On September 5th, Yu Hui got up early, sorted out his image with the help of Yu Shuang, and drove towards the IG base in the white bull given by Principal Wang.
After gathering, they will get on the bus and rush to the main square in Shanghai to meet the opening game of the playoffs.
After Yu Hui arrived, everyone started to set off. They didn't exchange much greetings with each other along the way. It was obvious that everyone was feeling a lot of pressure.
There are currently 14 teams in the LPL, and only 8 have advanced to the playoffs. In the end, only three of these 8 teams can get tickets to the S8 Global Finals.
The fourteen teams in the LPL and the thirty-two teams in the LDL have a total of about 300 professional players. This does not include the larger number of reserve youth training camps.
There are certainly people with extraordinary abilities among them, but there are only 18 people who can go to the World Championship including substitutes. This ratio can be said to be terrifyingly small.
Because there are few places, the competition will naturally be very fierce. The world is so cruel, and IG does not dare to take it lightly even if its results are very explosive.
The playoffs officially kicked off at 4:30 p.m. Today’s opening game started with TOP and SNG, the two teams ranked at the bottom among the eight teams.
In the past, these two clubs had no fans, but today the number of spectators who came to watch the game was still very scary, at least several times that of previous years.
This is also the reason why the LPL has won all the foreign games this year. The competition area is developing rapidly, so it attracts more new viewers.
The two teams played very fiercely. The teams that advance to the playoffs must have ideas for the World Championship, and there are thousands of eyes on the scene. Who doesn’t want to become famous in one battle~
The players on both sides played very well. They fought back and forth until the fifth game, and even played the BO5 battle song. In the end, TOP was better and broke through with a score of 3-2.
The next day's game was JDG versus FPX. JD didn't put in much effort and easily took away FPX 3-1.
After that, this schedule lasted for four days before the knockout rounds were completed, followed by the semi-finals and the final.
Because of IG's unbeatable record in the previous summer games, their playoff games started from the semi-finals. They were directly airborne into the semi-finals and did not have to play a game in the first four days.
After the results of the knockout round came out, the lineups of the four teams that were expected to win the tickets for the S competition were also released, namely
IG vs. JDG
RNG vs. R
After a whole year of fighting, these four teams finally came to the end. Except for the traditional giants IG and RNG, R and JDG are both rising stars.
R's performance in this year's Intercontinental Championship was very strong, and he also made a famous turnaround from a dark horse. His popularity and strength are not low.
JDG is a real sudden rise. Although its performance in the spring split was not satisfactory, after the introduction of Redmi coach, the team's status and performance in the summer split got better and better.
Not to mention their meteoric rise in the summer split, they also defeated FPX and EDG in the current playoffs, and easily won three to one in both rounds of BO5.
If they can win IG's BO5 and summer championship, they can grab a ticket to the S game.
However, in addition to the ownership of the two S8 main game tickets determined by the playoffs, there is also a ticket for the playoffs.
After these four teams determine the championship, the two losing teams will compete with EDG, who were eliminated early, for the final S8 tickets.
The winning team can go to the S8 qualifying round, retaining the possibility of advancing to the S competition group stage.
Jingdong's sudden rise caught all the teams off guard. After watching the game review, the Golden Pig coach is now very wary of the fellow coach who is also from South Korea.
Coach Jin took off his glasses, leaned back on the sofa, rubbed his eyes and said with emotion: "JD.com's BP and teamwork worked very well. They are a very difficult opponent."
He also lamented
It wasn't because of anything else, but because this JD team gave him a sense of déjà vu with the LCK team.
The coordination and connection are smooth, the team members are closely related to each other, and the style transition between players is also perfect.
The top laner zoo is very good regardless of whether he is a tank top laner or a carry top laner, and he dares to take anything. The depth of the hero pool is very good, and the hero pool of yagao in the middle is also very wide, and he can C and support.
Such a team is very difficult to restrict in terms of BP, because the opponent can completely rely on the team members' hero pool to carry out various combinations to counterattack with BP.
Not only was Coach Jin surprised, but the IG players were also very surprised. For a moment, no one knew how to respond to these words, and the atmosphere suddenly fell into silence.
Ah Shui Bao Lan saw that the few people present were silent and the atmosphere was a bit solemn. Their eyes involuntarily glanced at Yu Hui who was sitting on the single sofa beside him, wondering when the eldest sister could come to the rescue.
Yu Hui couldn't help but glare at the two of them. Seeing the two shrinking their heads, Yu Hui felt a little funny and said:
"The performance of Jingdong's mid laner Toothpaste is very important. Brother Yijin's strength is obvious to all. Our midfielder can suppress the opponent."
Hearing this, Rookie touched his head in embarrassment and said in a low voice: "No, it's mainly because my teammates are better than his teammates~"
Coach Jin ignored Rookie, who was pretending to be reserved, and nodded thoughtfully to confirm Yu Hui's statement.
Among the two BO5 opponents, Ryze was the most played solo, followed by Enchantress. These two heroes are indeed among the best in supporting the sidelines.
The mid laner hero who gives Rookie a strong line may not be able to pin the opponent to death in the middle.
Jingdong's rhythm point has basically been broken. In terms of disrupting the battle, he is still very confident in the strength of his IG.
"Then let's still play Duke for the first time."
As he spoke, Coach Jin glanced at the little girl to see if she had any other ideas. The reputation of the champion top laner was there. If he wanted to change to the starting lineup, he still had to worry about his own feelings.
Yu Hui nodded in agreement, she had nothing to object to.
Since it is decided to play the midfielder, the resources must be used by the mid laner. The one who takes over the game will naturally be the bottom lane, so playing Duke as the top laner is a good choice.
And Yu Hui herself doesn't really like playing this kind of sacrifice position. Anyway, she will never miss the opportunity to play in the game, so there is no need to save all the resources in her hands.
After confirming the general direction of the tactics, it is simply a matter of running in and getting the feel for it and then getting off work. There will be a game tomorrow. There is no need to continue training. A full mental state is more important.
On September 10th, the match between JDG and IG will officially begin.
The playoffs have now reached the most critical moment, and it is also the time when the outside world is the most excited.
One move affects the whole body, and the result of the next game will determine the one-month journey to the S Series Global Finals.
Will there be any teams they like on the global stage?
Everyone is waiting to see whether it will be JDG's upset and three-game comeback, or whether IG will be the king and win and enter the finals.
