Occupation? I won’t even hit a dog!

The other two quarter-final matches are scheduled for October 10.

At 4 pm, ASF, the only remaining team in LCK, and TL, the number one seed in North America, started the battle.

ASF team's top laner Kiin was originally regarded as the biggest hope of the LCK region due to his evenly matched record with Ye Tian in Rank. The Koreans even touted Kiin as the next super top laner who could take over Ye Tian's job.

Until the Asian Games begins.

Kiin's so-called 50-50 chance was beaten into a pulp by Ye Tian. His mentality suffered a serious blow and he was caught in a whirlpool of public opinion. He didn't even dare to use his original offensive top laner, and his record and performance on the field showed a clear decline.

But there is a saying that is good.

If we lose our horses, we can't know what a blessing is.

With the development of Urgot, a food chain was formed again in the top lane - Urgot suppressed Aatrox in all aspects in the early and mid-game, and Aatrox's overall ability was greater than that of Sion. Sion could withstand Urgot's pressure with his thick skin and passive resurrection, and play a greater role after his equipment was formed.

In addition to these three heroes that form a closed loop, there is also an independent ultimate mixed-up hero, Ornn.

Kiin has been in a slump for nearly two months.

Look up.

The hero I have mastered recently just happens to be in line with the version!

In contrast, the North American TL has been centered around Doublelift this year, using a four-protect-one tactical system, which is equivalent to a weakened version of RNG.

Doublelift, who debuted in the ancient times and is now 25 years old, is still focusing on Kaisa in the summer season. After leaving Kaisa who is not suitable for the current environment, only Xayah and Sivir can barely survive.

Xayah and Sivir are both critical ADs. Although their late-game abilities are not bad, they must make Stormbreaker + Cannon to support the mid-game before they can slowly combine into Infinity Edge, and then take out a Whisper to deal with tanks. With the four expensive items and shoes added together, given the North American team's operational capabilities, money-making speed, and economic distribution, it may not be possible to raise a critical AD even after forty minutes.

The same is true.

Except for the S3 champion Impact using Urgot to carry a game, the North American TL had no power to resist ASF. Doublelift, who was placed with high hopes, repeated the cycle of resisting pressure, stealing development, fighting in a team, and being killed instantly four times in a row, and was criticized by the North American audience.

“Congratulations to ASF for becoming the third team to reach the semi-finals.”

"Preserved the last spark for the LCK region."

Wawa has always been inclined towards the LPL team. After going through the process without thinking, he thought from the perspective of IG: "In this way, IG's opponent in the semi-finals will still be the Korean team, and they will face another tough battle."

KT is the toughest nut to crack.

Although ASF is not as strong as KT, it is also a leader in the second tier.

When the quarterfinals groups were just drawn, IG fans were still rejoicing, thinking that playing against KT was better than fighting against RNG and EDG.

As RNG was eliminated by G2, IG fans realized that it seemed that EDG team had taken all the advantage!

"Speaking objectively, EDG's schedule is not easy."

Miller brought the topic back to the game: "Before the quarterfinals, we may have thought that EDG and RNG had a high chance of winning against European and American teams, but RNG lost to G1 3-2 yesterday, which sounded a wake-up call for everyone. As I said before, there are no weak teams in the world championship. The attitude of despising the opponent will only bring bitter consequences."

"That's right." Special guest Shen Chao wore an ill-fitting suit and combed his hair like an adult. "On paper, FNC is a stronger team than G2. After KT and RNG both suffered upsets, EDG will surely pay enough attention to FNC."

We chatted briefly.

The camera jumps to the BEXCO site in Busan.

As the host introduced the team, the spotlights came on, illuminating the figures of the EDG and FNC team members.

"From a neutral and objective perspective, EDG jungler Karsa's performance in the group stage was not as good as in the summer season."

“There is still a certain gap compared to FNC jungler Broxah.”

Miller told the truth: "In today's matchup, I am more worried about the confrontation in the jungle position. Karsa may not be used to the rhythm of Tian Ge on the court. Compared with Ray, Tian Ge's playing style is fundamentally different."

"Tian Ge's opponents are not weak either." Wawa recalled the previous games: "When it comes to the group stage, we can't ignore the confrontation between FNC's new top laner Bwipo and The shy. FNC was able to win a game from IG, the team that defeated KT. Bwipo is a point that cannot be ignored. Today, FNC also used Bwipo as the starting player... You can see that Bwipo is smiling very happily."

Let’s talk about top lane and jungle.

The host then read out the names of the mid laner, AD, and support in turn.

Ou Cheng, who was at the peak of his appearance, raised his arm to reveal Rekkles' artistic font tattoo, making Iboy, with his big head and small body, look like a malnourished silver carp.

Iboy listened to the cheers that came second only to Ye Tian's appearance, and secretly curled his lips.

Ou Cheng, right?

I’m going to beat you into a pulp in a bit!
After entering the player seat, the EDG team first carefully checked the peripherals - the World Finals requires players to hand over the peripherals to the official. After strict inspection by the official and confirmation that there are no problems, they will be installed on the computer before the game starts, and will be taken away and stored by the official after the game.

This year's World Finals are hosted by Koreans, who are notoriously sneaky when it comes to playing dirty tricks.

Scout and Ray, both Koreans, reminded EDG players more than once to test all buttons, key combinations, and mouse DPI before confirming with the referee.

"EDG is very serious about this."

"A lion will use all its strength to fight a rabbit, not to mention that FNC is not a rabbit."

Wawa set the mood while waiting: "Okay, enter the Ban/Pick interface. FNC will ban Akali on the blue side first. This is a hero that cannot be released against Tian Ge. It is a fixed Ban position."

"EDG's first ban is Sivir." Miller read out the hero: "Ou Cheng's win rate using Sivir in this world championship is 100%, and Sivir's wave clearing ability can to a certain extent counter the fast push of Caitlyn + Galio. Without Sivir, FNC must give up a ban position for Caitlyn."

EDG gave the second ban to Lee Sin.

Lee Sin is the specialty hero of FNC jungler Broxah. He performed very well in the group stage, so it’s okay to target him appropriately.

Thus.

There are two version heroes, Urgot and Galio, plus two heroes, Aatrox and Irelia, who are not suitable for EDG.

If FNC bans one of them and EDG does not make a corresponding mutual ban, it will be easy for FNC to take one first and EDG to take two later.

Think about it.

FNC decided to ban Aatrox.

Ye Tian never chose Urgot in the group stage, and there were two other heroes with the word "En" in their names, Sion and Ornn, who were strong enough to match Urgot. Even if EDG targeted one of them, FNC had another one to choose from.

"FNC is going to grab Irelia, we won't feel comfortable picking Galio."

"Without split-pushing heroes, Galio will be much less useful."

Maokai continued thinking, "Ye Tian, ​​do you have any idea of ​​playing split push top lane? Do you want to ban Kai'Sa?"

Kai'Sa in version 8.19 was drastically cut down. The percentage damage of her passive [Plasma] was changed from 15%-20% to 15% at all levels. For the burst-based Kai'Sa, a 5% difference means that she cannot kill the C position in the second she flies to the back row, and is easily killed by the opponent.

but.

When it comes to catching split-pushing heroes, Kaisa really doesn't lack this little damage.

"Ban it, give them some pressure."

Ye Tian thought for a moment and made a decision: "But we shouldn't pick Galio first. Let's go straight to Xayah and Rakan in the first two picks and then trick the other team."

It is true that Meiko has a strange smell.

But when facing the FNC team, this little odor is not enough to affect the T1 level status of the Xayah and Rakan combination.

After all, compared with veteran strong players like Deft and UZI, Ou Cheng is still far inferior. Especially when Sivir, Kaisa, and Caitlyn were all banned, FNC didn't dare to take Lucian who needed a quick victory, Xayah and Rakan were banned by grabbing, and by the way, the difficult problem of Galio was thrown to FNC.

——Galio rarely appears in the top lane, and Bwipo, as a newcomer, has never used Galio in the top lane. If FNC wants to grab Galio, Bwipo has to use Irelia and Ye Tian to compete in operation.

Does FNC dare?

Does Bwipo dare?

"The first three bans were settled, and FNC grabbed Irelia on the first floor."

"EDG's first two picks are Xayah and Rakan."

Miller said this and saw the clever part: "Galio is still outside. If FNC takes Galio, it will be very troublesome to split the lanes. If they don't take Galio, EDG will take it!"

"Tian Ge is one of the few top laners who is capable of split pushing and carrying in the world version." Shen Chao made a long and difficult sentence: "Tian Ge dares to use Fiora, which others dare not use, and Tian Ge is also likely to dare to use Shen, which others dare not use."

"FNC is in a dilemma!" Wawa looked at the scene in the director's camera.

Just as said.

Seeing that EDG ignored Galio, the five starting players of FNC and coach Dylan Falco who was on the stage for BP were all a little nervous.

Before the game.

Dylan Falco claimed in an interview with European reporters that drawing EDG was the best draw, and FNC had a greater chance of winning against EDG than against other teams.

After making the bold statement, Dylan Falco made countless Ban/Pick simulations during the four days of preparation. He believed that he could easily deal with any moves EDG made, and as long as the top lane was not broken, the chances of winning would be more than 50%.

Unthinkable.

When Ban/Pick just started, Dylan Falco was a little confused.

Taking Galio means that the newcomer Bwipo will have to go head to head with the world's No. 1 top laner who has been leading for a long time. It also means that the mid lane will be suppressed by strong heroes. In the absence of a carry hero in the bottom lane, as long as Bwipo fails to gain an advantage, the game is over.

Can Bwipo gain an advantage?

It's a bit of a pipe dream...

"Take Galio, give me Irelia."

"I have confidence."

Bwipo's eyes flashed with the light of a newborn calf who is not afraid of a tiger: "Tian's strength is indeed outstanding, but the hero mechanism of Irelia is strong enough. I will definitely be able to suppress him with Irelia!"

"..."

"..."

The rest of FNC was silent for a while.

"Row."

"Then choose."

Coach Dylan Falco couldn't think of a better solution within the time limit, so he had to trust his players once: "Take down Galio and get another EZ, otherwise there will be no AD in the second round."

Galio is a support and teamfight hero.

EZ is a mixed hero.

The selection of these two positions means that FNC is placing a heavy bet on Irelia.

"EDG took out Urgot on the third floor. Is Tian Ge going to show it off?"

Miller said with anticipation: "Just like we can't use common sense to measure Tian Ge's strength, we can't use common sense to measure Tian Ge's hero pool. There are many heroes that everyone thinks Tian Ge can't use, but Tian Ge can use them very well."

"It's mainly because we're so far ahead in terms of strength that we can hide our moves." Shen Chao explained from a professional perspective: "Before the Asian Games, everyone was worried that Tian Ge wouldn't know how to play Aatrox or Irelia, and they didn't believe that Tian Ge could play Akali. But everyone saw the real situation, Tian Ge usually pretended that he couldn't play."

"Others have to be very serious when playing the Korean King's game, but Tian Ge can play the Korean King's game as a free-for-all."

“So, Tian Ge is probably going to be very powerful as Urgot.”

"Urgot is still a good choice to counter Irelia." Wawa watched the second round: "EDG banned Nightmare and Zac to prevent FNC jungler from rushing in with Galio. FNC banned Taliyah and Syndra to relieve some pressure on the mid lane."

On the fourth floor, EDG chose Ahri.

FNC is on the fourth and fifth floors and gets Old Bull + Elise.

For the last pick, EDG showed an unexpected hero - Seneschal Zhao Xin.

Karsa is a factory-style jungler famous for his map control and counter-camping. He usually likes to play heroes that take into account both development and backhand and have enough tolerance for mistakes. The most used heroes in the summer season are Troll and Barrel. This time he suddenly took out Xin Zhao, which obviously caught FNC off guard.

Spider Queen restrains many melee heroes, but Xin Zhao is not one of them.

Even at Spider's strongest point at level 3, he is still on par with Xin Zhao at level 3.

In a competition environment that is much more rigorous than Rank, Spider has basically no chance of gaining levels or equipment to completely suppress Xin Zhao. His basic attributes and skill damage are much worse than Xin Zhao. When Xin Zhao takes out Mercury's Boots and uses his R skill [Crescent Sweep] to block, Spider has basically no chance of winning.

After exchange.

The lineup is finalized.

Blue side: FNC
Red square: EDG
Top lane: Irelia vs. Urgot

Jungle: Spider vs Xin Zhao
Mid: Galio vs. LeBron
AD: EZ vs Xia

Support: Lao Niu vs Luo

With this matchup list, even without considering individual abilities, FNC is in an unfavorable situation where they are at a disadvantage in all four lanes. If Irelia cannot counterattack Urgot, they will almost have no chance of winning!

FNC coach Dylan Falco walked to the center of the venue and looked at Maokai's face that was smiling like a daisy, and he felt terrible.

It’s completely different from what I imagined!

"Wow, I am dying of laughter."

"Look at the expressions of the two coaches."

Zzitai was a little restrained when commentating on RNG, so he went back to the second channel and highlighted an effect: "After the FNC coach finished selecting the lineup, he found that he couldn't beat the top lane, the mid lane, the bottom lane, and the jungle, and he has already started to consider the BP for the second game."

[Top, middle and jungle are all selected first, so brave]

[FNC still wins the dice roll and takes the blue side]

[The blue team does have a high win rate in this year's world championship, and can also restrict one more hero by grabbing instead of banning, but he leaves every position for EDG to counter, which is really weird]

[EDG's BP in this game was also awesome. They have never done so well in the summer season.]

[Just kidding, when EDG played in LPL, the coach did the BP, but when they entered the World Championship, Tian Ge did the BP, how can it be the same? ]

"Correct."

"It's Brother Tian who does the BP."

Zzitai understood the inside story: "Since Tian Ge went to EDG, EDG coach has become a full-time delivery guy. FNC is competing with Tian Ge in understanding, and Tian Ge will be defeated... Ouch, Tian Ge is hiding in the river bushes, he doesn't think anything good is going on!" (End of this chapter)