Time flies after arriving in Brazil.
When VG arrived in Rio de Janeiro, they didn't have the energy to go out and enjoy the scenery. At most, they just relied on their fists to shoot promotional videos and went to a few landmark places to browse.
Arriving in Brazil on the evening of the 7th, the MSI game will kick off at noon on the 10th.
The preparation time left for each team is very limited.
Except for eating, sleeping and sporadic social activities, Gu Xing and his teammates stayed in the training room without leaving the door, trying to adapt to the version as soon as possible.
Unlike last year, in the early stage of the World Championship, Gu Xing and Hongmi relied on their connections to book matches. Now VG can be said to be the most watched team in the world.
After all, the gold content of winning the S-game championship of winning 3 Koreas in a row is here, so naturally it attracts much attention.
Invitations to training matches are coming in like snowflakes!
VG can now pick and choose and appoint opponents according to Redmi's arrangements.
Anyway, there are conditions.
They can even shout proudly - Who doesn't want to fight me?
The team has a close relationship with Longzhu from coaches to players, but Hongmi has not arranged to train with the other party.
This is the strongest imaginary enemy for winning the LPL division.
And more importantly, the playing styles of both sides are very similar.
If you frequently engage in battles, it is easy to expose your tactical system and be targeted by the opponent.
Hongmi wanted to hide as many tricks as possible. Coincidentally, Longzhu thought so too.
The entire team from top to bottom regards VG as the strongest contender on the road to winning the championship.
We were prepared for this and did not take the initiative to ask for a fight with VG as we did not want to expose any information.
As a result, the winner of the final training match became G2!
Both China and South Korea regard each other as strong rivals, and the strength rating of the Optimistic Family division in the European division is relatively worse.
If VG and Longzhu are tied for the T1 echelon, G2 is probably T1.5.
The all-victorious European hegemon, even though the name G2 was synonymous with civil war and foreign war in S6, but after Perkz kicked the four major players and exchanged blood, the strength of the members is obviously much higher than that of the EU division, and they are also a powerful team that cannot be underestimated. strength.
Teams from the two major regions of China and South Korea believe that G2 is a suitable training match opponent and can guarantee the quality of the match.
This caused G2 to play custom games for a few days after arriving in Rio and his hands were shaking!
Usually I have a date with VG in the afternoon and another date with Longzhu in the evening. He is like a scumbag doing both.
"Isn't Kennen a little too strong at this point?" Sb asked casually, slumped in his chair after finishing a training match, "Just kill him on the road, it's not difficult at all!"
His Kennen hoisted his opponent up and beat him all the way. Under, who is known as Europe's number one top laner in recent years, didn't even have the ability to fight back!
Song Jinghao gets everything he wants in the single belt, and G2 has absolutely nothing to do with him!
"It's really exaggerated..." Hongmi sat in a wheelchair and continued to play Professor Come out and become a must-have for the red side."
Hoe also had to lament the vagaries of version changes. Kenan isn't even a supermodel.
Because instead of being strengthened recently, he was brutally murdered by the designer!
Version 7.1 is the latest version update of Kennen.
R [Thousand Thunder Heavenly Lao Yin] originally has the best electrotherapy effect and the highest damage when it first enters the field, which helps to produce an explosion immediately.
In the S6 World Championship, many players quickly entered the field with a flash of electric shock by pushing the stick with one hand, delivering high-volume range output.
However, in version 7.1, the designer lowered the basic output of Kennen's ultimate move and increased the subsequent damage of Wan Lei Tian Lao Yin.
In short, the more electricity there is, the more painful it is.
This unnatural change almost sent the electric rat into the sewer!
Whose Kennan can power up a whole family? Pig nose! When the other side is full of wooden people, you won't resist?
The damage of Electric Mouse's ultimate move is fatally weakened, and his appearance rate in the spring split is quite low. In the LPL's 10-week regular season plus the playoffs, Kennen played a total of 16 games.
It can be said that except for some unique skills, no player will use them!
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But on MSI, everything is different.
In the qualifying stage, the top laner of the Vietnamese team GAM took the lead in taking out Kenan.
The playing style of Destruction + Ice Hammer + Wisdom's End Blade is eye-catching!
The follow-up divine equipment can supplement the armor and hurricane - the latter can have similar benefits on Kennen as the policewoman stacking headshots.
Use the arrows scattered by the hurricane to superimpose [Mystery! Electric blade].
The assembly idea is very clear.
The first three pieces of the set are the ultimate one-on-one duel. Destruction is a magical weapon in duels. Combined with the Ice Hammer, it can immobilize the opponent and help the hero to pull at will. The Wisdom End Blade continues to increase attack speed while improving frankness and fault tolerance. .
Resurrection Armor and Hurricane are for team battles, and with the health support of Ice Hammer, they can support the opponent's first wave of explosions, and then rely on the continuous stacking of splitting arrows to stun people and create a large amount of output.
This equipment scheme is also used by players in the spring split of major leagues.
The reason is that the AP style of play has been cut too hard, so I have to find another way to play split push with fast attack flow.
But the results at that time were quite mediocre, and there was basically no splash.
But by the mid-season, top laner Kennen became unstoppable!
After being used by the Vietnamese team, there was a craze for top laner AD Kenan in the playoffs. The BP rate continued to rise, and he has become the hottest top laner in the version!
The reason is that the rest of the top laners have been slashed!
Especially Qinggangying and Jayce, the two leaders of the single belt genre were cut off, making the split-push system unsustainable!
The upstart top laner Xiao Yuren is just a troublemaker. He is positioned in the same position as Ekko last year. His solo belt ability is above average, far inferior to AD Kennen.
It is frank enough and can be used for self-protection with the R Wan Lei Tian Lao Yin, and it is relatively difficult to be cut to death.
It has a long range and has a natural advantage against short-handed heroes.
The ruins received a big boost in the middle of the spring split, and Kenan undoubtedly reaped the dividends. Together with Ice Hammer, he has extremely strong dueling and pushing abilities.
Anyone who could beat him in the laning was unable to play, and several big brothers were cut off one after another...
In this case, Kennen took over directly and became the new split-push brother!
Naturally, Hongmi would not let go of a great opportunity. After roughly understanding the situation, he urged Sb to practice quickly.
Song Jinghao is already strong in Kennen and is also very good at split-pushing. As long as he slightly changes his equipment plan and overall thinking, he can smoothly switch from AP play style.
However, Hongmi suddenly worried that the strength of the hero was too high, and she might buy a house in the ban position for a long time like the Leopard Girl in last year's World Championship.
When the time comes, it will be useless no matter how strong Song Jinghao's Kenan is, he will not be able to take it out at all!
Gu Xing interrupted at the right time, "If Kainan is strong, shouldn't we study some restraint methods?"
If Kennen is so strong that he must be chosen by Ban, the red side will bear considerable pressure.
Gu Xing felt that if he could develop a set of cards that could counter AD Kennen's split push, it might be of great use in the knockout stages.
As long as you deceive the opponent and steal one point, you can instantly reverse the entire BO5 situation!
Hongmi frowned. Sitting in a wheelchair, he looked like a strategist, similar to an ancient military advisor.
"But now it's really hard to find a character who can restrain AD Kennen..."
In the current meta, Kennen seems to be perfectly overdone. Kuro suggested from the side, "How about the prince?"
Jack echoed, "It seems to be possible, Lao Gu, what do you think?"
In the team battle system, heroes like the Prince who can restrict and block non-displaceable characters are regarded by professional players as Kennen's traditional counter, just like Syndra and Blind Sin.
Moreover, the prince likes to strengthen it in version 7.7. [Golden Holy Shield] can gain a percentage increase in health based on the number of enemy heroes it affects.
Currently, some players are trying to play top lane in ranked matches.
"I don't think so," Gu Xing shook his head, "The most the prince can do is fight AP Kennen. Aren't those who play the AD style looking for death?"
Kennen, who takes the push stick route, has no recovery ability.
It is easy for the prince to use Q [Dragon Crash] during the laning period to constantly consume him until he is forced to return to the city to resupply.
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Relying heavily on R's high burst when entering the battlefield, the prince's ultimate move [Heaven and Earth Shatters] can trap the opponent in a building and make it difficult to escape.
But AD Kenan, who has defeated Ice Hammer, is not afraid of the prince at all!
First use the Vampire Scepter, coupled with the blood-sucking ability of Dolan Sword, it can completely hold the line.
By the time the prince has not crippled Kenan, he may be the first to be drained of his mana!
By the mid-term, the gap in one-on-one abilities between the two sides will be difficult to bridge.
As long as one of AD Kennen's items is broken, he can pull the kite to death by absorbing movement speed!
By then, the prince's amplifying moves in team battles won't have much effect on him - AD Kennen's R is for self-protection, and it's not an electric attack on the battlefield.
"It seems hey too..." Jack responded. The prince can only restrain AP Kennen.
And even in last year's World Championship, where Thunderbolt Poppy was everywhere, Prince's appearance rate was zero.
The bottom line is that the [Golden Holy Shield] had not been strengthened at that time.
The amount of shield at level 1 is only 50 points, and at full level it is only 200 points.
In the S6 version that focuses on pulling and damage overflow, the prince is no different from the crispy one!
With short hands, even if he runs to the top lane to Counter Kennen, he will be instantly melted before he even enters the field when faced with a steady stream of long-range poke skills in the mid-term!
If it weren't for the improvement in tankiness in version 7.7, no one would use him to play in the top lane.
"What should we do?" Duan Deliang was at a loss. "How about we put aside the issue of Kenan and study other things first?"
He wasn't in a hurry.
AD Kennen is not an option that VG must deal with. The worst he can do is assume a ban position on the red side.
"Wait, there seems to be a solution..." Gu Xing thought of a solution.
He couldn't wait and hurriedly explained the answer to Hongmi and his teammates.
"Really or not?" Sb was skeptical, "Isn't this too outrageous?"
Gu Xing's philosophy somewhat impacted his understanding of the top laner. "You try it first," Gu Xing encouraged eagerly, "It will definitely work!"
Hongmi did not refute. He thought for a moment and then said to Sb, "Jinghao, you can try it out in two days... We will ask Wenhe to help us borrow a Brazilian server account."
The super accounts given by Riot Games are under the strict supervision of each participating team.
The slightest movement may alert your opponent. Redmi doesn’t want to reveal secrets.
After everything was settled, he reviewed the game as usual and corrected the problems that the players had exposed during training matches.
This is the last day of the VG match before the game, and the overall record is pretty good.
However, as we all know, training matches and main matches are two levels of intensity.
How strong VG will be in this mid-season tournament still needs to be tested in actual combat.
"Everyone, go to bed early today," Vincent and Rafa came in together. "There is an opening ceremony tomorrow. We will get to the venue at 11 noon!"
For a professional player, this is definitely an early start.
Gu Xing and Jack walked to their rooms together. Since the training room arranged by Riot was not on the same floor as the accommodation area, they had to take the elevator upstairs.
On the way I met an old man with a beard. The other party was very surprised.
"Virtue, nice to meet you!"
When Gu Xing heard English, he couldn't help but complain. Where are you playing with purple-skinned garlic here?
However, he had a habitual smile on his face, "I'm sorry, you are...
"BrTT!" The other party reached out his hand enthusiastically to shake his hand.
Gu Xing was confused and couldn't figure out what happened.
Rafa noticed something happening here and hurried over to take a look. He was slightly relieved when he saw Brtt.
Without waiting for Brtt to speak, he turned to Gu Xing and Jack to explain.
"This is the shooter of REDC, our Brazilian League spring champion this year. He can be called the strongest player in the division."
Upon seeing this, Gu Xing confirmed that Brtt was not a bad person, and then shook hands with him and said hello.
"I originally wanted to enter the main match and compete with you on the field, but unfortunately I fell short and my strength is still a bit lower... (This chapter is not finished!)
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...."Brtt shook his head repeatedly.
As the strongest Brazilian LOL player, he always doubts his life every time he goes to international competitions and is beaten up by powerful players from all walks of life!
In the past two years, when facing the most powerful opponents, pushing a tower in the game was considered a success!
The gap between the wild cards and the five major divisions has been shrinking in recent years.
In the S6 World Championship, after the jungler of the Brazilian team Intz said "Clearlove, I am your fan", he directly blasted EDG with a blind monk roundhouse kick, which directly made the domestic League of Legends watching enthusiasm reach a high point!
By analogy with men's football, it's like China entered the World Cup, was assigned to the same group as Brazil, and ended up winning an upset!
At that time, a seemingly insignificant group match made the entire Brazilian division excited!
However, in this year's MSI playoffs, strong opponents used their strength to prove that Intz's glory last year was just a flash in the pan.
The representative team Redp started bragging again]
Gu Xing noticed the last comment, which gave a video link.
I clicked on it and found out it was an interview with I.
When asked by the European media, Gu Shengbin said in English that he was not very proficient in, "We are very strong in training matches, and both VG and LZ are rushing to play with G2..."
As soon as he finished the first sentence, Gu Xing huddled in the bed and covered his mouth and laughed.
The body and the quilt were shaking like a squirming caterpillar.
If you are a netizen who doesn't know the inside story, I may have actually been tricked.
I feel that G2 must have reached an extremely powerful level, which is why the top teams in China and South Korea are flocking to it.
But Gu Xing knew exactly what the reason was!
I was still raving, "In this year's MSI, G2 is not afraid of any opponent!"
He added, "As long as we can enter G2's rhythm, all opponents will become our defeat!"
"Just think about it, VG only started to take off after I arrived last year. This year I'm gone, how can they achieve good results?"
Gu Shengbin said in a matter-of-fact tone.
Gu Xing made him amused.
"You really don't have a clue, brother... I have to make arrangements for you tomorrow!"
The next morning, all VG members packed up their peripheral equipment and took a bus to the Rio Olympic Stadium, the competition venue.
Just by hearing the name, you can tell the size and status of the venue.
"Can such a big venue be filled in the wild card competition area for the main game?" Xiao Duan asked aloud.
After listening to Vincent's translation, Rafa smiled with his white teeth, "Don't worry, the Brazilians' enthusiasm for watching the game is definitely beyond your imagination!"
Two kilometers away from the stadium, promotional pictures of the 2017 MSI were hung on both sides of the street.
Gu Xing also saw his own photo on it.
He is currently one of the top players in League of Legends. In the S6 World Championship, he has attracted countless fans with his extremely aggressive and carnivorous play style!
In the Brazilian competition, he is also a sign that can be used to advertise and attract spectators!
What surprised Gu Xing even more was that many people were shouting excitedly when they saw the bus with the fist logo on it, holding support banners from various teams in their hands.
Except for some international students with East Asian faces, most of them can be identified as Brazilian locals at a glance!
"incredible
Sb was surprised by this, "Are there so many viewers?" "
Rafa is very proud, "Our Brazilian server has 1.1 million players who have completed the qualifying matches. If we develop well in the future, we will definitely become a major competition area!"
Gu Xing doesn't know how many active players there are in the national server.
However, according to Kuro, the number of ranked accounts in South Korea is close to 300. Excluding the number of players from all over East Asia who have gone to the Korean server, it is about two and a half times that of the Brazilian server.
Although it is not a lot compared to the competition area, for the wild card server, this is already an extremely exaggerated number!
The bus stopped at the backstage passage of the venue, and photographer Ichimura and others were waiting here.
When Gu Xing got out of the car, he gave a victory sign to the camera and smiled brightly, "See you on the field!"
Ichimura gave him a thumbs up (this chapter is not over yet!)
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Pointing, "Brother Xing, are you confident today?"
"Then we must win completely and seek good luck!" Gu Xing responded with a smile.
Before he entered the stadium, he did not forget to take out his mobile phone to take a picture of the exterior of the Rio Olympic Stadium.
Majestic enough indeed.
In terms of scale alone, it can compete with several of the world's top venues used in last year's World Championships!
Thanks to the grandeur of the venue, even the backstage is quite spacious.
There are a total of 6 teams participating in the main stage, and they can all get their own independent lounges.
Gu Xing greeted the players who were close to him and then quietly waited for the opening ceremony.
Rafa led them up to the stands in twists and turns.
"Just like in the previous rehearsal, six teams will enter from different directions later," Rafa simply warned, "Everyone just needs to remember not to go to the wrong position after getting on the stage!"
The area where Gu Xing stood was surrounded by spectators on both sides.
When the Brazilians saw him, they were so excited that they shook the cheer stick in their hands.
Zhenshe was afraid that Duan Deliang was a little scared, so he quickly shrank into the queue.
This sight did not last long.
Soon, all the lights in the venue's dome were extinguished.
A ten-second countdown was displayed on the big screen directly above the stage of the venue!
The entire audience turned to shout loudly, causing a stir in the stands!
It looks particularly bright in the dark.
When the countdown reached '1', the roar of the audience reached its peak!
The big screen instantly dims.
The next moment the light shines brightly!
A blue swirling light flashed in the center of the stage, eventually spreading to the surroundings.
At every spot of light there is a burly man with a Brazilian drum hanging from his waist.
In the center is a woman who looks and dresses like Illaoi.
As the melody of the MSI symphony emerged, they beat the drums on their waists rhythmically.
The drum beats beat in the hearts of everyone in the venue like a torrential downpour.
The Brazilian audience responded with the warmest applause and cheers!
At the end of the symphony, all the drummers on the stage struck hard.
The dull sound spread, and 12 flags suddenly lowered from the top of the dome!
The team flags of the 6 teams and their corresponding division flags appeared in the audience's sight!
The spotlight shifts toward the stands. The first thing to be photographed is VG.
The entire process of the team's victory in the LPL Spring Split was played on the big screen.
The deafening commentary of Wawa and Miller echoed in the foreign venue.
When VG successfully dismantled the E main crystal by relying on its powerful pulling ability from the front and dual push from the wing, the commentary sounded throughout the audience.
"Let us congratulate VG for getting the ticket to 2017MSI..."
The sound stopped suddenly.
The male host at the scene had a rich and deep voice, "First of all, let us welcome the 2016 season global finals champion and the 2017 LPL spring champion - Viing!"
The cheers to welcome Dragon Ball were much smaller.
The most famous player in the team is Little Peanut. During the ROX era, Xuanming and Xuanming were ranked in the middle of the team in terms of their number of fans due to their overly stable play style.
As for BDD and Khan?
In the eyes of the Brazilian audience, they are two strange young people. The North American hegemon TSM actually enjoys home treatment on the road.
Loud and powerful sounds of 'TSM' lingered in the Olympic Stadium!
After all six teams made their debut.
All the spotlights in the dome flashed alternately, and finally converged on the center of the stage.
The golden MSI championship trophy is in front of everyone's eyes!
"Welcome to Brazil!" The host's rough voice almost deafened Gu Xing beside him, "In the next 12 days, let us wait and see the birth of the new king!"
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