As the third day of competition came to an end, a dark cloud seemed to be gathering in the sky above the LPL competition area.
For the audience, the process of this intercontinental competition was more unacceptable than before.
After all, since the beginning of the Intercontinental Championship, lpl has won the Intercontinental Championship twice in a row.
After all, the Chinese one is more convenient to use on the Tian Ji horse race left by our ancestors.
However, Tian Ji's horse racing aside, even in the group stage, the lpl division has never had a situation where only one team won the lck division team.
JD.com lost to Griffin on the first day of the group stage.
Although the Thorn Birds crushed kz, they retaliated with skt right after. Even though the process didn't look that smooth, and fpx even had an advantage for a time, anyone with a discerning eye can see that, in terms of the players' personal abilities and the team's On an operational level, the skt team is simply better than fpx.
FPX's attack was like a stormy sea. The sudden huge wave was terrifying, but as long as one wave was blocked, the size of the huge wave seemed to gradually begin to weaken.
To put it bluntly, if FPX wants to win against SKT, in addition to having its team in good shape, it also needs to use some novel tactics to have a chance.
But if skt wants to beat fpx, it only needs to get the regular lineup and develop steadily until the later stage.
As the outcome of the group stage match between lck and lpl came to 2-1, the Korean media also began to hype it up, while avoiding the most important and belittling the lpl division.
The team you lead, Li Luo, is awesome, right? OK, then let’s put aside the Thorn Birds and let’s talk about the LPL division.
While talking about the LPL division, I would like to give Li Luo a thumbs up. For example, I would like to publicize that Li Luo's existence has broken the balance of the LPL division, causing other teams to be unwilling to make progress and not want to pursue the championship, etc.
The most frightening thing is that there are people who don't know whether it's Chuan Zi or someone who shares the same brain as Malphite who will be taken advantage of.
In just one night, the inside of Kangba became smoky.
Countless comments that had been silent in the septic tank sprung up quickly.
Of course, at this time, only a few people will target the Thorn Birds, and the vast majority of people are complaining about the two teams that lost to lck.
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Among them, the biggest rhythm band is "conspiracy theory."
Phrases like "Serve the country with loyalty" flooded the air.
After all...except for the Thorn Birds, the other three teams participating in the intercontinental competition this time all have Korean players.
Imp from the JD team, doinb from fpx, loken and ben from the top team.
These are all Korean players.
If you lose, everything is wrong.
Netizens have 10,000 reasons to criticize him.
However, just as the opinions on the Internet were shaking, except for the Thorn Birds, the coaches of the other three teams among the four LPL representative teams were very experienced in telling the players not to browse the forum.
Early that night.
In the training room, the top team is still sparring with the Thorn Birds team.
Li Luo still has a certain understanding of this year's dwg team's tactical style.
Therefore, he asked the team to imitate dwg's style and train with top troops.
The effect is surprisingly good.
Although dwg's tactical style in the S9 season also relies on the midfielder to set the pace, overall dwg's midfielder tends to be more roaming.
But Showmaker's laning ability is there. To put it bluntly, dwg is a team that purely relies on its midfielder ability to penetrate the opponent during the laning period, and then radiates to the overall situation.
But in fact, the tactical style of the top team is theoretically restrained by dwg.
First of all, in theory, the left hand is not afraid of showmaker in lane.
Both of them are top-ranked players in the Korean server, and they often play against each other. The left hand also said frankly that he is not afraid of showmaker, and can even beat him.
Jungler Xiong Xiong's strength has also improved to a certain extent since his heart was frozen. Although he is relatively comprehensive in the jungle, he may not be able to fight against those who have not evolved into the third uncle at this moment, but he can survive in the jungle position. You can have a close fight with Xiongxiong.
After all, every player needs time to grow. No matter how strong the third uncle is, S9 is not the era for him to shine.
In addition, the tactical simulation effect was good, both Zhu Kai and top team Bai Yueya seemed to be relieved.
However, Li Luo always has some worries about tomorrow's game.
Before actual combat, everything must be labeled "theoretical".
There are too many factors that affect actual combat.
Firstly, top is currently the only team left in LPL in the group stage. Even Zhu Kai has been giving them chicken soup, saying that the outcome of this game is not critical. After all, even the last place in the intercontinental competition can play in the knockout rounds. of.
The group stage is actually more like a warm-up for both divisions.
Even if they are second in the LPL group, they will just torture the hot players in the LMS and VCS divisions again.
But it is still unclear whether Top will have stage fright tomorrow.
Whether the left hand can display its due strength in the competition is also unknown.
Li Luo from this gang also helped, and the Thorn Birds and even the other two LPL teams have also made their due contributions. Now top can only rely on themselves.
The third day of the group stage.
It is also the last day of the group stage.
LMS and VCS were as good as ever. They were brutally beaten and failed to win a game in the entire group stage. They were shaved off by LPL and LCK.
They seemed to be looking away. The Korean audience did not boo them, and even applauded their "experience baby" behavior. Isn't it wonderful to regard this event as a trip?
As the last game in the LMS division ended, the smell of gunpowder on the scene and on the Internet began to get stronger.
The showdown between dwg and top has begun.
dwg's coach looks very serious.
They don't know how the LPL team will conduct the game.
But based on top's performance on the first day of the group stage, the lck division still attaches great importance to top.
Therefore, the lck division has also made a lot of preparations.
As soon as the first three teams from both sides appeared, Li Luo in the backstage lounge frowned.
The two teams have different styles and different focuses.
For dwg, what they need is to get strong heroes in the middle and jungle, especially the showmaker in the middle. If they can get Syndra, then the showmaker will be very confident in the middle lane.
For the top teams, although the line rights in the middle are equally important, the more important thing is the jungler Xiong Xiong.
If you can get Xiong Xiong's signature wine barrel, then the top rhythm and group start will be guaranteed to a certain extent in the early, middle and late stages.
Top did not kill Syndra on the blue side. According to their original intention, they obviously wanted to grab Syndra.
But the dwg team released cats in the first three ban positions.
This last ban position released a cat that must be selected in the current version, which is clearly putting pressure on the top coaching staff.
And when the cat on the first floor of the top showed up after hesitating, mlxg frowned and said: "No, don't do this. If you do it, it will feel like the bucket is gone."
Li Luo stared at the screen in silence.
White crescent moon.
As one of the earliest professional players in ancient times, Bai Yueya had paid attention to Li Luo when he was playing professionally in Huayi.
Li Luo was too young at the time, but as he grew older, he knew clearly that in that era, the jungle blind monk himself rarely appeared on the competition stage, but it was the "unique brother" Bai Yueya who was the blind monk at the time. The monk took to the competition stage.
It can be said that Bai Yueya's contribution to the lpl is not insignificant. However, after becoming a coach, he had certain shortcomings in both BP and coaching ability.
Just like now.
Due to the Korean team's very thorough understanding of the version, White Crescent Moon did not dare to let the cat go to dwg.
Therefore, he gave up the core of the team and chose to play as an agent. Although he was good at playing this kind of hero, he was definitely not very skilled.
The moment they saw the top locking the cat, many players in the lounge knew that the top might be trapped in the casing.
As expected.
The dwg team directly grabbed the wine barrel and Syndra.
The two top heroes were directly taken by dwg.
The subsequent bp has been unsightly.
top knows that this version doesn’t really like playing with barrels.
Therefore, by default, the wine barrel is on the road.
But in the end, the dwg swung and shook the barrel to the auxiliary position.
Top got Gnar for 369 on the top lane, Xiong Xiong in the jungle got Wei, and then Ekko for his left hand. This gave the players in the backstage lounge a little more confidence during the discussion.
Loken added Wheel Mom as the core ad, and the lineup they came up with was somewhat inspired by the Thorn Birds.
"In this case...it feels good. The AD on the dwg team will not survive."
Liu Qingsong said.
DWG chose wine barrels with Kalista in the bottom lane.
There is no problem in suppressing the wheel mother in the matchup, but once Vi is locked in a team fight, it will be difficult for Kalista or Syndra in the middle to survive.
But it is worth mentioning that this is a male gun.
At the same time, dwg's top lane finally settled on a sword demon.
White Crescent Moon's face is not particularly pretty.
The authorities are obsessed.
Although Bai Yueya felt uncomfortable during the BP process and felt that he was being tricked, he only realized how outrageous his BP was after he got off the stage.
It is equivalent to being completely led by the opponent.
Li Luo could only sigh slightly at this.
Although countless players criticized Left Hand for his incompetence in the competition, when facing Syndra, he was able to counterattack with an assassin-oriented hero like Ekko.
Most mid laners can't do this.
There was no offensive pressure on top in this game.
Therefore, top did not play impatiently in the early stage, using Ekko's e skill to perfectly restrain Syndra's pushing characteristics. In the early stage, jungler Xiong Xiong used his left hand to hit Syndra's flash.
But then Xiong Xiong was caught to death in the wild area. To be precise, he was caught to death by two Akers together. Syndra, who was beaten home, moved to a ward deep into the top jungle area and outflanked Xiong Xiong from behind. Caught off guard.
At this time, the left hand in the middle, which has the advantage in the line, is clearing the line. Even if it is realized at the first time, it cannot support it at all.
After Sindra's extreme distance push hit the target, the male gunner successfully gained a kill.
Top, who had taken first blood, was obviously a little anxious in his play style.
All the shortcomings of a new, immature team were revealed.
First, 369 Gnar tried to get stuck at the last moment of the duration of his ultimate move, jump up and stun the sword demon, and then transform into little Gnar to give the sword demon a set of spa, which was the perfect time to catch him.
If the male gun doesn't come in this wave, 369 does have a chance to kill alone.
Unfortunately, there is no if.
After a 2/0 start, the blazing jungle pressure began to increase.
Top really started to collapse when a confrontation broke out in the middle at 7 and a half minutes.
Showmaker pushed the ball to Ike and directly hit Ike's face with a set of ultimate moves. Although he couldn't kill Ike instantly, he suppressed Ike's health line to a very low level.
In the shadows, the male gunman swung out a big move and gained another head.
Then in the mid-term, top relied on the cat's ultimate move and cooperated with Wei to launch two good counterattacks. However, after completing a kill every time, top only gained a dry head, and there was no substantial snowball progress.
This also resulted in top's economy falling behind by 3,000 yuan before the two parties started taking over.
And when the left hand continued to do nothing, the operation seemed to start to show some deformation.
To put it bluntly, there are some changes in mentality.
On the contrary, the Korean Loken, whose development in this game can only be considered average, survived many team battles to the end with his hard output, helping Top continue to spark the fire.
However, when the game time came to 29 minutes, Loken was still caught. He who had just flashed in the previous wave was hit by the male gun's w and e-skill shield. Showmaker's flash push hit him. He pulled E forward, and the Q wall melted instantly with another burst of R.
In the end, they achieved a luxurious record of 9/0 and flattened the top.
Although this game lasted for about thirty minutes, the overall feeling of depression given to the LPL audience was much greater than when SKT played against FPX.
To describe it in four words, it is...
Being pressed down and beaten.
As the game ended, the scene felt like a party. Tonight was destined to be a carnival for Koreans.
top Everyone walked off the stage dejectedly.
And tonight will be the heaviest blow that lpl has suffered after being invincible for two years.
"It's better to let the three old and strong teams ig, edg, and rng go. What are they playing here?"
"So, it's not lpl who's strong, it's brother shine, right?"
"Everything appears under the sun. Perhaps it is true as the Korean media said. With Brother Luo, no one wants to compete for the championship. They all want to clock in and go to work."
"The guy upstairs has a bad brain, so I suggest you go to the King of Thunder and Lightning to get some power."
"I don't understand the brain circuits of this group of people. How can this be dumped on the person who should be dumped the least?"
"The Thorn Birds tactic is so powerful, please share it and help other teams."
"The fact is that with the intercontinental competition format, the Thorn Birds alone cannot win. And to be honest, LCK is really strong this time. Whether it is Griffin or dwg, they all give me a dream. It feels like S5 and S6."
"Could it be that... the thorn bird can't be defeated, right?"
"It's very possible. To be honest, although MSI Thorn Birds defeated them this time, SKT's strength seems to be the worse among the four teams, which doesn't mean anything."
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This is destined to be a dark night for lpl.
