LPL History

Chapter 165 The Summoning Baboon Breaks Its Shackles, the Three Realms Shift and Hidden Dangers Abound

"Wow, bro!!"

EDG Lounge.

Lu Benwei was as excited as a baboon.

"Me, playing in the deciding game?! Are you serious?"

Zhu Kai patted Lu Benwei on the shoulder and said:

"Ah Wei, since Brother Zhou said so, he's definitely not joking."

"Hey hey hey!"

Lu Benwei started yelling again.

"Brother Zhou, don't worry, I, Lu Ben... I, Awei, will definitely be fine!"

Tabe laughed and retorted:
"Isn't Awei already dead?"

"Who said Ah Wei is dead?!" Lu Benwei exclaimed, his eyes wide. "Ah Wei is alive! Brother!"

"I've got Faker! Not even Jesus can stop him, I'm telling you!"

Looking at the radiant Lu Benwei, Shenchao couldn't help but remind him:
"Don't get so cocky, you'll get blown up later."

"Who? Who got blown up?" Lu Benwei pointed at himself. "Wow, bro, are you kidding me? Let me tell you, I'm fucking confident right now! I could beat Faker's Zed!"

Lu Benwei was undoubtedly excited at this moment.

After all, he made it to the finals with great difficulty. If he didn't play a single game in the entire BO5 series, it would be a bit of a pity.

Of course, most importantly, there will always be less to boast about in the future.

How can I stand up straight and ask others about championships in the future?
Zhou Li watched the commotion silently, without saying anything.

Who would have thought.

Bathing Dog, Dream Pig, and Stinky Baboon are about to realize their dream of winning the championship in S3.

Thinking about all this, Zhou Li couldn't help but feel a little moved by himself.

He led a group of animals to victory; he was absolutely fucking amazing.

Without him, these guys probably would never have won a championship in their entire lives.

Who can understand all the silent sacrifices Zhou Li made behind the scenes?
He only hopes that one day, this historical record will not be his own, but the historical record of millions of summoners.

However, compared to these things, he is now more worried about Sang-hyeok's situation.

It is foreseeable that after the second game, South Korean netizens will definitely not let Lee Sang-hyeok off the hook.

Zhou Li stood up and looked at Tabe.

"Tabe, you'll be playing in the next game."

Tabe was startled when he suddenly heard Zhou Li call his name, and pointed at himself in confusion.

"I?"

Although Tabe is currently the coach of EDG, Riot Games has not yet clearly defined the responsibilities of a coach.

Because Tabe was already a member of EDG before this and had not announced his retirement, his status remained unchanged.

With his arrival at the World Championship, EDG also conveniently registered him as a substitute player.

"Yeah, if you play, you might even get a championship skin."

Upon hearing Zhou Li's words, Tabe's nose twitched, and she looked like she was about to cry.

According to Riot Games' later rules, Riot Games will create custom championship skins for the champions of the World Championship every year.

This is not just an honor; players can also receive a share of the sales revenue from the championship skins.

However, it doesn't mean that every player on the champion team can get a champion skin.

One prerequisite is that the member must have played in the World Championship Finals.

Zhou Li wasn't quite sure if Riot Games had a rule in 2013 about giving championship skins to substitute players, since his team hadn't had any substitute players at all before.

However, given Zhou Li's current abilities and influence, negotiating with Riot Games to give him an extra championship skin is not a problem at all.

It's worth noting that his first-person perspective gameplay video of Zhou Li is now circulating all over the internet.

The amount of popularity it brought to League of Legends was extraordinary.

In this situation, he is the rule.

As for EDG's former jungler Lucky...

Unfortunately, in order to protect the health of the team members and avoid psychological problems caused by being groped before the competition, Zhou Li cautiously did not allow Lucky to come with the team to Amerika.

In fact, if Lucky were here today, Zhou Li wouldn't mind letting him play.

At worst, I can just spend a little more time remotely directing them, and besides, SKT probably doesn't have much fighting spirit left by now.

It's just a pity he's not here.

It can only be said that throughout history, countless heroes have been ruined by women.

SKT lounge.

Lee Sang-hyeok sat with his head down, as if his soul had been drained away.

Kouma felt a pang of sympathy when he saw Lee Sang-hyeok in this state.

This prodigy, whom I had such high hopes for, seemed to have been completely disoriented after just two short matches.

Even though Lee Sang-hyeok became the "culprit" for the loss in the second game, Koma still firmly believed that Lee Sang-hyeok was a genius.

Even among geniuses, there are differences...

Perhaps the young man named Zhou Li on the other side cannot be described or categorized as human.

In that great battle between the enemy and the demon, Lee Sang-hyeok had done more than enough.

But that person's mind was like a supercomputer that was constantly running at supersonic speed, ensuring that he would never make any mistakes.

No one is immune to making mistakes.

Unless it's a god.

He felt that research institutions should have that kid dissected to see exactly how his brain works.

If we could understand this, perhaps the level of civilization for all humankind could rise to a new level.

I'm not kidding, Koma has that urge right now.

I really want to call the police.

“Sang-hyeok,” Koma patted Lee Sang-hyeok on the shoulder, “it’s not your fault.”

He sighed and chose to comfort Lee Sang-hyeok in the most straightforward way.

"You are very strong, but in this world, there will always be someone stronger than you, and you just happened to meet him."

Lee Sang-hyeok simply kept his head down and did not respond.

Koma looked around and, like Lee Sang-hyeok, the SKT players all had the same mental state.

He knew it wasn't just because he had lost the second game and was under immense pressure to reach match point.

Furthermore, it was because of their attempt to "steal" players in the previous game.

They had already resorted to dishonorable means, but they were still fooled and ridiculed as clowns in front of a global audience. They had completely lost face and dignity.

No one has raised their hand to withdraw from the race yet, thank goodness...

"Damn it, I don't want to play the third game anymore!"

An argument broke out in the lounge.

In the end, only one sentence remained.

"Keep going, so you have no regrets."
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"Dear viewers watching the live stream!"

Unlike before, this time, Miller gasped for breath after just the first sentence.

Because now, EDG has reached match point. If they win this game, LPL will win their first World Championship!
Whether it's out of a sense of honor for the region or the immense wealth that EDG's victory would bring to them, how could Miller not be excited?
"You are now watching the 2013 League of Legends World Championship! The two teams facing off are SKT Esports Club from the OGN region of South Korea and EDG Esports Club from our LPL region!! I am your commentator Miller!"

"I'm the commentator, Waa!"

"I'm commentator Xiao Cang!"

Compared to men, women are obviously more emotional. When Xiao Cang just introduces herself, she almost shouts it out at the top of her lungs.

"In the first two matches that just concluded, EDG swept through the competition, winning both games in a row! According to the tournament rules, this finals will use a best-of-five (BO5) format. EDG has now won two games and secured match point. If they win this next game, they will become the champions of this year's World Championship!!"

As Miller finished speaking, the doll spoke up:

"That's right. And judging from the first two matches, EDG had a significant advantage over SKT objectively speaking! Perhaps no one could have predicted this outcome before the match, but the fact is, perhaps as Zhou Li said—the championship is within our grasp!"

Xiao Cang nodded and excitedly said:

"Furthermore, we can see that EDG made a significant roster change in this match! Tabe replaced Curly to play support, while Lion returned to his old position, replacing UZI and playing ADC again. In the mid lane, White, a player we are quite familiar with, also returned to the field!"

In the live stream, netizens were abuzz with discussion after seeing EDG's roster substitution. [Well, well, I can only say EDG's roster change was clever.]

[Analysis of Zhou Chu's substitutions: 1. To put Lu Benwei on the field to see if he could truly go toe-to-toe with Faker, thus testing the team's strength. 2. To feel that the so-called Korean prodigy mid-laner Faker was overrated, and after two matches against him in different positions, he found it uninteresting and went back to playing AD.]

[I'm going to post your comment on Korean websites and see what Korean netizens think, haha.]

Bro, you can share from Korean websites, but remember to turn off your private messages.

[Fantastic! This is truly our Zhou Chu! When it comes to killing someone by destroying their spirit, Zhou Chu is the master.]

SKT players' bench.

EDG's roster changes have clearly had a huge impact on SKT.

Keep in mind that the break time in the game is only fifteen minutes.

Because of the emotional breakdown of the SKT players, it took Kkoma more than ten minutes to calm them down.

Immediately afterwards, a tactical plan was devised to target Zhou Li's mid-lane position.

As a result, in the third game, good grief, you switched from mid lane to AD position again!
This rendered all of SKT's pre-match tactics useless.

For the young Faker, this was yet another blow to his immature mind!
Clearly, this means that Zhou Li believes there is no need for him to target him.

When the camera panned across Faker, the confident genius instinctively lowered his head.

Meanwhile, clubs around the world have realized the importance of substitute players in expanding team tactics.

Korean commentary booth.

Quan Yongjun was complaining incessantly.

"Wow! EDG! In the final decisive game, they made a multi-position substitution! That's a bit too much!"

Ryu pursed his lips and said:

"Indeed, I bet SKT didn't expect this to happen. I could even sense the confusion on the players' faces. If I were in their shoes, I would be confused too."

Quan Yongjun sighed.

"However, Lion went to the bottom lane. Will this free up SKT's mid laner for this game? If so, then this roster change might be good news for SKT!"

"In short, this is the current situation! Both sides have entered the BP phase. Let's see if there has been any change in the BP strategies after the substitutions!"

Since SKT lost the previous round, they have the right to choose sides.

Because they didn't know that Zhou Li had switched to the bottom lane, SKT specifically chose the red side in order to leave a counter position for Lee Sang-hyeok.

Now, things have backfired somewhat.

Fortunately, in this version, the difference between the red and blue teams is not significant.

After all, there are just too many overpowered heroes in this version. In many cases, if you manage to pick a strong hero, you can completely ignore the counter-relationship.

As the blue side, EDG first banned Zyra.

This hero performs better in the hands of SKT than in other teams.

Just like Tabe's Annie support.

I understand the principles, but once they fall into someone else's hands, they turn out strange.

On SKT's side, since Zhou Li switched to the AD position, they immediately targeted the bottom lane when banning champions, banning Draven, which Zhou Li had previously dominated.

EDG then banned Jax.

SKT eliminated the female police officer.

EDG then banned Lee Sin.

At this moment, the precision of EDG's wrench weapon became apparent.

Shenchao played Jax twice in the finals. Although he didn't carry the game, his performance was very stable, and he dragged DaMu to the top lane to sit in jail together.

SKT now only has one ban slot left, so it remains to be seen whether they will try to ban Zed.

If they release it, EDG will definitely try to steal it.

After all, this champion absolutely cannot be allowed to be played by Faker, otherwise it would pose too great a threat to Zhou Li's ADC.

This will leave the weapon outside, making it difficult for the hero to carry the team alone, and it will also pose a threat to Zhou Li in team fights.

SKT hesitated for a long time before making their final pick.

Although they knew Lu Benwei was not Zhou Li, SKT still dared not let Zed through because the champion was too strong, and chose to ban Zed instead.

The right to choose has fallen into the hands of EDG.

Zhou Li directly had Shen Chao lock up the crocodile for him.

SKT, on the other hand, locked in Shen and Elise.

In fact, compared to weapons, Shen is more like Mr. Ooki's signature hero.

Subsequently, EDG immediately locked in Annie and Jarvan IV.

SKT sees this as a very strong mid-jungle duo.

However, in EDG's actual plans, Annie is intended to be used as a support.

Tabe's support Annie can be said to have pioneered the era of offensive mage support.

Compared to traditional enchanter supports like Sona, Annie's aggressive playstyle in the support role is absolutely terrifying.

Annie is a mage, but she has a basic attack range of 625 yards.

What does 625 yards mean?
That's longer than most ADCs' arms!
When facing the enemy ADC online, you can even pressure them without taking damage.

Once Annie reaches level three and stacks her stun passive, her damage alone can take down nearly half of an ADC's health.

In team fights, Annie has more room to maneuver. When she initiates a team fight with Flash and her ultimate, she can easily slam a bear's rear end into an enemy and leave them speechless.

In the original Royal Club, Tabe's Annie was never released in the ban phase.

However, since Tabe has never played for EDG in the World Championship, no one knows that he has this dirty trick up his sleeve. Now that he's using it against SKT, it can be considered a major move.

SKT had no idea what they would face in the bottom lane, and then unexpectedly picked a Sona and Ezreal combination.

The right to choose has returned to EDG.

Zhou Li thought about it for a while and finally locked up the rat.

The rat goes online stealthily, and with Annie's stun, suddenly unleashes a combo that can knock the pig's head off.

It's a truly disgusting tactic.

On the Korean commentary desk, Jeon Yong-jun couldn't help but raise his voice eight octaves after seeing EDG's champion picks.

"Oh! A rat?! Lion has pulled out a new hero, and another one we've never seen him use before!"

"Wow! To be honest, every time Lion pulls out something new, I get a stress reaction, you know? His Draven and Caitlyn, I sometimes dream about them, they're so scary!"

Yue Lun's expression was quite subtle.

"However, Twitch isn't exactly a mainstream ADC right now, and compared to Draven and Caitlyn, Twitch seems weaker in the early game, making him easier to target in the early stages. SKT probably won't let Lion develop freely."

Hearing Yue Lun's words, Quan Yongjun calmed down a bit and nodded.

"Ah, now we can only choose to believe in SKT! Come on SKT, it's match point, we can't afford any more problems!"

However, EDG's next pick immediately excited Quan Yongjun.

At Lu Benwei's request, EDG locked in his signature Fizz for the mid lane position.

"Wow, what's this? A little fishman?"

Yue Lun was already used to Quan Yongjun's sudden outbursts, and said:

"So, does that mean EDG is... using Annie as support? Is this some new strategy?"

Quan Yongjun touched his heart and sighed, "EDG, they're already at match point, and they still have so many things they haven't shown anyone? This team is just too terrifying!"

SKT, on the other hand, locked in Ahri for Faker as their last pick.

The lineups for both sides were thus finalized.

Blue side: EDG eSports Club VS Red side: SKT eSports Club.

Top Lane: (godlike) Desert Butcher VS (impact) Twilight Eye.

Jungle: (clearlove) Prince VS (benji) Elise Queen.

Mid Lane: (White) Fizz VS (Faker) Ahri.

ADC: (Lion) Plague Rat VS (Piglet) Ezreal.

Support: (tabe) Dark Daughter VS (poohmoon) Sona.

From the commentary booth, Miller excitedly exclaimed:

"The draft picks and bans for both sides are complete! I'm sure everyone is just as excited as I am right now!"

"Will EDG seize the match point in one fell swoop, or will SKT fight back with a do-or-die attitude and snatch victory? Let's wait and see!"

(End of this chapter)