Whether SKT can survive until the fourth game, Faker doesn't know and doesn't want to think about it.
No team can be perfect without flaws. He firmly believes that he can gain a glimmer of hope for the team by finding this flaw in IG.
This is not arrogance, it is the self-confidence he has accumulated through countless battles and saving the team from fire and water dozens of times in the past seven years.
It is precisely because he has always had such determination that he was able to use a perfect card to make a huge comeback in the battle with RNG.
With everyone having different thoughts, the third game officially begins
In this game, SKT has returned to the classic Korean late-game management style that LCK is best at and the most superstitious.
In fact, there is nothing that can be done. The morale gold coaches of Teddy and Khan cannot be activated, so the players can only choose what they are most familiar with and good at to ensure that there is no problem with their competitive status.
Moreover, the Korean operating system itself is not bad. If it can be sustained, it will become stronger in the later stages and have a higher fault tolerance rate. This is actually in line with their past routines of countering LPL fighting teams.
Yes, fighting lineups are difficult to manage, but fighting lineups can also be managed.
To put it bluntly, these two systems are actually a 50-50 split. After all, the fighting team can drag the situation into a brawl environment, and the operator will suffer a lot.
But on the other hand, if you can't break through and hit the cotton with your fist, you will be killed by the management. This depends on the performance of the players and the game of the coaching staff behind them.
SKT gave IG's top and middle lane players respect, the five-ban mid-to-top hero pool, and gave Faker and Khan the greatest support on the BD side.
IG did not take any deviant approach, and chose a lineup that was supported by the captain of the top laner in the later stage and was relatively mid-to-late to deal with it.
After forty minutes of fierce fighting, amid the heart-rending cries of the LCK commentators and Wolf's howling, IG finally came out on top and won the third game.
At the end of the game, Faker collapsed on the e-sports chair, looking at the data graph on the screen with no expression on his face and not knowing what he was thinking.
Failure came sooner than he expected, but not unexpectedly.
He didn't even know when he was mentally prepared to lose the game.
He did not cry uncontrollably, nor did he tremble. A bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He pressed the table with his palms and stood up feebly. He turned to look at the IG members who were coming towards them with cheers and applause from the audience.
Wearing a silver-white uniform and a young and slightly childish face, Faker had a look of envy in his eyes. He didn't know whether he was envious of their youthful vigor or that they could continue on this stage.
After returning to the backstage with the audience's farewell, the excitement on several people's faces had not subsided. Ah Shui said enthusiastically: "I didn't expect SKT to be sent away by us so easily~"
"Yeah, these guys in SKT are not in the right state, and Faker also has a big problem. This is SKT and it's no longer the SKT we knew before~"
After Xiang Guo took Ah Shui's words and finished speaking, the smile on Kkoma's face slowly faded away, and there was a little desolation in his tone:
"I witnessed SKT's most glorious era, but I never thought that one day I would personally overthrow it."
Xiang Guo patted Coach Kuma on the shoulder. As a veteran player who had played against SKT on the world stage very early and was hung up and beaten, he could understand the complicated psychology of Coach Kuma.
Of course, this depends on him sending SKT away before he can sympathize~ A dead SKT is a good SKT.
Yu Hui did not participate in the discussion, but just listened quietly. Although SKT would be beaten 3-0 by them, it was a bit surprising, but it was not beyond her imagination.
The reason is actually very simple, because of Faker's age.
Why do many people say that S7 is Faker's last chance? It is so regrettable.
Because that year he just caught the tail of his youth and was able to perfectly display his energy and energy in the last year.
This is the problem with his ups and downs in the past two years. His energy is not as good as before in S7. He cannot concentrate for too long, and his physical and mental strength cannot keep up. As a result, his error rate has increased.
And this error rate increases step by step as the number of games increases. He can be stable before BO3 in normal games, but once he gets anxious, he will be very uncomfortable.
When facing IG, the intensity of the game was far higher than that of other teams, which further consumed his already limited energy as SKT's core midlaner C position and team brain.
Therefore, it was unexpected but also reasonable that SKT would be sent away so neatly by them.
SKT's elimination also represents the official end of LCK's world championship tour. There is an uproar on the regional networks around the world who are paying attention to this event.
3-0, this is a quite humiliating result. The LCK did not usher in a renaissance in S9, but the fall of a god.
Maybe Faker will still be a legend in League of Legends, but obviously, SKT will not be in the future.
IG successfully advanced to the finals. After the game, Ah Shui and Xiangguo were interviewed. Yu Hui and Rookie both had a tacit understanding not to join in the fun. They wanted to give the young players more exposure.
Of course, I’m talking about Ah Shui here. The interview on Xiangguo is more about it because his ingredients are relatively complex and very topical~
Hmm. RNG lost, but not completely~
When the Xiangguo rental contract expires and returns to RNG, RNG will be the championship team after rounding it off~
After the game, the response from domestic public opinion was very enthusiastic. The LPL audience did not expect IG to win, but they really did not expect to win so easily, and the discussion was very lively.
And Ah P's words on social platforms further increased public opinion: "It's easy for IG to win against SKT, but I don't think IG is that scary. I just feel it's a pity, because G2 can do this too." "
"The LCK has completely declined. This year is the perfect time for us to regain the throne in the European Division. We will achieve this achievement in the LPL!"
"Thinking of this, I can't wait to advance to the finals, Asuna! Wait for me in the finals!"
After Ah P's declaration of support was released, the LPL side didn't do anything, and the LCK division immediately exploded.
It’s so embarrassing, we admit it after being abused by IG. After all, we really can’t beat them one after another. Your G2 only won a few small games in the group stage. Why are you so arrogant!
The strongest team in LCK is BO5. As long as it is not a BO5 win against an LCK team, they will not recognize it at all. This is the case with G2.
However, the explosion was an explosion, because the LCK division had been completely eliminated, and their rebuttal speech did not attract much attention. Losers do not deserve exposure.
And Yu Hui, who was sitting leisurely in the lounge waiting for the interview between the two to end, also glanced at Twitter at the reminder of the staff member, with a smile in his eyes.
G2 shouted to her from afar, mocking SKT while also showing their disdain for FPX. Ah P figured out how to manipulate people's mentality.
After thinking about it, she also replied on Twitter:
"Like you, I am very much looking forward to the finals. It will be a grand event. Well, I mean, it is a grand event that only belongs to our LPL!"
