-protect-one system from the root.

This is the case in the European region.

The LCK region has made more comprehensive preparations.

Both AFS and KT made a series of tactical designs during the break between the group stage and the quarterfinals, waiting for the game to begin.

10 month 20 day.

The world-renowned S8 Finals-Quarterfinals were held at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Haeundae District, Busan.

This venue puts a lot of pressure on non-LCK teams.

Players who have a little knowledge of traditional sports know that this was the venue for the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup group stage, and when the two words "Korea and Japan" are added together, there is no fairness in the competition.

Although there is only one organizer this year, South Korea, it still makes people feel worried.

With the introduction of the Roaring Emperor.

The IG and KT teams took to the main stage.

"Korean is so interesting, KT-he lost."

Iboy looked at the cryptic translation on the barrage and was overjoyed: "It's JackeyLove's turn, Ize is the bait, hahaha, this group of people are really talented."

"JackeyLove is good at holding towers. By the way, Brother Tian, ​​which team do you think will win?" Ray has nothing to worry about. These days, except for going to the Korean server to send out smoke bombs, he has been living like on vacation.

"I can't tell now, let's wait and see the BP." Ye Tian attaches great importance to this game.

The current IG has the complete form of The shy, and theoretically should be able to defeat KT, but having the complete form of The shy is not necessarily a good thing - if The shy performs too well individually and the IG fails to transform when facing KT, it may be played to death by a group of old guys from KT through operations.

but.

Ye Tian's worries mostly disappeared when he saw KT's lineup.

KT mid laner Ucal was born in 01 and just entered the professional arena in the S8 Spring Split. In the LCK region where seniority is the key, he has no say at all, and he does not get the trust of the other four veterans.

During the summer season, the hero Ucal used the most was Zoe, followed by Crow, Taliyah, Ark, Yasuo, and Ryze. Overall, he is an offensive mid laner.

In the Intercontinental Championship, Ucal used one each of Taliyah, Aatrox, Syndra, and Galio.

By the time it came to the World Championship, the heroes Ucal used were limited to pure team battles, and he used Crow, Galio, Urgot and even Sion.

What does this mean?
This means that KT appears to be a dual-core or even triple-core team, but when facing a small IG, Smeb cannot stand out and Ucal is not trusted, so it becomes a single-core lineup with Deft as the main carry point.

Deft is also known for being a weakling in big competitions.

KT's chances of winning are definitely not high.

Unsurprisingly.

In the first game, KT used a lineup of top lane Aatrox, jungle Xin Zhao, mid lane Galio, and bottom lane Kaisa + Shen. The idea was to use the double flying combination to protect Smeb and let Smeb replicate Ye Tian's scene of a god descending to earth at the Asian Games.

IG's lineup is Urgot on the top lane, Shen on the jungle, Lissandra on the mid lane, and Xayah and Rakan on the bottom lane.

Early stage of the game.

The shy was limited by KT's double-flying combination, and failed to establish an advantage. He was also killed by Zhao Xin in the grass. In the mid-term team battle, the gap in strength between the peak The shy and the old Smeb was reflected.

The shy can maximize AOE in every team fight and kill the low-health heroes, but Smeb can't even find a suitable opportunity to enter the game.

比赛进行到三十分钟，前期0-1-0战绩的The shy将数据打成5-1-5。

Smeb's stats were a pitiful 0-2-2.

Win the first game.

In the second game, KT still did not trust the young player Ucal and repeated the same mistake in almost the same way.

In the third game, KT, which was in a desperate situation, finally got Tsar for Ucal, and used Irelia first to lure IG into split pushing for The shy to get Fiora. They also got Kaisa and separated Xayah and Rakan, gaining an absolute advantage in Ban/Pick.

Enter the match.

Ucal used Tsar's pushing ability to restrict Rookie.

Deft, Mata and veteran captain Score worked together to open up the situation and gradually snowballed, using a combination of a blunt knife to cut meat and a steady and steady approach, spending more than 40 minutes to claw back a point.

This point drew enthusiastic cheers from the Korean fans in the audience, who hoped that KT could accomplish the feat of coming back from 2-0 down to 3-0.

however.

In the fourth game, IG, having learned from experience, gave The shy the infallible Sion, and let Rookie use Leblanc, a Deceiver, who could continuously launch sneak attacks on the back row. They controlled the four little dragons, Fire Dragon, Fire Dragon, Water Dragon, and Earth Dragon, by letting the top lane go and focusing on the middle and bottom lanes.

The shy was caught in the laning phase and was 0-2, looking quite weak.

Enter a team battle and you will become invincible immediately!
Highland team battle.

All IG members are fully staffed.

Baolan used R [Wall] to block the Taliyah in the middle of the road. Ning used Kindred to perform AQA triple attack and killed Taliyah in the midst of the army. With the advantage of numbers, they flattened the KT base in one wave.

The total score was fixed at 3-1.

LPL's second seed IG faced LCK's first seed KT. Although not favored by everyone, the game played out in a completely different way than expected, and defeated the strongest opponent of this World Championship by a large margin!
“Congratulations IG!”

"Congratulations!"

"LCK's...number one seed was sent back to his hometown... by IG!" The commentator Haokai was almost taken away with the team.

"March forward to Busan, and see the light after the clouds have been cleared! Let us congratulate IG..." Wang Duoduo recited the poem he had prepared for a long time.

"Great!" Haokai followed with a very emotional word.

[It’s so cool. It’s so damn cool! ]

【Congratulations to IG! 】

【IG is awesome! 】

[My little IG never kills unknown people]

[What hometown are you sending me? This is their hometown, hahaha]

[I have to go back one more time]

[Is Busan okay? Yes! ]

[The fight was so strong that it made my scalp tingle]

[All five members of IG played to their full potential. This is truly a team victory]

[KT: I have a strong vision, IG: I can fight, KT: I am strong at catching the side, IG: I can fight, KT is strong in late-game operations, IG: I can fight]

[Hahahaha, what a good fighter]

[I thought Mr. Dai could beat up Uzi, but in the end Mr. Dai could only beat up Uzi]

The LPL audience was excited.

Before the battle between IG and KT, most people thought that LPL and LCK would meet in the finals. After all, AFS and TL in the other half of the zone did not have the ability to threaten KT. As long as KT defeated IG, they could go straight to the finals.

result.

IG defeated KT!
What does this mean?
"So... can we congratulate LPL for reaching the finals?"

Haokai took a few deep breaths to relieve the pressure in his lungs and regain his clarity of mind: "IG is the top-tier team. After defeating KT, they can even be said to be the strongest team. As for the other half of the region, I think everyone knows that this year, LPL should at least be able to advance to the finals."

"Uh..." Wang Duoduo was a little uncomfortable with the topic, so he brought it back to the previous topic: "Who could have thought that it would end like this? IG first quickly won 2-0, and then lost a game due to BP design, and then they went all out and crushed KT."

"In the group stage, they have always been only attacking and not defending." Liang Xiaosan commented from the perspective of a professional player: "In these four games, IG is not only strong in offense, but also impeccable in defense and operations. We are pleasantly surprised to see that IG can also play roundabouts. They know the strengths of their lineup and will seize the opponent to fight at the strongest stage."

"A cultured and reckless man is really scary!" Haokai continued.

"Of course, we also want to give applause to KT..." After venting his emotions, Wang Duoduo began to speak politely.

See here.

Ye Tian turned off the live broadcast interface, opened the game video saved by the logistics staff, and re-watched several nodes that needed to be studied according to the time recorded in the notebook.

The young IG claims to never work overtime, and their playing style has always been extremely reckless, but under the pressure of KT, they have learned to make appropriate detours and avoid battles, and learned to take advantage of the strong period of the lineup to control neutral resources. JackeyLove, whose operation has always been rough, can calm down and slowly output when the opponent is not UZI, and no longer rush forward with a stubborn head to prove himself.

From every angle, AFS and TL had no ability to stop IG.

In comparison, the RNG team, which relies entirely on UZI, has already shown signs of decline.

The reason why the outside world has a high opinion of RNG is that Letme debuted with his unique skill, Shen, and has been an offensive top laner for a long time. They put the strength of "equality for all" on Letme personally, rather than on the combination of Letme + Ornn, and believe that Letme's strength is at the same level as The shy.

In fact.

Is Letme on the same level as The shy?

Do you want a key?

How many?
"Brother Tian, ​​the match between RNG and G2 has started!"

Iboy was playing Rank while paying attention to the live broadcast information. After playing two games, he switched out and arrived just in time to see the moment when RNG and G2 finished selecting their lineups and entered the Summoner's Rift.

The official attached great importance to this game and replaced the two commentators with the best performance, Miller and Wawa, and invited the pervert who gradually became popular with Ye Tian to be a guest.

Selection stage.

Wawa, Miller and Zzitai were all talking and laughing. Although they didn't say things like "however you play, you will win, and we will surely advance to the semifinals", they all used a series of words like "start it casually, you can play any way you want, you have to know that if you give RNG this kind of hero..."

Miller even said on stage: "RNG's Ban/Pick strategy is to fight quickly and make a quick decision."

When RNG's top laner Urgot, jungler Olaf, mid laner Sion, bottom lane Lucian + Diana, G2's top laner Aatrox, jungler Gragas, mid laner Ryze, bottom lane Jhin + Rakan were finalized, a BO5 match that was considered by the global audience to be without suspense officially began! (End of this chapter)