League: Educating LPL is my duty.

The third day of the Intercontinental Cup has arrived in the blink of an eye. Today is the semi-final between the LPL and LMS regions, while the LCK has won five games and directly advanced to the finals.

After various discussions, the order of LPL teams for today's matches, from the first to the fourth, is RNG, OMG, WE, and EDG.

Tencent's arrangement is also intended to encourage other teams to step up their game, ideally preventing EDG from playing and securing a 3-0 victory in the semifinals, which would improve their reputation.

Otherwise, if an entire region relies solely on EDG, it will be difficult to buy tickets for matches featuring other teams.

At the start of the match, LPL was notified that the LMS team would be JT.

Upon hearing this news, all the RNG members secretly breathed a sigh of relief, since judging from their current record, JT team was definitely one of the bottom two teams among the four LMS teams.

A few minutes later, the RNG team members strode confidently onto the stage, eager to reclaim everything they had lost from JT.

On the other hand, JT's players are not in good condition at the moment. The internal conflicts caused by yesterday's match against EDG have not yet been perfectly resolved.

The hero selection process quickly ended, the match officially began, and the two coaches came off the field to shake hands.

Today's LPL commentators are Wawa, Jide, and Su Xiaoyan.

Regarding the match against LMS, the three were still optimistic. Remember even said directly: "Although there were some twists and turns in the group stage, I think LPL still has a great advantage in today's semi-final. The overall strength is higher than LMS."

Su Xiaoyan also agreed: "Although Uzi still couldn't play, as long as there are no major mistakes in the game, RNG has a pretty good chance of winning this game. I also hope that RNG can perform to their true level."

Although the commentators' words were clearly biased towards RNG, the game's progress was indeed as they described.

From the very beginning of the game, RNG clearly took the initiative and firmly controlled the pace of the game, gaining a lead of several thousand gold in less than thirty minutes.

Despite this huge disparity in strength, JT team ultimately couldn't hold out for more than 35 minutes, and RNG, with the Baron buff, pushed down their base crystal in one fell swoop.

This victory can be seen as a reassurance to LPL viewers.

After a short break, the second game began. In this game, LMS fielded their strongest team, Flash Wolves, while LPL fielded their weakest team, OMG.

Although the two teams are not far apart in strength, Flash Wolves are ultimately stronger.

Finally, around the 38th minute, they destroyed OMG's base, winning back a game for the LMS region and tying the score at 1-1.

Then the third game began, in which WE faced off against AHQ from the LMS region.

Compared to the previous two games where both sides established an early advantage, this game saw both sides play very conservatively. In the mid-game, neither side gained an advantage in several team fights, and the economy remained very close.

The turning point finally came at 42 minutes into the game. AHQ's AD made a positioning mistake and went face-checking a bush, which WE seized the opportunity to kill instantly.

Without their core damage dealers in the late game, AHQ couldn't win team fights and ultimately lost the game.

On the commentary stage, Wawa's voice, which had been somber yesterday, became excited as he said, "After WE's victory, our score against the LMS region is now 2-1, but our region's ace team hasn't even played yet. It seems we won't see a fifth game in this semi-final."

Remember even boldly said: "Everyone knows EDG's strength. Now, LMS only has M17 left who hasn't played yet, and this team is still not as strong as EDG. I think the backstage team can already start thinking about the order of appearance for tomorrow."

[Yes, yes, yes, keep praising EDG, I don't object.]

This round was a foregone conclusion. What kind of skill does the M17 have? It'll be gone in 20 minutes.

It's hard to say what will happen tomorrow when they play against LCK. If EDG faces KT or SKT, it's not a sure thing they'll win.

Yes, yes, if we let RNG play, we're guaranteed to win!

Regardless of the different political parties within the region, at least for now, everyone seems to agree on this semi-final match.

After the GG timeout ended, the EDG team began to take the stage, and the M17 team members also came on stage one after another.

After both sides finished debugging their equipment, they began the banning phase. In this game, M17 was on the red side, and they faced the same situation as the JT team: not enough bans.

After taking down Caitlyn and Jayce on both sides, EDG gave the second ban to Elise.

When it was M17's turn to make changes, their coach Sucan focused more on the bot lane and chose to eliminate Kalista first, leaving Xayah and Rakan, along with Galio, for last.

EDG lacked sufficient research on M17, and based on the limited information they had, they hadn't heard of any opposing player being particularly skilled with any particular champion. So, they simply continued to target the jungle, sending Kha'Zix back to his base.

"The third matchup is against EDG on the red side. The choice of who to ban is a big problem. Xayah and Rakan are strong hero combinations in the current meta, while Galio is a system that EDG is very good at. How should M17 choose?" Wawa helped M17 express their dilemma.

I remember giving a seemingly serious analysis: "I feel like it's still Galio. After all, if Xayah and Rakan really don't want to give him up, they can just grab one themselves. Letting Galio out is like not wanting the side lanes to play him, and it'll be really tough for the mid lane."

"So far, it seems only Faker can suppress Scout's Galio in the early game, but after C-God opened up a breakthrough in the mid-game, SKT still didn't have a good response. M17 should... ban Lulu?"

Looking at M17's last figurine, Su Xiaoyan said in surprise, "M17 finally made Lulu, and released Xayah and Rakan, as well as Galio. Are they trying to compete with EDG for them?"

"M17's got some skills, actually going all out. So what are we going to grab?" the factory manager asked Li Chen.

"Is that even a question? Of course, we'll choose Rakan. I'd like to see how well they play Galio," Li Chen said with great interest, while simultaneously locking in Rakan.

At the tactical level, EDG releases Xayah and Rakan at the same time, with Rakan always having a higher priority than Xayah; this was established long ago.

On the other side, when M17's coach Sucan saw that EDG had picked Rakan, he immediately had Galio and Xayah confirmed as well.

In fact, releasing Xayah, Rakan, and Galio was a unique tactic specifically designed for EDG by several LMS teams after collaborative research, because EDG simply couldn't handle all the available champions.