Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, the start day of the Mid-Season Championship has arrived.
As the representative team of the LPL, the Royal Family naturally arrived at the competition venue very early.
According to the rules of the tournament, twelve teams will join the mid-season championship showdown.
And they will draw lots to decide who their opponents are.
The Royal Family is in Group A, and the teammates in Group A include PGG, OUL, and C9.
Among these three teams, C9 has always been the team that poses the greatest threat to the royal family in the minds of the media and water fans.
After all, the C9 team is now absolutely dominant in their own division.
In the Spring Split, they won the first place in the regular season with a big lead over other teams, and even won the final Spring Split championship in the playoffs.
The strength cannot be underestimated.
Today is the first set of the Royal Family's Mid-Season Invitational, and their opponent is C9.
As the two champions in their respective divisions, both teams have absolute confidence.
After all, they are already invincible in their own division, so naturally they look down on people from other divisions.
In the lounge, the players are ready.
Taba is currently discussing some matters with the players about today's game.
Since arriving in Iceland, the Royal players have been playing training matches.
Of course, the results of the training matches were not as good as they imagined.
Unlike the absolute dominance in the LPL, teams in different divisions have different styles.
Many times when they come up with heroes with a unique style from their region, the Royal Family is even a little unable to resist.
This is the difference in understanding of versions.
This is also why some teams are invincible in their own divisions, but once they come to the World Championships, they will be invincible.
It's simple, they don't adapt to the version, and they don't adapt to the opponent.
In this week's training matches, the Royal Family played a total of thirty-five training matches.
Unfortunately, they won less than twenty training games.
Although when playing, everyone is basically trying some new heroes, including new combinations.
But the winning rate of just over half obviously still makes the Royal Family's teammates feel a little uncomfortable.
They are the king of the LPL, but why were they so beaten down in the World Championships?
The mentality will naturally be greatly affected for a while.
At this time, Taba was discussing with the players. He did not want to be won by the opponent in the first set.
By then, the domestic LPL fans won’t be able to hate them to death.
There is definitely a part of getting some blood before the game.
As the game time gets closer and closer, the music on the stage is constantly changing, and the high music also indicates that they need to enter the field.
At this time, everyone in the royal family followed Taba out of the lounge.
At this time, C9 was already waiting.
Because there are regulations that require two teams to enter front to back, they cannot enter the special channel for players in advance.
No, C9's opponents glanced at the royal team members at this time, and their eyes seemed to know that they were coming with bad intentions.
Seeing this scene, the members of the royal family all curled their lips. After all, this was not the first time they had encountered this kind of thing, so they were not surprised.
But it doesn't matter, they will win today's game anyway.
Everyone walked into the player channel, and then came to the competition stage under the attention of lights and cameras.
Of course, it was still the same old plot, and the foreign host began to introduce the two teams.
Introduce how strong they are in their respective divisions, how well they play, and how dominant they are.
But now, on this stage, they will set sail again until they win the final championship.
After the contestants were all introduced, the director first showed the camera to the faces of the contestants.
Then the camera turned to the commentary box.
Because it is the first battle of the royal family, the LPL side still takes it very seriously.
So today’s commentators are also some of the most important commentators in the LPL.
Wawa: "Okay, viewers, welcome to watch the League of Legends S11 Mid-Season Championship. Today's game is between the Royal Family and C9. I am the commentator."
Miller: "Hello everyone, I'm the commentator Miller. This is also the first set of the Royal Family's championship this year. I hope they can perform well."
Colonel Guan: "Yes, the Royal Family is a very strong team. Of course, their opponent C9 today should not be underestimated. I hope they can present us with a good BO1 today."
Following the commentators' analysis, fans in the official live broadcast room also began to make comments of their own.
"Woohoo, it's coming, it's coming, the royal game is finally here, it's really made me wait."
"This year's C9 is okay. I have to say that it has always been a very strong team. I hope the Royal Family can win it in one fell swoop today. Come on."
"The little C9 is nothing to worry about. Let me, the royal family, take care of it. Come on, everyone."
"Guigui, as expected, the popularity will not be low if there is a royal competition. This popularity is okay."
DYS live broadcast room.
Xiaoxiao: "Come on, come on, the royal game is finally here. The games in the past few days have been really boring to watch, but this year's T1 strength is a bit scary."
Sika: "Yes, the dominance shown in the previous games of T1 was terrifying. The LCK champions every year are indeed monsters."
KID: "It depends on how the Royal Family perform today. Needless to say, their dominance in the LPL will depend on how they perform in the World Championship."
At this time, as the commentators discussed, the ban selection on the field had already begun.
Obviously, since this was their first match, C9 didn't seem to know that the Royal Family's top laner was Lin Fan.
Because their bans are very similar to those in their own region before, and the bans are basically midfield heroes.
Here C9 directly banned Zoe, Syndra and Centaur in the middle.
The commentators all laughed when they saw this ban.
Wawa: "To be honest, I haven't seen a team playing against the Royal Family for a long time without banning Lin Fan's hero in the lane."
Mi Le: "Hahaha, it seems that C9's team, Royal Family, is not familiar with them. In this first round, even one of Lin Fan's heroes was not banned?"
Colonel Guan: "Should I say it or not, I'm already half relieved about this game. It just depends on what hero Lin Fan will choose for the first game."
The bans on the royal family's side are also very simple. Titan, Olaf and Senna were directly banned by them.
In the first round of selection, because C9 has a very square blue color, they have the first choice.
Sure enough, they directly captured the crocodile in this first move.
The first-hand commentators are not surprised.
Because the current version of Crocodile is very popular, it can basically be said to be a panacea for the top lane in the professional arena.
Many times this hero will be banned directly. Even if he is released, he will be the first one to grab him.
This is what C9 did this time.
When they took down the crocodile, the faces of the C9 players were full of smiles.
It seemed as if they won half the battle once they took down the crocodile.
But the royal family took the team calmly and first took down the bottom combination, Aphelios and Thresh.
Next, C9 continued to take down Victor in the middle and Lee Sin in the jungle.
In the first three moves, C9 took them very quickly. It was obvious that they had already thought about their lineup before.
But they didn't expect that the royal family would release so many heroes for them.
These heroes are basically ban heroes in their own divisions.
Why were they all released immediately after the mid-season championship?
This made C9 very surprised. At the same time, they felt that the Royal team was nothing more than that, and they didn’t even know the version of heroes to choose.
Next, the royal family continued to take down the Clockwork Demon.
In the second round of bans, C9 only started to choose heroes to ban on the road. After all, they had already defeated Crocodile, so the next one to ban would definitely be a hero that Crocodile is more afraid of.
Gnar and Quinn were also removed by C9.
On the royal side, Jinx and the policewoman were banned.
The royal family once again took down the male gun, and then C9 took down Kai'Sa and auxiliary Braum.
Everyone is looking forward to Lin Fan's choice in the last hand. In comparison, C9 did not ban Lin Fan's hero very much.
To be honest, many heroes are really difficult to beat against heroes like Crocodile, otherwise Crocodile wouldn’t be a non-ban option in professional competitions.
Taba walked up to Lin Fan and began to ask Lin Fan what he thought.
After all, the current top lane choice is actually made by Lin Fan himself in many cases, and Taba is just giving him a reference.
There is no way, Lin Fan is playing well. At this time, it is definitely necessary to refer to Lin Fan's thoughts.
"Give me the bear!"
The next second, Xiao Ming directly captured the bear.
Frog: "Oh? A bear? This hero appears very rarely now. I haven't seen this kind of hero come out recently."
Mi Le: "Yes, the main reason is that this kind of hero is not that strong now, and after the Q skill was slashed, it is not that easy to use."
Colonel Guan: "Indeed, but the bear's E skill has been slightly strengthened recently. I don't know how Lin Fan will perform in this game. Let's wait and see."
In the official live broadcast room, water friends also started their discussions at this time.
"Let me go, bear? I see that the rankings of Bear in the Korean server have reached the T5 level. This hero is of no use now."
"Indeed, it feels like a hero like the bear is no longer suitable for this version. Why didn't Great Master Lin Fan choose a hero like Sword Princess? How can this bear fight a crocodile?"
"It's not like the royal family will be gone in the first game. Come on, I feel like the BP problem is a bit big."
DYS live broadcast room.
Xiaoxiao: "Why did Master Lin Fan choose a bear? If I were the coach, I would have directly asked Master Lin Fan to play a vampire for the first time."
Sika: "Don't tell me, this vampire is really okay, as long as it develops in the early stage, and the opponent is not banned."
KID: "At first, I thought that Great Master Lin Fan would choose Sword Demon this time. After all, the previous Sword Demons performed well, but Bear is also okay. After all, Master Lin Fan chose him, so I have no objection."
Indeed, for things like heroes, it actually depends more on the performance of the summoner. If someone else chooses Bear, then maybe he will be a T5-level hero in this version.
But if this bear is played and used by Lin Fan, then it may be far more than just T5.
This also gives water friends something to look forward to.
Of course, the players on C9 were very surprised when they saw that the royal family chose Bear for the last counter position.
After all, in their opinion, the crocodile is the overlord on the road, and it is impossible for the bear to defeat it.
The lineup is confirmed.
Blue side C9: top laner Crocodile, jungler Lee Sin, mid laner Victor, bottom lane ADC Kai'Sa, and assist Braum.
The royal family of the red side: top laner Bear, jungler gunner, mid laner Clockwork Demon, bottom lane ADC Aphelios, auxiliary Thresh,
Both parties are ready to enter the game.
Because of Braum, C9 immediately chose to invade.
Fortunately, the royal family's position was very good, and they saw C9's intention immediately.
Of course, they will definitely not insert the eye position.
To put it bluntly, C9 relies on Braum to invade the wild area and then use scanning to scan the field of view.
If they can capture a ward, they will make a lot of money.
Don't underestimate the early value of this accessory. Although it only costs ten yuan, the experience gained is very important.
This allows people online to reach level two earlier.
No matter which line you are on, being able to grab the second level is always a very important factor in taking the initiative on the spot.
Of course, the royal family would not be fooled, so when they saw someone invading, they simply chose not to look at it. Anyway, even if they looked at it, they would be excluded.
Although this is a bit risky, it's not a big deal.
Just be careful when applying BUFF.
The commentators who saw this scene felt a little frightened at this time. They were afraid that something would happen to the people on the royal family's side in the early stage.
If a first-level group fights, the royal family is very likely to explode.
Braum is very disgusting at level one, after all, he has passive dizziness.
In small-scale team battles, Braum is very useful.
And because Lin Fan didn't want to play in a first-level group, he came online early.
What can a bear do at level one? It has no fighting power at all.
So going online directly is the best approach.
Seeing that they did not take advantage, although they were a little disappointed, C9 had no choice but to retreat.
Otherwise, the crocodile might lose the army line if it comes over.
Twenty seconds later, the crocodile and the bear met for the first time on the road.
Of course, both heroes are relatively weak at level one.
They are basically typical level three heroes.
The combat effectiveness of the first two levels is not strong.
However, because Lin Fan pushed the lane first, he still took some initiative on the lane.
You know, Bear's current passive is that after attacking a certain number of times, he will gain an attack speed bonus, and it will also receive AOE damage from thunder and lightning.
This passive is very useful when it comes to pushing lanes.
Heroes like Crocodile can only use one Q skill in the early stage.
No, as soon as the crocodile walked up, Lin Fan's bear pawed it.
