League: Educating LPL is my duty.

As May 20th arrived, the highly anticipated MSI knockout stage finally began.

Today's match is between SKT and Flash Wolves in the upper bracket, and everyone already knows the outcome of this match.

Since there was only one match today, EDG didn't go to the venue but watched the live stream in a conference room provided by the hotel.

In the first game, Flash Wolves played relatively conservatively and chose a conventional lineup, which is exactly the kind of matchup that SKT and all LCK teams love.

SKT outperformed Flash Wolves in early game development, mid-game macro play, and late-game resource-based skirmishes, ultimately securing the first game as expected.

In the second game, Flash Wolves finally unleashed the big move they learned from EDG – the charge formation system.

This system is built around the jungler choosing either Jarvan IV or Olaf, and the mid laner choosing Galio. The only target when engaging is SKT's AD carry.

SKT was caught off guard by this aggressive formation, and their carry was repeatedly eliminated by Flash Wolves in the late game, ultimately allowing Flash Wolves to tie the score 1-1 and win a point.

However, in the third game, the aggressive formation strategy became ineffective. SKT brought out a jungle carry strategy, which was rarely seen throughout MSI, allowing Faker and Peanut to open up the game from the jungle.

Because the mid lane couldn't match Faker's strength, Karsa was completely overwhelmed in the jungle and collapsed, practically disappearing from the game.

In the fourth game, SKT drafted a poke composition consisting of Jayce in the top lane, Karma in the mid lane, and Varus in the bottom lane.

Flash Wolves hesitated and opted for a conservative lineup, lacking a strong teamfight initiator, ultimately losing the game without any suspense.

In three and a half hours, SKT easily defeated Flash Wolves. Except for the second game, SKT had a huge advantage in the other games, and it can be said that Flash Wolves had no chance to fight back.

After the match, some viewers immediately seized the opportunity to comment in the live stream.

[See that? This is SKT in a best-of-five series. They're invincible. What can EDG possibly do against them?]

If you can't even win the group stage, how can you expect to win the knockout stage? You'd better get past Game 2 first!

I won't say who's panicking now, but the champion has already been decided.

[Are these Royal Fans suddenly trying to bite people? I thought this was the final.]

[EDG is so bad, why are they the ones going to MSI? Don't the other teams want to go?]

You can never truly understand what these die-hard Royal fans are thinking when they're playing from behind.

In the meeting room, Li Chen yawned and said, "As expected, if SKT drags their feet against Flash Wolves, then we should be wary of them having something up their sleeves."

The factory manager sniffed and said, "You tried to entice Huni to play Fiora against you again. Do you think Koma would have picked it then?"

"Who knows? But it doesn't matter, we'll see who plays then."

Li Chen glanced at Scout with a smile, which made Scout feel inexplicably uneasy.

God knows what he's been through these past few days. Every day after finishing his practice matches, Li Chen drags him into special training sessions with top lane heroes.

The key issue is that Li Chen doesn't hold back when he hits, which has given him a bit of laning phobia. But since he was suppressed twice in the group stage when he faced Faker, he could only endure it, feeling wronged but not daring to say anything.

Time flies, and it's now the 21st. Today is the match between EDG and G2. When G2 saw that their starting top laner had been replaced by god_C, their anxiety finally died down.

If EDG still starts A Guang in the knockout stage, they will still have a chance to try. But Li Chen is really not good. They really taught him a lesson in one game.

As the players from both sides took the stage, the LPL commentators finally showed their long-lost smiles.

Miller confidently stated, "Welcome everyone to the MSI Mid-Season Invitational semifinals. This match is between our region's EDG team and the European region's G2 team. The winner will advance to the finals to compete against SKT for the championship."

"I think everyone has been looking forward to this match for a long time, and after many days, our C-God has finally recovered and returned to the starting top lane position. I personally am also looking forward to his performance." Guan Zeyuan clearly distinguished between the main and the supporting roles and began to emphasize the main character.

Su Xiaoyan nodded and said, "Before the match, EDG's official Weibo account also posted a promise to meet fans in the finals, which shows that they are very confident about this semi-final elimination match."

"It's not just them who are confident. According to data from authoritative foreign organizations, the support rate for EDG to advance to the finals has reached 72%, and there is even a 37% support rate that believes EDG can win the championship."

After Guan Zeyuan finished injecting the stimulant, the big screen switched to the ban/pick screen of the two teams. The first thing that caught the eye was that the blue team G2 had banned Jayce.

"OK, no surprises, Jayce is still the first ban, which is a must-ban for EDG in matches. However, EDG actually chose to ban Maokai, which is a rare ban for MSI."

[Finally here! Why isn't C lying down? Are you scared? (laughs)]

Slacking off in the group stage is one thing, but they need to unleash their fury in the knockout stage.

[I'll make a prediction first: EDG will win 3-0. If you guess correctly, I'll transfer 100 yuan to everyone who does.]

I predict your prediction will be correct; if it comes true, transfer 100 to me.

I predict your prediction of his prediction is correct...

G2 Esports team has made a lot of preparations for today's match. Although they don't think they can win, they still have to give it their all.

Although Coach YoungBuck didn't understand EDG's purpose in banning Maokai, he still stuck to the original plan and sent Fiora away.

With Zet picking Varus again and achieving decent results, teams have gradually abandoned the idea of ​​targeting him in the board and have shifted their focus back to the top lane.

nofe wasn't interested in what to do about G2, so the original sentence was upheld, and Graves was sentenced to life imprisonment.

"Get rid of that dog head; we can't let that person unleash another unstoppable dog head."

G2's coach surprisingly put Nasus on the draft board, directly revealing his intention: just like in the previous group stage, he wanted to find a breakthrough in EDG's bot lane.

"It's like this again. Should we get rid of Shen? What do you think, C-God?" Nofe always asks Li Chen when in doubt, instead of using his own brain.

Anyway, whatever Uncle says goes!