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Chapter 271 Champion skin, 4396!

The LPL playoffs are in full swing.

JDG, which achieved the best record among e-commerce teams last year and was only one step away from entering the World Championship, defeated WE and RNG, and once again defeated FPX, which was ranked first in the regular season, with a record of 3-2, creating a black eight miracle that people talked about.

but.

Entering the finals, facing the peak IG, JDG no longer had the ability to keep the miracle going.

In this year's spring season, JDG mainly relied on top laner Zoom to win. Although Zoom's data in the regular season was second only to The shy, the "second only to" here has the same meaning as The shy was second only to Ye Tian last year.

Looks like a close second.

In fact, there is a level in between.

It is no exaggeration to say that the spring finals was The shy's personal performance.

Whether Zoom was attacking or using late-stage heroes to develop, he was beaten back by The shy in the same way. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as being completely surrounded.

The score was fixed at 3-0 without any suspense.

All IG members gathered in the center of the stage and held up the Silver Dragon Cup representing the LPL champion.

Tencent's marketing strategy is to praise Ye Tian to the sky and support IG and RNG in the competition on the ground. It was originally worried that IG did not have a championship and was not confident enough, but when it saw IG won its first championship, a series of publicity immediately followed.

Major player gathering places were filled with praises such as "IG demonstrated its dominance in just three games", "As an LPL viewer, it makes my scalp tingle when watching my own team play", and "IG showed an undoubted double crushing at the individual and team levels".

The memory of IG defeating KT, AFS and meeting EDG in the finals last year has not faded much, and they played a dominant performance in the Spring Finals, which makes people look forward to the continuation of the LPL region's dominance.

With the MSI version launched.

EDG’s second championship skin meets global fans.

This skin is themed [Brilliant Silver Dragon], with a background of silver and blue tones interwoven, combining elements such as Chinese armor, dragon scales, and crowns.

Click to open the interface.

Coming towards us was a silver dragon soaring from the sky.

When the dragon head came to the center of the screen and opened its mouth to spit out a holy flame, the EDG champion skin interface unfolded.

First up is Ray's Gnar.

Compared with the original image at the beginning, the silver dragon Gnar put on armor and turned into a white-haired little beast. The boomerang was changed from bone to a material that combines metal and a sense of technology. The E skill left the EDG team logo when it landed. After the transformation, the R [Naaaaah——] will bring up the shadow of a silver dragon when waving its claws, and the limbs of the angry beast are also covered with obvious dragon scales.

Meiko's Thresh is the only skin without dragon scale elements. All the bone armor has been replaced with silver-glowing steel, the Soul Guiding Lantern is a dragon ball with flowing light, and the chain-connected Death Scythe has turned into a dragon claw.

Beautiful appearance.

The special effects are full of sincerity.

The Q skill has a visual effect of breaking through clouds when exploring forward, W and E are normal and fit the theme, and the five silver walls erected by R [Netherworld Prison] have the back of a dragon emerging, which makes the level of the game much more impressive.

[Fuck, this Thresh]

[Compared to the Silver Dragon, the Champion Warden is just a rookie]

[The support is so handsome, other skins must be even better? 】

The audience let out a series of exclamations.

Behind Thresh is Tristana chosen by Iboy. Since the "How to Train Your Dragon" skin was released in 15, Tristana could not use the Silver Drake to output crazy damage as Iboy expected, and was replaced with a thick and powerful Silver Dragon Cannon.

E [Explosion Sparks] A silver dragon circles above the head. When shattered, the silver dragon turns red and spews flames at the target below.

R [Destruction Shot] is a half-real and half-virtual dragon head cannonball. When it hits, it has a special effect of swallowing the target hero in one bite. Even if it cannot make the corpse disappear, the quality is very exaggerated. It can be regarded as a compromise made by the designer to prevent Tristana from taking the Silver Dragon.

It is foreseeable that there will be a large number of players who use R to send their opponents away in order to see this devouring special effect, and will be scolded by their teammates.

Syndra's heroic image has been changed into a female warrior wearing silver armor. Her Q is in dragon ball form, her W has the EDG team logo, and her R [Energy Drain] comes with a dragon roar. Overall, it's average, and of similar quality to Gnar.

Taliyah is also average. After all, giving Taliyah too many special effects would make it seem out of place. If the special effects were pushed down, it would become mediocre as it is now. Apart from the passive ability to sneak on the dragon's back, there is basically no highlight. It is simply there to make up the number in the theme.

This differential treatment did not cause many ripples.

Scout has always been regarded as a slacker and the least important member of the championship team. This year, he was almost caught by Ning as a breakthrough point when using Syndra. If it weren't for Ye Tian and Karsa+Meiko continuously targeting Rookie, Scout might have become the sixth man.

Karsa has fewer fans, and the occasional protests are quickly drowned out.

Poor quality?
Discrimination?

The quality of Syndra and Taliyah's skins are on the same level as Gnar, and they are better than the champion skins from S1-S6!

"Come on, it's Brother Tian's champion skin!"

Zzitai took advantage of the popularity by live streaming: "Everyone knows that Tian Ge's skin is Irelia. Let's see what the designer made it look like... Wow, this look is good!"

The original painting of Irelia was shot from an upward angle from the lower right. A dancer in dragon-scale light armor was seen pointing one hand to the sky and the other to the ground. This classic shape made many players think of the saying "I am the only one in the world".

The six blades were changed from their original fragmented shape to wide translucent blades that were enlarged several times. A silver dragon was entwined in the hollowed-out area of ​​the wide blades, hanging behind them like a halo, creating an extremely gorgeous visual effect.

The facial expression has also been very delicately crafted. Not only is it 70% similar to Ye Tian, ​​but it also depicts the details of overlooking the entire scene, which perfectly matches the movements.

[So handsome]

[This is simply Brother Tian himself]

[Look at the special effects, look at the special effects]

The audience urged.

"Okay, let's watch the special effects together."

The posture opens the skin to show according to the audience's request.

Compared with the original painting, the real scene in the game is even cooler. There is a constantly flowing halo condensed on the blade, and Q [Blade Impact] has a dragon-shaped energy covering the whole body, and starlight and tail flames of the same color are flashing on the path.

W [Dance of Distance Breaking] is a silver dragon protecting the body, and then stabbing out six flying blades.

E【Twin-blade Wings】is two silver dragons crossing each other, and every corner is polished to the utmost.

When R [Vanguard Blade] hits, a suspended dragon will appear under the target's feet. The exploded barrier is similar to Thresh's R, but much more refined, equivalent to the difference between a finished painting and a simple drawing.

An independent return to city action is naturally indispensable.

Last year, Yasuo ascended to the throne step by step. This year, Irelia did not replicate this. Instead, she gathered all her strength to manipulate the sharp blade to split the dark clouds, opening a radiant gap, and gradually rose into the air in an ascending form.

【Last year I was king, this year I ascended to heaven】

[Fuck, ascension is still possible]

【Killing me】

[But to be honest, the design of Ascension is really good. Tian Ge's performance in the world championships in the past two years is really like a god descending to earth]

[Gods from Heaven Descend to Earth]

[Thresh and Tristana are both good quality, Tian Ge maxed out this one, but Taliyah and Syndra are average, I'm really confused whether to buy the full set]

[Has the factory manager's skin not been revealed yet? This year, the factory manager can only choose Lee Sin, right? 】

"You can only choose Lee Sin." Zzitai remembered it clearly: "Zitai only played in the group stage once, and he used Lee Sin that time. According to the rules, he couldn't choose other heroes... Oh my god! Is it really 4396?!"

In terms of appearance and special effects, the factory director's skin is absolutely impeccable.

Q [Sound Wave] brings out a silver dragon, and R [Dragon's Tail] has a silver dragon surrounding it during a spin kick. Compared to the 'Descendant of the Dragon' which can only be obtained through lottery, this time the champion Lee Sin is the real dragon.

however.

When we got back to the city, something was wrong.

The movements were similar to Chinese Kung Fu, and there was nothing wrong with them. However, when the return bar was halfway through, two numbers that looked like a countdown appeared above Lee Sin's head: 4 and 3. The next number that popped up was not [2] but [9].

The fourth one is...【6】!
4396!

Even though Lee Sin used his Rising Dragon Fist to smash the numbers in the end, representing that Factory Manager had broken the curse and won his own world championship, no one in the audience cared about the final breaking action and only saw the number 4396!

【6 Ah! 】

[It’s 7777777, you’re a fake fan]

[It was said before that the champion skin of the factory manager would cost 4396, and it turned out to be true]

[Amazing]

[It's impossible to do a spin kick. I will never be able to do a spin kick in my lifetime. I can't flash with R. I can only rely on W to get assists and maintain my KDA. Everyone in the finals is talented. They know how to move and have many routines. Wow, I love playing in the finals! ]

[Don't be so mean, the first person to use R flash in the professional league was Zzitai.]

[Who doesn't know that the first one is the factory manager? The question is, is the factory manager still useful now? ]

[I really have to buy the whole set now, Master Seven is awesome! 】

The barrage was extremely enthusiastic.

There are seven champion skins, Irelia, Lee Sin, Tristana, and Thresh, all of which are worth buying. With this calculation, buying four of them individually is almost the same as getting the whole set at a discount price. Most players bought the whole set of champion skins and used them to play Ranked while watching IG's games.

5 month 15 day.

The 2019 MSI group stage has come to an end.

IG team's performance of qualifying with 9-1 and quickly pushing down SKT's base in 16 minutes and 13 seconds, coupled with the famous saying "You can win even if you tie a dog to the jungle", further strengthened the confidence of LPL viewers.

"Congratulations to IG for advancing as the first in the group!"

Ze Yuan's voice seemed to carry magic: "Since the MSI competition system was changed to a double round-robin group stage in 2016, IG is the first team to complete nine consecutive wins in the group stage. Let us look forward to their performance in the knockout stage!"

"We can't underestimate SKT either." Wang Duoduo said, "During the winter transfer period last year, SKT underwent a drastic reorganization and won the spring championship with only Faker as a veteran player. The poor performance in the initial group stage should be a problem of running-in. After 3-3, SKT used a wave of four consecutive victories to prove that they are still the opponent that cannot be underestimated."

Wang Duoduo's words did not resonate much.

In the eyes of most viewers, the official commentator was merely maintaining a neutral perspective and giving the triple crown team a little face.

——Two years ago, Ye Tian single-handedly knocked the all-conquering SKT into the abyss. Last year, SKT didn’t even have a share in the world finals. This year, he just randomly put together a team. How can he compete with the IG team that has been promoted to the new king of LPL? !
Unthinkable.

Before SKT could make a move, IG lost to the North American TL, which was not favored by everyone, in the semi-finals.

What’s even more exaggerated is that IG didn’t fail in this BO5 due to a hard fight, but fell behind by a large score of 1-3!

The whole world, including TL in North America itself, could hardly believe such a result.

What kind of players make up the North American TL?

The top laner is Impact who is about to die, the mid laner is Jian Huang who has performed all kinds of amazing operations, the AD is Doublelift who became the king thanks to the "no tiger in the mountain" in North America, and the jungler Xmithie is even 28 years old...Except for CoreJJ who plays the support position, none of the players have the strength of a world-class player.

Even so, IG was still stunned.

Just as the audience was arguing about why IG lost to TL and pointing the finger at the coach and players with poor performance on the field, SKT lost to G2 again.

The MSI final turned into a big fight between European and North American teams!

Before the final even started, European and American audiences and media were already in carnival mode.

From the perspective of LPL, the world has suffered from South Korea for a long time, and from the perspective of Europe and North America, the world has suffered from Asian teams for a long time - first, SKT and Samsung joined hands to monopolize the world championship, and then Ye Tian suddenly appeared and treated other teams as robots. Europe and North America, as the two major mainstream regions, were not even qualified to be supporting roles, and naturally formed an atmosphere of common hatred of the enemy.

5 month 19 day.

The MSI finals begin.

The G2 team from Europe swept the North American TL with a score of 3-0 and reached the top of the world.

In a horizontal comparison, IG lost to TL 1-3, and SKT fought until the fifth game before being overturned by G2's first-hand strong control + Pike kill + Lissandra's passive AOE killer. LPL's performance in this MSI did not even reach the second place in the world in the Dark Ages, and directly became the fourth place region!

[The BP was random, the performance was rubbish, and there was no coordination. Such an IG really has no right to enter the MSI finals]

[Bao Lan’s halberd can’t beat Braum with Alistar, and can’t beat Alistar with Braum. It can only be said that there is a gap between the runner-up supports]

[Didn't he give up when he followed up with Q? Didn't he give up when he played Rouji? Both Cs are sleepwalking, and they're blaming the support? ]

[I really don't know what IG is doing. RNG got arrogant after winning the championship for a year. IG got arrogant after winning the spring championship and quickly pushed SKT in a BO1. Isn't Tian Ge's previous 1557 faster than their 1613? ]

[If you don’t respect your opponents, don’t respect yourself, don’t respect your fans, don’t buy your plane tickets, just come back honestly]

[Don't disrespect this or that just because you lose the game. The premise of disrespecting is that you are stronger. Are RNG and IG really stronger than G2 and TL? Even if you are not careless and go all out, you may not necessarily win, right? ]

[The first division is just an illusion brought about by Tian Ge. Without Tian Ge, even if IG could win the championship last year, LPL would have just had one champion.]

After discussion, the audience gradually reached a consensus.

Is the LPL region strong?

joke!

It was Ye Tian, ​​this all-powerful person, who dragged the LPL region up. The other teams simply did not have the strength to support the title of 'No. 1 Region'!

February 7 at 7pm.

The Asia Showdown finals officially began in Seoul, South Korea.

Apart from FPX using a mid laner Pantheon to gain a point, IG, JDG, and TES had almost no ability to resist. Apart from JDG dragging the game to thirty minutes, IG and TES were both pushed for twenty-six minutes.

It's not a shame to be defeated.

Being beaten 3-1 is not necessarily a shame.

But facing the LCK team known for its operations and late-game teamfights, the so-called strong teams in the top four of the LPL Spring Split couldn't even hold on in the early and mid-game. It's not even worthy of the word shame. It's a complete joke!

The highly anticipated complete IG failed to beat the KZ, which was made up of a bunch of scrap metal, and the expectations of countless LPL fans plummeted to the bottom. If it weren't for Ye Tian behind the scenes, LPL fans wouldn't have any confidence in the World Finals in two months.

however.

On August 8, bad news came.

According to the current points calculation, EDG will not be able to enter the playoffs even if they win all the remaining games!
This is not only the worst result since EDG was founded, but also means that Ye Tian, ​​the all-powerful representative, may not come out again.

——Although the contract terms were not announced, through various rumors and the tacit agreement of both parties not responding, everyone knew that Ye Tian and EDG signed a binding contract and could not play in other teams...

(End of this chapter)